The evening world., 1912-04-23
MISSIONARY HERE
GOES ON RAMPAGE;
SHOOTS UP HOTEL
Guests of Smith & McNell's
Rushed Out When Noun
taineer's Gun Cut Loose.

From missionary work mons the
mountain folk Of Kentucky to a New
York police court. - the sudden shin
made By the Rev. william Sampson
Adkins Of Evarts. KY. who was ar
raigned before MaEistrats McAdoo In
the Centre Street Court his morning TO
explain the hring OF seven shots In a
room In Smith 4 McNsi's bota In
Washington street about midnight.
The young missionary was exceeding.
~ nervous when brought before the
. his bronRed face showed. however.
the effect Of the outdoor life. He 10 OF
medium height. with raven black hair
and high cheek bones and speaks In a
moduiatcd voice that has q little Of the
southern drawL
Patroiman Lavey Of the Greenwich
street station ~recitci the circumstances
Of the arrest. His attention had bern
attracted by . crowd that rushed In the
direction OF the hotel. Arriving there.
he found everything In commotion.
Seven revolver shots had been nrct
from a room on the seventh floor ana
all we're sure that some terrible tragedy
had occurred.
Lsvsy hurried { the room that had
been assigned to the Rev. Mr.. Adkins.
He found the occupant fully dressed
On the floor beside him were two amply
cartridges. but there was no sign OF n
revolver. Il was found later on q roof
about forty feet away.
oAto THE eUllere CAME
THROUGH THE WINDOW.
They ared at me-" the agitafed occu-
pan, Of the room told the policeman,
i heard them talking and then the
bullets came through the window"
The policeman looked but found no
bullet holes In the glass. Then he told
the Rev. Mr.. Adkins that he better
come along and thai he would ooh for
the persons who had fred the revolver.
The man began to huri religious sxhor.
tauons at the policeman and talksd
wildly In other respects. Finally he
was Gained and walked along cooiiy
enough TO the Greenwich street station.
There an ambulance vac called from
The Hudson Street Hospital and DR..
Worthen. who came with II. sai1 that
the Rev. Mr.. Adkins was suffering
from the effect Of too much stimulant.
He remained In the station house for
the Night.
This morning the clergyman was third
10 the line that came before Chief
Magistrate MoAdoo. Just before him
had been ~arraignsd q husky and well
dressed young who had possessed
himself OF Q street obstruction lantern
la0 night and Wal nagsins all corners
along lower Broadway. Previously the
1aststrats heard . man tell him that
he was Louis Napoleon. . full brother
q the Emperor and the greatest singer
u the world. Then the Rev. Mr.. Adkins
va called.
The policeman produced Q big 70.
volvsr that had been picked up from
the roof and b yVuns missionary eyed
q n~srvousiy.
= am . minister q the gospel" said
the prisoner. MY work has been
amoung the mountain people Of Ken.
tucky. The neld 10 . hard n and I
have been down. ] came to New
Tort for Q change and Q rest"
"Nsw York 10 . bad place to come for
. rsst." intsrpoaatsd the Magistrate.
'Dsfors you 20 any further I want to
tell o what you may not ~know-that
i 10 . felony to carry nrsarms In this
otAte without permission. What hap.
Dsued last nightf"
HEARD volcGs AND sHors
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