The daily sentinel., 1909-06-17
SHERIFF SCHRADER TODAY
ATTACKED BY MANIAC On
NARROW STAIRWAY IN JAIL

on the stairway landing, This land |
ing is a narrow one and overlooks the |
hard steel floor of the lower part of
the Jail room. Sheriff Schrader states
that the insane mans eyes We're fairly |
bulging out of his head and he fought |
with the fury of demon. He kept
muttering something about they are
trying to cruelty me" and seemed TO
think that the sheriff was to assist
In the work, consequently. laboring
under this dream of disordered
mind, the strong and 1.-THE young fell
low fought only as man will fight
when he believes that he is fighting
for life.
Sheriff Schrader is strong man
but he had a terrible adversary in
this young maniac The two men are
OF about the same heighth but the
unfortunate young man is not as
heavy as the sheriff and being in his
stocking feet on the slick and smooth
floor he had a decided advantage
over the officer.
Sheriff Schrader did not attempt to
get his revolver out of the scabbard.
He feared that if he did so the man
might grab II before he could fire and
turn the revolver upon him and again
the sheriff did not want to kill the
unfortunate man if he could help 1t.
The officers efforts were directed
toward keeping the man from getting
him down and to getting the man
back into the cage so that he could
lock the door upon him but try as he
might he could not succeed in getting
the man into the cell.
Almost necessarily for something
like forty minutes that fierce struggle
between the officer and the insane
man kept up on that narrow landing
ledge. All the time the maniac was
~ her crying about the efforts to
crncify him or demanding the re-
volver
Finally the sheriff got his hand
fastened upon the mans throat and
sought to choke him until he gave
down. The sheriff's grip was a pow
erful one but suddenly with a quick
grip and by this time due to the
strenuous gripping. the sheriff's hand
had given out and he could not re-
gain the grip on the throat.
After another round of struggling
the sheriff. fearing that he might
give out in his efforts to overpower
the man before he could get assist
ance. decided to get into the cage
himself and keep the man in the
outer corridor if possible. Presently
he saw his chance and as the men
sheriff jumped into the inner cor
ridor and slammed the door but quick
as a flash the insane man jammed his
knee and foot into the door and held
them as a wedge. thus preventing the
door from being entirely closed and
at the same time he kept up his
struggle to conquer the officer. But
the officer had the advantage now
and he, by forcing the door and kick
ing on the human wedge caused the
man to withdraw his foot and knee
in pain and the steel door was closed.
The prisoners in the lower cage
or on the first floor of the jail room
were greatly excited by the commo-
ton above but were powerless to
render the sheriff assistance as they
We're as usual securely locked in their
cage. They could not even witness
the struggle. They began TO call for
Mrs. Schrader but not until the
struggle above them was over, with
the sheriff inside the upper cage and
the crazy man in possession of the
outer corridor and stairway, did the