The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-11-01
THE CRANK EPIDEMIC.
New York's Police Added to Their
List Of Victims.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES CRANK
His visitor Demanded eTb, 900, with $685.
900 Interest, and He Wanted tho Inter
est In PeDnics-A Police serseants'
visitor who Demanded Only $1,000.

his NtbftoE Dtmanucu SsDpoour WIN 3Nos-
900 Interest, and He Wanted tho Inter-
est In PeDnics-A Police serseants'
visitor who Demanded Only $1,000.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The latest crank
walked into police headquarters yesterday
afternoon. 81 want to see the superin-
tendent," he said TO Sergeant Mangin,
who holds the outside entertainments of
the fort. "He Is very busy. Won't
dor" said the sergeant. "Iwant the money
he owes me. Why don't he pay its"
"Oh," said the sergeant; call right, Come
right in," and he led the man into the
superintendent's presence, taking good
care to keep close at his elbow.
The superintendent looked up from be
hind his desk and took in the situation at
a glance.
"What can do for your" he asked.
"You can pay me the money you owe"
said the fellow. why don't your I've
waited long enough"
"Let me see, how much is 1t now"
| queried Mr.. Byrnes, looking his visitor
| over with u searching glance. The fellow
never fiinched. He evidently knew his
cause was just and expected to see the st-
perintendent come round.
| 'Its SIS, O0o," he said. ~ told Mrs. Bell
| to give them to you. You are one man IN
| thousands picked out to keep the money
for me; but now you have had it long
enough Two years is long time. There
is SIS, 900 interest on it now. want it in
pennies"
pennies are pretty scarce" said the su-
perintendent, "but maybe we can man
age it, Frank. You take this man into
the detective Office and get him his $780,
600. See that they give him the $4,000 in
| r,annieS and the rest in hills "
The sergeant and the crank walked over
the bridge arm in arm. The crank is in
an iron cell now, waiting to be paid. He
! put his nnme down in the book as Thomas
i Reilly, painter by trade, IS years old
| and his home a. IS Pell street.
Sergeant Pagan, of the East Fifty-thirt
street station, was behind the desk wher
wild looking man entered and in I
: fierce voice demanded 5000. The man
who was fairly well dressed, kept boil
v hands in his overcoat pockets, and t
. looked as il revolver might be exhibited
Il at any moment.
Seeing that he had crank of the vio
!, lent order to contend with, Sergeant Fagal
. turned the matter aside by saying that h
did not have quite so much money witt
him He promised, however, il the maj
u would call again later in the day his dc
= mand would be satisfied.
! The crank left after making threa
that unless the money was forthcomin
:. on his return there would be trouble. A
l exactly 1890 o'clock the man made his al
q pearance and renewed his demand fo
5000. There was no one inthe police ST.
Ii ton save the sergeant, and in order to ga
Ia time he invited the man into the waltz
L room. The two were talking business, Tia
officer eying his man suspiciously all til
time, when patrolmGn John Rose returne
from dinner.
q ~ owe this man g, 900, y Pagan said, wit
70 n sigh of relief. "Officer, take him dow
r to the bank and see that he gets it
ii He realized the situation i'll momei
10 and courteously invited the man out. Il
r. crank, who was oyerioyed ut the prospec
ti OF getting the money early, folluwe
re They boarded n Fourth avenue car and
~ conrersed quite nationally with the otiic
ii on the way up town As soon as he can
"a in sight of the Yorkville police court, hoy
r. ever he realized that trick had bee
r. played on him. He refused to enter I'll
re building, and a rough and tumble fight r
I, suited, the policeman being victorious.