The evening world., 1893-11-02
BOOK A MILD CRANK TO-DAY.
still He Was Strapped in a Strait.
Jacket In Prison.

a whole squad Of court officers sur
rounded George Book when he stepped
on the platform before Justice Koch In
the jefferson Market Police Court ,his
forenoon. lie was charged with send
inE a threatening postal card 10 Scenic
! Artist Gustav" Nola. Of PROCTOR Thea
tire. calling for the payment OF So which
! BoCk clt.mai Nolz owed him for years.
The story or a DESPERATE attempt that
/ Bock mali last night, on Capt. O'Cyn-
nor. Of Tie T"uierl1tn station, while h."
was beiug b,Ikal for a cell. hal pre-.
: ceded the prisoner to court, and II was
deemed advisable 70 keep him under
strict surveillance during the proceed
inEs.
Book had been placed In the rapidly
Increasing ranks OF c~raul:s. and that,
together with the fact that he was a
fellow Of powerful physique. did as
much, perhaps. as anything else 20 slim
ulata the fear tho court officers Sc med
to hold him in. And yet Book told an
altogether coherent story OF the debt he
Years ago, in Portland, Or. Book
said. Nolz was employed by him In Il
Mig painting AMI decorating business
At one time" NoiZ borrowed SO and then
left him to CONE" Fast. Some tim"
Afterwards Books business failed ana
he was without a dollar.
He lriftel To N"w York. and found
that Volz mad rcmunerativ- employment
at the theatre. Byck called there and
tried to cDilec, the debt. saying he would
take a dollar or two ut A time. He
claimed he couldn't collect a penny.
and in despair wrote the postal-carl.
which thoroughly frightened NolZ.
This postal-c1rd: which caused Books
arrest. said Book was starving, and
LHHl ~ HsN 4Ea IlfssL FAr ia
money. He concluded by saying: Re
member II Is cranks' day, and also ]
have been Chicago. | IN you until
Saturday or join my and then fol-
and C~TossbOnts.
Nolz showed the postal to Capt. O'Con
nor. who sent out his detectives to ar
rcrt Book. They found him in u saloon
adjoining PCT Avenue H., which address,
was given IN the postal card. BY IA
preteNt the Detectives got him over to
the West Thirtieth street station-housc.
1t is said that when Book realized that
he was under arrest he grew very Wild
and made "A vicious lunge at capt. D'Con-
nor's tn Dat with n keen-edged file.
Detectives sullivan and Lang interfered
and prevented the prisoner doing any
harm.
tie was calm enough this morning
WHEN arraicned. but the. Threatening
Koch 10 deal summary with him. He
ordered Book to furnish SjUJ for his good
behavior for six months. Book was then
led back to the prison and the keepers,
still fearful OF IN outbreak, Immediately
strapped Book in a strait-jaCket. bind
ing his arms by the wrists to his dec.
The keepers we:cn taking any chances
with him, they explained.
An Evening World reporter saw
Bock in the prison. "Thi II what ]
get for lending Il friend money he
said. lie admit the slightest suggestion
Of a crank about him. except that his
attire was very dilapidated. II" has a
frank. opel, face and honest blue eyes.
He repeated the story Of lending NOl7
none when he was in "A prosperous
painting business at Portland. ore, and
now now that he was nennil"ss and
hungry he asked for a dollar or two t.
drive hunger away.
When asked why he wrote the postal
card about 'Cranks' day and Chicago.
Book said h did not know what he
was doing. If he was "A crank bent on
hurting anybody, Bock was subtle
.nough to conceal that fact, and he was
uncpmmCnly ducile.
capt. Conner did not press tbs
charge OF attemp'cl assault on him by
Book. nor did mis- officers tell of the
finding Of a Sharpenri bnVon"t, which
had been ground to "A sulcttO-like point,
In tn" prisoners coat that had been
found in the stable at 2G} Avenue H..
An old officer of the court remarked.
sententiously: m its cfhnkfSfn t6 ask
for the payment OF money WI lend, why
there's a lot of Ne IN danger OF being
locked up as ranks"