Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1893-10-31
OUTBREAK OF CRANKS.
Two Dangerous Men In New
York Locked Up.
ONE SHOT A MAN FIRST, THOUGH


hhnd over rosooO--A fnshlade on broau-
way-Both said to BE Insane.
NEW YORK, oct. 81. -Themurder Of May
or Carter Harrison in Chicago by the crazy
ex-policeman. Prendergast, has been fol-
lowed in this city by sudden activity ON
the part Of cranks of whose existence the
| public had been ignorant Such sudden
outbreaks 10y supposed harmless lunatics
suggest either periodical epidemics OF vio-
/ lence or show that crankn. like traius uf
| gunpowder, wait only for an explosion to
set them ahame A similar outbreak of
| violence and threatening was noticed soon
after the explosion of dynamite bomb by
the lunatic Norcross In the Office Of Russell
Sage in this city.
Edwin Gould was visited at the Western
| Union Telegraph building by a crank who
demanded s. 1000 from him. He threatened
Gould II he did not give il TO him. llewas
held IN Gould's Office until Superintendent
Byrnes could be communicated with, and
Detective Sergeant William Clark was sent
posthaste down TO Gould's Office and mr.
rested the man.
lie is shall, underszed man, with a
dark complexion, wearing dark mus
tache, and was well dressed and gave his
name a. Mongolia Andrews "a years OF
age, and telegraph operator by occupa.
tion. lie said he lived at 3is Pearl street,
Brooklyn, aud that he was married. A let
ter and address were found in his pocket,
showing him TO be from Rosedale, Kan.
He said he demanded this S50OO from
Gould because he lost that much during
the strike In Kansas while he was a telc-
graph operator.
In his pocket was also found message
on a telegraph blank directed to Edwin
Gould, which read as follows.
Mr.. Edwin Gou1D-Will Western Union go
TO 1907 / wani 10 got In "A smash on the bucket
shops Please answer. ANDREWS
Had Others on His List.
The addresses of number Of prominent
people were found in his pocket. giving
evidence that he meant TO visit these peu-
pie There were the names of Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Grand Central depot residence
at Fifth avenue and Fifty-seyenth street,
Chauucey NJ. Depew, Grand Central depot,
residence at as West Fiity-fourth street.
John Jacob Astor, pa Fifth avenue; George
Bliss, Oliver Ames. Lewis Fitzgerald, sgd
ney Shepard. j B. Van Every; Abram ;.
Hewitt. Il Burling slip OF "A Cooper Union,
On this paper were three letters-"B, So.
900: C.. - 900; G., $1,000 just below this
on the same sheet were the words stocks
Western Union, Manhattan, Union Pa.
cifc. Electric and Kansas Pacific" The
name "Red Line Steamship company ano
the name "Depew" also appeared.
Mr. Gould has been mp TO see the super
mtendent Of police. The man is held al
the central Office.
lie shot to XIII.
Superintendent r y Matthias of the new
! Postal Telegraph building at Broadway
and Murray street. VINO lives 40 no eecon,
III .tI4N l.naf and ttrnIu I'll
, mertaiy wounded by James Bradley, a la
borer, who has been living in Bowery lodg
ing houses.
Early in the morning Bradley had &C
costed the superintendent and asked fo
work Matthias said there was no plac
vacant. About neon Bradley was founi
? lettering about the building aud peremp
t torily ordered away.
y Bradley muttered something about be
I ing hack later and disappeared. IL wa
p nearly O'Clock when Matthias saw th
z stranger again This time he was standing
E near the Broadway entrance. The super
intendent seized Bradley by the collar 70
the purpose Of again eiecting him from th
premises. just at that moment Bradle
. whipped out revolver and fired Tn
. bullet took effect in Matthias abdomen
y He managed TO stagger 20 the front Of th
10 place anu tntn ltll NutuhelluuHi
, At Bay In Corner.
Bradley meanwhile had backed himsel
into a corner, protected on two sides b
b brick walls and in front by pile Of teri
Gotta.
Officer Rooney, who was the first to al
n rive, did not venture TO attack the deiian
II shooter alone, Repeated raps foraid hrougl
e Patrolmen Gillespie, Gebler and Mccall
a to the spot The blue coats approached j
IS a body and shouted 10 Bradley 70 drop h
e weapon Instead of doing so, Bradle
J. opened fire on the policemen and emptie
D. the five other chambers of his weapon b
fore he stopped Fortunately none of ti
bullets took effect. The policemen the
'i returned the fire and shot Bradley twice
ie the arm. Then the desperate man surrei
AZ dered. Both men were taken to the Chan
" bers Street hospitals The police think thi
Sc Bradley Is insane 'and that the murder
Mayor Harrison in Chicago prompted b
3 rash action. Bradley says DE is a salt
a. and was wrecked on the United Stat
man-0f-sar in Samoa harbor by the c
- clone. He said he had been out of woI
le for a long time
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