Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-23


Pittsburg, January 22.-Adolph
Bachmann, the demented Alleghian
who last night barricaded himself in the
third story front room of his home at
16 Hamilton Place, Allegheny, was
finally taken into custody at 8 p. m,
after defying the police until that
time.
Entrenched in the room, with the
door nailed shut and supplied with a
knife. an axe, a slingshot and all the
missiles he could collect during the
night, and with all the furniture of the
room heaped against the door, Bach
mann resisted all the efforts made by
the officers to get at him. After
siege Of almost two hours he was left in
full possession of the field. The police
then retired for reinforcements and the
/ second siege proved successful.
Bachmann has been mentally unbal-
anced for some time and was at one
| time before violently insane, and be-
came an inmate of the City Farm.
Last night officers tried to arrest him.
| but the sight of their uniforms frenzied
the man and he made an attack upon
| them with a knife forcing them to
withdraw. The night was spent in
watching the house and in numerous
vain endeavors TO induce the maniac
to surrender.
This morning d squad of police broke
| into the house and reached the third
| floor front room where Bachmann was.
He had so securely barricaded the door
! that they were unable to gain entrance.
! A hole was bored through the door,
and chloroform introduced. but the
madman was cunning enough to open
! the windows.
/ Force was then resOrted to and
panel of the door sawed out. The
sight Of the officers infuriated the man
and cursing and raving, he seized a
pitcher and hurled it
THROUGH THE BROKEN DOOR.
1t struck one Of the offers on the leg
and inflicted a severe bruise.
! Glasses, chairs and crockeTy Of all
kinds followed, showing that the ma
MAC had laid in a good supply of ammu-
/ milton. The crowd in front of the door
( retreated to the rear room on the third
! floor to escape further injury.
/ A number Of strategies followed, but
I were equally unsucc ssful and at noon
! the officers decided to gel reinforce
menis.
At p. m. the attack was renewed.
The door was battered down, and after
| hard work the bedstsad and other furn-
( iture was cleared away from the en-
! trance. While This was going on, the
man in the room was not id.e. Wash
basins. tn pans, dishes and all kinds
of missiles came sailing through the
| door. As the apera-ure widened under
/ the attck of the police, chairs, tables
and broken pieces of furniture follow
| ol. The officers between strokes We're
kept busy lodging the flying articles,
while tha uprCar caused by The affair
was greatly enjoyed by those who had
surrounded the house.
When the officers had finally removed
/ the barricada and gaZed into the room,
there stood Bachman in the centre with
his axe i'm one hand and a knife in the
4 other. n sad f was death % the irS5
man who entered.
Then ensued a desperate struggle In
which it took the united efforts of an
/ the officers present TO subdue the man
lac He fought Ike a demon. and upon
realizing that he was being ovenpower-
ed, ,ai forth
YELL AFTER YELL.
/ He believes that he was about TO he
! killed. and his shr.eks Of terror resound-
/ cd through the house After much ef-
fort Bachman was overpOwered and Sc
curely bound.
During the first part Of the struggle,
Captain Thornton was cut i'm the head
by the knife In the hands of the crazy
man. Tha wound ble1 freely at frs,
+ but is not considered serious.
The top floor of the house looked az
/ if a cyclone had struck d. Broken
/ furniture and household goods We're
scattered everywhere, while the walls,
windows and doors showed that the
/ fight had been a desperate one.