The evening times., 1902-05-31
WROTE THREATS TO
MISS LULU CHASER
So Say Detectives of Max
HIdebrandt, a VioIinist.

NEW YORK. May 3f.-Max Hilder-
brandt. a vioIinist. whose long hair re-
sembled that OF an anarchist, was ar
rested at the stage door OF the Herald
Square Theater at O'clock last even
ing and locked up at police headquar-
ters, charged with annoying Miss Lulu
GIaser. HiIdeTbrandt. who says he
played in Victor Herbert's orchestra in
PIttsEUTS. protested loudly that he had
done no harm, and that his rights as an
An merican citizen were being interfered
with. but he was hustled away from the
theater. so that the audience and Miss
GIaser we're not disturbed while the per
Torrance was in progress
Miss $IaseT received her first letters
from TEilderbrandt TWO weeks ago. He
is saI- 10 have asked Tor money. and
when no attention was paid to his re
quest ne sent communications which
Miss Glaser's managers construed as
threats One Of them contained a tar
get DUrycrting to show Eilderbrandt's
record as a reTolver shot. Miss Chaser
is noted for her ability to shoot with
revolver ard rife, and the letter accom-
panying the target may have been In
tended merely TO Interest her IN the
writer's prowess as maTksr.au- r. was
received on Thursday and reads as fol-
lows:
Dear Miss GIaser- Having read in the
papers that you are an excellent marks
woman. # viii probably interest you
that I made these shots Of-hand on a
long range.
The letter went on somewhat inco-
herertly about a girl named Rosie and
concluded with request for the present
address Of Edna Wallace Hopper. 1t was
signed Max Hildebrandt" D." and written
on the line below was Assumed name,
N l. Fisher"
This letter was not sent through the
mail but was handed in at the door Of
the theater. On Friday an envelope con
tanning newspaper clippings and an emp
y shell Of a .3Z-CalI5eT revolver W3E re-
ceived. The envelope was in the same
handwriting. In all FIVE communica-
tions from HiIdebrandt have been re-
ceived. one Of them a registered letter,
and he has been seen hanging about the
theater nightly
One OF the letters from him gave his
address as % East Tenth Street, where
ne occupied q furnished room Miss
GIGser's manager. D. ". Haines. report
ed the matter 70 Captain Titus ten days
ago. and Central Office Detectives Fun
ston and COOney watched the man. but
as he committed 10 overt act, they did
not arrest him until last night. Miss
Glaser was not informed OF the man s
constant attendance outside the theater
while she was acting within, but her
mother feared that the man would DO
something desperate, and it was accord
ingly decided that he should be taken
into custody
According TO the detectives, Hide
brandt pulled d large corkscrew from
his pocket and waved it in the air in q
threatening manner when he was ar
rested When asked later why he car
ried the coTkscrew, the man replied that
he used it to open cOcoanuts, so that
he could obtain the milk, which, he
said. possessed nutritive quality su-
perior to goats milk. and was of spe-
ciaI value 10 musicians
After talking with the man. Detective
Sergeant Funston said that he would
ask a magistrate to send him to Belle
vue tc be examined as to his sanity.
The charge made against him was that
of being a suspicious person Hide
brandt, according to the detective, had
also followed Miss Glaser in the street
and had aceosted her as she was enter
ing and leaving the theater.
Miss GIaser was informed of the ar
rest after the conclusion Of the per
formance of Dolly Warden last night
She requested that no charge OF a Sc
rious nature be made against the man.