Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-03-09
Attempted Assassination
Queen yictOrla's Life In Jeopardy.

LONDON, Mch. 2.-6:30.-The press as
sociation says that Queen Victoria was
fred at at Windsor railwaystation to-day.
She escaped unhurt.
Windsor, March 2.-This evening. as
the queen was entering her carriage,
man in tho station yard deliberately fired
a pistol at her. The man. who was
miserable object, was Immediately seized
by several policemen and taken to the
Windsor police station. No one hurt.
The man who fired at the queen gives
his name as Roderick MacLean,
f: 1880 p. m,-The queen drove Off to
the castle Immediately after she was
fired at. The miscreant was followed to
the station by large crowd OF people.
The newspaper hawkers are now crying
the news on London streets, and it causes
a great sensation.
The miscreant gives his name as Roder-
ick MacLean. He was with difficulty
rescued from the crowd.
The queen arrived at Windsor about
5:25. She had been in London since
Tuesday, where she gave a drawing
room reception on Wednesday in honor
of the Princess Helena of Waldack, who
is 10 marry Prince Leopold.
There was a large crowd of spectators
awaiting the queens arrival at Windsor.
The queen walked across the platform of
the railway to the carriage which was
waiting to take her to the castle. John
Brown had already ascended to the seat
behind the carriage when man stand
ing at the entrance of the station yard
among the spectators pointed pistol at
the carriage and fired. To judge from
the report, the pistol was not heavily
loaded,
The queen, who was probablG not "a
ware of what had happened. was immedi-
ately driven to the castle, but before she
had passed, the man had been seized by
the superintendent of 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 svperintendent's assistance.
The pistol was captured by one of the
crowd. MacLean, who was miserably
clad. was taken into High street and
thence conveyed to police station in a
cab.
As soon as the queen arrived at the
to the depot to enquire if any body had
been hurt.
The report of the pistol was sharp, but
not loud. MacLean apparently intended
TO fire again, when the revolver, which
seemed to be a new one, was knocked
from his hand by bystander and hand
ed to the police.
Eton scholars were prominent in the
attempt to lynch MacLean.
Ponsonby, the queens secretary, pro-
ceeded to the police station, and after OBJ
tanning all the information possible, tele-
graphed to Gladstone the facts of the
assault.
1t is understood the queen has not sus-
tanned any shock.
MacLean is said to be an inhabitant of
the South side. The general opinion is
the act was the result of lunacy.
In the house of commons, Harcourt re-
plying to an inquiry from Northcote,
stated the man MacLean. who shot at
the queen this afternoon, was a clerk
and native of London. He added that
the queen was not alarmed at the event.
No bullet m arks were 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 providences, in
cluding a meeting of Irishmen.
The czar, empress of Austria and En-
perior William of Germany, telepraphed
messages of sympathy. ~
The queen held her dinner party last
night as usual. No political significance
is attached to the outrage in any
quarter.
MacLean is twenty-seven years old.
He states he is grocer's assistant. The
doctors pronounce him sane. The revol'
yer is a six-chambered Colts American
make. Two chambers were found load,
ed and two recently discharged. Four.
teen ball cartridges were found On the
prisoner.
MacLean says hunger actuated the
crime,
The cabinet sent despatch to Wind
sor expressing satisfaction of the failure
of the attempted assassination.
PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS.
! June 10, 1910, Queen Victoria was
fired at by Edward Oxford, but escaped
injury. .
| May 80, 1S42, John Frances made thu
second attempt on Queen Victoria's life
which was unsuccessful.
A few weeks later third attempt wa,
made by man named Bean.
May 10, 1S49, fourth attempt was
made by an Irishman named Hamilton
The fifth attempt was made May q
1850, by Robert Pate, an ex-cavalry lieu
tenant, who assaulted her with stick.
A sixth attempt occurred February 20
1879, when Arthur O'Connor presented ;
pistol at her as she was entering Buck
ingham palace.
PUNISHMENT OF THE AssAssINS.
Oxford was punished by confinement
, in an insane asylum for number o
years.
, Frances was transported for life.
, Bean was imprisoned for IS month
, and severely fogged.
Hamilton was transported for sever
years.
Pate was imprisoned for 12 months.
O'Connor was imprisoned for 70 month
and flogged.
"First cough carried me off,
And then coffin they carried me off in.
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