The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-08
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arrested Ellington caller. who aid he
was John Bohlman. u teacher ~ langua RS
~ at West forty-seventh street
Mr.. Ellington was attended IN hia onics
by his own doctor. HiH injuries consisted
! ~ y scalp wound several inches long NJ tho
back " his head aud several other bruises
about the head and body Eight stitches
were taken IN the cut IN hia head, aftep
which Mr. Ellington went homo In a cab.
10 1881 Broadway 10 Detectives TraysF
and Conner he told tho following story
The man who assaulted me was in my
Office several times Yesterday afternoon
hunting for a notary, ! had never seen or
heard u him before. My notary was out
oil the afternoon. and the man finally told
me that he was about TO return TO Germany
and desired the assistance Of a notary In
arranging Some legal papers. | then told
him that | was a commissioner Of deeds
and could probably arrange the matter
for him just a. we'll a. a notary. | turned
to my desk and he slammed the door, which
closes with "A spring lock. and struck me
several terrible blows on the head and
shoulders from behind / fell to the floor
and that was about the last | remember.
The man said nothing and gave me no
intimation whatever that he was about to
assault me"
1t was thought at first that possibly Mr..
Billi1gton's. skull had been fractured, but
a further examination last night shove
nothing worse than a bad scalp wound,
His physician, however. will not allow hiA
to cave the house to appear in court until
Tomorrow or later.
The weapon Bohlman first usei was an
empty half pint beer bottle, with which ~
struck Mr.. Ellington at least half a dozen
blows over the head. This bottle Bohlman
brought with him when he came into tina
Office. When Ellington fell Bohlman
dropped the bottle and seized a heavy chair.
He was plying this when Mr.. Norton broke
the door open.
At the Old Slip station Bohlman refused
to make any statement about the assault to
Ssrgt. Akin, but he said to the detectives.
Il have carried this beer bottle wrapped
in a piece Of paper in my pocket for three
days looking for him. He injured one OF
my pupils, Miss Norton, and l have been
trying to avenge her"
This is all the detectives were able to get
out Of him. The police believe he is mem
tally unbalanced. In his pockets, when he
was searched, were found two pairs of
shears, the blades of one being about ten
inches long and those of the other about
eight inches. He also had a long writteAi
memorandum, the paper dingy and the
writing scarcely legible. Parts Of it could
be ~deciphered. In these the writer, sup
posedly Bohlman, spoke of being perse-
cuted by enemies who were stealing his
pupils from him and who were administer
ing to him a slow poison which was grad !,
ually exhausting his brain and driving him I,
to madness. He also spoke of having made
futile complaints to the Post Office Depart
ment about all of his letters having been
broken open. He wrote also that he had
made complaints to the Detective Bureau
that secret detectives were watching him
constantly, but he could get no satisfaction ,
from the bureau. p,
The document covers four pages. and the \
name. Miss Norton. can be deciphsred in
, several places. Under the date Of Novem-
| Der 8 he mentions seeing Miss Norton chloro- :
formed. There is no reference whatever
in the memorandum to Mr.. Ellington, .
1t was learned at 49, West Forty-seventh
sstreet hat Bohlman had ived there for
| several years and was at one time a very
successful teacher OF languages. His queer
actions for the last year, it was stated at
that address, ave driven nearly all his
pupils away from him His conduct had
been such as to lead those at the Forty
seventh street house to conclude that his
mind was gradually becoming unbalanced.
Bohlman is held in the Old Slip station
pending Mr.. Billington's being able to ap-;
pear in court to press the charge Of assault.
There was a letter in his pocket giving the
address OF a Miss Norton in a flathouse in
Park avenue, but she is out Of town.
One of the things Bohlman said recently
at his lodgings was: when I go back to
Germany ! will fix these Americans the way
they ha We fixed me-"