The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-16
MANIAC SLABS
SIX ON TRAIN.
Three Milwaukee Railroad Men Victims
of Furious Battle at
Sparta.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. Aug. 14.-ln
grim. bloody battle with maniac
in a moving railroad coach on the Mil
waukee road near Sparta, six men were
stabbed, one was struck by stray bull
let. and the homicidal lunauc himself
was shot eleven ties before he ceased
to be the aggrcssor in the fight. The man
gave the name of Lous Fcitz, Milwau-
kee
Victims Will Recover.
The victims of the murderous acts of
the mailman, who will recover, are Con-
ductors George +. johnson and y. o.
Cunningham, both of Milwaukee; Brake,
man ChristiansOn, also OF tins city, ana
the city marshal of Sparta. conductor
johnson, who is the most seriously m
jured, with several severe knife cuts III
his neck, is still at the hospital at
Sparta His wife is with nm. Con
ductor Cunningham arrived nome tniS
morning The city marshal Is badly IN
jurcd but will recover. while brakeman
Christianson is suffering from para
lived arm as the result of the KNIFE
slash severing one of the nerves.
Feltz Was Excited.
FoItz boarded the regular Minneapolis
Chicago train at North La Crosse at
l2:4O o'clock on Monday, with ticket
To this city. As he passed through, Con-
ductor O. FOrkenbridgc, who had charge
of the train noticed that the man was
apparently greatly excited. lie was
sweating profusrly and was drinking ice,
water freely. The conductor cautioned
him to leave the cold water alone ana
keep quiet or he would die. y rev
minutes after the conductor had passed
through the car. Feltz became suddenly
wild and. springing from his seat, ran
through the car Men with uniforms
seemed to he his aversion and III the
rear Of one of the coaches lie espic"
Conductors Cunningham and Juhuson
who were asleep in seat. IAe} We're
returning from La Crosse to which city
they had run G. y. Il. specials ON sun
day night, en- route to Mlnneap"Hs'
Acts of a Mailman.
Without warning Feltz drew a large
knife and spriuging upon the Sleeping
conductor. began stahbing INN III me
neck. inHicting several cuts before the
latter could protect himself. lie then
slaShed at Conductor Cunningham, who
sat beside johnson. also INJECTING several
bad cuts. Felt dashed toward the pat
form, encounterinG Brakeman Christian
son. He was cut in the arm. The tram
had by this time reached Sparta, where
il is due at > o'clock The maniac jumped
from the train as it stopped, closely fol-
lowed by passengers and traInmen. Inc
marshal Of the town was on the pat
form. and seeing the wild man hrandish-
ing a knife and hotly pursued by the eX-
cited crowd, joined in the chase. Feltz
ran across the tracks, with the officer
and crowd behind him. The marshal
caught his foot and fell to the ground,
when the desperate man wheeled about,
ran back and stabbed the PROSTATE Of
iicer several times i'll the back.
Fusillade of Shots
Surrounded by the crowd, the fellow
finally stopped and faced them, still
brandishing his knife, and yelling like an
Indian. No one cared to approach him
and the crowd then began shooting at
Feltz, who only laughed as bullet after
bullet struck him. Shots are said to
Sengers rs well as by city authorities
and a deputy sheriff, who happened to be
at the station. Trainmen also joined in
the fuSillade, and it was not until eleven
bullets had been pumped into the body
of the mailman that he fell and gave up
the fight.
lie was then quickly disarmed and car
riol to the police station, later being TAX
en- to hospital for care
HIS case Hopeless.
\ telegram to the officials of the road
received here at 10 O'Clock this morning,
said:
The assaiant gives name of Louis Felt.
and says he resides at 81 Greenfield ave
nue., Milwaukee. His mother. Mrs Louise
F"ltz, aud sister, live at 94s Greenfield.
Eleven bullet went into ana through his
! body. The chances for his recovery are
doubtful. Conductor johnson is resting
easily this morning ana will recover city
marshal VIII also recover, Conductor Gun
ninghan able to return home.
Excitement on Train Intense.
Passengers and trainmen who wit
messed the assaults and capture of Fct2,
STATE that the whole thing happened so
quickly that the mailman had accom-
plished his desperate work before the pas
sengers and trainmon fully realized what
was happening. The greatest excitement
cnSued and indignant passengers Joined
in the attempts to stop and capture him
| before he added other victims to the list,
but they were unable, in the intense ex-
element, to get him. No one seemed to
think of shooting until the train reached
Sparta and FcltZ renewed his murdcrous
work on the platform. lie is described
rs a large and very powerful man,
Several passengers in the crowd were
struck by stray bullets during the eXcit-
I'M; efforts to bring the mailman To bay.