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Show I A MADMAN C KKATK A KKMIATION, I tin Attempt HiiMtle on rol.lle Tltor-' Tltor-' uiiarlilKre In llroatl Im)IIkIiI. ! N'kw YtilfK. June 25. A straiigti man j , tried to commit suicide in broad day- ligbl in tilt! crowded tliolotllif ires. As ! be walked along at lonalil slrct!t anil j , Broadway be glanced around in a lici t -; , ous way u"d ran from the crowd) ion the sidewalk jumped upon a! I crowded truck, picked up a pipe hich ' lay on the (ruck, lied it in a bard knot around bis n.-ek. ami Iheu tied an-! an-! other cud of the rope securely to ! the cart rung and attempted t t ! Iiaug himself from the moving, icait The driver jumped from his! i teat and seized the unknown man.; After a severe struggle he took ! the rope from the man' neck. No sooner had the strantre man lceii released from the knotted rope than he picked up the cart rung, jumped from , the truck, anil with the rung raised Iu ; the air, made a dash at a man w ho hap- f pened to be standing nearest the cart. ; The madman was almost upon hi : intended victim when the latter turned, ami dodged into a doorway door-way and ran up stairs. The madman, mad-man, waving his cart rung, turned quickly and darted down Leonard irtreet. Midway of the block he met two young ladi?. He shook the club at tbem a if he were going to kill them oo the spot, then let it drop, ottering at the name time blood-ctirufi&jr rric A moment later a policeman v,cd him bv tbe arm. 'From papers found in bis px-essioii j it was learned that he was f'"io lialy j and h4 been-only Ihne ees in tins : -country. ' |