Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-01
me- oar OF causxs.


NEv YORK. Ocs Si.-An excited WORK
man rushes. fran, the new building 81 the
Postal Telegraph company q broadway
and Murray streets, at i:io O'Clock yestef-
fay afternoon. and called out that naf-
aerous craak. who was at large on tue
grn.na accr of the building. shot the
e,srk Of the works and threatened murder
by the wholesale.
Officers Mulrooney and Giolin hassened
IN the saot. Inssde the bailding lay SUI
perIutsndsnt Frederick l. Matthias, VINO
had charge of the construction for the
architects. He was bleeding profuseiy
from, bullet wound in the abdoner.
He's killed me-" was all that the
crowd could hear Ia an Instant the base
meat of the building out of which tae
man had been carried was filled with a
.uruiny crowd. Behind pile Of corniee
was man who hal attempted murder.
The crowd then made a dash for the mar
r,y exits, and there WAS the widest
segne Of confusion. 4 pistol saot from
behind the pile of corniee Did not help to
keep the crowd from going too fast Men
hit each other with the fury OF fear IN
,beir hearts. and half dozen were
trampled down.
News had reached the police station that
a mailman was loose ia the new postal
hu ding, and the police were Immediately
s-ut 10 the scene. They cleared the
p,aeA add marched into the basement.
Behind the pile OF cornice in the north
east corner lay the man who had at
TEMPTED to murder Superintendent Mat
rhias. The police learned that he hal
fired only two shots from his revolver "Fd
that he had four more 10 shoot, so '2a'
they advance cautiously.
They took up positions behind piles OF
corniee, which had been rapidly thrown
40 as breastworks. 10 scare tle man out
the police upened fire and about 70 shots
ia ali were fired The man did not come
ont at the first volley, but when police
man got up on top of the pile, wAile the
others were averting the mans attention,
and pointed "A pistol at him, already
cooked, and told him that unless he cam.
out in three minutes he would be dead
man. the man threw up his hands.
The policeman took out his watch and
alled out at tue end of one minute, then
At the second minute. Then there was an
the crowd cooked his revolver. A moment
later and the policeman on top OF the pile
zane rolling down. There was report OF
a pistol aud the crowd cried out that the
policeman had been shot.
Clubbed Into Submission.
This proved untrue, as the policeman
Jumped up Immediately. Then the CRY
went up that the man had come from be-
hind the pile OF cornices. Policeman Gil
lespje made a rush at the man before he
got to the exit to Broadway and hit him d
rack ever the head with his stick. The
man. shreking and crying, striking out
right and left with his fists, was felled te
he ground, and half a dozen policemen
fell on top OF MIN. 1t required three min
ltes' steady clubbing to subdue him.
Then ensued another wild rush, and the
,rowd tried to get at the man to lynch
him. The policemen had the greatest
difficulty in getting the man through the
,rowd to the station house.
The man had been loafing around the
building all day He had been hiding be
hind piles of bricks and saying that the
policemen and the superintendent were
after him trying to murder him for steal
lind pile, and stepped up to the super
inten lent and deliberately fired two shots
into his stomach. Then, waving his UNI
nrela and calling for the men to keer
back. he took refuge behind pile OF
bricks.
At the station the prisoner said his
name was Thomas Bradley, that he was
81 years old. and that he was born in Ire
land. He said that he had no occupation
and no home He was starving when he
went to ask for work at the Postal Tele
graph building yesterday. Work had
Teen refused him, he said. He was in
despair.
He asked Superintendent Matthias fol
work again yesterday afternoon and was
roughly ordered away. Then he said he
tried to protest, and Superintendent Mat
;hias had drawn revolver aud shot al
him Then he drew his own pistol and
shot at his assailant. Superintendent Mat
HAS death is said to be certain.