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Show DEATH STRUGGLE " WITH A MANIAC WOMAN HAS DESPERATE FIGHT WITH MADMAN IN A HOS-PITAL HOS-PITAL AMBULANCE. PUTS THUMB ON OPTIC NERVE Dr. Mary Crawford Has Narrow Es cape from Untimely End at Hands of a Lunatic Timely Aid Given by Policemen, New York. Dr. Mnry Crawford, the ambulance surgeon of tho Williams-but Williams-but k hospital, for tlie second tlmo within three weeks had n desperate struggle with a madman sho wns taking ta-king to the Institution. The maniac tried to choke her, and probably would have succeeded had not I'ollcoinan Selvey and Hugh Gromley, the driver of the ambulance, assisted Dr. Crawford. Craw-ford. Ilur coat wns torn and her faco scratched, but she took the patient to tho hospital. Shortly after 1 p. ni. Drooklyn police headquarters summoned Dr. Craw-ford Craw-ford and her ambulance to the drug stoiu at Bedford avenue and North Klghth street. There Dr. Crawford found two policemen and throe other men holding Michael Ford, a mechanic, mechan-ic, 30 years old. Ford had been seen to throw himself before a crosstown car, which was stopped before tbo wheels could run over him. Severnl men tried to learn from Ford where ho lived. Fonl attacked them savagely anil threw himself In front of another car. lie was again saved by tho prompt stopping or the car. l'ollcenmn Selvey seized Ford, who knocked him down. Selvey again tackled the madman, who In a Ilerco struggle tore Selvey's rubber coat and uniform. Tho maniac attacked men, women and children anil caused wild excitement. Selvey wns no mutch ror the man, and when another policeman and three citizens went to bis aid they had all they could do to get the madman mad-man down. Dr. Crnwrord gave the muuliie a by-podormtc by-podormtc Injection or morphine. For The Doctor Struggled Bravely with the Madman, a few minutes bo w;us quiet, then with .1 whoop ho again attacked his captors. cap-tors. Ford 'was thrown again to tho sidewalk, and Dr. Crawford administered admin-istered more of the drug. Tho maul- 1 nc wns thon handcuffed and tied with 1 ropes. I Dr. Crawford climbed Into the urn- j balance nnd l'ollcemnn Selvey stood on tho stop. As the vehicle was proceeding pro-ceeding to the hospital Ford broke tho ropes which bound him and with his manacled hands seized Dr. Crawford by the throat. Tlie doctor did not lose her nerve, but pressing her thumbs under the nianlne's eyolirowa gradually gradual-ly forced him to release his hold on her throat. As soon as the doctor removed re-moved her thumbs from the madman's eyes ho again attacked her and tried to throw hor backward off the seat. Solvoy and Gromley went to Dr. Crawford's Craw-ford's aid, forced Ford to let go of Dr. Crawford ami held him down while the plucky surgeon administered moro of tho drug. Fonl was thon tied with stronger ropes and taken to the hospital. hos-pital. "This ambulance work 1 llnd Is bo-coming bo-coming more strenuous every tiny," snld Dr. Crawford, "but I am going to stick to It If 1 die. Ford's was the worst case of Insanity I have dealt with since I became an ambulance surgeon, and wnen he attacked mo I thought for 11 moment It was nil over with mo. He certainly had 11 death grip on my throat and if I had not pressed his optic nerves and stopped tho blood circulating tu his brain 1 guoss I would have been 11 lit subject for tho undertaker |