Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-20
POLICE TERRIFIED
BY MANIAC AND
DYNAMITE
Jail and Hospital Emptied and
Two Courts Adjourn While
Fanatic Holds Station.

who attempted yesterday to dynamite
railroad official and held possession
of the police station for an hour and a
half, is recovering from the wounds in
flicted when he was captured Detec-
tives are endeavoring to substantiate
the story he told of having stolen dyna
mite and constructed the internal ma
chine with which he terroriZed the po-
lice The man has been as carefully
questioned as his condition warranted,
and ii was planned to examine him
further today.
War; according TO the few state
ments that could he wrung from him.
Is a former pattern maker. lie lived
alone in a little cottage ON the out
skirts OF Los Angeles, and had stolen
the dynamite used in the internal ma
chine some months ago. The man is
demented. police and physicians say. a
commission to investigate his sanity
will be asked, and it is probable that
he will be committed to an asylum for
the criminal insane
Looked Like Joker.
When War; entered the outer office
of Chief of Police Sebastian. his face
and head were completely covered with
a grotesque mask and he carried in his
arms a large box covered with cloth
The box was strapped around his shout
ders and resembled a small hand organ
First startled and then amused by
the strange spectacle, Police Sergeant
r. G. Hill who suspected a practical
joke. asked the man what he wanted.
i've got enough dynamite in here to
blow MS all into eternity" he said. land
L want you TO send for the highest
official OF the Southern Pacific rail-
road"
The masked visitor rested the box on
filing cabinet and Assistant District
Attorney r. O. Graham, who was in the
office started joking with him.
This is no joke" said War;. Il
mean business, and if you don't be
lieve ii try to take this away from me.
My hand is fastened in this box. and if
/ pull it out-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. War; then walked into the office
Of Police Secretary G. f. sSnively. which
! opens into the private Office OF Chief
Sebastian, and repeated his request that
the head official OF the Southern Pacific
! be summoned. Snively asked him If ne
had any preference in the man he de-
sired to blow up. and he replied that he
only wanted the head man.
Fanatic impatient
Snively then took down the telephone
receiver and pretended to hold d con-
versation with Paul Shoup, general
manager Of the Pacific Electric Com
pany.
Mr.. Shoup is busy, but ne will be
here in about fifteen minutes" said
Snively.
In the meantime Chief Sebastian who
had had a brief conversation with the
man and realized that he was in ear
nest ordered the street roped off for Il
block either way and. took steps to
have the one hundred prisoners in the
city prison removed
Upstairs in the building two justice
courts were in session and both court
rooms were crowded
A detective passed the word to a bal
Tiff in Judge Chambers court, where a
Japanese was having preliminary ex-
animation on a murder charge before
crowd Of his countrymen. The bailin
whispered to the Judge
Il
ROOM" ordered the judge promptly, and
there was a rush for the stairway. A
similar scene was enacted in Justice
Frederickson's court
There We're not enough patrol wagons
to remove the prisoners from the Jail to
the Doyle Heights prison and two street
cars were sent for. 1t was an orderly
procedure and the prisoners were soon
on their way to the East Side guarded
by the reserves, who had been called
out.
Hospital Empted, Too.
Ambulances removed the patients
from the city emergency hospital lust
around the corner from the chiefs Of
fee The hospital was crowded with
patients injured in the fire at the st.
George hotel
Realizing the necessity o. keeping
the mans attention engaged until the
building was cleared and some means
devised for foiling his plans. Secretary
Sniyely and the detectives in the room
carried on conversation with him.
why didn't you 90 down to the
Southern Pacific and blow up the man
you wanted?' he was asked.
'WelL' he replied, thoughtfully. At
thought the police could handle 1t bet
ter and l wanted to do a good Job Il
might have killed the wrong ones 9TH
erwise."
While the conversation was in prog
ress several policemen and newspaper
men passed through the room. A news
paper photographer even came in and
took picture of the man sitting on
the chair with the Internal machine
resting on his knee.
FeIled by a Blow.
War; finally asked that everybody be