Lawrence offered a variety of explanations for the attempted shooting. He blamed Jackson for the loss of his job. He claimed that with the president dead, 'money would be more plenty,' (a reference to Jackson's struggle with the Bank of the United States) and that he 'could not rise until the President fell.' Finally, Lawrence told his interrogators that he was a deposed English king—specifically, Richard III, dead since 1485—and that Jackson was his clerk. He was deemed insane and was institutionalized.
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