The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-09
THE FIFTH ATTEMPT.
An Assault Upon the Life of queen
Victoria

An Assault Upon the Life of Queen
Victoria
WINDSOR, Eng, March 2-As the
Queen was entering her carriage this
evening, man in The station delIber-
ately fired pistol at her. The man, who
was a miserable looking object, was i'm
mediately seized by several police and
taken to the Windsor police station. No
one was hurt.
LONDON, March 2.-The man who fired
at the Queen gives his name as Roder
lex Mclean. The Queen drove off TO
the castle Immediately after she was
fired at. The miscreant was followed (
the police station by large crowd of
people. The newspaper hawkers are
| now crying the news on the London
streets. 1t causes a great sensation.
The miscreant gave his name as
RoDERiCK MAGICIAN.
He was with difficulty rescued from
the crowd The Queen arrived at
Windsor Palace ut about 5 :25. She has
been in London since Tuesday, where
she gave a drawing-room reception
Wednesday in honor of Princess Helena
of Waldrek, who is TO marry Prince
Leopold. a crowd assembled at Buck
s.t.a Palace this morning IN hopes to
eeu ,he Queen drive out The
demeanor of the people was
cordial, as usual. There was a large
crowd of spectators awaiting the Queens
arrival at Windsor. The Queen walked
acrosss the platform of the railway sta
ton to the carriage which was waiting
to take her to the Castle. John Brown
had already assembled to the seat behind
the carriage, when the man standing at
the entrance TO the station yard, among
the spectators, pointed the pistol at the
carriage and fired. To judge from
the report the pistol was not heavily
loaded.
The Queen, who was probably not
aware of what had happened, was
IMMEDIATELY DRIVEN TO THE CASTLE,
but before she passed the man had been
seized by the superintendent of the
borough police, who was standing near
by. He was violently seized by the
crowd and was only rescued when
three or four policemen came to the su-
perintendents assistance. Mclean, who
was miserably clad, was taken into
High street and thence conveyed to the
police station in cab
In the house of commons Harcourt, in
replying to an inquiry from Northcote,
stated that the man Mclean, who shot
at the Queen this afternoon was q clerk
and native of London. He added that
the Queen was not alarmed.
No bullet marks were found on the
queens carriage.
RESOLUTIONS EXPRESSING HORROR
at the attempt to aSsaSsinate the queen
were passed at various meetings last
light both in London and the provinces,
including a meeting of IrisSmen.
The Gar. Empress of Austria and
Emperor William, of Germany, tele-
orr ThnE on nf SUI0onafhU Tho
queen held her dinner party last night
as usual. No political significance is at
tached to the outrage.
Mclean is twenty-seven years old. He
states he is a grocer's assistant. The
doctors pronounce him sane. The re-
volver is siX-chamber Colts American
make. Two chambers were found load
ed and two recently discharged. Four
teen ball cartridges were found on the
prisoner. He says hunger actuated the
the crime. The cabinet sent dispatch
to Windsor expressing qualification at
the failure of the attempt at assaSsina-
tion.
LONDON, March 2-The news that an
attempt had been made on the life of the
Queen at Windsor this afternoon, caused
great excitement there, but the agitation
speedily gave way when it was known
that her majesty was uninjured and that
the
ASSASSIN WAS PROBABLY A CRAZY PER
son.
The facts respecting the attempted as
sassination are very few. The Queen
was returning from London in her usual
special, and descended from it at Wind
sor station where her carriage was in
waiting to convey her to the castle. The
railway station at Windsor is a small
building and, except on extraordinary
occasions and by special orders, no pre-
cauticRs are taken to prevent the public
from entering the yard which surrounds
it. To-day the usual crowd of visitors
was assembled in and around the sta
ton
WAITING TO CATCH A GLIMPSE
of the Queen. Her train on arrival
stopped on the right hand side of the
station and her majesty, accompanied by
her usual attendants, stepped out upon
the platform, and in another moment
emerged from the opposite side door
and advanced to her carriage. A little
crowd stood near and among them was
observed
MISERABLE LOOKING MAN,
who had the appearance of Iaborer out
of work, or tramp. Just as the Queen
crossed the platform, and was about to
step into her carriage, this man sudden
ly pushed his way TO the front of the
spectators, drew pistol from his breast
pocket and pointed it in the direction of
the Queen and fired.
A SHOUT OF HORROR
arose from the spectators and the man
was Immediately seized and disarmed.
| The shot was harmless. 1t touched mel
Their her majesty nor any one else. Judg-
ing by the report of the pistol it did not
seem heavily loaded. There was
MOMENT OF WILD CONFUSION
and agitation, but the people perceiving
that the Queen was unharmed, speedily
became comparatively calm. The COM
posure of the Queen was unbroken.
She stood for a moment looking at her
would-be assassin in the hands of his
captors and then with a face that had
not even blanched she bowed majesti-
cally to the people on her right and left
and entered her carriage and was
driven 10 the castle amid
ENTHUSIASTIC CHEERS
of the populace. Meanwhile the police
had hurriedly rushed the man into the
station where they placed him IN a
room under guard until orders could be
received regarding him. This is
THE FIFTH TIME
that an attempt has been made on the
life of the Queen. The first was IN
June, 1910, by crazy lad named Ok
ford. He was sent to the insane asylum
for life. The second was in 1912, by
John Travers, who was sentenced to be
hanged, but who was transported for
life. The third was in July, same year,
by John Bean, who escaped with
eighteen months Imprisonment. The
fourth was in 1865 by halfwitted bush
boy, O'Connor, who got off with q
, years imDrisoament and twenty lashes