The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-28
FLED FROM The HOSPITAL
Frank Kachelski Had Been Confined
As a Suspected Lunatic.
He Jumped From Window, Follow
ed by an Attendant, Who
Caught Him.

The people who live in sou'heast WISH
ing ion, In the neighborhood of Second and
u streets, had lots OF excitement last iii sht.
Some say they saw murder committed;
saw crazy man who csca ped from pfovi-
dence Hospi al, dressed only in his night
cloiEine. and some say they were aisle p
and saw aotiIing.
They we're all talking about it this morn
ing, and each was frying To tcllabOut wha
he had seen, and each was perfectly sure
his was The correct version. This is the
gtOry:
Two men s'ood ON the corner of SecDud
ana streets last nigBt about 1880 o ciut X.
They talked in LIw, hushed voices about the
BASEBALL game. One of them had been 10
Bs!.lnore and was telling his compani ion
how the mighty champions bit the dust.
The s-illness OF the Southeast Washington
Eighi pervaded the surroundings.
SUddeniy white form appea red in the
shadowy distance. Slowly it slunk frnin
from tree box ~ tree box. The man who
ha,l been 10 Baltimore clutched his com.
panion's arm. Look" he whispered.
The form crept On. The two uen stood
quavering with fear. And then, the still
ness OF the Southeast Washington night WAS
shattered Out upon the air rang cry
1t was: Murder" IL was the cry OF a
haunted man. The white, sinking form
suddenly bounded into life. IL also bounded
into the street. A dark form bounded after
IL. The man who had been 10 Baltimore
and bet on the champions, had visions Of
Duffy coming In with the 10th run. The
white form sped dcwn ID street, and the
man in black sped after it, At the corner
they clinched.
Then, again, ire Stiffness OF the night
cracked and broke off in large chunks.
Windows were opened with a ras pin z SQUAD
People left their dinner tables aud rus,ed
into the street A crowd gathered. The
black fotm and the white form still iDught
on the corner. The baseball enthusiasts
joined the crowd, aud in the press of Duiu-
bers regained their nerve. The form in
white developed into "a wild-eyed. painting
man. dressed only in his underclothes. The
form in black proved to be muscular
young man with black mustache aud a
blue suit. The wIldeyed man writhed ard
twistel in the grasp of the other.
Murder sh-ieked thu lightly clad one.
Police yelled the crowd
Help. help. hcip!'' no owsed the wiid-cyed
man.
whats he doing TO YOU" shouted the
crowd
.'He is killing me-" replied the squirm-
ing one.
Wen help YOU" replied the Gro vi.
and ther the police came and drove the
crovd away. and the muscular yo,Ins man
was left alone with his victit0 AMI hey
were swallow ed up in the gloom of the
Southeast Washington night.
Gradually the excitement simerm ed down.
People v ent back To their cold dinners and
wondered what they tad seen. Some Said
they had seen "a Tnau murdered: some said
they had seen ghost, and some said they
hgd seen nothing, and that those who
did not agree with them had been drink
ing This morning the authorities at Prov
idence Hospital issued the following state
mems
Frank Kachelski, a Russian, who was
sent to this hospital by order of Surgeon
General Wyman. pending an nexaminatiOn as
to his sanity, escapcdfrorn Confinement last
night ny jumping from "a window. He was
pursued by keeper and recapturedafter u
struggle