New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-01

AN INSANE COACHMAN WITH A HATCHET
CAUSES A LIVELY TINE.

THREE MEN REQUIRED TO sUBDUE HIM AFTER
He HAD ATTACKED HIS CHILDREN MIND
UNBALANCED BY FEAR OF LIGHTNING.
william Scarlet. coachnaq for Mrs. Mary T.
Cockcroft, treasurer OF the Young Womens
Christian Association who live5 over his en-
movers stable at No so East Tkirty-second-st.
became insane in the course Of the heavy thun-
derstorm early yesterday morning. and sue
ceeded in keeping the guests Of the Park Avenue
Hotel who occupy rooms on the south side
awake most Of the night. Scarlet attempted to
dash out the brains Of his eght-year-old daugh-
ter. Annie. by throwing her downstairs, but was
prevented by his oldelt daughter, Maggie. who
called in Policemen James NJ Stephenson The
crazed man attempted to cut the officers head
open with a hatch
He had always been more or less afra:dofisht-
ming and on the approach Of a heavy storm a.
wcvs eough; shelter. His paroxysms OF rear yes
te-day morning were extremely violent, ana
about o:3O o'clock he ran through his apart
peuts naked yelling that the electricity hAG
entered his bod and uc!easei his strength I'M
Inensely. He wok. up his children to snow theh'
how strong he was. and 20 Illustrate pd''e'eH
the walls Of the apartment with hls hst 'a''"5
he marks Of his knuo kles in the plaster II'"s
O. thu. he began hurling cups ara sducei' al H.
children. who fed to the kli hen ana l''h''
Themselves In He broke In the door, gfAnp'd
the Youngest girl Annie. carried her T. the h"@d
- the stairs and was about to huri hcr - me
floor when his eldest daughter. Maggie. VINO mas
noted as housekee3er eincc the death oi her
mother five years ago grabbed his arm. Sh'
eootbcd him fer a Whil,. and he promisei - re-
t,rn - bed She went t. lock for him snort
time afteward. bu. found hin' on the roof naKec'
sbe Induced him to com, down. and then ne
raved abou: a hair dye tina; he had Deeh uS'ns
He feared that the dye would aneci ms n'"i'.
when he finished .aving abOu. the faT "E ~
1iccnss.d the approa hing m"rriag" oi ms
daughter Maggie. she is - '' ., ~
Wcdnes lay next. and her father haa "nlm Hrs
,erdav morning been pleased win un' - aus
n,ant His mind suddenly changed th"ueh' "u'
mo hia raving and he demanded her eheds"-
nent ring when she gov" u I" nm ~ nm" ,
I, down among the horses ana n',I"r'' '"o' '"'
should never be married -, IT,,
II was shortly after g oclock and the s''@s, Ss
eirl sent her fcurt~en-yc -rld sls'rI , Hn'a, 80
tho family physician DR.. W. . hchn"'H' ~
No 80 West Thirty -sNih-st ne I",",, ,,",,
cueed his daughter. of sending for p'l'rn"n,
and was about 10 ATTACK IN" r'u'N, 49,.
Ratchet but seemed to chang" ms uInl ""'
na ha bnd the weapon poised above her hcad
The girls then ran screaming into m" s'L'rl
and then into the lverv stables near pN. WIZ, w.
,ho, told tho praprietor. Mr.. Seaich ih'lr SO
lIo summoned Policeman Stephenson. ~ IN"
Wes. Thiriieth-st station, and Jllst a, ma ~
rnent DR.. Kennedy came along me n,'' ','l, ~ Wv
,o1iceman and the livery stable man a. ''n
aniad nv 2 colored stable hand went 10 scar
ie,,s and found the latter prepared Tor tnefn IN
ono hand he held whf1eree ana IN me QUIT ~,
~ hatcher The girl who had accompanied ,he
-, b.ck managed 70 get the hatrhet from her
father after he mad made two or three lnelirn e1i
tual attempts 10 use IT. ana then tne fner ..onra
tn IN him They got him on the moor but ho'
ha,oro he had hit each Of them eeNeraI uWes
zen when the men got him down ne @ gsed ,ns
1iub with good effect on Policeman "'epi'"
sons head. . . au moe ,ben
Al the policeman's requeNt oali was tIr" ,nr
sent for an ambulance and FOR p9t"L ,s m"h"n tSn
The patrol wagon arrived mrs., ana VIZ
bad succc4ded in getting portion OF scar :
,atbes an he was taken to the West Ihru,th
6, station. From there he was transierIed no 10
- fneane navlion Of Bellevue Hospital. IN 'ne
nv -. - nc raving no one scriou9ly hufr,
,nt LOT Of noise was made. Scarlet y Know"
-, ,be ncighborhod as a steady. sober man