The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-01
PRICE TWO CENTS.
FLOOD TIME FOR CRANKS.
MANY TURNED UP rESTERDIY IND
SOME HERE ARRESTED.


Chance. With Her Insanity Any Longer
one Crank Wanted TO XII the spanish
| Consul, Another A-ted superintendent
| Byrn-s for 100000. Another Thrcat-
ened Father oFnrreii.-ono In Broohiyn
! Would Like n Miiiion from Senator Hill
Late yesterday afternoon. when Justt,e
| Martin. sitting In the Tombs Police Court, had
begun to hope that his day OF labor with cranks
had drawn to close. n handsomely dressed
| man. who looked to be about 80 years OF age
| stepped up to him and said:
| Il want warrant for n crank
My God. another" was Justice Martins
| only response
| Yes" continued the man. who said he was
| John S. Railway Of l5l West Seventy second
street. Il want n warrant fora woman who has
caused great trouble in my family by con-
| t!nually writing to mo and calling at my office
and house. telling eNory one that she is my
wife. This is not very pleasant thing for q
man with wife and three children at home"
| What Is your cranks name" ask ed Justice
Martin.
| She calls herself Martha Anna Katharine
Haas OF 300 West Ffty-fourth street. She first
commenced writing to me two years ago. Then
| she called herself my bctrothed. and urged me
| to hasten the day of our marriage. In about
! two months she said that she was my wife. and
that had taken her children from her. She
| said she was an Aston. and that Orme Wilson
| had conspired with me to take away her
| children. She writes me tho most Affections
| ate letters and at times threatening ones. The
worst OF 1t Is that she has a desperate-looking
| brother who always brings her letters to me.
| He Processes to beeve her story, and lectures
| and scows at me for not living with her In
| this epidemic Of cranks am afraid OF these
| people and want O warrant"
Justice Martin directed warrant to be
| made out for the arrest OF the woman. and Mr..
| hallway continued to talk about his crank.
Now. no one who ever saw this woman
would believe her story" he said .She Is
| fifty years old shallow-ay pinched face. and
| as ugly as sin. but she has sharp tongue and
| may make trouble for NO."
! He showed the last letter he received from
her. 1t was as follows:
| b35 WEST Firrr.rouRIH srRnErl
My DEARKsr SAM don't mind how give you trouble
in writing to You. am your wife and when we lived
together and you called your Anna-those our
happest days. and you said you were tho happiest
man. Whom shall We sec such happy days againf I
wish could you and children again am sick
since last week. kArnARtSA.
Court Officer English took the warrant and
| started of In search Of Miss Hans. He found
her last night in n meany furnished apart
| ment on the second floor Of 535 West Fifty
fourth street. When he knocked on the door
| lean. cadaverous little man opened It.
Does Miss Haas live here?" English asked.
MOI" was the answer.
Miss Martha Anna Katharine Haas p
oh. that's Mrs. Eadway." said the lean
man. Yes. she lives here. She Is my sister"
| He opened the door wider and tho woman
| stepped forward She had been sewing by the
| light OF kerosene lamp on a chair. She was
small. thin. and far from pretty. and she looked
every one Of the so years she owned to.
"Yes. l am Mrs. Radway." she said when
she saw the officer.
Then l want you." English said. Il have
| a warrant for your arrest for annoying MIR.
hallway"
1T can't be possible" said the woman.
You wouldn't dare arrest the wife OF such
rich man as John S. Railway. and know my
poor dear husband would not swear out a
warrant against me-"
English was unrelentng and Miss Haas had
to put on her hat and go with him. While she
was doing this she kept on telling her story.
We were married several years ago." she
said. I'm Rochester. Pennsylvania. Father
Dempsey married us. 1t is nobody but his
family that Is keeping my Sam from me- They
would never let me have the marriage certif-
cate He loves me still. but his dreadful family
won't let him live with mo. Everything will
come all right now. though"
English marched her off to tho Tombs. and
she will be committed to-day for examination
as to her mental condition.
MADE THREATS AGAINST GOV. FLOWER.
woman. who refused to give her name.
called yesterday at the Office Of the Charities
Department in Elm place. Brooklyn. and re-
ported that her son had recently been making
threats against Gov Flower. She feared that
ho ipca nd OF tad fnrf hA
Office. Just as they were entering the door.
she said. no darted off and disappeared around
the corner. She gave the name and q descrip-
tion Of her son, but he had not been arrested
at n late hour last night
sent to the Flatbnsh Asylum yesterday. Her
deusion is that PRESIDENT Cleveland owes her
a vast sum Of money on n ! .OO0-acre play
ground which he purchased for Baby Ruth.
WANTED TO KILL THE CUBAN CONSUL.
Henry Frank, Iwho is tall. SLENDER and
shabby. with long. curly hair and face that
once was handsome. was taking OF killing the
streets on Monday night at = o'clock; lie had
great crowd around him and. holding big
red apple in his hand. he was speaking in u
lloyd voice. ,,. ~ .,on oonnh.so,, hold,
ing np shs ar SnIe o" o." Hulk it IS am an apple
but that Is due to your beiogged minds.
clipped 4 from IT," moon myseIf Gen; h i,
II hurt to rert with 1t. but | don't feel much
pain now lie owns my soul ana have got TO
do what he tells me- He told me o 20 up to
tho moon and, chin th,.block from the moon.
Tn went mud hero ! am again. chip and all.
But | have received hy Telegraph a far
more important commission; l have got 10
Nil The tuhnn Consul and lie must die to:
morrow, lie is opposed 10 the. annexation Of
Cuba and the only way annexation can too ac-
complished il to put this Consul out OF the
way This Consuls day has come and no
must die. Many more will follow him. Ny
hand is swift and certain and no one can
escape me- ~ , 49,.
i" / was ordered to kill Mayor Harrison but
TINT other fellow z t ahead Of mo-;
Policeman ohm, OF the Church street sta
ton. arrested Frank. Al the ,f"r,hs yesterday
Frank sall that b" was drunk ana didn't
Justice Martin committed HIM for examina-
ton as to his sanity.
REILLY ASKED sUPEEINTESDEST BYRNEs FOB
100000.
crank called on Superintendent Byrnes at
Police Hea lquarters auuut | O'Clock yester-
day afternoon. He was tall and ema"ated. had
dark hair and moustache and a two weeks,
growth OF beard and wore derby hat. a shabby