The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-22
DEED OF A MANIAC
WOLVES NINE PERSONS, THEN CON- MITs SUICIDE.
Thomas Lobb, Barrfcaded in san F.ran-
 cisco Hotel Room, Held Thousand Men st Bay for Two Long Hours.

San Francisco, June 21.--After hold- ing 1000 persons at bay for two hours in Eddy Street early today. shooting nine people and defying the police Thomas Lobb. maniac. killed himself
 The dead-Thomas Lobb.
 The wounded--W. s. Hoffman. shot three times; c. T. Chevalis. shot in the eye; W. Jones, wounds in cheek; Emil Roberts, a boy. shot in leg; Quong Do. Chinese, rife bullet in hand: George A Delaughtcn. nine wounds; Vicente Ro- mante. shot in check and ear; Joseph Laribee, two shots in chin, one in lip, others in shoulder. face and arm; Po- liceman Patrick Kassan. shot in cheek while firing from adjoining room. Seven shots passed through his helmet. None of these will die
 The insane man was barricaded in his room on the fourth floor of the United States Hotel. 123 Eddy Street. Lobb went to the hotel last night. This morning he began throwing furniture from the windows to the street. Sew eral persons narrowly escaped pelng ctruck Then he began firing, using e shotgun He placed $50 and $10O bilis in the muzzle of the weapon ana iraF- nents of the paper were scattered over the street big crowd quickly gath- cred and hundreds of men were pre- vented from passing the place by fear of being killed Street car traffic was entirely suspended, after one car had been fired upon and it's windows broken.
 Police Lieutenant Green rushed strong squad to the scene, among the officers being five members of the crack rife team of the department. They were unable 10 accomplish anything however, as the maniac was strongly intrcnched in his room and appeared to have unlimited amount of ammuni- tion.
 It was determined that he must be captured dead or alive, and all the rooms adjoining the one he occupied was filed with armed officers. A lively fusilnde was begun through the door. transom and walls of the madman' stronghold to which he responded with remarkable rapidity. The plaster was scattered from the ceiling and walls, and the walls were soon covered with white flakes and the officers nearly blinded by the lime. Officer Kassane attempted to peer through the transom when he received a charge of shot which disfigured his face and con- pletely riddled his helmet. Then Off, cer Hutchins descended from the roor to the room window, while the other policemen made an attack In force on the door. When Hutchins saw the ma niac's attention was diverted he gave a pre-aranged signal by firing his re- volver Hearing the report from an unexpected quarter the murderous lun- atic rushed to the window. which was open, and literally blew off the top of his own head. The brains and frag- ments of skull flew through the air into the street to the horror of the thousands of spectators who had as- sembled in the neighborhood, which is near the heart of the city.
 Thomas Lobb was about 23 years of age. He apparently was an English man and a stranger here. In his pocket was card bearing the address of the British Consul General and the receipt for baggage, showing that he was a recent arrival in San Francisco.
 It was learned later that Lobb was a carpenter who arrived here yesterday from Benson, Ariz.