Show DEED OF A LUNATIC the coleazo board of trade Is thrown into a panic d fusillade of bullets from the galler y one member and an operator shot also a wom an the man may die CHICAGO sept 27 A fusillade of bullets was fired into tho the wheat pit on oil the tile board of trade about noon the traders scattered ili in a hurry and arid busi busl nes came c nue to a standstill alio lie wildest excitement ensued A N bennett a broker received a via rightful wound in the neck chas roswell Eo swell the telegraph operator was i I 1 shot in in tho the chin A woman one of the tile spectators in the gallery is 13 also said to be wounded the tile scooter was a red I 1 headed man in the gallery lie ile was quickly overpowered erad and taken to the office iio lie is supposed to bo be I 1 insane 1 both of the wounded men will die the shooter gained access to the visit ore ors gallery a few minutes before the tile I 1 tragedy he le fired five shots at random into the pit bennett is is secretary ol 01 tho the board of trade the mutual benefit 1 association and a prominent member of tho board the tile report that a woman was wounded proved unfounded the man after being taken in in charge by the police gave his ilia name as cassius belden of la sallo salle avenue chicago I 1 he I 1 e Is is undoubtedly a maniac the tile sll shooting 0 ting caused the wildest excitement an pt i the floor stricken brokers dashed for the exits creating a jam which threatened to become serious for an instant tile pounds rounds of the shots and the tile rushing out of tile board noti notified the outsiders tint that something unusual b hid ad transpired and in a few minutes thousands rather gather ed around the big building and chent alie utmost excitement prevailed for a tune the prisoner after reaching tile police station asked to see sw a reporter ho eaid said he i s a carriage painter ainger by trade and told a long rambling story about ila having v I 1 been hypnotized by a man biame danied ng jones three years ago and having been under hypnotic influence ever since ho ne had bad at last reached an exalted stage he lie declared it had been a liard hard struggle for bread but when they began to sell his soul on the board of trade he lie resisted they had already sold hia his two children in r philadelphia et where ho he says tie lie I 1 lias aas a wife he ile was dressed as a laboring man inan it appears a 1 woman 1 was wounded acair after all birs M rs IV W lewis le of titus ville pa i on one of the spectators in in the other gallery ler started down stairs as soon as us the 0 all shooting began tile last bullet let g glanced anc d and struck her in the back causing a R flesh wound from which ehe she fainted she wae was removed from the building at lit first it was supposed ehe she fainted from fright merely bennett and roswell who were thought to be fatally wounded are reported ton tonight ht likely to recover the Z I 1 roan who did the shooting has been identified aa as cassius beldin a sign painter who lived with witt I 1 his sister slater mrs A williams a dressmaker and ie is a P I 1 T I 1 brother of T TA A beldin a board of trade speculator mrs mire williams saya says her sor brother her became insane five years ago when divorced from his wife at camden NJ she site thinks that he lie acted today today under the tile belief that ins ills brother was being robbed by oilier other traders on tho tile board he ile was released from the insane asylum at kankakee only a few months ago |