Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-03-11

As Queen Victoria was entering her
carriage Thursday evening at ihe Wind
sor station yard man deliberately fired
pistol at her. To Judge from the re-
port 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 stand
ing near by. He was also violently
seized by the crowd and was only rescued
from them when three or four police
men came to the Superintendent asset
ance. The pistol was captured by one
of the crowd.
The man, who gave his name as Rod
erick MacLean, was miserably clad and
detected looking. He was taken into
High street and thence conveyed 10 the
police station i'll a cab, followed by a
large crowd, which hooted MacLean is
said to be an inhabitant of Southsea and
is twenty-seven years old. He says that
he is a grocer's assistant. The local
doctors pronounce him sane. The re-
volver is -chambered Colts Ameri-
can make. Two chambers were fonnd
, loaded and two had been recently dis
charged. Fourteen ball cartridges were
found on the prisoner. MacLean says
that hunger actuated the crime The
Cabinet sent dispatch to Windsor ex-
pressing qualification at the failure of
the attempt at assassination.
After searching the yard at the rail-
way station for an hour the police
found small BUILT imbedded in the
ground 1t bore marks of having first
struck some other object. 1t was
right in the direction, of the spot
over which the Queens carriage was
passing, having probably passed ovel
the horses heads. The bullet weighs
about third of an ounce 1t mas been
compared with others found ON Mac
Lean, aud was found to correspond
with them exactly. Before the revolver
was seized the prisoner had brought
another loaded chamber opposite the
hammer.
Lean asked whether any one was hurt,
but the police refused to give him any
information. He was charged on the
police blotter with shooting at the
/ Qaeen with intent to do grievous bodily
i harm, but the charge upon which he
was arraigned before the magistrates
was shooting with intent to murder.
There have been four previous at
tempts upon the life of the Queen. The
first was on June 10, 1910, when a pot
boy name1 Edwarl Oxford, fired a pistol
Mt the Queen as she was riding on Con-
stitution Hill with Prince Albert. Ok
ford was declared insane.
On May 20, 1912, q man named John
Francis fired ut the Q1een. This was
III about the point where Oxford at
tempted TO kill the Queen Francis,
who was 30 years old, ard the son OF a
scene shifter in theatre, was seized
and was sentenced TO be hcnged, but
the Queen commuied his sentence to
transportation for lie.
But few hours after this act Of the
Queens clemency on July 3, 1912, de-
formed man named ]. W. Bean at
tempted to fire upon the Queen as she
was returning in an open carriage from
the Chapel Royal He was sentenced
to imprisonment for eighteen months.
The fourth atttm mpt 10 kill the Queen
was on Feb. 80, 1872 The Qaeen was
entering the court yard of Buckingham
Palace after n dmne-, when Alfred
O'Connor, Fenian, Is years old,
sprang over the wall, rushed up to the
carriage, and struck the Queen on the
breast with pistol. At the same time
he presented to her a petition for am.
nesty for the Feniap@, crying, Sign OF
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