Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-10-31
OUTBREAK OF CRANKS.
Two Dangerous Men In New
York Locked Up.
ONE SHOT A MAN FIRST, THOUGH.
The other Called on Edwin Gould and
Threatened to Shoot Him II He Did Not
Hand Over IS, OOO-A Fusulads on Broad
way-BOth said to He Insane.


Threatened to Shoot Him If He Did Not
Hand Over 81, oOo-A FusnIade on Broad
way-Both Said to He Insane.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3l.-The murder Of May.
OF 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 by supposed harmless lunatics
suggest either periodical epidemics of VIC
lence or show that crankn, like trains OF
gunpowder, wait only for an explosion to
set them aflame. \ similar outbreak OF
violence and threatening was noticed soon
after the explosion of a dynamite bomb by
the lunatic NorcrOss in the office of Russell
Sage in this city.
Edwin Gould was visited ut the Western
Union Telegraph building by a crank who
demanded g., 900 from him. He threatened
Gould IL he did not give it to him. Hewas
held in Gould's Office until Superintendent
Byrnes could he communicated with, and
Detective Sergeant William Clark was sent
posthaste down to Gould's Office and ar
rested the man.
lie is a small, undersizSd man, with q
dark complexion, wearing dark mus
tache, and was well dressed and gave his
name as Mongolia Andrews, 81 years OF
age, and telegraph operator by nccupa-
ton. He said he lived at 31S Pearl street,
Brooklyn, aud that he was married A let
ter and address We're found in his pocket,
showing him to he from Rosedale, Kan.
He said he demanded this $500 from
Gould because he lost that much during
the strike in Kansas while he was a tele-
graph operator
In his pocket was also found q message
n fRlauraDh blank fijf,a,rtsAl tn Edwin
Gould, which read as follows:
MIR. EDWIN GoULD-Wm Western Union ~
to 100! want 10 get in smash on the bucket
shops Please answer. ANDREWS
Had Others on His List.
The addresses OF a number Of prominent
people We're found in his pocket, giving
evidence that he meant to visit these PEG
Pile. There were the names of Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Grand Central depot, residence
at Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh street;
Chauncey NJ. Depew, Grand Central depot,
residence at - West Fifty-fourth street;
John Jacob Aston, pa Fifth avenue; George
Bliss, Oliver Ames, Lewis Fitzgerald, Sgd
ney Shepard. j. b. Van Every; Abram :.
Hewitt, Il Burling slip or ~ Cooper Union.
On this paper were three letters-"B, S.
600; c, =, 900; &, $1,000" Just below this
on the same sheet We're the words stocks.
Western Union, Manhattan. Union Pa
enc, Electric anu hhnSiS RACINE ne
name Red Line steamship company and
the name "Depew' also appeared
Mr.. Gould has been up to see the super
intendent Of police. The man is held at
the central Office,
lie shot to Kill.
Superintendent +. !. Matthias Of the new
Postal Telegraph building mt Broadway
and Murray street, VINO lives at ll9 Second
street, Brooklyn, was shot and probably
MORALLY wounded by James Bradley, la
borer, who has been living in Bowery lodg-
ing houses.
Early in the morning Bradley had &C
costed the superintendent and asked for
work Matthias said there was no place
vacant. About noon Bradley was found
lettering about the building and peremp-
trrilv ordered away.
Bradley muttered something about he
ing back later and disappeared. II was
nearly 4 O'Clock when Matthias saw the
stranger again. This time he was standing
near the Broadway entrance. The super
intendent seized Bradley 10y the collar for
the purpose of again eieCting him from the
premises. Just Mt that moment Bradley
whipped ont a revolver and fired. The
bullet took effect in Matthias abdomen.
He managed to stagger to the front of the
place and then fell unconscious.
At hay In n Corner.
Bradley meanwhile had backed himself
into a corner, protected ON two sides by
brick walls and in front by pile of terra
Gotta.
Officer Rooney, who was the first to ar
rive, did not venture to attack the defiant
shooter alone. Repeated raps for aid brought
Patrolmen Gillespie. Gebler and McCRbe
to the spot. The blue coats approached in
n body and shouted to Bradley to drop his
weapon. Instead of doing so, Bradley
opened fire on the policemen and emptied
the five other chambers of his weapon he
fore he stopped. Fortunately none Of the
bullets took effect. The policemen then
returned the fire and shot Bradley twice in
the arm. Then the desperate man surren-
dered Both men were taken to the Cham
beers Street hospital. The police think that
Bradley is insane and that the murder OF
Mayor Harrison in Chicago prompted HIS
rash action. Bradley says he is sailor
and was wrecked on the United States
man-of-war in Samo:& barber by the cy-
clone He said be had been gu. of work
for long time.