The sun., 1892-01-14
SHOT DEAD BY A MANIAC.
.,uxoys DOCTOR WILDER TO
u,, HOUSE Nv CHICAGO.

vn.u his Little Girl was Stolen
.,,,osed that Redmond Imagined
,.., the Doctor. WI" Had treated
mis-. Had Become His Enemy.
,.,,.oo Ian. ia big muscular man en-
~ n Frye's drug store at Cottage Grove
peleu . and twenty. ninth street at l o'clock
,'.w.r,oon and asked Clerk Louis Rolde to
h'' ns.o 80 IA DIR. Flavius NJ. Wilder that man
tel.p dangerously i'll at 2.719 South Park
We, ..,o nnJ that his services were desired at
once. u,.,,o "a tho bon.o
,..s,ved n reply that the Doctor would
" ',.,, tbe rn.iert ms soon as he returned from a
,..,ion,l visit on Calumet avenue. The
,,s muscular man seemed greatly pleased
Ussn O h. received tho answer and thanked
mne. .,rt Tor his trouble. Then he huttoned
s,s M he,yy oyercoat and left the store.
",o o.. hour later d.. Wilder. accompanied by
,..hm,n Samuel Reed. drove UP to tho big
so.rdinc house at 2.718 South Park avenue
". .,s. nod ont Of his cutter. ran UP the stairs.
I'd rang tho bell. He carried chest OF medi-
~. '.r. - Ma leit hand. Coschman Reed stood
..hn horses head when the Doctor sprang
frcn the cutter.
"t r,omcpt after DR.. Wilder rang the bell tho
.aor Was quickly opened and the big. muscu-
IL, man who had called at the drug store
-, ,n,o the entrance. He was bnroheaded
.aas,cted. From the curb Coachman Reed
..v tbe follow thrust revolver into the Doc
tors face and f'r"
ria Doctor made some uninteliiglb!o excla-
nation and staggered toward the steps. Tho
harchended man followed him. firing first ut
nj. victims head and then at his breast Four
,bots wore fred when the Doctor fell in tho
h,l,uay covered with blood. One bullet had
nerced his LETT eye and entered the brain.
Another struck him at the base OF the spine.
and left tho body above the right hip. Two
other bullets lodged in package OF letters.
vbich was in AN inside pocket OF the coat COW
ering the heart.
When he saw his victim was dying the big
harsheaded man uttered loud yell and tore
down the steps. His eyes we're blazing and he
waved his revolver above his head.
Get out Of the way or will kill you. too"
hs cried when Coachman Reed tried to stop
him.
Running into the street. the maniac sprang
into the cutter and lnshed tho horse into
salop People began to pour out OF the build
ipcs adjoining and join in the pursuit. but the
wild man in the cutter flow over the snow on
Calumet avenue and quickly left his pursuers
behind, without stopping for obstacles or tho
cries Of teamsters.
The crazy man in the cutter swept around
corners and through the streets until he
reached the Twenty-second street police
station. Here he stopped his horse and ran
into the squad room.
i've done it at last" he cried to Desk
Sergeant Carey. "and this is what I did it
with"
The mad man gave his revolver to the po-
licemsn and sat down. While he was sitting
In tho chair telephone message came from
the Cottage Grove avenue station to look out
fora barshesded man who was alone in a cut
ter INC message continued: Tho fellow is
John Redmond the crazy blacksmith. and he
AaSktIled man."
Redmond did not object to be placed in
cell, He said he did not like iron bars for
breakfast, and then he began to sing. Half an
hour Iater he was taken to the Cottage Grove
sRss SSse is'SP b. Wilder fell in the hallway his head
struck @ 90 iron pillar. The gash inflicted by
cred his face with blood. The dying mans
brother who is also a doctor. came to the
house nst 10 time to drive away morbid
crowd which was swarming up the steps.
ne Doctor lived less than twenty minutes
after Ter the madman sprang over his body,
R9aE asedy hs has s g" 9
losi history Of Chicago. Four Years. ago little
Annie Redmond. the only daughter Of tho muir
Th TTsIer . Ess stolen from the street while at play
ton Tho police and press were appeal
81 tS. to sa1, and each willingly lent assistance in
@ t% hsr abandonaa and 9 T s wark wnG asd
looked incessantly for his daughter. 80 great
became the strn upon his mind that no lost
his reason. and he was committed to tho in
sane asylum at Kankakee. But the search was
fhs search with renewed vigor. Subscription
sI .,s.s were opened and citizens subscribed lib
ho1psed GPs day y while woman living in the neigh
street and Wabash she recognized tho pretty
"a aesm III AhnS shiS. The good news was imparted
BIZ |s shHi T9'ifs Vs., mother. anl In an incredi-
,uTnsd ,uI.s to her homo. Tho, efforts Of the
Sns iIn,, Iss r. Gurley, who lived short distance
"" nv" Sih Ghf Ami" Allen. charged with abductins
vnt.Sai mi Sn,Ii; m;. rn trial which followed was
m.,Ss ittlo annie IN her arms and bearing her
fa"Gy yc y"s,. Slc w found guilty and % SenteaSod
segment JpTsn@SSts tHat Mrs Alien ia' Was s the
M G" n the nb;ndi child n st tho s;IGgsstion
bain1rn,' the time that the, child was missing
nrsnnso nrioIn so entered tho Home sha was kept a
e,sIner shs nt the Gurcy house. She was taken
t;u,in,ss, i,s Sisters Home by neiGhbors OF tho
GGuriSy'. GMISy' who entered the house and found
G.a,ey G,ey npltreating the child. 1t was not
SShoTn xho M, !" these nag hbors that tho little girl
mm.h mTn Sss Is being so brutally beaten WAS tho
,n;nuH ;%eH s"deht after Annio Redmond. With his
niiN Siiew 10 .hhG%m!clda. ,He threatened to xiii his
icst if oHns,yon anu syon little Annie. for whom he had
hs hs' SoMy SSsosMrythipg is possessed. did not escape
IN nm Hms. inSs. Finally the poor fellow was placed
im1rnys ar Insane asylum. His condition began to
Was roie.nnd :. nnd after few III onths' treatment he
s,,ed seaS;eh snc .;h His wife. fearful oi her life.
ernnt"d " tHIEhoree. however. and decree was
h. tI,s s. bIow drove Redmond mad again, and
Ia H. hOs peen moody ever since. DR.. Wilder
IA sw.en eh tfratinG him. and 1t is supposed that
tnsnHSS HSSniso Imagined that his friend had also
Hrs ~. against him. Maddened by his vaga-
Eoct6s cunning in his plans for Turing the
aniatis 70 Death. he bought a revolver and
tim sEomay 'ay In wait for the time when his VIC
nr.s,,.,i @ ,M.,ildor was ono OF the most successful
andthoneIs and throonn 10 the city. He leaves a widow
cc,nm,tse u,se ch,ldren. Redmond lived where he
man mauea my. me murder, but his story that a
Tia rnss ras slck there was m erely ruse to bring
'' Doc'or to the muzzlc Of his revolver.