Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-02-09
LYNCHBURG, FEB, Q. ,s,.
Assassination or
PRESIDENT.

Since III. publication Of our r,per q, sn.prl
last, inflammation, which has reached IN NV
quarters, leaves no doubt Of tho insanity oc,
renee. the unhappy individual wilo nrt,ma.
iischarge two pistols al the Pre- id,n, of l,,r
States IN the rorii'o OF the Capiio On e.,
| he persons who knnw hir- Tot sum
the occu renee, and would hardly have h.a.
priced ~ any hing hc had done or aricmn,,d
has, II appears, fan'ied himself TO he ,,m..
person ih,n himself to have ms,sk n h.
! identity or at least to have misunderstood H.
!atiohs with the rest Of the world. Wbs, H.
| conducted f,om the Capitol to the har,b,r
hcr, he answered to the questions as 10 h., ma,
that he had ,nendrd 10 Kill General Jaek,no
Cause G,n. ,ckson ha; XIII his fa..r ~,
asked again, h0lo Ger. Jackson Killed n. t..i
he would nnsa er nothing. His falher. ws
died Il natural DEATH in this Distr,c, sone,a.
twelve years ago. The answer was. of cm,r,s ~
| effect OF the hallncina' ion. under the ,on,co,.
which he ait nped The Outrage upon the per,o,
the President.
We have had The curiosity to nsk, whctb.,
as any hing of politician, ,h,nk ny thut he no.
haps nigh, b. poll lcnlly insane, as per,ons
so ,netinios rclg "usly So We wcre informed =.
he was ncsrr known 10 have talked or ,bouu
nbou, politics. HIS acquaintance seem 10 M,
+! hat he thought himself en- tiled to be KIN. d, g.
vornor OF This country, or something of TIN, "a
and b CODED over The notion tina, Gen Jacks,
$40 d IN his way. l. is certain thnt he inon,,.
| the evening before o SINE one, whether ihe Pre-,
| d nj woul be a, the funeral and wns answered
the affirmative. Ills being at the Capitol, arm
Was, therefore, almost certainly, the wok Of md
mcChiat,on.
| Afer committing the abnvet' paper wo wcr
politely favored with tho following uuhcn,
! q atcmen made by highly intelligent MAJ
| rate OF 'h,s city, who has taken tn trouble o.r)
sonally to investigate tho question Of Lawrence
| sanity
WAsnt>oroN, Sis Jan 1888
| have made all tho mn lries | couhl ~ ia \
| in regard % he unhappy man tLnwrenee) wlJ
made the nnempt ,csle'day upon the NE d
! G n. a,kson, and the result has b IN II rc1
fec conviction up my mind Of his ubsoule 4
| sanity.
| ] went Fl ST 10 the housr where he boarded nj
| had OF been In re long, but one Of tie bonde
SAID he hal been som" lne convinced III h. Va
not of .anc mind an thai G Ind pr vI,us
| n,enroned II tie boa lcd al MIR ShieIds nj,
! he Tn, ar'an Church, INT did no, kcr his CLOTH
o. a'y 'hing else hrr. Nothing W known tncrI
OF hi' having bad PTS ols
cry. who marned It sister of Lawrnncc's Both
Il his " fe iold mo thai hat hey had no doubt 4
Lawrenc,'s mud uc,ng more less VI ST. lied fol
c,shecn months past. Thev < w as evidence d
f st, that aLun, tina ume, he had eh h.rr, wu@
The av" ed inienl,on "f going To Edg"nd a, d had
| nrCce' d 10 New York. where he remained sor(
tmc AMI IL, rctu NED, Spying that the ,hlpo~D
| crs had all entered intoa combination against hId
and had refused 10 give ma passage 10 Eng land
thu, they knew he had large fortune here an
that Ihe'' object was 10 prevent his getting away
so rhsl Iiiey NIGH possess Themselves Of H.
Some Tine ago L renee ATTEMPTED TO kill HI 4
sist r, Mrs r. aud her husband had him arrest u
and confined for a ~hilc in jail. He did mol re
SHE with them, and, indeed. had ha bored ss;h|
u resentment against Mr.. z. that he did mol speak
with hun. Tncy dlI not know VI hi, haYn,
pistols Of lafe. but Mrs. K says he formerly
hal n pair Of small brass pistols, which had he i
longed TO their fsthsf'hey had Ants, but sh' haiI
head that he wanted 10 get them altered 10 be used
with the percussion iock. She thinks # she saw
them she could say whether those he used wcrc thsI
Same.
Lawrence had a shop where ho did his p'iI'
ing. MIR, Dru,v had u 10 IN adjoining thls,and me-
after says 'hal for long time he has observed L.
IN be very SOLITARY 'aciinn IN regard o hI' inlef
course with others, but very much sls.n 10 taking
TO himself lie as heard him declare lhst hi
should bc Richard tho Third, King OF Ens|
land, and King Of America. These declaraons
we're well own that the boys were IN th'I
hath. Of calling MN " K'nis Richard, and oil
late this has annoyed him much that he ha'
Threatened the boys aud even driven them out Of mo
presence.
Drnry says, that yesterday morning he WI" !"
his shop lakn. ineoh, rcnly. and he heard him |
all Al once, slam down Tho I'D OF a boz, and Il.
claim in very audible tone, " I'll be damned u
don't do it," This was but i,,le while before the
funeral.
10 day TIE sister Of L,wrcnce called al the )aI'
TO sec HIM. and 10 the inquiry why he sd commit,
ted the rash ACT he SAID " 1t WAS all right Genefal
Jackson was HI: servant, but had no, done 40 Hs,
wished, and ough TO be punished
could mention many other circu instances o''
these, am sure, will carry conviction 10 you,
mind hat the man o united the desperate act OF
yesterday, under the influence Of mental dcfaHSe'
ment.
The lntelIi.encer annexes 9 tho foregoing ."
article accounting for the pistols used by La~''"''
missing hr" though the CAPS exploded. It,.
We ,uhjon an extract: " The ignorance o. WV
assassin saved the life ofthc Presid nt-lSnoFs'I'
ct POPULARITY which al percussion Pis'o' P''
sess. have n pair Of them in my pos'e''''n.
which have had for several years. For WIZ
at CT bought them, cou! rot make them co."
he percussion cap would explode, bu the e"a'e'
would not ignite. After rencctng for some uh' :.
% the cause, disco, cred it. The powder ha' wv
ruversed the iubc leading to the cap. In oioe
DC satisfied that Was right in this conJ e''',
made repeated experiments poured the pow
Slowly into he barrel Of the pistol, and be'o'
rn il down shook the barrel we'll in der '"''
he powder might penetrate though the sna" Wv.
- adm, -, ,to ,.,.,s.;,rc. 90, IT,. .n,roe never