Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-03
Fired as the Queen Was Leaving the
Windsor Railway Station.
A SECOND ATTEMPT THWARTED
And the Miscreant Arrested-Saved
From the Mob With Difficulty.
HIS NAME RODERICK Mac LEAN
A Clerk and Native Of London
Other Attempts OH Her Life.

LONDON, March $3.50 p. m.-Press asso-
Citations say Queen Victoria was fired at at the
Windsor railway station to day. She escaped
unhurt.
WINDSOR, March 2-Evening-As the queen
was entering her carriage this evening, man
in the station yard deliberately fired pistol at
her. The man, who was a miserable looking
object, was Immediately seized by several po.
licemen and taken to Windsor police station
No one hurt.
GREAT EXCITEMENT.
LONDON, March ESQ p. m.--The queen
drove off to the castle Immediately after she
was fired at. The miscreant was followed TO
the police station by large crowd of people.
Newspaper hawkers are now crying the news
on the London streets. 1t causes great SEN
sation.
As soon as the queen arrived at the castle
she ordered an equerry to proceed to the depot
to enquire if anyone had been hurt.
- l. FOOLED IN A SECOND ATTEMPT.
The report of the pistol was sharp but not
loud. MacLean apparently intended firing
again, when the revolver, which seemed to be
new one, was knocked from his hand by a
bystander and handed to the police.
The Elton scholars were prominent in their
attempt to lynch MacLean. Ponsoby
the queens secretary proceeded to the police
station, and after obtaining all information
possible, telegraphed to Gladstone the facts of
the assault. 1t is understood the queen has
not sustained any shock. MacLean is said to
be an inhabitant of the South Sea. The gen
eral opinion is that the act was the result of
lunacy.
NAME OF THE MISCREANT.
The miscreant gives his name as Roderick
Mac Lean. He was with difficulty rescued
from the crowd. The queen arrived at Wind
sor about 625. She had been in London since
Tuesday, where she gave a drawing room
Wednesday in honor of the Princess Helen of
Waldeck, who is to marry Prince Leopold A
crowd assembled at Buckingham palace this
morning In hopes to see the queen drive out
The demeanor of the people wa. cordial as
usual. There was large crowd of spectators
awaiting the queens arrival at Windsor.
THE SHOOTING.
The queen walked across the platform of
the railway station to carriage which was in
waiting to take her to the castle. John Brown
had already assembled to the seat behind the
the carriage, when man standing at the en-
trance to the station yard among the specta-
tors pointed pistol at the carriage and fired.
Tojudge from the report the pistol was not
heavily loaded. The queen who was not
aware what had happened, was Immediately
driven by the driver 10 the castle, but before
she passed by, the man had been
seized by the superintendent of the borough
police, who was standing near by. He was
also violently seized by the crowd and only
rescued when three or four policemen came to
the superintendent assistance. The pistol
was captured by one of the crowd. MacLean,
who was miserably clad, was tak.n into High
street and thence conveyed to the police sta.
tion In a cab.
ANATIvE OF LONDON.
In commons Harcourt replying to inquiry
from Northcote, stated the man Mac Lean, who
shot at the Queen this afternoon, was clerk
and native of London. He added; the Queen
was not alarmed at the event.
HORROR AND SYMPATHY
No bullet marks We're found on the queens
carriage. Resolutions expressing horror at
the attempt to assassinate the queen were
passed at various meetings last night, both in
London and the provinces, including a meet
ing of Irishmen. The car, empress of Aus
tria and Emperor William, of Germany, tele-
graphed messages of sympathy.
The queen had her dinner party last night
as usual. No political significance is attached
in any quarter to the outrage.
MacLsan is % years old He states he is a
grocer's assistant. The doctors pronounce
him sane. The revolver is a six chamber
Colts, American make. Two chambers were
found loaded and two recently discharged.
Fourteen ball cartridges were found on the
prisoner. MacLean says hunger actuated the
crime. The cabinet sent dispatch to Wind
sor expressing qualification at the failure of
the attempt.