Omaha daily bee., 1881-07-07
LUNATICS LET LOOSE.
The City O. Washington Beseiged
by LunatiCs Bent on
Assassination.
One Looking for Vice-P President
Arthur for the Purpose
of Killing Him.
Tho Recovery OF tho President Now
Almost Certain.
National Associated Press.
ANOTHER LUNATIC.

National Associated Press.
ANOTHER LuNATIC.
WASHINGTON, July 6.-Report cir
culated to the effect that n lunatic
had been arrested for threatening to
shoot Secretary Blaine. Gen. Sher-
man on some other great man was as
highly exaggerated as are most sensa-
tional stories at a time like this.
The stranger an uncouth Irish tramp
and not a Virginian farmer as was re-
ported, turned up at police head quar-
ters of his own accord, said he wished
to see the chief police rs he desired to
give him his views on the subject of
Guiteau accomplices. He said he had
come all the way from Philadelphia to
ferret out the case, and dive down in
to its true inwardness. He was in
such a hurry to get here that he had
walked the entire way and thrown off
his collar to save the weight of extra
baggage.
His name is Dan. G. Mcnamara.
He says he lisa discharged soldier ofthe
United States army. He has been
in the insane asylum in California and
latterly in Philadelphia, and that he
is under the influence of spirits. He
is in the habit of having visions and
frances. The spirit once tried to
urge him to come to Washington to
assassinatG Grant when he was presi-
dent, but Grant was his general and
he could not do it. He did, however,
come to Washington at once, but not
to kill Grant. He believes Guiteau is
under the same influence, and he de-
sires to go before the court investigat-
ing the case of Guiteau and explain
how Guiteau was impelled to do the
act and give his experience of the
power of spirits. Having told his story
and eaten a lunch set before him, he
was about to start out to hunt up
Gen. Sherman on this assas-
sin business when Lieut.. Eckelhaff
checked him by calling him back and
telling him that there was an
important official, that he would
have to consult, belonging to
the firm, whose name was General
Godding. The officer told him that
Godding was to be found at a hand
some hotel across tho river where the
government would be glad to enter
tain him while he was in the city.
The stranger jumped at this plan and
was almost oblivious to the proceedings
by which he was judiciously commit
ted to the asylum for the insane,
whittier he was escorted and settled
down in the full belief that the asy-
lum was a hotel and that Supt. God
ding was the official with whom he
should consult.
AFTER vICE-PRESIDENT ARTHUR.
WASHINGTON, July 6.-The police
officials here have been called upon to
investigate another case of a supposed
would-be assassin. Last night a tall,
well dressed man called at a house in
the vicinity of 14th and X streets,
and enquired for a gentleman who did
not reside there. While conversing
with the lady of the house he said he
was a stranger here hunting for Vice
President Arthur, from New York,
for the purpose of killing him, to off
set the killing of Garfield. He was
excited and spoke Sc fercely of his
sanguinary i%ntents, thatthe lady slam
med the door in his face, and the man
disappeared. The case was reported
to the superintendent of police whose
officers are now looking for the man.
has been just learned that the
district attorney has received from
the Warden of the Jail a
from Guiteau directed to Vice.
Arthur. 1t appears that
some one informed Guiteau that the
president was dead, and very shortly
he asked for writing materials. For an
hour he was engaged inwriting. He tore
several sheets of paper, while engaged
with the composition of the
documents, but finally complet-
ed his task and directing it
he called a messenger to deliver it. The
was opened, and on being
read it was found. to be a h%igh-sound-
ing epistle congratulating Arthur OH
his ascension to the presidency. The
district attorney has filed it away for
safe keeping, with some other of
Guiteau's papers, and declines to make
it public.
STILL ANOTHER LUNATIC.
At the war department this evening
miserable, drunken fellow found his
way into the corridors and forced his
way into the office of Adjutant-G Cen
eral Drum, and began talking about
the danger the country was in
and in g~esticulating knocked
down h~andsome drop
light. 1t was thought best to put
him out, but he kept all at defiance,
and hourishing his arms, cried out:
''If Garfield dies it will be all right,
for Arthur will die too, if i have to
kill him myself" The police were
sent for and the fellow was carried out.
The Albany Agitation.