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Show THE JUDGE AND THE LUNATIC. Walter Greihain Has an Exciting Time With a Crazy Man. Chicago, .Ian. 13. Judge Walter Q. Gresham had an exciting experience w ith a crazy man yesterday. When he entered the chambers a strange man aoproaclied the judge familiarly, asking if some one, giviug a name the judge docs not remember, had arrived. Being told no, he left. About 3 o'clock the man entered Judge Gresham' s room again and told him that the marshal bad that money locked up and wouldn't give it to hi in. "Not yet realizing that the man was out of his miud," said the judge, "I asked him what money, lie referred to a memorandum and said that $."iH;i that Jay Gould paid him for him. 1 then observed the wild expression expres-sion on his countenance, and told him to go with me to Ihe marshal, but he declined, saying that the anarchists were after him, and wanted lo kill him. I then told him to take a seat, and went to the marshal's office and told the deputies to inform the proper authorities of the condition of the poor man, bo that he might be eared for. Deputy Hayes returned with me. and when we en-tercd en-tercd the court room the presence of the deputy excited the man, and he declined to go with Have-. I directed the deputy tQre for a time, wbii u he did... The man t -Vised the door and Went to the door 'calling frnt the chambers cham-bers to the court-room null locki iVit. I told him to lit down, lie did so, and he again said be was Iu danger from the anarchists. He referred to bis SO00 and I laitited my protection. pro-tection. 1 assured him that he should not be hurt. After a little he again became quiet, but iu the meantime some of the deputies dep-uties had sent for the police, and they were outside. The man in some way learned of their presence and again became excited. I had hi in take his scut again and told him I must go soon. He requested that I protect pro-tect liini until the military arrived. 1 told he had belter go under the protection of the marshal until the arrival of the soldiers, which he said he would do. I went out and requested Marshal Hitchcock to go to the room. He could not go but sent his sou and 1 told the man Unit " oiiug Hitchcock would afford him protection, when I left aud immediately quitted the room. Two policemen and two other men, after a struggle, succeeded iu overpowering the lunitic. Willi the cane lie was carrying he attempted to avoid capture. He gave his ttami as Martin Met onany. He is of power-ful power-ful build and about fifty years of age. Nothing further has yet been learned about him. |