The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-10-13


CRAZY CALLERS,
. EE5gv sEc white House Eea5deuts
Have Eeo2 annoyed by E.sz1ssltiCss
Sergeant Dinsmore, in charge Of the
main door of the Wlite House, says q
Washington correspondent, has OCCu-
. pied that post for several years. He IS
tall, powerful man, who has an espe-
. Cial eye on insane callers. Very few Of
the insane ever get by him. The most
violent lunatic that has called at the
/ White House since Gen. Garticld's inau-
/ gTaGon came up to the door one morn
ing in April He was tail, square
/ shOuldered man. He was dressed in a
dark suit, and wore an apple-green tie.
/ He rang the bell at the door with a viO-
/ lent jerk. The sergeant appeared and
asked: What do you want p
81 would like to be shown to my
room at once, said the man.
But you must be mistaken IN the
. place. This is not q hotel"
This caller swelled out his chest and
/ said: Take care how You talk to me.
I am the real President Garfeld's
! name was put upon the ticket merely as
/ q cover for mine, as I wished to avoid
+ ihc unpleasant uOt0riety attendant upon
/ @ canvass. I have come here to demand
/ my seat and 1 want you to be lively
about It, too.
" But where are your papers !?
/ The lunatic produced a bundle of pa
/ pCTs, showing that he had been dis
/ charged from both the regular infantry
/ and artillery service. The man was so
violent that the sergeant stepped up
/ close to him to be ready if he should at
tempt to draw q weapon. The claimant
placed a hand quickly in his breast
/ pocket, but, instead Of drawing an ex-
/ pected revolver or knife, he brought out
a huge roll Of manuscript, which, un-
rolling as it came out, stretched from
his upTaised hand to his feet.
CHOW" said he, IT viii read you q
few brief points in my case" "No,
you won't, said the sergeant. &" You
want to get out OF this, or I VIII kick
you clear across the grounds. Get
ont p The lUnatic picked up his papers
and ran. He has never approached the
door since. He has been repeatedly
seen in the neighborhood. He spends
most Of his time shotehins5 tho White
House. He has not been seen, how
ever, since the assassination.
Another callercame up to the sergeant
in q quiet way and asked for g private
word, When the crazy visitors are
quiet the sergeant finds 1t easier to
humOr their Whims. He saw that some J
thing was wrong about the man. His
mania was disclosed when he said A: 81
am the owner Of the treasury and the /
White House building. I have q clear /
title, and, having received no rent for .
some time, I want you people to move |
out. Iwould not trouble yea if I were /
not so poor"
The sergeant said 81: ''WeI, If I were /
you would take q walk about the c0un-
try for a while and give Us a chance to /
get ready"
The-mGn went away. Three weeks /
from that time he appeared again. He .
was sunburned and travel-stained. He .
said he had been walking about the .
country in accordance with the ser ]
geants suggestion. The sergeant ad- /
Yised him to take another walk. The .
owner Of the White House Is still walk
ing, as he has not appeared since.
Another came to see Mr.. Hayes when
he was President. He was the ruler Of
the universe. He came to give Hayes
some advice. Said the sergeant: 81
don't think you can see the President
now, but 1 viii give you private point.
You viii find him at No. 713 Tenth
street. Just go there and say that you
are expecting to meet the President. "
The place designated was the police sta
ton. The officer in charge gave him q
private room.
A lady from Maine came in one day
with an open Bible. She said that she
had been sent by God to convert the
President. She was found to belong to
very respectable family In Maine
She had suddenly disappeared. No one
knew where she had gone or that she
was insane until she appeared at Wash
ington.
An elegantly-dressed lady came quiet
" into the White House one day and
took q seat in the East IoOm. She sat
there with her head resting upon white,
shapeIy hand. When asked what she
wanted, she burst out with a demand to
see the President She wanted him to
issue Il proclamation freeing the white
female slaves in this country. She was
sent back to Indiana, where her friends
resided. She gave the two officers who
took her back great trouble, rs she would
burst out every now and then in on aD-
peal to the passengers upon tHe trains
tha5 she was the victim Of Kidnapping
plot. The officers Lal in several in
stances to show their pgg-is iu order DO
protect themselves.
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