Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-28
MANIAC KILLS THREE,
WOUNDS 5, IN PH|LA.
Omega, Son of Jesus. Runs
Through Streets, Firing
Revolvers.

Philadelphia. Jan IS With loaded
revolver in each hand, a man who gave
his name rs Omega. son of Jesus Chilst,
ran amuck through the streets near the
centre of the city yesterday, shooting
in every direction as a hlg crowd triod
10 capture hun.
Before he was finally oyCrtakcn ana
beaten into msonslbilty hy = motor
cvclc policeman he had shot Rnd Killed
three men and wounded i've others Two
of them seriously
The dead are Thomas llolioran nu
.mploye of the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company, and John Knox and
George Dlngall, policemen
RttIGioUs FANtrtC.
According ~ the police, the man rs
n religious fanatic and had become OBJ
scssed with the idea that The sprit Of
his father was being tortured N the
powcrhotisc oi the transit company,
where he shot his first two victims.
Rushing out ut the poNcrhousc before
other employees realized what had hap
pcned the crazcd man fled through the
streets. with a crowd of civilians and
policemen m pursuit
Two blocks away he came upon Pn-
hccmsn nlngall, who was stuudinR IN
the centre of the street directing traffic.
With a wild cry he dashed ~ the police
man. firing as he ran Dlugall fell mortal
IL wounded. tll the time the pursuing
crowd was growing ~ uumhH-. and
after chase ot about mile Motorcycle
Policemen kuoN and Heron ovcriook
him
Turns ON PoLCEMAN.
Funding that lie was trapped The man
wheeled around and pointed revolycrs
ai both policemen aud pulled the triggers
The nnc pointed ~ iNuoN went "ti aud
Killed HIM instantly, hut that directed
against Heron missed irr and the officer
hot The maniac in the lrg and beat him
INTO unconsctousncse The crowd leapcd
upon him Int H. va- FINALLY rescued and
taken ~ a hospital
\ notchnuk touud IN the man. cloth
ing contains i l-t ut III the powcrhouscs
m phhdcIrhl3 and m las room were
found quantities 81 religious and anar-
,hsuc literature printed IN Italian and
German NJ hie roumnp house he Was
known ts Grorgc lrmho hut hcynnd
tins no information was ohtalnahlc
ofnCra III Chust a~ ~ -'vlcd HIM
-,.tt i 4 striking man nj appearance lie
w. pcrtcr'h calm answered eV,rN qucs-
lou qmrklN and rcadtl, Summing up
or,. wnch was fn.d ppoerueNl, u answer
Ia numerous uue~tt0ne. YESTERDAY re-
petcd u .hfTcrnt iorIn~ N ordcr ~ catch
rpa possible Inconsistency Nhch was no,
found, this IS ms taio
N>~t.c's STRANGE rAll
Nv narnc' Omega Omega ~ CHRIST
That Is my mi, name oh, havc called
mvscll ~ man, different names hut ;hov
were not my rcll names. 1--we ~ ~ 9Ia
North Eleventh street. ! lived There about
siN months Fcfore that rNrmci AZ many
places, all over Philadelphia West phiia-
,iclphia, south rhdadclpha. don't re-
member where Nher' does my father
live? lie Is everywhere, iii; hc Is never 1n
earth. except IN me his spiut Is IN my
hody. Aiv fathers name IS Jesus ChUst
Nv mothers name waS NsTa. Mana
lust No. Just = not my father 5 name
Just my mother
Il do not know II what nationality She
was, only that she SPl lkc English am an
hmCurap VS. lurn n tmcTca laNc
never worked anywhere nth my mother
died siS Ncag- 9go I avCi with hor How
dld live aftcr that hll some money
When She dhe,! ms mother lctt mo money
Oh. about 5000, which ! have lived on
ever since never Kept + u hauk J kept
II with me ! never atg or drank ANYTHING
but FISH water aud coffee fha' Mas ml
only diet Tods, ! spent tho la-t of my
money No oi course tha had nothing
to do with What ! did TODAY >ttcr TODAY
! did not want money
pAl vAs ArroI>Trn
TO-DAY Is the appointed ems aiwaN>
have looked forv ard IS toda, Today
ired t. rclcv, my isthor NJ, father Is
beng tortured ID the powerhoIsc~ did
noi want % kill ANYBODY II they had not
tried To- stop me II They had not thrown
stones and tluuc~ at me as I ran ] would
not havC shp' any ldN Bat did hot
care dld not c.lr what became II me
Il could stop fhc poworhou>rs theN coaId
put m, N grinding maeha, and grind
me up
I went put thI> morning 81 stop cvery
powerhou~c ! went u Tho en-, ai Nj
Vernon street hr>' hc.afle, tha, j 'fo.-
lc, povcIhou~, and th,r tb. tofturc
nv fsihcr worst 8. alI hon was uo.uC
10 ali oi them to rarkierl to Es,h-
m0nd to Sansonl street have Inst
al them IN the httle book tell N0G
didn't care what Lappcbod 81 m, II
could stop the poWerhuu~, i You will
stop them. even Tor ors GaN vii let
,ou prtd NY body az rtc mule tis
have pam. ] have ulet NJ ne tut
would not care Il h d 'terpn3th powcr-
houses
My father came ou earth 10 'Ice he
people Il, rouehi them morality and
ht brought them Science. B,caUst he
brought them science fLce pat ham Iu
hell ZACH pow crhouSC b . hell iIVc
Oul, to relieve M, father Tcdat was the
appointed da1 dad not care abou how
llved a ROT fear Ieelag my money.
] kuov Ja-t What ! can lose and What /
cal gan NJ onl, oiJcrt Was to stop
the poVeIhou,s machine that torture
my father