The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-30
HOUSE LUNATICS.
An Interesting Talk With &
Watchman ofSeventeen Years
Experience About Crazy
Persons Seeking
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haunted this house since j came on duty
as Waterman their stories would I'LL the
biggest newspaper in New York. But
Won see there are 81 MANY Of them that We
don't take the trouble to remember them
only in a general way, Won know The
speaker was AlphonsO Dunn, who has
been Waterman ut the White House for
the past seventeen years. He is small,
pleasani-featured man, with dark, piercing
eyes, and is regular standby in these
DAYS iOr correspondents in search oi news.
In General Grants time" continued
MIR. Dunn, I'VE were greatly bothered by
Abraham Joltz, crazy Dutchman, who
used tn present himself when the gates
opened in The morning and spend the res,
III the day in trying L" get access To the
president lie was the most persistent and
per>everin. man ] ever saw. He never
missed dav, rain or shine, and Away
waited patiently at the door when re-
fused a,imitlance. ! believe he used up
half gross oi visiting g rds without ever
seeing the president. One day he got to
the door somehow and ] met him up
stairs. What do YOU think allied him?
Why, he believed he was elected president
Of the United States, and had come 20
give President Grant MOTTO. To- quit. He
appeared To- be harmless lunatic, 81
coaxed him out by telling him that Presi-
dent Grant would he ready To vacate the
mex, dav. IL was long time before saw
him again. but when he finally made his
way to the house again he had not Tor
gotten NV promise. Singularlv enough
he had not noticed the elapsc OF time, bu,
spoke OF the promise as having been made
Yesterday. got him away again quietly
the next day that his sister in-law called
here and asked me to get the president to
put Joltz into the insane asylum. She
said his disappointment, Il, not being ill.,
aueurated had made him violent. She
knew he owned gun and she feared he
would endeavOr 10 use ii to kill the presi
dent who had usurled his chair. Tic was
sent to the insane aSvlum."
Were there any attempts To assas>inate
President Grant"
No, not exactly. but h. was never al
together safe from crazy men. In his Sec
ond term big, wicked-looking negro h.
was over six fec, high and built in pro-
portion came TO me and asked me TO let
him see the president. lie was an evildis-
posed looking villain and had trick Of
showing YOU only the whites OF his eyes. l
toned him pretty closely. While i was
talking To- him noticed that he KEEP, his
right hand i'm his left breast pocket, and
90; away So aS tn call Officer kearney,
TO whom impaired my suspicious. The
! officer. under the pretext that he would
! lead him to the president, enticed him
| from the house and Gagged him in the police
hot lnSf
breast pocket contained loaded revolver
OF large size. don't remember his name
or what was done with him.
Are there MANY who labor under the
delusiOn that they have been elected to the
presidency"
| "Oh, yes; TWO or three every year AZ
least They are generally harmless and
go away without giving US much trouble
! Then there's another class OF lunatics.
also humorous. They believe they OVID
the white house, the capitol. the treasury
department and all other public buildings.
and come here periodically for the KEYS.
We generally send them to the capitol,
where they wander about till they get
tired. One morning woman who had
gone crazy because OF the loss or abduction
Of her daughter came here to accuse Pres
ident Grant Of the crime. After she had
butted her head through two or three
panes Of glass. we handed her over to the
police \ very frequent nuisance at the
white house is the praying lunatic,
poor. harmless devil who has gone crazy
on religion. We had one here the other
day who kneeled OH the porch and prayed
quite eloquenily for President Garfield
They are generally harmless, and We let
them have their pray out, so long as they
do not make too much nOise."
Can YOU remember any other crazy
men,"
Not BY name. Well, YES John Big
gins, a big Irishman about ak feet tour,
is strong rs q yoke Of oxen. lie was a
rough looking chap, and had hand like
a leg OF mutton. He was as crazy as
loon, but only on one point, and that he
never showed until the occasion arrived.
He was one OF President Grants visitors
One day he called, looking as sober ~
Judge and a. quiet rs lamb, and asked to
see the president His name was sent up
stairs, and after waiting awhile he was
shown into the presidents reception room.
What can l do for You, Mr.. higgins
asked the president.
president Grant, said higgins, his
craziness breaking out for the first time, Il
wish you to understand that don't want
you peeping through the keyhole of my
bedroom door any more. II you do 1T
again I'll shoot you dead, rs sure as my
name is higgins"
$50 would ii were you,' replied the
president, not q muscle OF his face moving.
And / can assure you that it will not oc-
cur again
''The GOODNESS OF President Grant prob
ABLY saved his life. for Biggius was armed
and desperate He is now in the insane
hospital"
No preparation l have used can COM
pare with Fellows Compound Syrup Of
Hypophosphites for restoring strength to
. the nervous system. l think II is the best
. medicine l ever used.
w HoRNER Buffalo " y