The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-17
Drives Crowd Before
Him With Coup
ling Pin.
USES WEAPON ON THREE HEADS.
Finally Corralled By a
Squad of Police Just Out
side Union Station.

An insane man, giving the name of
Arthur Roberts. and his home as Bos-
ton, armed with a coupling pin and a
strong desire to kill every one who
came in his path, assaulted Night
Waterman John N. Craig, Engineer w.
w. Severance and Baggageman Will
lam F. Fuller, at the Union station last
night, and but for the timely interfer-
ence of officers Tierney and Matthews
he would certainly have killed some
one.
In addition to hitting the three men
mentioned, Roberts broke a door and
in his mad rush through the train shed
of the Union station, he drove at least
30 people before him.
He made his first appearance at one
of the subway entrances at the Union
station, and removing his coat and vest
ne proceeded to sweep down the stairs
For few minutes no one paid particu-
lar attention to him, and Night Watch
man Craig was first to take any notice.
Roberts would get one fight of stairs
swept down and he would start at the
top and sweet them down again. After
time number of people were attract
ed to the spot by the mans peculiar
craig
told him that it would be a good idea
for him to stop sweeping
Roberts refused and finally Craig
started to take the brush from him,
Without an instants warning, Roberts
jumped for Craig and struck half a
dozen blows in the face with telling eff
feet on the night Watchman's eyes. He
Knocked the old man down and would
have killed him but for several other
employees of the station, who ran to
help Mr.. Craig
Roberts worked himself up into an
awful frenzy, and picking up a coupl-
ing pin he started in pursuit of some
of the men who stood around. Engineer
Severance ran for the entrance to the
telegraph office and managed to get in
side and shut the door. Roberts ran to
the door and pounded on it until one of
the panels gave way, and then leaning
over through the hole struck Mr.. Sever
ance stunning blow on the head
opening up a cut about an inch long
He tried to get inside the entrance
but could not and turning around got
his eye on Baggageman Fuller, who
made an attempt to defend himself
but the insane man was too much for
him and welding the coupling pin at
arms length struck Mr.. Fuller on the
head. The crowd managed to get the
baggageman away and then Roberts
started for the crowd.
He chased them out of the Union sta
ton through the train shed and was
about to go across the square when he
ran against Officer Tierney. Seeing
the officer, he made a blow at him and
missed the officers head by an inch
He jumped at the officer for a second
time but was suddenly brought to a
quick halt by blow on the head from
the officers club. officer Matthews al
SO got crack at the fellow while Of
ficers O'Connor, Chamberlain, Mcleod
and Dunn surrounded him. The two
blows did not seem to have much effect
on him and he struggled for liberty in
such a manner that the officers could
hardly get the handouts on Him,
Other officers were sent down to the
depot by orders from Lieut.. johnson at
Station l, who had been telephoned,
and finally after hard fight Roberts
was landed in the police wagon. He
was taken to Station l, where a long
cut was found on his head. DIR. Clark
was summoned and took six stitches
in his head. He seemed to be more ra-
tional at the station and said that he
left the Boston city hospital Saturday
night and had gone as far as South
birmingham on the electric cars,
where he jumped a freight train and
rode to Worcester. He said that the
doctors at the hospital told him he
could go free If he wanted to- Lieut..
johnson tried to get the Boston hospi-
tai last night, but could not and the
Boston authorities will be notified to-
day