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Show WOFJK OF MANIAC. Shot Nine ' Persons and Then Killed Hlmtelf. San Francisco. After holding over 1,000 persons at hay for two hours, shooting nlno people and defying the police, Thomas Lobb, a maniac, killed himself at 8:05 Wednesday morning. The insane man was barricaded In his room on tho fourth floor of tho United States hotel. He went to tho place Tuesday night about 12 o'clock, and Wedensdny morning Just before 7 o'clock began throwing furniture lrom the windows to the street. Several persons per-sons narrowly escaped bolng struck. Then ho began firing, uslug a shotgun. Ho placed ?60 and $100 bills ln tho muzzle of tho weapon, and fragments of the paper were scattered all over tho Btrcet. The first person ho hit was shot at about 7:15 o'clock. A big crowd quickly gathered and hundreds of mon i were prevented from passing tho place by fear of being, killed. Streot car traffic was entirely suspended after ono car had been fired upon and Us win' I dows, broken rx-T.'-' '' ' J? BqulUiorTWci&Ueomted t0 arfest thoman nnd several of theso wero Voundod. Finally tho'murderous lunatic lun-atic rushed to tho window and literally liter-ally blow oft tho top" of his own bond, tho brains and fragments of tho skull flying through tho air to tho horror of tho thousnnds of spectators who had assembled In tho neighborhood, which is near tho heart of 'the city. |