Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-28
MANIAC KILLS
POLICEMEN AND
PR. FIREMAN
With Two Revolvers Fires at
Everybody Who Comes
Near Him

lnCenl Lin DO, TellslOuS TldHlaC,
who said that he wanted only to
Christ, shot up the Rapid Transit
, CoApany'S powerhouse at Thirteenth
I md Mount Vernon streets yesterday
ana killed one employe. after which
re shot and killed two policemen
and wounded half a dozen other
persons who Joined in his pursuit.
After a long chase. Limbo was
finally cornered by two policemen,
killed one of them. but was shot
and knocked down by the other, and
then beaten by a crowd before be-
ing taken to the Garretson Hos
pital.
Limbo was finally cornered at
Nineteenth and Olive streets by Po-
liceman Frank Heron, of the Twen-
tieth and Hamilton streets station,
and John Knox, the motorcycle po-
| liceman.
The dead victims of the maniac.
who showed such method and skill
in his madness that the detectives
believe he may also be responsible
for the recent bomb explosions in
this city. are:
George r. Dingwall. a reserve po-
liceman. of 24S South Fifth street,
one of the transferred Fifth ward
policemen who two days ago testi-
! fed against Mayor Smith.
John Knox. 4 motorcycle police
man, OF 2519 South street, who cor
nered the maniac after chase OF
several blocks.
Thomas Hallloran, a powerhouse
I fireman, of 2510 Cleveland street.
Among the wounded are:
Michael Rendell, a powerhouse
! fireman of 1927 Cambridge street.
with a bullet in his brain and not
expected to recover at the Hahne-
mann Hospital.
Harry Clark, of 1881 Fairmount
avenue: shot through the cheek; in
a serious condition at st. Joseph's
Hospital
Samuel Walton. reserve police
man. of 1855 North Sixth street; run
| down by a motorcycle in the chase;
not seriously injured; at the Hahne-
mann Hospital.
William Kelly, Sixteenth and Nor
| ris streets; slight shot wound in left
| leg; treated at Garretson Hospl-
| tai.
James Robinson, powerhouse OPP
orator, OF 412 North Forty-second
street; struck on head with revo!-
yer: treated at Garretson Hospital.
When Heron and Knox closed IN
on the maniac. who held n revolver
IN SaCn nailu, 1lS RISlANO O'AS
each policeman. The weapon helu
against Knox went off. and the bull
let pierced the policeman's heart
The revolver pressed against Police
man Heron failed, and HERON nred
his own revolver into the groin or
the madman and then dubbed him
on the head. knocking him down
and disarming him before taking
him to the Garretson Hospital
where the physicians say he is eth
er insane or shamming madness.
He refused 10 tell his name, out
admitted that he roomed at s1s
North Eleventh street and went by
the name of Omega of Christ.
Former Church Service Disturber
Papers found in his room showed
however, that the maniac went oy
the name of George Vincent LIMBO
and under that name he was quick
~ identified by the city detectives as
a religious maniac who was placed
in the Philadelphia Hospital for the
Insane in 1917 after he had disturb
ed several religious meetings.
Limbo, for two years, broke IN
repeatedly on church services by en-
tering the church and walking down
the aisle, bearing q large crucitiX,
and chanting lowly to himself. he
was repeatedly put out of churches,
but never exhibited the slightest Vio-
lence when led out and was there-
fore regarded as a harmless rama
tic. Finally. however. he became
boisterous and hysterical when ne
was ordered out of a church ana
was then committed 10 the Phlla-
delphia Hospital.
In the days when he broke in on
church services. Limbo wore a
striking
resem blance to the conventional pic
ture of Christ, a fact which ADDED
weirdncss to his claim that he was
the son of Christ.
During his period of restraint at
the Philadelphia Hospital, LIMBO
mutilated himself. How he got out
of the Philadelphia Hospital is not
known by the city detectives, out
they are also endeavoring IN thelr
investigation to learn IL he is the
insane man from Philadelphia VINO
last week appeared in Washington
where he attacked two women, KILL
ing one. and then made his es-
cape.
II am a Jew, but have embraced
Christianity and have planned for
several years to do just one thing.
shut off all electrical power" he told
the police, who found a notebook in
his pocket with the address OF all
the Rapid Transit Company's power
plants. Il never worked but lived
with my mother until she died, six
wears ago. She left me $4,000, and
! / have lived off that ever since, very
economically. l ate only fish and
drank coffee and water. But to-day
| my money was all spent I had moth
ing more to live on or live for, so l
started out to do this one big thing
for which ! had prepared all my
life.
bought two revolvers in West Phil
adelphia. paid s1O.50 for one
and s1l.50 for the other. Then l
bought 100 cartridges in South street
and started out on my mission. l
"a arried my revolvers for defense
onlv. I did not want to get caught
until 1 had put all the powerhouses
out of commission. l would not
have shot anybody at the first power
house II they hadn't thrown stones
at me. Then the policemen came,
and / had to shoot to get away
His story about buying the revol-
vers and cartridges, the detectives
verified readily enough, and his
study for destruction was also veri-
fed by a search of his room. 1t was
filled with books, religious. scientific
and anarchistic books in English,
Italian and German.
One note in a diary kept by the
maniac refers to three accidents in
PHILADELPHIA and on this point he
was questioned repeatedly by the
detectives. who think it refers to