New-York tribune., 1918-03-11
.Crazed Stranger
Wrecks House ana
Is Shot by Polio.
Intruder Drives Out Fsn,l,
and Hurls Furnitur,
Through Window.
F iremen Called Oh
Brooklyn Reserves Held ),
Bay Until Volley Hit,
Frenzied Man
Firemen Called Or,

A maniac wrecked house a, -.
Eighty-iirs- Street. Brooklyn. last ,;.s' !.
Ge.ied a throng CT citizens VIII s' "s
cred about the place wh;lo W.! sala
vainly for the police, and tina,,,' "ai''l,
than an hour after tho police hs; hsa laao's mo
summoned, was brought down Su fs pes'
upper window by vollcv of noi;.a,, i;sa, an
lets and was beaten into unconss se Oul-
ness in the street by fifteen or ss,.a' s;s.sI
policemcn. Ills name is George Psss Pssssss
and hc is IN Kin S County Hosu.se, HsI.e
with p fractured sisvll ard dyinslp i,vsp''al
The house, that g Louis Net e..
Cling salesman. : bat,ereS ss.' ss
without whole nane Of class .'.u .an
fragments of furniture littcr;n. "aA =,
lawn and hanging from the s w,s.' 'As
through which they were Aunn u.sS WIS
splintcrcd doors swinging askew fsa sas
single hinges. ''On
Nh. Metz was taking a nan ws.,
knock came at the front door rAsa sa.
after s O'Clock. His wife Er.s. s.0l
their daughter Addic and Their ,'a.ss sss.
William and Joseph were seated in 'ts' IN
dining room. - "'
Stranger Makes Death Threat
Addie, who is about fourteen wen. J,
the door. AS she peered thronaS !
window beside it she came face ~ !. !.
with an unkempt figure in ovcralls Ts' mS'
was peering in. The man carried =, '
/ leather bag on his arm. Alarmed N,
girl ran back to the dining room b", b",
rot quickly enough to miss the calss' ~
I threat: '
open this door or I'll kill you 81,
every one else in the house" '''
The stranger on the porch drew i,
heavy hammer from his bag and hs,,
, to thunder at the door while Mrs H..
rushed to awaken ner husband Rvs
time he had pulled on his clothes, ~, ~.
got into the dining room the intmS.
had thrust his way through the fros
door and was battering at the dim,
room door, against which Addie M
Mrs. Metz had thrown their wejsl,
While Mr.. Metz watched, the head A
the hammer drove through splintoni
cash in a panel and an instant ls,s
the man wac in the room.
For several minutes there was rom,
and tumble fight, in the course of whi
most of the furniture and crockery vs
smashed. One OF his sons at last thru
a length of iron pipe into Mr.. Nett,
hand and q blow with that stretch1
the stranger on the floor The Meta
ran for their lives, scrambled over /
back fence and sought shelter with |,
neighbor.
Frantic Calls for Police
Up and down the street and for
block around police whistles sounia
and those with telephones called frst
/ tically for help. Some one sent in flI
alarm. Men ana women kept at sad
/ distance from the little cottage frc|
whose windows came an endless rail
OF dishes, chairs, lamps and furnitura
Of all kinds.
A battalion chief AID three con
panies OF fircmen arrived. but vel
back to quarters after ascertaning tki|
there was no fire. About $3.50, tg]
hour after the first call was sent I'D
sergeants and patrolman from li
Eath Beach police station planted then
selves in front OF the house and beg
i to blaze away with their reyolyu
This was productive OF no results bsl
yond a little extra wreckage in I'D
house. and they called the reserves.
With their arrival there were fftee|
or sixteen policemen in the street, d
blazing away without any defnt1
target. After several minutes the mai
appeared at an upper window. E1
raised his hands as if in SURRENDER
the police answered with volley aH]
he fell to the street.
The man was said TO be practlcsig1
lifeless when removed to the hospIia
the police report. however, was thsl
he was sent in straitjacket.