Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-02

them made demonstrations to-day-one
on Superintendent Of Construction
Frederick Matthews of the Postal Tele-
graph Building, and the other demanded
$4,000 of Edwin Gould.
The assault upon Matthews was made
by Thomas Bradley, about $40 o'clock
this afternoon, the crank firing two
shots into Matthews stomach. The first
intimatlon that citizens promenading on
Broadway had that anything out of the
way was going on was when an ambu-
lance from the Chambers Street Hospi.
tai dashed up in front of the Postal
Telegraph Company's new building. A
man on stretcher was carried out
"He's killed me" was all that the crowd
could hear.
POLICEMEN CROUCH BEHIND BRICKS.
1t was enough. In moment the
basement OF the building out of which
the man had been carried was filled
with surging crowd. When the
crowd got into the basement they found
four policemen crouching behind great
piles of bricks. This fact, together with
the startling information which the
police gave in ordering the crowd back,
10 the effect that behind the pile of
cornice lay crouchIng man who had
already attempted one murder and
would not hesitate to do another, in
creased the excitement.
The crowd then made a dash for the
narrow exit, and there was the widest
scene Of confusion. Half dozen men
were trampled down.
THREW UP BREAsTwoRKs.
The police cleared the place and pre-.
pared for action. Behind the pile of
cornice in the northeast corner lay the
man who had attempted to murder
Superintendent Matthews. The police
learned that he had fired only two shots
from his revolver, and that he had four
more TO shoot, so they advanced rather
cautiously. They took up positions be-
hind piles of brick which had been
rapidly thrown up as breastworks. The
man had hidden himself behind pile
of cornice about ten feet high, three feet
deep and about ten feet long. He was
crouching very low down and in one
hand he held his pistol already cooked.
He pulled the trigger, but the pistol
missed fire. Then the crowd was more
cautious, and everybody retreated be-
hind the breastworks of brick and stone
around the building.
TWENTY SHOTS WERE FIRED.
To scare the man out the police
opened fire and about 20 shots were
fired. The man did not come out on
the first volley, but when policeman
got up on top Of the pile while the
others were diverting the mans atten-
ton, and pointed pistol at him already
cooked and told him that unless he came
out in three minutes he would be dead
man, he threw up his hands.
The policeman took out his watch
and called out the end Of one minute,
then at the second minute.
Then there was heard an ominous
clicking as every policeman IN the crowd
cooked his revolver. A moment later
the policeman on top of the pile came
rolling down.
THE REPORT OF A PISTOL.
There was the report of a pistol and
the crowd cried out that the policeman
had been shot. This proved untrue, as
the policeman jumped up Immediately.
Then the cry went up that the man had
come from behind the pile of cornices.
Policeman Dan Gillespie, an old-timer,
made a rush at the man and hit him a
crack over the head with his stick.
The man, shrieking and crying and
striking out right and left with his fists,
was felled to the ground and half a
dozen policemen fell on top of him. II
required three minutes steady clubbing
to subdue the fellow, who struggled like
wild cat.
WOULD HAVE LYNCHED HIM.
But for the fact that 10 policemen OF
the Broadway squad, with their bodies
and batons, defended the PROSTATE
hloodinn tY1anulad and ehrialrt nu form,
OF the would-be- murderer, an infuriated
mob of over 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.
Bradley was transferred to the Belle
vue Hospital, where he said he was q
laborer without home. 1t was found
that some of the officers shots had been
effective, for Bradley was wounded
twice in the right forearm. The physi
clans say that If necessary he will be
able to go to court tomorrow morning.
From witnesses Of the shooting, the
men who had been working at thai
place, 1t was learned the man had beer
loaflng around the building all day
He had been hiding behind piles o.
brick and saying the policemen ant
superintendent were after him trying t
murder him for stealing $500. The mel
paid no attention to him.
SHOT THE SUPERINTENDENT.
At $3.50 o'clock the man came from
behind pile, and stepping up TO til,
superintendent deliberately fired TIVE
shots into his stomach.
At the police station Bradley sail
work had been refused him. He wa
In despair. He asked Superintendent
Matthews for work again this afternoon
The superintendent had roughly orderet
him away from the building. Then h
said he tried TO protest and Superinten
dent Matthews had drawn a revolve
and shot at him. Then he drew hi
own revolver and shot at his assailant.
Matthews is in critical condition to
night and he will die.
EDWIN GOULD RECEIVES A CRANK.
Only the GOODNESS of Edwin Gould
George Gould's brother, probably save,
him from similar fate. About 2 o'clocl
this afternoon q man who said his nam
was Magnolia Andrews, called at tn
Western Union Building. He got b,
those whose duty 1t is to learn the bust
hess of those who call on Gould b,
btating that his business with Mr.. Gouli
WAS one of the most urgent characte
Ind "must be attended TO at once"
He was nermitted to enter the inne