The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-07
"SlGN OR DIE"
The Assault on Royal Vic.

LONDON, March 2,-PreYlOus to the
attack upon her Majesty, O'Conner seal
ed the iron railing, ten feet in height,
which surrounds the courtyard of
Buckingham Palace, When he approach.
ed the carriage Of the Queen lie first
saw Lady Chdrchill, lady in waiting,
who was riding with her Majesty, and
was about to assault her, but he soon
discovered his mistake, and turned up
on the Queen. Her Msjosty's groom,
John Brown, who was riding behind
her carriage, upon witnessing the action
OF OConner, lsaped from his horse and
arrested and disarmed the assailant.
The sssnilant Of the Queen was
brought before the Police Magistrates
ut noon, to-day, for examination. The
courtroom and all its approaches were
densoly crowded. The prisoner pre-
sented a very bOyiah and net unpleas-
Ing appearance, and to-day, was quiet
and unassuming in manner He made
no attempt at braVado; listened quietly
to the testimony, without seeking to in
terrupt or contradict witnesses. On be-
ing Intercepted by the magistrate, he
stated that his full name was Arthur
OConnor; that no was born in Eng
land, but his father was o native Of Ire
land. 1t was subsequently elected that
his grandfather was the well known
Fergus O'Conner, one of the leaders Of
the ChGrtarist movement.
John Brown, her Majesty's groom;
Colonel Hordingo, oquerry to tho Qaoon,
and Prince Leopold, testified to the cir
cumstances Of the assault, Of which
they were eye-witnesses. Their state
monts do not differ materially from the
accounts already teleyraphed to the AS
aociated Press.
One Of the policemen into whose qua
tody OConnor was delivered, swore
that the prisoner said the reason he had
not loaded tho pistol was because it was
brokon, and that he exclaimed: II wish
to God L haa SucceSded;" that he
Hyowed he had intended to present n
petition for Fenian amnesty to the
Queen, in st. Paul's Cathedral, on Tues
day, when she was surrounded by her
ministers; that he then had pen and
ink ready for hor to sign the document
with; that he would have made the at
tempt, but the crowd was so great he
could not get near her Majesty.
Two papers, found OH the prisoner
when he was seized, were produced in
court and read. One pardoning all the
Fenian convicts, is in substance as fol-
lows: 81, Victoria, Queen by the grace
Of God, makes the following declaration
Whereas there are now confined in va
rious prisons throughout the kingdom,
a number of Irishmen known as cele-
brated Fenians; whereas, they were i'm
prisoned With my sanction, having re-
belled and cohspired against the Grown,
and to weaken and destroy my power;
whereas, sympathizers with these men
have petitioned for their pardon, and
Notwithstanding they are still unliber.
ated; now l, Victoria, Queen, &c, do
grant full pardon to each and every Fe-
man prisoner, Internationally notwith-
standing this, my agreement, is made
under fear of my life, I will not depart
therefrom." This is dated February ~,
1872.
The other document is q commuta-
ton, in advance, Of tho punishment Of
the prisoner, for his present act, from
hanging to shooting, and is dated Feb
ruary 9th.
At the conclusion Of the examination,
the prisoner was committed for trial at
the Assizes, and taken back to Jail I'M
der a strong escort. 1t is evident that
the papers found on the prisoner are
his W work, and the impression OF all
who heard them read is that they are
the product OF q deranged mind.
The defections among the conserya-
tive republicans to the Grant dynasty
a -ecoming wide spread. Morton has
.gs.a..f read jchurz, Trumbull Oh d
@.ulu out Of the party. From every
State in the West We find prominent re-
publicans who will not support Grant.
This is encouraging and gives us a
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