New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-15
A POLICEMAM'S DANGER.
WITH A LUNArIC on A NARROW coRNIcE'
FORTY FEET FROM THE GROUND.
THE INSANE MAN BELIEVED THERE WAS rLoi
TO MURDER HIM-HE Is c A. DODGE

THE INSANE MAN BELIEVED THERE WAS PLOT
TO Mr-RpER HrM-HE Is c. A. DODGE.
OF PHILADELPHIA.
r Dodge thlrty-nine years old, OF Pniiaaeiphia
vvas committed 10 Bellevue Hospital Tor nve days oy
Magistrate Kudlich. IN the Harlem Court yes'eruas
for examination as to his mental condition Inc
witnesses In the case were Mr. Dodge's mother Mrs
= r Dodge an author. also Of Philadelphia aho
h,s cousin Raimund n Schramm OF Depot
Lane Fort Washington
Yesterday morning at $50 o'clock Mounted 70
uceman Newer. Of the West One-nuhnreu-anu-n..s
second-st station was riding past the house OF MI
schramm. which Is four-story mansArd roof mousse
aith narrow cornce at the top OF the third story
when he saw Mr. Dodge lying outstretched on the
cornlce clad only In his undercioihng ana ho'a'''s
magazine In his hand As soon as he sa" the po
uceran Mr. Dodge beckoned him 20 approach ana
then. in stage whisper. said Il want you 10 pro-
tect me There has been an attempted "'''0 "
tha house and the victim
rho oa,cer dismounted and knocked at the door
Mr. schramm responded. and was surpriseu WIG"
told that Mr.. Dodge was on the eorhice' INC po
lcenan mounted 10 the fourth story OF the "ou'.
IN, nv Y,rp- corntrc from ore ~ the wihoo"s s"~
carefully approaching him. asked him quietly 70 30
into the house The ledge on which the two STOOD
g. .arcsrv more than a. foot wide and is a; least
,o,,, ,sst above the ground As MIR. Dodge was
about entering the window he turned TO the on'cer
and remarked II an old-time atnIete am ID
strong as an OK Feel OF my muscles
The officer quietly placed his hand on the insane
mans arm told him that his muscles were IKE ron
and then used all his persuasive power 10 ihuuoe
hin, IN enter the window There was a moment OF
suspen.e and then Mr.. Dodge entered the "ihao"
without a word He led the way TO his room. LOCK-
ing the door he told the officer that ne wanted pro-
lection and desired to be taken from the house
Before going with the policeman MI D'dse sa'u
that there had been plot to murder hin ana 'ha'
he had lain for three hours on the cornice waiting
FOR helm 10 come He then took a satcnel from
closat and into Il put some crusts OF bread whicn
he aaid were poisoned He also put mo the sdtS"s
a nankn which ne said had also been polsoheu
Then he went quietly to the police station Win the
oficer and later taken 10 court =, ,-.--..
Mrs Dodge and Mr.. Schramm tod tn~ MaSlsNdNe
that Mr. Dodge had been insane since ne was sum
s,r,,c and afflicted with malarial fever about seven
teen years ago. while employed at the Erie pas,i ASH
tJ,s tts az insanity they said were perio1lca aliu
no had been a patient In kirkbrdes PennsylVdlid
Wosnital on five different occasions His dehleitla
according TO DR. SpltzSa. the insanity expert "a
NOT dangerous and several OCCASIONS ieei'rs w
a. coming on ne surrendered himself at the hospta
FOR treatment. . ... A.. - r.as ro-
,r.ars hui that he simulated insanity IN order 70
- adn,ssIon into asylums and expose tneu
aahmses He declared that he feigned INSANITY yes-
tardav morning for that purpose. he expresseu
daslre 10 be committed. and thanked the Mds's-
trate for sending him 70 Bellevue