The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-04

| CHICAGO, Sept. 27.-A panic on the
Chicago board OF trade was witnessed to-
day more extraordinary than anything
possible from causes merely financial
Nearly 1000 people, brokers and specta-
tors, were held helpless in terror for
moments that seemed an age. at the
mercy of a maniac sending death into
| their midst.
Cassius Beldin, a poorly-dressed and
incoherent-talking sign painter, stood
in the south gallery Of the main trading
room and deliberately discharged bullet
after bullet from pistol into the crowd
ed pits on the floor below and into the
| throngs OF worlds fair sightseers in the
| galleries. Three persons We're unable 70
| disengage themselves for the confused
mass. into which all were thrown, in
time to save themselves from the flying
bullets. These are:
ANTRIM BENNETT. board of trade
broker. shot through the neck.
CHARLES w. ROSWELL, assistant
chief operator of the board of trade tele-
graph, jaw broken by bullet
Mrs. w. w. LEWIS of Titusville, Pa,
worlds fair visitor, flesh wound in the
back.
The Warning Cry.
The first warning to the brokers was
the cry of a woman who was seated
near the maniac. Ali eyes We're attracted
by the noise, the hubbub Of the traders
ceased and in an instant the shooting
began. Everyone scrambled for the
shelter of bulletin boards and ante
rooms, the crowd seeming for a time
more crazy than it's assailant. Before
anyone recovered from the shock suffi-
GENTLY to realize what had happened
and to take means to stop the work of
the. mad man, the first to act was
Thosam Z. Barret of the commission
firm of Boyden & Co, a stalwart young
Irish-American with record as an
amateur athlete. With courage and
readiness In emergency. characteristic
of his race, Barrett made rush up the
stair case and throttled the mailman,
throwing him to the floor, while boot
black wrenched away the smoking
weapon.
Almost N Lynching.
A scene of pandemonium had by this
time set in. The traders had partly re-
covered their wits and the news of the
shooting had spread to the people on the
streets. who Immediately began to crowd
into the building. They surrounded the
prisoner and his captor. From fighting
with the prisoner Barrett now had to
fight for him to avoid lynching. Half
a dozen of the directors and other
cooler heads promptly assisted him
and the excited throng was kept
back. In the pushing and haul
ing that followed ruch was
made by the self-constituted body guard
of the prisoner and the man was soon
hurried into a room. The maddened
crowd ran to the room and the great
staircase creaked under its unusual
weight. In order to notify the police II
became necessary for one of the secre-
taries to crawl over the heads of the
men and in short time squad of Off
GERS arrived and the crowd was driven
back During the wild scenes attending
the capture and removal of the maniac
many were slightly bruised and the
clothes of some were badly torn. While
the assassin was being hurried away by
the police the scene on the floor Of the
exchange was one of wild CONSERVATION
Business was entirely suspended and the
traders began to group about the fallen
forms of Bennett and Roswell. It all
happened just at the beginning of the
busy closing hour on change.
None Fatally Wounded.
The two men among the victims
thought at first to be fatally wounded
are reported tonight as having good
chances of recovery. The woman injured,
Mrs. Lewis Of Titusville. Pa, was seated
beside her husband in the north gallery,
and one Of the first shots struck her in
the middle of the back. infiicting a severe
flesh wound. She fell to the, floor and
was quickly removed In a cab to a doc
tors Office. where IT was said she would
soon be about.
At the first crack OF the revolver. every
eye Of course was turned toward the
gallery. A pun OF white smoke assembled
slowly and gave instant warning as to
the location of the rnurderous. lunatic.
The next instant the revolver was again
pointed. apparently at the crowd to the
west Of the wheat pit. Then there was
a frantic rush from that spot Every
one succeeded in getting out. of range.
Again the crowd stopped from its fran
tic rush and once more looked TO the
gallery to see where the revolver was to
point next time. BY this time the lu-
natio's arm was unsteady, and the re-
volver wfggied badly. There was an un-
certainty among the crowd as TO where
1t was to point when fired. At last the
agony was over. and the ball went crash
ing toward the northwest corner. Realiz-
ing that the lunatic was going TO empty
every chamber IN his revolver at the
crowd, everybody now began finding
safe places. Commission men, with or
ders In their hands. squeezed against
each other behind the big bulletin
boards. The little srnoking-rooms, at the
corners, were literally packed with hui
man ~1bsanEx An .naane xaoh rushing