Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-10-22
A CRANK IN NEW YORK
He Demands Money From the
Astor Place Bank.
FIRES AT ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES


FIRES AT ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES
He Is Promptly Taken In Charge Ivy
an oficer Before Other Damage Il
Done-H He Gives Ills Name "a Charles
Freeman and Claims That He Is Com
mnnded From Above.
New York, Oct. %. "A crank entered
the Astor Place bank Friday af-
ternoon and demanded $1,000 from Pay
ing Teller Kinds. The teller told the
crank to wait. As he was turning away
the crank fired revolver point blank
at him and bullet flew by Kinds neck
The crank was seized and turned over
to the police. The officials of the bank,
three days ago received a postal card
from man saying he would call in Il
few days for $1,000 The mans identity
is unknown
For the last four days the cashier of
the Astor Place bank has been receiv-
ing threatening letters from a man who
signed himself Charles Freeman. The
letters demand that the bank give the
writer $1,000 OF the cashier would be
killed. The first of these letters were
received last Tuesday. In fact, the
prisoner had delivered it in person. He
had walked in and left it in the window
without saying q word. The letter was
as follows:
ITO the cashier of the Astor Palace
bank.-This certifea that I shall call
upon you, the cashier of the Astor
Place bank, tomorrow and will present
note for $1,000 and demand from you,
or who shall be at the window,
and will shoet them dead instantly
without moments notice If the re-
quest is not granted. I hereby notify
you of your danger. don't want to
kill no man without first giving him
warning Then if he does not heed
the warning then his life shall pay the
consequence, and if required would
take 10, 900 lives in order to fulfill the
plan that God has laid out for me. For
further information call upon the editor
of The Morning World.
Every truly yours,
CHARLES FREEMAN.
"God Almighty my protector.
'In order not to canse any panic
against the depositers I shall only draw
$1,000 at one bank, which can easily be
made good by the bank
The bank officials Immediately notified
Inspector Mclaughlin who sent Da-
tective Freel TO watch for this curious
individual. Wednesday, the appointed
time, the crank did not appear, butsent
postal card as follows:
Owing TO the lack of arms that /
need to make good my word have post
poned my plan until tomorrow.
CHAIR Es FREEMAN"
Thursday he again disappointed the
detective and the bank officials, but sent
the following card:
''In order to give you the chance of
considering for your own good, will
call tomorrow without fail. Please
have the money all counted out and
ready for me. Remember your fate de-
ponds upon it, or that of the paying
teller. VERY truly yours,
W s3 l"CHARLEs FREEMAN"
Promptly on Friday the man pre-
4l,o foIIoxui1,.,
"wednesday, Oct. IS, 1s94.-Astor
Place Bank date I promise to
pay to the order of God Almighty the
sam of $1,000 when presented by Charles
Freeman. Penalty if not forfeited
death.
On the back of the draft was tho fol-
lowing inscription: So
'Notice--The draft of $1,000 will be
all that will claim from one bank. /
am authorized by God to draw upon all
banks to whatever amount [ see fit, and
the penalty to refuse means that have
the right to shoot the person dead who
refuses and by the power of God no
man can stay my hand -
This draft along with the letters was
taken with the prisoner to the Jefferson
Market police court, where Justice
Voorhees, is sitting When questioned
by the judge as to his conduct he SAID
he acted under the instructions of his
God. -
"How did you receive your instruc-
tionsY asked the judge.
MY instructions were Inspirations
and came from God through my heart"
"Do you think you are sane2'
II think my mind is superior to any
in this room. ="
He was taken to Bellevue for exami-
nation.
withdraws From the Ticket.
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. ga. Y. Walton
and DR.. Theodore Hermann, Democrats
and candidates for the legislature on the
independent reform county ticket, an
nounce their withdrawal from that
ticket because the executive committee
| had indorsed Judge Noonan, the Repub-