The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-11-08
THE MANIA SPREADING.
Two Cranks Startle New Yorkers
by Their Operations.
The superintendent OF the Postal Teie-
graph building Shot by an Insane
Freak-Another Demands $4,000
OF Edwin Gould-Both ars
Locked Up.

New YORK, Oct. 31.-An excited work.
man rushed from the new building Of
the Postal Telegraph Company at 4;10
o'clock yesterday afternoon and called
out that q murderous crank was at
large on the ground floor Of the build
ing, who had already shot the clerk OF
the works and threatened to murder
by the wholesale. Several police off,
GERS Immediately rushed to the spot.
Inside the building was superintend-
ent Frederick L. Matthias, who was
bleeding profusely from bullet wound
In the abdomen. A number Of badly
scared workmen were lurking behind
pillars and piles Of wood and brick,
while still more crowded the temporary
stairs leading to tho next story, st-
tracted there by pistol shots and tho
excitement from from below. Tho po-
licemen were told that Matthias assail-
ant was concealed behind q pile Of
brick In the rear Of the building
An officer advanced towards the
mans hiding place and ordered him 10
come out. A pistol shot rang out and
a bullet grazed the cheek of the police
man. The officer mounted another pile
Of bricks and opened fusilade in the
direction Of the mans hiding place.
which the latter steadily returned
Finally the crank gave an unearthly
scream, jumped from his hiding place
and fred three shots in quick success
sion at the policeman, all Of which
missed their mark. Officers Giblin and
Cornell rushed upon him, seized the
pistol and bore the man to the ground.
Even after being disarmed the man
fought desperately and the policemen
had to use their clubs to overcome him.
The hundreds of workmen employed
in the building as well as pedestrians
from Broadway rushed in and a cry
was raised Of Lynch him." Somebody
picked up brick and struck the fell
low over the head. The policemen
were obliged TO turn their attention TO
saving the man from the fury Of the
crowd. Both victim and prisoner were
conveyed to the Chambers street hos
pital.
1t was found that Matthias had been
shot in the abdomen and was in great
danger OF dying. The prisoner said his
name was Francis Bradley, laborer,
without a home. 1t was found that
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fective, for Bradley was wounded twice
in the right forearm. He is an unpro-
possessing individual, dirty and un-
kempt. When the superintendent came
around he told the fellow TO get out A
few hours later he came back and with
out saying a word walked toward the
center of the building and hid behind
q pile OF bricks. Aworkman called the
attention of Matthias to the fact and he
was again ordered out The answer
was a shot Matthias cried: II am
shot," staggered toward the center of
the building and fell. After being ar.
rested Bradley made an incohsrent
statement about people being afraid Of
him. He said he was a Grand Army
man, which cannot be true II the age he
gave-3l-is correct. He also said: II
had TO shoot him; he was trying TO
shoot me. lost my citizenship papers
and was being hunted by a mob"
None of the worltmen about the
building knew Bradley. The police
believe he is undoubtedly insane The
bullet was extracted from the wounded
man during the evening. II was found
embedded in the back of the pelvis. II
peritonitis does not set in the physi-
clans say they now have hope for the
superintendent's recovery.
Another crank of the Norcross-Pen-
dergast type has been lodged behind the
bars at police headquarters in this cty.
The fellow at 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon, by a subterfuge, got into Edwin
Gould's office in the Western Union
building. He demanded $4,000, saying
that he had lost the sum during the
recent strike. He is a telegraph oper-
ator and says his name is Mongolia
Andrews and resides in Brooklyn
Andrews, whom he called at Mr..
Gould's office, told the clerk that he
had message Of the utmost impor-
tance for Mr.. Gould. The latter at the
time was engaged, but as the caller
looked respectable and was not in the
least excited, he was admitted to the
private room. There he made the de-
mand for the money. Mr.. Gould real
lied that he had crank to deal with
and stepping In 70 an adjoining room
telephoned TO Superintendent Byrnes
for help. Then no returned and hu-
mored his visitor until detective ar
rived. The crank was unarmed, was
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