Arizona republican., 1910-01-14
ALMOST \ TRAGEDY
 ON STREET CORNER
ANOTHER INCIDENT OF A CRAZY
 MAN AND A RAZOR.
eloodshed Prevented by Fine Work oi Constable Murphy and Charlie
 Slankard.

shooter alongside the head of Harry Reynolds, efficient team work between Constable Jim Murphy and Charlie Slankard and the magic movements Of incident similar to the bloody one on Adams street a few weeks ago wherein maniac. a razor. Harry Mitchell and a posse of officers figured conspicu- l.ously. Fortunately this latest incident resulted without bloodshed.
 It occurred on First avenue. culmi- mating in front of the confectionery stand of Jim Davis. who seemed to have been marked for slaughter by Harry Reynolds. though the men have no acquaintance. Reynolds conduct. it is believed. being due entirely to men tai Arrangement. It was shortly be- fore g o'clock when a man. then un- known, but later learned to b- Harry Reynolds came running down the mid dfe Of First avenue from north of Adams street. wildly swinging razor. A lady who was starting across the
 
 his fierce demeanor she retreated into the owl drug store. whence the police were telephoned. Reynolds continued his flight to the Davis fruit stand and C. w. Barnett seeing him coming. ran into the Doll saloon and summoned the police by telephone. but the perform. ance was over before they could pos sibly have arrived.
 Charlie Slanlard, who overheard Barnett's message, borrowed a revolv- CT in the saloon and stepped to the sidewalk. in the edge Of the crowd which was assembling in semi- circle at a safe distance from the lunatic. At the same moment Constable Mur- phy left a buggy he was riding in along the avenue and reached the sidewalk in front of Justice Johnstone's office, working his way surreptitiously along the fringe of the crowd from the south side ot the crazy man. while Slankard was feeling his way in from the north side
 Reynolds in the meantime stood at the fourth awning post from the cor ner. whetting his razor on the coiled slack of the awning ropes and remark ing in thunderous voice on the quality of his steel He said it was a fine razor. Come up boys. and try it." but the boys were gracefully sidestepping in some other direction. He continued to whet like han possessed. making various remarks suggestive of slaugh- ter. Finally some one yelled. Rope him." but nobody had rope. and Key holds replied, Yes. rope me if you want to. have something here with which to defend myself" and began fumbling in an inside pocket as though to draw a gun. though it developed that he had none.
 By this time Standard and Murphy without saying a word had organized. Two or three winks and a gesture or two was all that was necessary. Mur- phy made u jump for Reynolds and landed on the side of his face and head with a revolver. Slankard at ~he same time instantly jumped and caught his hands and both planted themselves on top of him. The razor was knocked from Reynolds hand and some one picked it up. turning it over a little later to Justice Johnstone who was taking testimony from his office door. Reynolds subdued was q different man. He pleadIngly yelled Don't kill me-" and was easily searched and taken to the county jail But before he was taken from the sidewalk he had re- moved from storage under his shirt a pair Of suspenders. greasy necktie and scarf pin and some other frag- ments of apparel that looked like they were beyond the days of usefulness.
 Col. Johnstone. who seems to have had the best view of the episode. from a safe place. says that Jim Davis, who was nearest to Reynolds when he ''ar- rived" and announced his plans. was undoubtedly the most likely victim and Mir. Davis seemed to have an intuitive appreciation of the fact Normally he is about as big around as he is tall and would make a fine subject for q msat-cutting contest. But the colonel said he could note him rapidly shrink ing even while he was seeking a safer retreat The colonel ayers that he tried to crawl under the culvert at the corner, but the aperture was too small and the best he could do was to play pussy wants q corner with the avn ing posts, meanwhile engaging in si lent prayer that he might suddenly lcse tine adiposc tissue that projected on either side of whichever post he |. l...l. AI.s I