The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-11-23
MANIAC IS ARMED
WITH DYNAMITE
iNVADEs POLICE sTATIoN-rhE
COURTS ADJoURNED-PRls.
oNERs REMOVED.
DETECTIVE STOPS NAN
Hurls Explosive Into Crowded Street
Wanted to Blow Up
Head Of the
Railroad.
DETECTIVE STOPS MAN

enough dynamite to DESTROY an entire
city block. bottle of nitro glycerine
ana a a. calihrc revolver, masked
maniac took possession of the Central
police station and held il for more
IMAM an hour while hundreds of occu
pants OF the building and those 70,
DOCKS around. panic stricken, sought
the safety of distance.
When Detective James Ilosich
knocked tho man unconscious with :.
leather billy, after slipping up behind
MIN. the fuse OF the Internal machine
was automatically gnited and without
thinking OF the consequences, Dctec
tive Samuel l.. Browne carried tho hoy
outside. tho fuse spluttering and spit.
ting sparks, and hurled 1t into the
street.
Spectators ParaIyzed by Fright.
Sticks OF high powder dynamite scat.
tered over the pavement, while hun.
dreds OF spectators stood apparently
paralyzed by fright awaiting the do.
tonation. Through freak Of chance
there was no explosion and Rrowno
continued at kicking the sticks Of DIV,
Mantle and jumping on the fuse until
he had broken the connection and OK.
tlnguished the fire
Lying tied to a cot in the receiving
hospital the would be dynamter who
gave his name as Albert Henry Davis
is suffering with sevearl severe scaln
wounds, but the police surgeons saw
~
Davis entered the outer office ~
chief OF Police Sehastnan. His face
and head were completely covered
win Rrotesquc mask and he carried
IN his arms large box covered with
cloth. The box was strapped around
his shoulders and rnsemblod n small
hand organ. First startled. then
amused. by tho strange spectacle. Pc.
lice Sergeant r. c. E1ilf, who suspect
ed practical joke. asked the man
what he wanted.
I've got enough dynamite In here
to blow up all into eternity" he said,
and ! want you to send for the high.
| est official of the Southern Pacific raj.
roal"
The masked visitor rested the box
on n filing cabinet and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney r. o. Graham. who was
In the office. started joking with him,
Man Was In Earnest.
"Thfs is no Joke" said Davis. 81
mean business, and if yon don't believe
it try to take this away from mo. NV
hand is fastened in this box and if ]
pull it bang!-we all die"
A. hole had been cut in the box and
the occupants Of the room saw for the
first time that the mans left hand was
hidden in the box.
They began to realize that it was no
joke. Davis then walked into the of.
flee Of Police Secretary G. e. SnivcIy.
which opens into the private office Vt
Chief Sebastian, and repeated hi, rc.
quest that the head official of the
Southern Pacific be summoned. Snjye.
ly asked him if he had any preference
In the man that he desired to blow uD
and he replied that he only wanted the
head man.
snivcly then took down the tele
phone receiver and pretended to hold
conversation with Paul shoup. gen.
eral manager OF the Pacific Electric
company.
"Mr. Shoup Ia busy. but will he here
In about fifteen minutes" said Snjvely.
"Well. he'd better hurry" replied
Davis. I'm getting nervous"
In the meantime, Chief Sebastian,
who had q. brief conversation with the
man and realized that he was in earn.
est ordered the street rOpcd off for n
block either way and took steps to
have the 100 prisoners in the city jai1
removed. Upstairs In the building two
Justice courts were in session and both
| cOlrtrooms were crowded
A detective passed the word to a
bailiH in Judge Chambers court, where
Japanese was having a preliminary
examination on a murder charge be.
fore crowd OF his countrymen
The baliff whispered to the Judge:
Courts adjourned until p. M
Clear the courtroom" ordered the
| fudge promptly, and there was a rnsf
for the stairway. A similar scene was
enacted In Justice Fcrderickson's
court.
Hospital Inmates Removed
+. Ambulances removed the patient.
! from the city emergency hospital just
around tho corner from the chiefs of.
| fee. The hospital was crowded with
| patients injured In Monday nights
| fire at the ST. George hotel
Jail Delivery at Webster