RED-HANDED LUNACY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6566, 2 December 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)

RED-HANDED LUNACY.

10. '1 he group scattered "-if ' at S £ - cause of the excitement Street " Ttt mpn clad in seedy brcwa I? M o ° k "'S eyes, stood still for' °' ** t brandi.hu,g above , )J3 h «U for , mm^ ■ P*" 1 *" 8 of f ull y ** fff opened , length. At his fe ttt l av a V ,nches ia > just knocked ,iown, and L' he kd * body he caught s:Vh[-tf , S **PP'°S ov er h» . examining the articles in <£??£* ° f '^« 1 Lo starteu :or them dealing hi "'^ayeU ' left, utterly "K^ tijjhtS i T h « e <": IP" ladies feUfa&.^tctk. 1 walk, win!.; many more v-Z i the ri^ * sensible by the ni«C &J" » - t!ie compass in his l eft h ££ f* SRapel lunge at every one he met Vhl * J "P the etrwt stopped wben they 1 T]? 1 f cnesof the crowd iu front nL- a ,he * sought places of refuge. Tj*! P*»*T a JohnsonV. store, screaming ¥> " tiie maniac at their heels TI» ? * w,a I at the group in front of the lltt e wasMra. StoltzenbureanclMufv ? ' U " ■ were .tabbed and botFK^" ,B - &Ul * dry goods store, folio edt" *?* . Indies. They had just time t O Vf—. olher ' shut the door whin they £S? ' made by the compass as it cnW ft*" "^ * P«»ir. g ouc the [ on a ru.i toward F.fth Avenue. >°J r 4 corner be overtook Miss Checker am' ■ ! ; a blow which took efiect in her Ck °& Fiedler w ns about to step from the nJS I when he plunged the blooa. S meat into her breast, and ru, i J Mra. Worth, wife of the arts'- tvT ' walking with her husband h Vfe? » He ru.ned at , JCr with great force *!&£ I held out ,t arm', length. She Mt * it elite.- her Bide., and swooueu snto hi husband s arms. Still the madman kept o^ > Ihe next victim was Mrs. Hanley, ,vho wak-.ng with her Uo little girls, J^ > unknown lndy dressed in black *i!k. a determined row of men then faced tk f to go' back » ' Fourteenth street, jnst as ho did a 0 { ■ powerful feliow, who is said to have «■ ssmblrd >-. detective in dress but wioa ■ * nobody seems to know, grabbed him by tf, ■ coat collar from behind and flung bin to tie ground. The crowd then threw themsehes " upon tho prostrate rr.aa and took <".way ha * inVhtfiil weapon. He covered his iacewiH - bis bunds and begged in FroDch for mtrcr ■ Patrolman Charles A. Hanley, -who bij run down from University-place, th'npain an apjiearance. tie touk charge of tk» 1 prisoner and the compass, but on starting for the Mercer-street station-houseleirnedrf the wholesale stabbing. Sending a boy far [ Patrolman Hall, of tho Broadway squad, to J whom he transferred the now coned aid weeping lunatic, Hr.nley inquired for.tin [ wounded. He was told that one of than, a " 1.-.dy, had been taken into ths office of [ William H. Humes, iu. the basement of tin-. [ build in;; on tho corner. Hanley wentia, batcame out in a few minutes with a blanched 1 face. " Who is it '!" asked one of the crowi 1 "My wife," Hanley replied, as helooiednp the street in the direction taken by Hall aid the prisoner. Mrs. Hanley is by far tt» 1 most seriously hurt of all. Her woncdisa 1 d:sep one and it is thought that the 8t«tl piinctured the coatiug of the heart. Themiknown lady wae *cut upon* tho wrisi and -said she had also been pierced id the Itll beast: but she went home immediatelj after her wounds were dressed by Mr. Stents; of Alden andSternes, in front of whoseofficj she was attacked, and would answer noquestionsas to her identity. I - ■ ■■' =