Show THE IDE mm or OF NEW lom alarming outbreak of homicidal lunatics STARTED BY prendergast granli la in various Be degrees greas fro from the tb pool fool to the tha money hunting Assise sixt A tow few samples of the tha crackbrained BraL ned people who xay become murderers lillian kuckolls Kuca Rua creak superintendent byrness remedy new york tork nov nor I 1 special fo 0 o tribune un an epidemic of cranks plagued this city yesterday the weeping siar mar 90 eolla ila andrews who demanded from ednan gould and the tha murderous sailor thomas bradley Brad lcy who shot superintendent perin matthes in the postal telegraph building on monday were but the forerunners of the pestilent outbreak the assassination of 0 mayor ili rr ison or of chicago by tile crank cranic prendergast P render gast has been the signal for a murderous outbreak by persons hitherto regarded as harmless although eccentric eight cran cranks in this city and five in brooklyn kept the police busy yesterday six of tile the cranks were women of whom only one was violent four 0 of the men had actually threatened to commit murder and two of 0 them mada a desperate desbor ate attempts to carry out their threats thi eats what can be done to protect tho the community from tho the onslaughts of 0 these dangerous lunatics lunatiC 5 superintendent byrnes byrncs saia a lock them up no nia matter tier how harmless they rally may appear to bo be at the moment this crank epidemic is 13 just what hi he expected ho ha says after ts bloody worl such an act as tile thi assassination ot of mayor harrlson harrison always brings brines to the tha surface obese homicidal lunatics who havo have been waiting only for some bold leader to take the first step the police of this city have been instructed to look out tor for cranks and arrest all those who are arc at all violent A FAIR SPECIMEN thomas J reilly who meekly demanded 8 a deposit and 2 in interest from superintendent byrnes yesterday afternoon Is a very good illustration of the apparently harmless but terrible crank ile he Is a little bit ot or a creature not only unusually short in stature but unusually slight and weak ho he shambles shim bles and shuffles ills weak eyes thin tousled hair dirty hands scrubby beard and shabby old clot clothes bet all add to ills his seeming insignificance yet ret when this tattered shred of humane human ity fly marched up to superintendent byrness desk murder was in his heart nothing but the merest whim caused him to appoint his second visit rather thoin than his first as the time tor for execution ill 1111 call on byrnes once for my money said reilly kellly to his near neigh bor and if lie give it ill go 90 up again and kill him there was no malice in the poor creatures shattered mind lie he had bad convinced himself that the superintendent of police had bad committed 9 a crime A MONET HUNTING ASSASSIN jun breidling Brell Bre hag illing or john breithold Breit holz furnishes n another illustration within a few seconds this yellow haired blue 0 eyed fellow became transformed from a silly allay tool fool into a money hunting assassin lie ile called at the office ot of the wilson line of steamers last and casually asked for or lie ha was surprised when his request was refused any policeman could prove tho the validity of his claim he said he was sent to prison for three days that neither dampened his ardor nor aroused ills resentment back ho he went to tho the wilson office on monday at about the tha time the crank Al margolla argolia andrews wax was trying to get from froin edwin gould tho the manager put breittholz Breit holz out and threatened to imprison him tm lor for a year yeal it if he should come baek back away went the poor fellow blithely enough and wandered into the east thirty ditth street police station yesterday morning this time he wanted he was as good natured as ever and did not grow suspicious when a policeman started with him for the oia yorkville York villo prison I 1 near the prison however he filed to run away and when caught made a tremendous fight ight in his pen lie he attacked his captor lie he had a knife and a razor in his pocket A pretty little blonde who picked packed EL a deadly revola revolver er in it a cigar box and car tied it to superintendent arnes has baa not yet reached a i dolent stage but who shall gay when that will come let her fancy her gift slighted and brood over the neglect shown her then what the selection of a 4 41 i pistol shows show that eliat her mind runs already to violence money in thousands of millions of oc dollars is the inspiration of cranks augusta faller appealed to the wll li ainsburg police justice to help her collect from senator hill there Is reason to that the lunatic who broke the wind windows 0 ws of a bowery clothing house fancied cheated thomas bradley Brad lcy whose pistol played placed havoc lp flit lower broadway on monday and margolla margolis andrews who volie besieged edwin gould were money mad all these and other demented crea creatures turee were aven avenging izing ima imaginary inary and roost most of them were seeking money |