Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-31
Another Life Sacrificed to the
homicidal lunatic.
GOTHAM the SCENE OF TIE CRIME,
And the Victim, the Superintendent Of
. Building, Shot Twice in the
Stomach.
EDWIN GOULD HAS A oLosE CALI.

Throoeeoed with Instant Death % esq
Was Net Promptly Fosshcomins-rhe
Madasa Arrested - Preparations for
Mayor Harrssoa's Fuaeral-nis Body Ly.
leg Il State &C the City Hall-0ensral
Grief at Chieags-Aiss Howard Pres.
sssssA-Fssss ASs.s tie Assassin.
NEW YoRk, Oct. ee.-A crazy man. en-
ulating the The example Of the msn who
Saturday night shot down ard killed
Mayor Harrison. Of Chicago. nred two
shots from . revolver into the stomach Of
. man whom be imagined had done him .
wrong. The man who Vas shot was
Frederick Matthies The man who did
the shooting ID said 70 be named Thomas
Bradley. Matthies 10 superintendent Of
construction Of the new Postal Telegraph
building on Broadway. But for the fact
that ten policemen Of the Broadway squad
with their billies and batons defended the
prostrate, bleeding and maneled and
shraeking form Of the would-be murderer
an infuriated mob Of over 800 men would
have lynched the fellow.
The Murderer Seeks . Hfdine Place
The assassin ran into the basement Of
the building after the shooting and hid
behind = pile Of cornice. He was crouch
ing very low down and in one hand he held
his pistol already cooked. To scare the
man out the police opened fire and about
twenty shots were fired. The man did not
come ont at the first volley, but then a
policeman got upon the top of the pile
while the others were attracting the mans
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ready cooked and told him tha: unless he
came ont in three minutes he would be a
dead man. The policeman took out his
watch and called out at the end OF one
minnte, then at the end OF the second min.
ute. There was heard an ominous click
ing rs every policeman in the crowd cooked
his revolver. The man started out with
all haste. and tried to get away.
Policeman Dan Gillespie made a rush at
the man abou ten feet before he got to the
exit ON Broadway and hit bin ON the
head with his stick. The nan .hrieking
and crying. striking out right and left
with his 6sts, was felled to- the GROUND and
half a dozen policemen fell on top Of him.
1t required three minutes steady clubbing
to subdue the man, who struggled like a
wildcat. Then ensued another wild rush
and the crowd tried to get at the man to
lynch him. The policemen had the great
est difficulty in getting the man through
the crowd to the station house. From
witnesses Of the shooting it was learned
that the man had been loatinS around the
building all day. He had been hiding be
hind piles Of brick and saying that tie
policemen and the superintendent were
after him trying TO murder him foT-s.eal-
ing $500. 81
The Victim Will Probably Die.
The men paid no attention to him. ~
800 o'clock the man came from behind
pile ami stepping up TO the superintendent
deliberately tired two shots into his stom-
ach. Then, waving his umbrella and yell
ing for the men to keep back, he took
refuge behind a pile OF bricks. The man
was locked up in the City Hall police sta
tion the night before as a suspicious char
acter. He told story about the police
men trying to murder him FOR $500 he had
stolen. Mstthies is in q critical condi-
| ton and will probably die.