The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-21
CAPER OF A CRANK.
assault On Governor Cleveland by n
Pardon El ggar
sh" sister OF a Convict, az Tie yiOiH,
Of Death serseIC. Rrivas gscr
Husband Ws.d-EheiY Pro-
viGus Performance,

ALBANY, n. Y, Oct. 2l.-On his way to
the executive chamber Monday morning,
Governor Cleveland was assaulted hy Samuel
}. H'rne, # Elniira, n Y, who, with his
wile, 1rcatn'! an excitement some days since
iii the executive chamber. Boone lay in
wait for tkp governor at the corner of IAnN
caster ana Eagle streets and as he APP
proa, h'd addressed him, following up at
once with two blows, which We're wai,led off
by the governor Boone then rushed into
the street and reached for paving stone
AS he picked it up he was seized by passer
by and held, the governor quietly passing on.
large crowd at once collected, and in the
confusion Boone escaped and entered his
boarding house near the scene of the assault,
where he was followed and arrested He
was taken before Police Justice Gutman, who
remanded him for examination on Wednes-
day at 3 p. m The governor was visited
by cores of people during the morn
ing. He make light of the affair.
Boone, who is q small, delicate
man, looks wild, but talks nationally He
admits the assault was unjustifled, but in
sists that his wife is dying in Albany, and
that her illness was greatly aggravated by
her fretting about a pardon which she sought
from the governor for her brother some days
since Boone says he has had no sleep for
upward of q week in consequence Of her i'll
moss, and the attending physician during the
morning assured him that his wife would not
recover. The poor fellow may be, temporar
lily at least, classed as a crank
Myron Fairbanks, of Southport, Chemung
county was sentenced i'll February last to
Auburn prison for two years and half for
shooting at some pers ons who were stOning
his fathers house. There months ago, Boone
who married Fairbanks sister, came to see the
governor to obtain pardon for Fairbanks
The governor informed him that the district
attorney Of Chemung county had advised
him to do nothing in the matter; that the
prisoner had been justly sentenced Boone,
who is very hot-tempered, then told the gov
ernor that he would kick him if he had no
orderlies around, and that he would go home
and kick the district attorney anyhow. The
! governor promptly ordered the man out oil
of the door he said
You, you are prejudiced.
| On the 18th inst, he returned with his wife,
a woman about 40 years old, who at once
threw her arms violently about the gov
| eihbl hSCh, NUlle ne was btlSN at HIS NCsSh
i'll the public room, and began pleading for
her brothers pardon. The governor shook
her off as easily as possible, and asked her to
be seated and talk the matter over quietly,
but at this she became very much excited.
Her husband began again to threaten what
he would do in case of refusal, and so the gov
ernor rang for assistance, and they were
forcibly removed
In the corridor the woman went into hys-
terrics, and the orderlies had all they could
do to get her down stairs. She made the
building ring with her shrieks and had to be
forcibly held down because she wanted to get
out Of the elevator and return to the gov.
ernor's room Her husband was also much
excited, and just as soon as the elevator
reached the lower floor he took her out, and
aided by some gentlemen, took her to ply
sician near by