The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-03-09
SHOOTING AT TIE QUEEN.
The Foolish Act of British Cult. .u

WINDSOR, ENG, March, - Eycning
AS the Queen was entering her carriage
| this evening r-An in the station yard
deliberately e u pistol Il, her. Tie
man, who w:.s n miserable looking OBJ
ec., was Immediately seized By several
! policemen and taken 10 Windsor police
station. 80 one was hurt The man
gave hs name &, Rodcrick MacLean.
| The Queen drove OF TO the Castle immc-
| diatcly after she was fired 1t. The mis-
crcant was followed TO the station by a
large crowd Of people from whom he was
rescued with difficulty. The Queen ar
rived at Windsor about j.2O p. III. Since
| Tuesday she had been in London, where
| she gave a drawing-room on Wednesday
in honor Of the Princess Helena Of Wal
drick, who is to marry the Prince Leo
pold. y crowd Of people assembled at
buckingham Palace his morning in
hopes that the Queen would drive out
The demeanor Of the people WAS as
cordial ns usual.
Another Account.
LONDoN, March IS p. m.-There
was large crowd Of spectators awaiting
the Queens arrival at Windsor. The
Queen walked across the platform Of the
| railway station to her carriage which was
waiting to take her TO the Castle. John
Brown the Queens foOtman had already
asccnIcd To his seat behind the carriage.
| wher. a man standing 1T the entrance to
to the station yard among IL number of
| spectators pointed Il pistol at the carriage
and fired. TO judge from the report the
pistol was not heavily loaded.
The Queen, who was probably not
aware what had happened, WAS imnicdi
atcly 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 also
violently seized by the crowd, and was
| only rescued from them when three or
four policeman came to the superintcn-
dents assistance. The pistol was cap.
turcd by one Of the crowd. MacLear,
| who was miscrably clad, was taken into
| High street and thence conveyed To the
| police station in 4 cab.
MacLcan is said to be an nhabitant of
the South Seas. The general opinion il
that the act was the result Of lunacy.
The report Of the pistol wns sharp but
not loud. MacIcan evidently intended
firing again but the revolver, which
seemed to be new one, was knocked
from his hand by bystander and hand
cd to the police The Eton scholars
we're prominent in the attempt to lynch
MacLean. 1t is understood that the
Queen has not sustained any shock.
Inquirin, Into His Anteccdcnts-An I;x-
| Iunatic.
| LoNpOH, March 1.-THE police have
asccrtained that MacLcan was formerly
i'll the Wells lunatic asylum, and was
only discharged in September last. The
solicitor has written to the mayor OF
Windsor stating that he defended man
named Rodcrick MacLcan at Maidstone
in 1874, charged with attempting to up.
set train. Since his discharge from tile
Wells asylum, he has been confined in a
London asylum. The police hay, infor.
nation that he was incarcerated in a
Dublin asylum many months. The
archbishop Of Canterbury has requested
the clergy to offer thanks for the deliver
ance of the queen in their church, Sun
day. The queen drove through Windsor
yesterday, and was welcomed with indie.
ncribable enthusiasm
| When the prisoner left the town hall
after the examination, twenty incn en-
lcavOrcd to overtnrn the carriage con-
tanning him.
1t is officially announced that the
quee: passed good night, and is no way
affected by the attempt on her life Mac
Lean passed 4 restless night. He will be
brought up at special sitting of Wind
soi borough justices this afternoon
The Times says: "If no more can be
said for MacLcan, the would. be assassin
of the queen, than could be said for Gu-
teau, the assassin Of President Garfield
or Lefroy, he murderer of Gold, he has
rs little TO c@pect to escape. punishment.