The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-28
ANDREW FLEMINC'S CASE
TALK WITH THE CIRCUS MAN AT
THE POLICE STATION.
He Thinks He Il Very Rich and Has
Done Many Wonderful Things
Ross Case.

Andrew Fleming. Of this city, who was
brought from New York Wednesday. was
adjudged insane yesterday and his condi-
ton is said 10 be hopeless. Fleming is
we'll known In indianapolis. as he spent
the winters here with his family nearly all
his life. He has been in the circus business
for about twenty-six years, having trav-
eled with nearly all the circuses I'm the
country as a ticket seller.
At the police station yesterday after
noon Fleming sat on one of the iron hunks,
part OF his clothes being scattered over
the floor, and talked to a few friends who
called TO see him. All the while he picked
away at a number of small strips of mus
lin which he said he was going 10 make
into a rag carpet He had torn sheet
into shreds during the night. Fleming told
many stories Of what he intended TO DO
and but for the Assurances of them one
would not have believed he was insane,
as he talked fiuently at times
A MAKER OF STREET CARS.
lie said: II made $4,000 already this year
with the Sells show and / am going TO get
very rich 1 have been a ticket seller and
made lots OF money. AS soon as l get out
OF here l am going 10 begin making 500
elegant street cars myself. and will place
fifty OF them in Indianapolis, fifty in Gin
cinnati. and the others In cities through
out the country. Ass soon as 1 get theIn
completed / will build an electric line from
New York TO San Francisco. and II VIII
be a wonder. Part of the cars l Will send
10 Australia. | Will run the cars IN IN
dianapolis on the regular street-car tracks,
and the officers of the street-car company
won't know anything about II. l VIII nave
pretty girls for conductors and motormen'
and / will dress them in boys clothes,
and each will wear big diamond. Will
get all the business, as the people will want
TO ride my cars.
the finest wagon in the world that mace
a few days ago II is eight stories high ana
nifty feet long by forty feet wide. 1t VIII De
drawn by six coal black horses. In TINS
wagon there will be a jewelry store, TURK
ish bath, bowling alley, roof garden, bar
room and have single board forty teet
square that will be used as a dancing iloor.
That wagon will do great business Part
of my money ] have invested in several
thousand acres OF land In Texas, where
raise thousands of bales OF cotton.
When / was in Providence, X. l., l was
arrested. | was walking on the railroad
track and stumbled over car coupling pin,
which l put in my pocket. The policemen
arrested me and fastened me In the patrol
wagon. While We were riding along saw
a fire and told the two officers with me 10
look at IL. They jumped out OF the wagon
and went TO the fire. 1 then took the coup
ling pin from my pocket and beat the driv-
er's head until | killed him. l dressed my
Chicago, where l sold II for $3.50. then
went back 10 the show and arrested sew
eral of the canvasmen who had caused me
trouble. Whenever l got in trouble put
on that policeman's uniform and had things
my own way.
ELKS ON HIS BOND.
1.-The Elks' Lodge, in Boston, went on my
bond. furnishing $4,000 straw bond. They
told me to get out and never come back.
as they had fixed matters and would not
lose anything. felt very thankful TO those
fellows and gave them big supper. sent
10 San Francisco for one hundred dozen
hard-shell crabs. and bought five hundred
dozen young squads, besides Holsters. por-
terhouse steaks young chickens and other
good things. / tell you l gave them fine
spread.
II am going 10 buy all the big circuSes In
the country and have tent made that will
be the largest in the world Then 1 will
make more money. / have lot Of wine on
ice at a saloon here and l want a basket
full OF quarts and a basketful of pints to
give the boys time when l get out OF here
tonight"