New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-31

City. where he was employed as telegraph
operator BY the Chicago. Burlington and quincy
Railroad Mr. Gould finally became annoyed at
the frequency Of his letters. and wrote to the
manager Of the road complaining Of the crank
The letters then stopped. Andrews went 70
Texas and finally returned TO Kansas CITY
vherc he tried unsuccessfully to get back his
old place which had been III; ii. He there
upon. It * supposed. came East.
H.. first appeared at the office Of the Western
Union telegraph Company. in this city about
ten DAYS ago. asking to see George j. Gould
He saw only the Office boys at that time. They
thought he acted strangely. He called at the
Office agsn last week and saw Edwin Gould for
"a. arst time 10 whom he sent "A printed card
Judge Andrews. OF Kansas city Mr. Gould
thought that the man might be some friend OF
IN. railroads out there. 10 whom 1t would be
we'll 10 b. courteous. lie surprised To see
a demonstrating" fellow, VINO said he wanted
10 see George J. Gould TO demand from him
s. OOO or points on the stock market MIR
Gould saw that the fellow was "A crank, and got
rid Of him bv telling him that his brother was
not IN the city.
The crank returned 70 Mr. Gould's Office early
Yesterday morning. and again about ~ O'CLOCK
When Mr.. Gould was informed that the man
was In the office again, he concluded that IL
wouId b. best for all concerned to have him
taken care Of by the police So he sent out
word 10 the man t. come back at O'Clock Al
that hour the detective was sitting in MIR.
Gould's private office when the man was SHOWN
In.
What do you WANT asked Mr.. Gould.
In answer the man fumbed In his pockets
and produced a telegraph blank. when lie
handed to Mr.. Gould. 1t read as follows;
Mir Edwin Gould: VIII Western Union go
to 100? l want to get smash at the BUCKET
shops. - ~, ,aoo,
The detective then quietly arose and placed
the man under arrest . ,, ,,,,r
The prisoner was little man, ABOUT ,''ii
tv-fve wears old, with dark coinpeNoh' u',P-
set black eyes and small black mus.achc.
He was slender and fairly well dressed, pu i
his nervous manner ana res'lcSs ,oon ~, ~ ~, nl'
ewes indicated that b. was crazy. ne 'oiu De
t.ctiye Clark that he was Martin u Andrews,
a telegraph operator and lived AT 40. 30
pearl-@t RrooRyn. although he had iately come
East from Roscdale. Kan. Detective clark .ooh
andrews To- the Central Office. There tne man
said his name was Mongolier Andrews re was
married. he said and he thought 'hn "ts'e, ,,
Union Company or the Gould family shouiu
support him. ., ,
Sir. Gould accompanied the detective and
the prisoner to Police Headquarters. In the
cable car the man acted strangely. lie re-
NAMED perfectly silent, fumbllng In his hat
band and pockets He finally pulled OUT an
other paper and handed it to passenger say
Ing: please send this to my wiIei ,.,,. mn,
The passenger addressed. an eIaeriy nun,
read the contents of the paper. shook MS he,u
and said: Poor fellow He then gave 'he
paper to the detective. e., ,,
Superintendent Byrnes talked with ANDREWS
for IA half-hour ana came TO the conclusion 'ia'
the man was Il harmless lunatic Dut ne ue-
cided to have him locked up until he couId De
expmined "a 10 his sanity. No. weapon, except
a penknife. was found In his pockets
On another piece of paper were the iolio"ihE
addresses: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Grahi Centrai
Depot. and Fifth-ave. and fltty-seV'h,h-sr;
Chauncey NJ Depew. Grand Central Depot ana
No g. Wet Fifty-fourth-st.; John jacob Astor'
No. ga FIfth-ave.: Hewitt. No. II Burlint
Slip and No "A Cooper Union. Andrews had
also written dowa the names OF George Bliss.
,nycr Anes. Louls Fitzgerald. Sidney Shepard
and j. T. Van Every. Other pieces OF paper
were covered with stock quotations ana mean
inglcss letters and ngures.
Mr. Edwin Gould was seen by Tribune re-
porter at his home No. West Forty-seventh-st.
last evening He was perfectly cool and self
Possessed as he had been all through the ar
fair He told the story which has been given.
and added:
we arr, constantly bothered by cranks AS
time ,oes nv | wonder how my father ever
stood it, He had 10 bear 1t all. Now 1t Is di-
viaed between George. Howard. my sister and
myself Even the younger children. Frank and
Anna, get some OF H.