Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-03-09
SHOT AT NICTU1IA.

British Lunatic Fires - Shot at the Queen
The Wouid-b be Assassin Nearly Rent by
the Crowd ut Windsor Castle, and Is
Locked Up.
LONDON, March 2.-The queen arrived at
Windsor about :25. She had been in London
since Tuesday, where she gave a drawing
room Wednesday in honor Of Princess Helen Of
Waldeck, who is to marry Prince Leopold. A
crowd ASSEMBLED 1T Buckingham palace this
forenoon, hoping TO zee The queen drive out
The demeanor of the people was as cordial as
usual There was q large crowd Of spectators
awaiting the queens arrival at Windsor. The
queen walked across he platform Of the rail
way station to her cairis sc, which was in wait.
ing to take her to the cast tie. John Brown had
slready assembled to a seat behIni the carriage,
when man giving the name of R0derick Mac
Lean, miserable looking object,
standing at the entrance Of the station
yard among the spect tors pointed a pistol
at the carriage and fired. To judge
from the report the pit t0l was not heavily load
ed. The queen, who was not aware OF what
had happened, was immediately driven by the
driver to the castle, but before SIZE passed by
the man had been seiZ 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's assistance The
pistol was captured by one Of the crowd. Mac
Lean, who was miserably clad, was taken into
High street and thence conveyed to the police
station in cab. AS soon as the queen arrived
at the castle, she ordered an equerry to the de-
pot to inquire if any one was hurt The report
OF the pistol was sharp, not loud. MacLean
apparently intended fling again, when his re-
yolver, which seemed to be a new ons, was
knocked from his hand by bystander and
handed to the police. Eton schol.
ars were prominent in the attempt to
lynch MacLean. POls1nby, tie queens secre-
tar cd To
obtaining all the information possible. tele-
graphed to Gladstone the facts of the assault
IT is understood that the queen he's rot SUE
tained any shock MacLean is said to be al in
habltant of Southsea. The general opinion is
that the act was the Result OF iunacy.
No bullet marks were found On the queens
carriage. Resolutions expressing horror at the
attempt to assassiuate the queen were passed at
various meetings TO- night, both in Lopaon and
provinces, including meeting of hishmen.
The car, the empress Of Austria and Emperor
William of Germany telegraphed mes ages Of
sympathy Tho queer had her dinuer party
last night as usual. No political significance is
attached in any quarter to the outrage.
MacLean is twenty seven years old He
states that he is a grocer's assistant The doc
tors pronounce him sane. The revolver IL
six-chsmbered Colts American make. Two
chambers were found loaded. and two recently
discharged.
Fourteen ball cartridges were found on the
prisoner. MacLean says hunger acruated the
crime. The cabinet sent dispatch to Windsor
expressing qualification at the failure Of the at
tempt
In the house of commons, Harcourt. reply
ing to the inquiry from Northeote, stating that
the man MacLean, who shot a the queen this
afternoon, was a clerk and native of London.
He aided that the queen was not alarmed at
the event
MacLean's attempt is the fourth that has i'm
periled the life of Victoria during the forty-fve
eventful years of her reign.
Mclean was charged at the police station
with shooting at the queen with intent to do
grevious bodily arm. He asked whether any
ann any Information. After geafeIIDg the
yard at the railway station for an hour this
morning the police found a email bullet imbed-
ded in the grouud 1t bore the! marks OF
having fist struck some other object. Itwas
tight II direction of the spot over which the
q7een's carriage was passing having probably
pas ei over her horses be IDS
The queen and Princess Beatrice
walked on the castle terrace ss usual this morn
ing. An eye witness of the shooting states
that Mclean was fumbiing in his pocket while
the queen was being helped into the carriage,
but the presence of the crowd prevented him
from raising his arm until the carriage was in
motion. The same cause made him very wide
of his mark. A special thanksgiving service
was held at Windsor to-day for the escspe Of
Inc queen tTOm tu0 UPON ucI IItt
Mclean is now under examination before q
Windsor magistrate He Was hooted at by the
crowd while on his way to the town hall
At the examination of AcLean, two letters
were read. In the first, which was written be-
fore the shooting, be said he was compelled to
commit the crime against the bioatea stistoc-
rscy because of the insufficlency of the relief
offered him. In the second letter. written sf-
ter his arrest, he said his only object was to
cause public alarm and get his pecuniary
grievances redressed; that he did not mean to
hurt the queen, but only fired at the wheels Of
her carriage. The police evidence at the ex-
animation, which the prisoner tried to shake by
cross examination, went to prove that he fred
straight at the carriage, and not at the wheel,
as he alleged.
The police have ascertained that Mclean
was formerly in the Wells Iunatic asylum and
|~was only discharged in September last A
solicitor has written a letter TO the mayor Of
Windsor stating that he defende q man
named Rodelick Mclean at Meadssone in
1874, charged with attempting TO upset a
train. Since his discharge from the Wells
asylum he has been confined in the Weston
Supmore asylum, London The police have
information that he was lncarcersted in an
other asylum many months. The archbishop
of Canterbury has requested the clergy to Of
fer thanks for the deliverance of the queen
in their churches on Sunday. The queen
drove through Windsor to-dsy, and WIS vel
coined with iudescribable enthusiasm. When
| the prisoner left the town hall after his ex
animation twenty men endeavored to overtnrn
| the carriage containing him.