The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-13

open the door. A wild laugh was the an
swer to her appeal. The astonished po-
licemen listened a. few moments ana
wrong inside again attacked the door
This time they burst it open. Rushing
about the rooms, scantily attlrec, yeiiing
like maniac and waving his hands
above his head, was a man. Following
him and beseeching him TO keep quiet
was his wife. The man was William
Zeigler and the woman his WIFE, Libbie.
In small bedroom crouching in one cor
ner and almost frightened to death, We're
two children. They We're Thomas, a ten
year-old boy, and his three-year-oid sis
ter, Bertha. They had been driven into
the room by their father, who had be-
come violently. insane. When the police
Ter attacked them Policeman Bunneli
finally grappled with the maniac and
managed. to hold him until Toppin car
ried the boy to the street When he re-
turned the child Bertha lay on the floor
unconscious. Toppin gathered her up
tenderiy in his. arms, carried her to the
first floor and lowered her to the street.
With her brother she was placed in an
ambulance and removed to ST. Francis
Hospital. On the way to that institution
smoke she had inhaled. Her brother, al
though in precarious condition, is IN
a fair way to recover. He was resting
child's legs had been shockingly burned.
Policeman Bunnell was still fighting the
maniac Zeigler when Toppin returned to
Zeigler, six months old tot, who lay In
a cot. The child, Toppin thought, was
only unconscious. When he reached the
child was dead and had been so for some
time 1t had been Suffocated.
When Zeigler saw his children taken
and rushed out into the hall It was be-
lieved he had escaped to the street. Sud
denly he returned, rushed through the
apartments into the front room and rais-
sy,xr n xHYiy, 3Nyx cyarE Ms nJ1t a
policeman could reach him. Firemen and
the crowd in the street yelled to him to
stay where he was when he appeared on
the window sill.
With a wild laugh Zeigler sprang out.
His body described a complete somer-
sault in the descent of thirty feet. Zeig-
moment moaning and groaning. Blood
shot from his nose, mouth and ears. AS
fireman approached him he sprang to his
feet and declared he would kill anyone who
from the building, grappled with Zeigler,
and with the assistance of half dozen
fremen, bundled him into patrol wagon
for the purpose of removing him to ST.
Francis Hospital. All the way to the in
stitution Zeigler fought Bunnell. The po-
Noeman was too weak to resist the mani
that his face and arms were cut and
scratched and his body badly bruised
AT the Hospital Zeigler was taken in
straight Jacket An examination iionu Of + his IS
wounds showed them to be of an inter-
nal character. He will recover but will
doubtless be laid UP for three weeks or
a month.
While Bunnell was at the Hospital he
collapsed and had to be carried upstairs.
In his work Of rescue the policeman had
and hands. He remained in the Hospi-
tai about two, hours and was then re-
moved to his home, at his request.
While Zeigler was being removed to
the Hospital his wife, Libby, despite the
efforts Of policemen and firemen, fellow
ed her husbands example and sprang
from the third story window into the
street: She was unconscious when picked
up. Efforts TO revive her We're futile, and
she was removed to st. Francis Hospi-
tai. She sustained dangerous internal in
juries and her life is despaired Of
J., While M s The these things were s transpiring
ed in No. ia: The occupants of that
building had become panic-stricken, but
policemen and firemen kept them pretty
The only persons injured were Sadie
and Mamie Campbell. Is and l6 years old,
respectively. They were asleep when the
ire started and We're apparently forgot
ten by their parents, and for long time
overlooked by the rescuers. Both were
unconscious when found. The bed in
which they lay was on fire. Both were
They were carried into the street and re-
moved to St. Francis Hospital. They
will recover.
When the buildings had been cleared
Of their occupants little time was lost in
extinguishing the flames
The buildings are owned by the McKeon
estate They were damaged by fire.
smoke and water to the extent of A,500
The baker shop in which the fire
In the zeigier apartments a bank book
containing $47 was found after the fire
had been put out.