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Show DEMENTED MAN HAS ELEVATOR JOY RIDE KANSAS CITY. April 12. For three hours early today, Edward Samuel, a 200-pound Janitor, dashed from the basement to the 12th floor of the Hi-alto Hi-alto bulldln7 here in an elevator, while Janitors, policemen. A. M. Marty, the owner of the building, tried to Induce him to call It a night and leave his cage. Policemen and Janitors shut off the power from tho elevator occupied by Samuel, but that was only half the bat-: tie. Ho held the door shut with a lever and announced he would not open it unless Mr. Marty asked him to.1 Marty appeared at 3 o'clock in th'1 morning but by that time Samuel had changed his mind and declined to opt n the door. Finally the top of the elevator was: removed and two policemen leaped In-1 .side. Til" janitor urrnmi ri n led tb.-i;i peacefully. He was taken to the city hospital for observation. 00 . |