Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-02-17
threatening Mr.. Arthur.

ing to shoot the then Yics President, Mr.,
Arthur, ne was arrested at once, dis
armed and locked up. Not long before
this he had smashed in the windows Of the
Philadelphia postofiice so that he might at
his trial have an opportunity to ventilate
his ideas before judge and jury He was
perfectly rational on many subjects, but
the earnestness and gravity with which he
spoke of the powerful secret organizations
in various parts of the county designed to
disrupt the republic was decidedly amusing.
His exploit in Washington in July last is
thus told in his own language:
On the I'd of July ! heard of the shooting
of the President. and, knowing that Gui-
teau was under the same influence as my
self, | hastened 10 Washington on the 4th
to confer with Bob Lincoln and Gen. Sher-
man, and show them the similarity OF the
two cases. Would you believe nae that |
was not permitted. as an American citizen,
to state my case and save the country
eighty days of anxious hope and fear. No,
sir. | was thrown into a cell. where CON-
posed poem called "John Chinaman, My
10. John" beginning:
You're a moon eyed, driveling thief,
John Chinnmnn, my 10, John;
Sou eat rats instead Of beef,
And think the best thing you can do
Is to Sell your ringer and dust,
John Chinaman, my washerman.
also wrote an address to the American
public, embodying the idea that without
explicitly there was conspiracy, and in con.
spiracy lay danger.
During the illness OF President Garfield
many cranks presented themselves at the
White House, and advanced opinions more
or less remarkable on the condition or the
proper treatment of the sufferer, but none
of these are worthy OF especial mention
here.
Some time during October, John Wall
ing, Pennsylvania, a powerful man and
heavily armed, visited the White House
with the intention of killing Mr.. Arthur
and installing a DIR. Noedling in his place.
The President not being in at the time,
Walling handed the usher a formidable
document, on which were written the fol-
lowing words:
JONI WALLryG: You are hereby noti-
fled that DR.. John Noedling is lawfully
elected President OF the United States, and
occupies the White House every day.
ALMIGHTY Con.
Communicated by the Holy Spirit.
The usher, somewhat alarmed. invited
his visitor to take a seat, and sent for Ser
geant Dinsmore. That official, after vainly
endeavoring to persuade the man to leave,
had desperate struggle with him. AS.
sistance coming, the crank was disarmed
and carried away into captivity. II is be-
lieved that Walling was determined to as
sassinate the President, and the escape OF
the latter may be considered very fortu.
nate.
The True Messiah
Oh, lao taI n o1
the True Messiah arrived in Washing
ton in November and took rooms on Sixth
street. In December he commenced writ
ing letters TO Judge Cox, Judge Porter, and
others connected with the Guiteau trial, to
convince them of the fallacy OF Guiteaus
alleged inspiration. Protesting to be
representative Of the holy trinity, he
claimed that il permitted to go on the
witness stand he could very soon convince
the Jury and the public that God had had
nothing TO do with the assassin's murderous
act. The police were notified, and in the
course of time he was transferred from his
boarding house to the asylum.
A Greek Crank.
One OF the most persistant nuisances which
President Arthur has encountered thus Tar
is Tachnyutis a Greek. He bored Gar
field with his letters, and seems determ-
manner. No one knows what the fellow is
after, where he lives or who he is. His
letters come in nearly every mail, and are
very methodically deposited in the waste
basket.
One of the funniest OF all the cranks who
have turned up at Washington during the
wear is Col. Pinchover He stepped into
the Treasury one day last fall, and pre-
senting a check for $50, ,0OO, signed by him.
self, demanded the money on it. He said
the amount was due him out OF the funds
regularly appropriated by Congress for
building home for disabled politicians.
He was to have charge OF the work, and
wanted the money to commence operations
with.
Philip Stokes, colored, a waiter in hotel
at Atlanta Ga. acted rather strangely
while cleaning up room in which was al
so q guest Of the house. When the occu-
pant of the room asked Stokes what was
the matter with him, Stokes let hy a stick
of wood at the guests head. An officer
then came and arrested Stokes. While be-
| ing taken 10 the lookup Stokes accounted
| for bis behavior by saying that Jesus was
| in his breast, and the Lord had told him TO
announce judgment of the world His au-
rectly from Jesus.
Anew Order or Things.
Charles Jones. colored. OF Greencastle,
Ind. astonished the State officials at Indi-
annapolis BY calling on the governor and
l making threatening demand for the keys
| of the State house, saying that he bad been
| specially delegated by Almighty God to
usher in . new order Of things. He also
claimed to be the only one worthy TO un-
| lock the seventh seat. and asserted that he
had been running joint partnership with
| the Deity since 1879 As soon as the gov
| ernor recovered from his fright, the au-
| thorities were summoned and Jones given
| in hand. He was recognized by Greencas-
| tie men as q crank" of the Guiteau kind.
A Charmed Circle.
People near Eufsls, Ala, are not little
| in terested in the performance OF three un-
| known cranks who are digging near there
| for hidden treasure. The men have exca-
waited to q depth of fifty feet. and do not ~
vet exhibit any signs Of despair They
have been thus digging away for more than
! two weeks, and .aSout their work clings
many superstiti6@ ideas. They have q
line drawn around the mouth Of the we'll,
which they call the charmed circle, within
which they will not talk, for fear the gold
of which they are in search will sink deep
or in the earth. Several thousand people
have visited them since they began their
foolish labors.
InSpireA % Steal -
+, Fredonia. New York. was recently yesJ
much excited over the arrest o. has Vsna