Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-01
WANTED LICENSE TO KILL
PETHoFF ASKED JUDICIAL psp
MISSION TO MURDER.
no Was Willing 10 Fine His Enemy and Old
Employer s5oO,ooO IN Lieu Of Ills In,
Ho Had Loaded Pistol.

Hartford. Nov. 2g.-"Yor 40 81,
young man. You don't Know ,sb.. Wiu,
are talking about. You are dead ,.ra.,' ~ y
the reply. ' e''4s' VAS
The speakers were CLERK AI,r,;n -
the United States circuit con,s ana =,
man who gave his name as John n pa,'
ron fetron entered the office on N-c6.
esp"s un1 requested that he be author
i s TO klil \, +. Hammond Of Brn-
FORD or fine lin SJOO.UOO. irhe ingssa
man was nut of with some eycnse ''' a,,I
he went away He visited Judge Sber.
man W. Adams, park commissioner ia
same Jay. and showed him some doc,.
mehts winch he carried in small Vel.
low grip. ''''
To-day the stranger strobe into tho
ONCE Of Judge Harrison b. Ffeenlnn and
wanted him TO atfix his signature to a
document he held in his hands. Judge
ntsennn said he WAS very busy. AZ
my Fetroit put his bag down on the
JUDGES table, and, looking the Judge
straight in the eye. said that his business
must be attended TO at once. The judge.
seeing that he had crazy man " deni
with, said "Oh, all right Excuse me
one minute Going to a Telephone he
called the police. who came quickly aud
took Petroh 10 the lookup. When his
bag was searched there was found an
old-fnshioned 3S-caliber revolver. every
chamber loaded. There was also box
of cartridges.
Petroff has called upon many proni-
nent men In the city. Among those VS.
itcd have been Judge Carpenter, Of the
supreme court, Judge Shipman, Of the
United States circuit court, Professor
Hartranft, Of Trinity college, and Attor-
ney Burr, Of New Britain. When Pet
rolf was seen in his cell by q reporter
this afternoon he spoke freely about his
history, He says he Is Of noble blood
md was born In Koumania. He came 20
this country about six years ago, and
after wandering about New York City
for a time. came TO Hartford. He gays
that he was strucl, on the head with
mOwbar during n strike at the Alnleablc
Iron cOmpany's works nj Rranford about
four years ago. 4. +. Hammond. super
intendent of the shops, Petron says.
then seized all his property, amounting
to 100000. This Is the delusion under
which he is suffering.
THE papers ! have" he said, "and
which | want sigued give me the right
to go to Branford aud quietly shoot
Hammond, When ! am released | shnll
go TO CLERK Marvin. ask him to sign
my papers, and II he treats me kindly
will give him $4,000. II not ! will
shoot him. II ] hud $500 would rot
hesitnte TO 20 to Branforl today and
shoot Mr.. Hammond. Us 1 would then
have money enough to pay my fine. One
of the things that surprises me most
is that the people of Hartford still think
Cleveland was elected. Il is not so. l
know president Harrison personally,
and ] know he would not have had IL
so. At our last meeting President Ilar-
rison wished me to go us consul to Itou-
mania. This | declined TO do, as ] want
ed 10 have lots Of money before return
ing home. / have young Roumania
Erl whom / will probably make my
wife. ] will only marry one, though my
position entities me TO marry three.
Petroff has been employed as a walter
in restaurant and as n horse.car
driver. lie snys his diet consists solely
of blacl, coffee and dry bread and
crackers. He will be sent to the insane
asylum at Middletown.