The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-10-31
LUNATICS At LARGE.
A New York Builder Shot Down
= by a Crank.
IT is FEARED HE oANNoT SURVIVE

NV" W Efesehs AyhchinE-EdWiu
Gould Waited Upon by Crank Who
Demanded Five Thousand Dollars.
NEW YORK, Oct. s1.-At $3.50 O'Clock yes
terday afternoon crazy man, emulating
the example of the man who on Saturday
night shot down and killed Mayor Harri-
son, of Chicago, fired two shots from six
barreled revolver into the stomach Of a
man whom he, in his insanity, imagined
had done him wrong. The man who was
shot was Frederick Matthies. The man
who did the shooting is said to be named
Thomas Bradley. Matthies is superin.
tendent of construction of the new Postal
Telegraph building, at Murray street and
Broadway.
But for the fact that ten policemen of
the Broadway squad defended the pros
trate, bleeding, mangled and shrieking
form of the would-be murderer an infur-
iated mob OF l 500 men, armed with sticks,
clubs and stones, would have lynched the
fellow The police had all they could do
TO keep back the struggling crowd, and as
1t was many head was cracked by the
police in their struggles to get the crazy
man through the crowd
The police cleared the place and marched
into the basement. Behind a pile OF
cornice in the northeast corner lay the
man who had attempted to murder Super
intendent Matthies. He had taken
position behind piles Of cornice which had
been rapidly thrown up as breastworks.
Bradley was cronching very low down
and in his hand held his pistol, already
cooked. To scare him ont the police
opened fire, and about twenty shots were
fired. AS the man did not come out at
he traf n f,Y,
the pile and told him that unless he came
out in three minutes he would be dead
man. The policeman took out his watch
and called out at the end of one minute,
and at the second minute there was heard
an OMNIBUS clicking as every policeman in
the crowd cooked his revolver. Then
Bradley started out with all haste
Policeman Gillespie made rush at the
man and hit him on the head with his
stick. Bradley, shrieking and crying,
striking right and left with his fists, was
fellcd to the ground and half dozen po-
licemen fell on top of him. 1t required
three minutes steady clubbing to subdue
the man, who struggled like wildcat.
Then ensued another wild rush, and the
crowd tried to get at the man to lynch
him. The policemen had the greatest
difficulty in getting the man through the
crowd to tho station house.
Bradley had been hiding behind piles of
bricks all day, and saying that the police
men and the superintendent We're after
him, trying to murder him for stealing
$500. The workmen paid no attention to
him. At $3.50 O'Clock he came from behind
pile, and stepping up to the superintend-
ent deliberately fired two shots into his
stomach.
Then waving his revolver and yelling
for the men to keep back he took refuge
behind pile of bricks. Bradley was
locked up in the City Hall police station
Sunday night as a suspicious character
lie told the same story about the police
trying to murder him for the $500 Mat
thies IL III a critical condition, and will
probably die.
Shortly before the police captured Brad
ley Edwin Gould, second son of the late
Jay Gould and coheir Of the latter's mill
ions, had his first startling experience with
the genus crank. Mr.. Gould was sitting
In his private office in the Western Union
building at o'clock, when he was dis
turbed by the sudden entrance of slight,
understood man, shabbily but neatly
dressed with pale face and small black
mustache
He walked steadily towards Mr.. Gould,
threatening manner. "Give me that Is 600
and give it to me quick, or give me the tip
on the market" ....
"Sit down just minute" said Mr.
Gould, until get the money out of the
safe The crank sat down and Mr. Gould
stepped TO side door He opened the
door and out walked Detective William
Clark, of the Central office. Come with
me and well get the money" said the
detective.
The crank bowed his head and walked
out of the office In the hall Clark put
the handouts on the wild eyed young
man, and half an hour later he was at
police headquarters. Mr.. Gould had been
prepared for his crank visitor by one OF
his clerks, the crank having called twice
before.
| At police headquarters the crank said
his name was Mongolia Andrews, and that
| he is "a years old. His object in going tc
Mr. Gould was so be repaid IS 600 which
! he had lost in Rosedale, Kan, while work
| ing on a railroad in the Gould system
! When searched there was found note In
! Andrews pocket addressed to Edwin
| Gould, which reads: when W. u. goes
i to 100 l want TO get q small smash al
| bucket shers. Please answer"
/ There was also n note book containing
list of names, beginning Vanderbilt, Oil
yer Ames, Depew, Astor, Bliss" Besid,
each name was u letter which correspondet
to scale of amounts in another part o
the book, and showed how much each ON
whose name was mentioned was worth
The police think Andrews is insane.
A dispatch from Kansas City. Mo-, an
nounces that Andrews is telegraph oper
ator, employed by the Western Uniol
company there, and now on a leave of at
sence.