The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
THOUSAND HELD AT BAY BY MANIAC
 -- Mad Man Shoots Nins and Blows Out His Brains BARRICAOED IN HIS HOTEL
Tragedy in Heart of San Francisco Drew immense Crowd to Scene, Who We're Mortified
 by Carnage.

San Francisco, June 21.--After holding one thousand persons at bay for two hours in Eddy street early today, shoot ing 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. Cheval.s, shot in eye.
 w. Jones, wounds in cheek.
 Emil Roberts. a boy, shot in leg.
 Quong Do, Chinese, rifle bullet in hand. George A. Dalaughton nine wounds
 Vicente Romante, shot in cheek and ear.
 Joseph Laribee. two shots in chin, one in lip, others in shoulder, face and arm.
 Policeman Patrick Kassan, shot in cheek while firing from adjoining room, Seven shots passed through his helmet.
 The insane man was barricaded In his room on the fourth floor of the United States hotel 123 Eddy street
 Throws Furniture From Window
 Lobb went to the hotel last night. This morning he began throwing furniture from the windows to the street. Several persons narrowly escaped being struck. Then he began firing, He placed $50 and $500 bills in the muzzle of the weapon and fragments of the paper were scattered over the street. A big crowd quickly gath cred and hundreds of men were prevented from passing the place by fear Of being killed. Street ear traffic was entirely sus- pended after one car had been fired upon and it's windows broken.
 Police Lieutenant Green rushed a strong squad to the scene, among the officers being five members of the crack rifle team of the department. They were unable to accomplish anything, however, as the maniac was strongly intrenched in his room and appeared to have an unlimited amount of ammunition.
 FusilIade Through Walls.
 None of the wounded will die. It was determined that he must be captured dead or alive and all the rooms adjoining the one he occupied was filled with armed officers. A lively fusillade was begun through the door, transom and walls of the madmans stronghold, to which he responded with remarkable rapidity. The l plaster was scattered from the ceiling ana walls and the walls were soon covered with white flakes and the men nearly | Minded by the lime. Officer Kassine at tempted to peer through the transom when he received a charge of shot which dls- figured his face aud completely riddled ] his helmet Then officer Hutchins de' scended from the lo to the room below, while the other policemen made an at tack in force on the door.
 R,cws of His Own Head
 When Hutchins saw the maniac's atten- ton was diverted he gave prearranged signal by firing his revolver. Hearing the report from an unexpected quarter the murderous unatic rushed to the window. which was open, and literally blew off the top of his own head. The brains and fragments of skull flew through the air into the street to the horror of the thou sands of spectators who had assembled in the neighborhood, which Is near the heart of the city.
 Thomas Lobb was about 28 years old He apparently was an Englishman and a stranger here. In his pocket was card bearing the address of the British consul general and the receipt for baggage show ing that he was a recent arrival in San Francisco.
 Later 1t was learned that Lobb was carpenter who arrived here yesterday from Benson, Arizona,