The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-02
.iGIT IN TANTRUI
- = Choke a Attendant
VIA his Big Left Arn.
- ssuals cmA'ss At NM.
- Gasss Russsss-1hs ussasoEsa
eua-na,lard lGayss w. -
rssnsfng gigAs.

- - n oxc1tt48 - - - -
1 - ussd q the county al shortly affsr
s.- - Theuxs r. Shoemaker a. tho
z s--<rsl nruss, and the latter nov tells
n 4 enryyw esrape from serious injury ~
Sssr a m hants Of an infuriaxed crazy
- ou5et uas restored only after Jaiier
Ss-Sron With two assinsauts had guoo
Z = GSecuaksr's sssistance. and The fosr
- = hard struggle haA tightly stra1-
~ - nanise's hands
- 0nce "0kagff" Was thrown - Jan
/. ,oS6oy list he has been more o. Ss0 Vie
- "a has made great deal o. noise
~ = great display Of slrsngth He =
- m1vo frame. weighing more than ~
SuI1a al has arms that look like San
fn DnUe one has been near him IA
~ - - has been IN IAN. and yesterday
rnohAr took his turn. "6kAgit" was
! S-6l17v 1y1ng on : cot. when he sudAanIy
- ev~ 1t his guard and said:
Acsns. pat your hea1 on my shoua-
4hes Uss IN agiy Ifght In the eraw
~ - - said. ''Nof now"
scDne On. ecme on" urged the pris-
- Z want to show yeu The iserang1e
- ut wrestiers 49,
1Aors ua1 some eauDe tor alarm on the
~ q ~ guard - he looked AZ the
on1af IN arm uplifssd to close taghtIy
- NJ nock. but ho cooaly stood his
- and again declined the Invitation.
r. ~ while thu thought was going
A his mind that ',6kagif" had shown
! Enoosition to inturs everybody IN reach.
- - Selt sure that n the strange
h11 Sser tightened about hip neck he
U11 nsvss live 10 tell tho story.
NJ, coma kiss ne thea" entreated
- o1natic. IN his most persuasive tone.
~ guard declined for the third time,
- lien was commenced one Of the live
- STRUGGLES sver to take place In the
~. The insane giant spranG to his feet.
onu1t w heavy once chair, and hurled
\ ~ III his might straight Ct shosma-
1Rs hsad. Tho latter. who had picked
~ teoo0 for protection, actively spran9
6me Gds and warded on the fiying char
- struck the brick wall and bounded
~ half way acroas the room With q
luootacal shout the crazy man picked
- INVOLVING chair weighing about thirty
eD0s swung II back at full arms length
r launched II like . mace At 9hoema-
~. The improvtssd weapon new the
49, ~ the room and then came 20 the
- WITH chatter that seemed to shake
- hu1Ddfng.
~ : moment "skagit" vas monarch os
= hat he surveyed. for the only thing
1T GhosmAker wanted to do was TO keen
- - reach Of the mailman. But '-skzS-
~ rsign was almost instantly at an
- JaiIcr Dick BuFkmAn, who weiEhs
pounds. had heard the noise, and was
= ~ door. A soon a. he could turn the
- he rushed straight at "skagit,"
un1At him by the collar. and with a
rnnGs that irresistibly carried the pfis-
- along several Aet he threw '.skagit'
= ~ door. There the jaiIor held him un-
= the three assistants could fasten the
llraps In place. This was accumulated
o1ser hard struggle. and ',Skasit" was
Gnquered.
Ne crazy man Quoted down when he
- that resistance was useless. But
o9s was no gag In his mouth. and he
- hts voice Justify. The corridors ech-
~ Win:
Dick. Dick. Dick.
Ars You going to unite my handsf
Oh, Dick. Dick. Dick"
m vas delivered in q sing song manner
- would have been iudicrous II II could
1Se been severed from the thought Of
- pttiable condition the man was IN.
- The plea was useless. and "SkAxits
Nnained bound.
me Jailor has Informed his superior that
= , noe conducting n iunatic asylum, ana
Sk.sit" viii probably b examined toby
~seAing his sanity.