The Cairo bulletin., 1912-11-20
MANIAC HOLDS
SWAY With BIG
LOTOFDYNAN|TE
Wants to Murder Railroad
President But is Subdued
After an Hour.
STREETS ARE CLEARED
Los Angeles praeners Remov-
ed, Court Adjourned and
Street, Roped OFF.
STREETS ARE CLEARED
Associatda Press Disratch.

a S9OIlIfGI Press DISl.dlCu.
Los Angeles, Caltf. Nov, To-
Armed With n internal machine.
containing enough dynamite to de
stroy an entire city block,a bottle OF
nitro etycerine and I as caliber re-
yolver, a masked maniac took pos
session Of the Central police station,
today, and held it for more than an
hour, while hundreds OF occupants
Of the building and hose FOR blocks
around, panic stricken, sought the
safety of distance When Detective
James Hosick knocked the man I'M
conscious with a leather billy, after
slipping up behind him, the fuse Of
the Internal machine was ignited
automatically and, without thinking
Of the consequence, Detective Sam
uel L. Brown carried the box out
side the fuse cputtering and splitting
sparks and hurled it into the street.
Sticks Of high power dynamite
scattered over the pavement While
hundreds of spectators stood appar-
emily paralized by fright, awaiting
the detonation that would send them
into eternity through a freak Of
chanc9 there was n1 explosion and
RrgWs Asntfaund kicking the sticks
of dyuamitlng and Jumping on the
fuse until he had broken the con-
nection and eXtinguished the fuse,
Lying manacled to a cot in re-
cciyfng hospital, tonight, the would
be-assassin, who gave his name as
Albert Henry Davis is SUFFERING
with several severe scalp wounds
but the surgeons say his injuries are
not serious.
Face is Masked.
Davis entered the outer office OF
Police Chief Sebastian at IL O'Clock
this morning His face and head
We're completely covered with a
| gTotesque mask and he carried in
his arm a large box covered with
cloth, The tox was strapped
around his shoulders and resembled
a hand organ, First startled and
! then amused by the strange spec
tacle, Police Sergeant FIilf, who sus-
lFected practical Joke, asked the
man what he wanted.
GIVE got enough dynamite in here
to blow us all into eternity" he
said "and | want you to send for
| the highest official of the Southern
Pacific railway"
Davis then walked into the office
of Secretary of Police Snively, which
opens into the private office of
Chief Sebastian and repeated his re-
quest that the head official Of the
Southern Pacific be summoned
Snively asked if he had any prefer.
ence in the man he wished to blow
| up and he replied he only wanted
the head man, V-
Sniyely then took down the tele-
phone received and pretended tc
hold a conversation with Paul
shoup, general manager of the Pa
cic Electric Co.
Mr., Shoup is very busy, but will
be here in about fifteen minutes, -
said Shiyely.
Getting Nervous"
"Well he'd better hurry" replied
Davis, 'I'm getting nervous"
In the meantime Chief Sebastian
who had brief conversation with
the man and realized that he was in
earnest, ordered the street roped of
for a block either way and toob
steps to have the one hundred pris.
oners in the city jail removed. Ur
stairs in the building two justices
courts were ir session and both
court rooms We're crowded. Courts
were promptly adjourned and the
rooms cleared.
There We're not sufficient patrol
wagons to move the prisoners from
the Jail to the Boyle Heights prison
and two street cars were sent for
It was an orderly procedure and the
prisoners soon We're en- their way tc
the east side, guarded by reserves.
| Ambulances removed the patients
from the city emergency hospital
just around the corner from the