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Show Terrific Battle High in the Air Pain-Crazed Man Dances on Ledge of a Building and Was Rescued Res-cued With Difficulty. Special to Tho Tribune. NEW YORK. April 27. A fight with a madman In aild-alr was a thrilling experience of New York firemen they had not been looking for. And it camo near leadlnc to the death of CapL Clark. Robert Hyndman had been an Inmate of tho Manhattan Eyo and Ear hospital. hospi-tal. He suffered such pain from a diseased dis-eased ear that he became a maniac, and near midnight broke through a window on tho sixth fioor and attracted tho attention atten-tion of several policemen by his antics on a narrow ledso skirting the tall building. build-ing. Hyndman was screaming and howling like a wild man, and gave no heed to any efforts to persuade him to return to the building. The officers feared to approach him froT. tho Interior, lest ho Jump to his death. It was decided to call tho fire department depart-ment and run an extension ladder up to the ledge. This being ready, Capt. Clark took the lead and asked two men to volunteer to follow him. Firemen Scanlnn and Klmmler wero close at their chiefs heels, and when the three men reached tho ledgo CapL Clark threw his arm nround the maniac's neck aa somo ono from within attracted his attention. But tho madman wis too powerful for the chief, and a desperate struggle In mld-ulr followed. Tho fircnen. endeavoring to aid their superior, waited an opportunity to leap to the lodge, nnd tho three men were hardly 'a match for pain-crazed Hyndman. At ono time It seemed that all would be dashed to tho pavement, but two policemen po-licemen appeared from above, seized the struggling men and pulled them Into tho room. It was then with difficulty that the manlao could bo subdued. |