The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
MANIAC ARMED WITH INTERNAL MACHINE
 DICTATES TO POLICE
 IN THEIR OWN OFFICE
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tconsinued From Page One) -~~~~~~~~--~--->@~~- in the building two justices courts were in session and both court rooms were crowded.
 Building Is Cleared
 A detective passed the word to a bailisf in Judge Chambers court, where Japan ese was having a preliminary examination on murder charge before a crowd of his countrymen. The baiiiff whispered to the judge.
 Courts adjourned until p. m. Clear the court room," ordered the judge promptly and there was a rush for the stairway A similar scene was enacted in Justice Frederickson's court.
 There were not enough patrol wagons to remove the prisoners from the jail to the Doyle Heights prison and two street cars were sent for. It was an orderly procedure and the prisoners were soon on their way to the east side, guard ed by the reserves. who had been called out.
 Ambulances removed the patients from the city emergency hospital Just around the corner from the chiefs office The hospital was crowded with patients In jured in last nights fire at the St George hotel.
 Realizing the necessity of keeping tho mans attention engaged until the build ing was cleared and some means devised for foiling his plans, Secretary Sniyely and the detectives in the room carried on a conversation with him.
 Why didn't you go down to the Southern Pacific and blow up the man you wanted?" he was asked
 Well" he replied, "thoughtfuliy, q thought the police could handle 1t bet ter and l wanted to do n good job. might have killed the wrong ones otherwise"
 While the conversation was in prog ress several policemen and newspaper men passed. through the room. news paper photographer even came in and took a picture of the man sitting on the chair with the internal machine resting on his knee.
 Curiosity Is Dangerous
 Davis finally asked that everybody be kept back
 Curiosity has killed lots of people," he said, and if this thing goes of there's going to be whole lot of them go up."
 One of the spectators attracted to the scene was J. Randel, mining man from Chihuahua. Mexico.
 Randel came in and shook hands with Davis. asking him if 1t was really dyna- mite In the box.
 "Yes, and it's 60 per cent stuff. too." declared Davis.
 T don't believe it; you are bluffinsn laughed Randel
 Davis lifted the cloth cover off the box, which had glass front, and drew out stick of dynamite. Randei took 1t. bit off piece, and tasted it, miner fashion. He knew what it was, but dissembled in order to gain time.
 That's not dynamite" he said con 41,~. &..n. -4. AaAx tae ~1xn 11 you"
 Light 1t and see," said Davis.
 Randel lighted & piece of the giant" with a match. It burned briskly and those who had hitherto clung to the joke idea made nasty exit.
 After Davis had held complete pos session of the station for nearly an hour and half, plan was devised by the detectives to trap him.
 While Secretary snively carried on the conversation with the maniac, De- tective Hosick tiptoed from the outer room, which was at Davis back, and struck him on the head with black jack" The internal machine dropped and Detective Brown, who was at Hosick's elbow. grabbed it.
 Reaches for Nitroglycerin
 Davis reached in his coat pocket and Hosick hit him again, and he tumbled to the floor unconscious. The bottle ot and the revolver were in Davis inside coat pocket, towards which he had reached.
 As Davis had said. his left hand was attached to the mechanism of the in- fernal machine, and its withdrawal ig- nited the fuse. but the quick work of Detective Brown prevented the sparks from reaching the explosive. There were GO half sticks of dynamite and an expert said 1t was 60 per cent and that there was enough to blow up city block
 At the receiving hospital Davis said to- night he guessed" the fuse was too long, which was the reason there was no explosion,
 He said he was born in Germany, was A years old and had lived in this country l5 years. He admitted that Davis was not his right name, and finally declined to talk about his past
 Davis said he stole the dynamite from the powder house of a mine or quarry near San Bernardino several months ago, but he gave no definite directions as to the place.
 A San Diego detective said that Davis was in that city at the beginning of the Industrial Workers of the World out breaks last spring, and that he was one of the men driven out of the city at that