SENSATION AT STATION.
IRONWORKER. 'GOES INSANE. EIGHT PERSONS SLASHED. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) NEW YORK, Feb. 26. A husky ironworker suddenly, went insane to-dav in the Times Square subway station, which was packed with people. Screaming and wielding a butcher’s knife wildly, the min slashed eight persons, two of whom may die. A policeman knocked the man over the head with a nightstick, and took him to hospital, where his conditions is serious. The rush hour crowd was thrown into turmoil as women screamed and rushed towards the exits. Traffic officers entered the station and grappled with the maniac on the floor, where he was finally subdued.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 28 February 1929, Page 5
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