The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-06
CRAZY MAN
RUNS AMUCK
Stays Five Men And
Injuries Three.
TRAGEDY In PACKING HOUSE
Armed With Butcher knife be
Used In His Work.
Several Fellow werkmes sei.ed cIuss
And Barreli Slaves ana Beat
Down and Captured the
Demented Man.
TRAGEDY In PACKING HOUSE

Somerviile, Mass. June 5.--With q
maniacal shrek, John Murphy turned
from pig sticking to man killing In
the North Packing and Provision Conn
pany's slaughter house today. and driv-
ing his fellow workmen before him.
slew ave OF them and wounded four
others. Two of the wounded were re-
ported later as dying.
The dead:
Hubert smith and James catre. Cam
bridge. negroes: Thomas Grove. Cam
bridge; Michael Janicus. SomervilIe;
unidentified white man.
The wounded.
DIR. Daniel C. Hayes. government in-
spector of .aitham: John Cheevus.
Cambridge; John Lewis. Cambridge;
John Patterson. somerviiie.
Hayes and Janicus were fearfuily
slashed. According to some Of the
workmen. Murphy had been acting
peculiarly for some days but he re-
turned from his dinner this noon APP
parently In normal condition. Short
ly after o'clock. he suddenly ut
tered a blood curdiing scream ami
sprang at DIR. Hayes. waving his is
inch razor knife In his hands He cut
DIR. Hayes deep cash on the neck.
stabbed him over the heart and prac-
tically disemboweled him.
The terrified workmen rushed for
the door. but Murphy ran after them.
siashing right AND left. Every man
whom he struck went down with q
groan. The crowd plunged down
stairs with Murphy after them and at
every landing he cut somebody. On
the second floor, one OF the workmen.
an Italian. seized heavy bar OF iron
and felIed Murphy but he was quickly
on his feet again ana wounded an
other man.
On the street floor he was given an
other blow on the head and his knife
was wrenched from his hand Two
police officers came In TO assist the
woftmen and Murphy wew given
fearful beating with bars and stnwam
before he was finally oyerpowered ana
taken TO the police station.
Murphy Is nifty years old, weighh 100
pounds and was regarded as onB Of
the strongest men In the plant t1S
had been employed at pig killing for
some years by the North Company,
He is married and lives In somerviile.
The wounded men were hastily taxi
en- to the Cambridge Relief station,
where II was reported tonight that
there Is very little hope OF Or. Hayes
or cheevus surviving their wounds.
Murphy had worked for the North
Company for FIVE years. coming 70
SomerviiIe from iowa nine years ago.
THG WiLnG85Ef VI Alc BAAM8 Atgk tttAR
tonight that more than 800 employees
were driven from the plant when MUIR
ply started on his wild rush through
the six floors and basement Of the
building and not a few escaped death
by narrow margins.
Dr. u. w. Clark, of West SomerA
VILE, United states Veterinarian AZ
the plant, saw the attack on DR.. Hayes
and at Hayes command hastened "a
find a doctor
Murphy followed completely block
ing the doorway.
A butcher yeileo at the doctor and
told him to get out.
"A sudden change had come over the
iunatlc for q minute, and he stepped
to one side with q pleasant Hello doc
tor" and allowed DR.. Clark to pass.
Tonight Murphy is In the padded cell
OF the Somerviile police station. When
city Physician c.. c.. Towne attempted
to examine him murphy sprang at the
doctor and attempted to. kick him