Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-04
JAY GOULD'S CRANK
"A. B. s." Who Threatens by.
 namite, a Crafty Lunatic.
HE IS LOOKING FOR REVENGE.
His Demand for $1Oooo Probably Ami
 mated by Financial Losses.

Detectives Searching High and Low for
 This Latest WOuld-be ExterminatOr of
 MilliOnaires--He Knows Jays Past Life
 PerfectIy--Alarm of the Gould Family
 Helen Gould's Crazy Admirer Ar
 raigned.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-The story yes terday of how a man, who signed him self "A. B. 93,'' had written letter to Jay Gould threatening to blow the mil lionaire up with dynamite unless Mr Gould sent Several thousand dollars to an address in Canada, has been amplified upon further investigation, and reveals the writer as dangerous crank, and an intelligent and revengeful one at that.
 Inspector Byrnes realizes that in this lunatic he has a cunning, desperate fel- low to deal with, and he is bending every energy to put him out of the way of ex- ploding the hat full of dynamite he de- clares he will throw under Jay Gould's carriage the next time he takes ride
 The letter was received by MT. Gould a week ago yesterday and threw the family into state of alarm. It was immediately turned over to the police for action. The writer knew Jay Gould's life we'll. All
 
 Wall street for the last twenty years were familiar to him. His letter demanded SlO,OOO and was voluminous
 It recited Mir Gould's connection with the Erie railroad troubles in 1871, the memorable Black Friday of 1873 and other disastrous panics.
 The writing looked like that of for elgner. Its final announcement that the writer had followed every movement of the Gould family for week, giving in corrOboration details of their comings and goings from the house, office and other places, thoroughly alarmed MT. Gould's sons, Edwin and George J. Gould, who were more distressed by it than their father. It was evident that the crank was closely following the million aire and his family with his hat load of dynamite, and he might carry out his threat any moment the opportunity pre- Sented.
 A. B. 33's'' letter directed Mir Gould to send the $1O,O00 to an address in Can ada. The writer had no intention of re- ceiving the money there. He was too shrewd for that, but left instructions to have his mail sent to another address, and there left an order to have it for warded to third address, probably in this city, where he could receive it with out much risk of arrest, having hidden his whereabouts from the place where the money was to be sent He can safely be regarded as the most dangerous enc my of a millionaire that has appeared since Henry w. Norcross, note broker, of Boston, sacrificed his life in the attempt to compel Russell Sage to give up $1, ,250,- OOO
 Central office detectives are watching the Gould residence from the Windsor Hotel, and the police of the East Fifty ninth street station are also on the alert for cranks in the neighborhood.
 Mr. Edwin Gould appeared in the Gorkville Police Court yesterday morning as complainant against Prinz Von Michacls, who was arrested on Jay Gould's steps on Saturday forenoon as he was about to ring the bell to offer his hand and heart to Miss H elen Gould, the millionaire's daughter Mir. Gould was accompanied to caurt by Detective Sergeant McCloskey, who is one of the Byrnes detectives regarding the safety of the GOuldS.
 Justice Ryan asked Won Michaels if he knew Russell Sage, and the crank re- piled: ''Yes, know him. travelled through the West for him awhile ago, giving tips on the stock market.''
 Non Michaels was committed to Belle vue Hospital for examination as to his sanity.