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QUEER DELUSIONS<br />

California's "Emperor" Dies<br />

On the outskirts of Stockton, California,<br />

is the architectural nightmare<br />

shown in the photograph above.<br />

It belonged to Joseph Brenz, selfstyled<br />

emperor of Austria, who died<br />

just recently. The rococo castlewas<br />

the pride and joy of this fantastic<br />

lunatic, who spent all of his time<br />

building queer ornamental additions<br />

out of tin cans, scrap iron, colored<br />

rags, wagon wheels, and many miscellaneous<br />

articles of junk.<br />

The Walking Arsenal<br />

Mike Inik, always considered harmlessly<br />

insane, felt the spur of a quixotic<br />

impulse a short time ago. Leaving<br />

his home in Hammond, Indiana,<br />

dressed in a suit of homemade armor<br />

—hammered out of dishpans and<br />

washboilers—and carrying revolvers,<br />

clubs, and hatchets galore, Mike invaded<br />

the Hammond county courthouse<br />

and shot up the court of Judge<br />

Charles E. Greenwald. The lunatic<br />

wounded the judge himself, the court<br />

bailiff and a juror before he could be<br />

subdued.

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