Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-12-23
"JOS. DOMAIN"
A Crank Who Threatens Assassina.
ton in Washington.
AN ALARMING DISCOVERY.

delayed inquiries snow That tie IL Even
Now ON His Evil Mission The Pres
ident, Vice President and Two
Senators In Most Dam
ger Watching for
Him.
WASHINGTON Dec. 2l.-From time to
time cranks throughout the United
States address communications to con-
spicuous men in public life and espe-
cially to those in authority. During
the silver fight in the senate in the eX-
ira session the cranks were very nu-
merous. The epistles received by SEN
ators and by the vice president, the
members of the abinet and the presi-
dent himself would make an interest
ing book.
The vice president had one regular
correspondent who signed his letters
dos. DOMAIN" and gave his address as
No 20 Passaic street. Newark. n. D.
He wrote frequently, tiuently and gen.
orally connectedly. He also wrote to
Senator Mills. Senator Sherman and
perhaps to other senators. and to the
president of the United States and to
the secretary of the treasury. He
served notice on them that they were
crushing out the poor man. trying to
destroy the peoples money and at the
beginning of the correspondence ad-
viSed them to take his advice.
He kept on writing regularly and be-
came holder and more violent with
each letter He finally gave notice
that he would come over here and kill
those to whom he was writing. He
was going first. he added. to slaughter
the vice president and then take of
Senator Sherman and Senator Mills.
lie wanted to impress, upon the vice
president that he was no crank, but
that he meant business. He told him
that if he had any doubt as to his iden-
tity to send an officer to No. 20 Passaic
street, where he lived, and he would
be found.
After the passage of the repeal bill
he stopped writing for time. but OF
late he has broken ont afresh. Within
a day or two he has written to the
president. stating that he was going to
start for Washington and kill the vice
president. the Senator Sherman and
Senator Mills as starter. He talked
about throwing bombs into the senate
when in session ana cutting Threats
and other dreadful things.
MIR. Drummond, chief of the govern
ment secret service, thought it might
be we'll to inquire about Mr.. DOMAIN
and he sent an officer over to Newark
to find out who lived at No. 70 Passaic
street The officer returned and re-
ported that DOMAIN lived there, but he
was not at home when he called. His
wife stated that Mr.. DOMAIN was. she
thought. in Maryland on his way to
Washington. This information hasten
ed the officer home, and he reported
the facts to Mr.. Drummond. The re-
suit is that there will be a very close
watch kept for Mr.. DOMAIN in this
city. There are officers quietly observ-
ing all passengers coming in on all
trains, but it is barely possible that
Mr.. DOMAIN is walking and there are
many roads leading into Washington.
There are always officers on duty at
the White house. at the different gov
ernmental departments, AM, since the
bomb craze has become general on the
other side of the water, the sergeants-
alarms of both houses have kept close
watch of suspicious callers entering the
galleries OF either the senate or house.
At any rate. the peace officers are suffi-
GENTLY impressed with the threats OF
Mr.. DOMAIN to believe that he is an en-
thusiastic kind Of anarchist who would
like to win little fame by Sitting q
throat or exploding bomb. They are
keeping close lookout for him. If he
comes here he will be taken care of.
Perhaps he will be given an opportun-
ity to rest awhile in an insane asylum
without the use of pen, ink and paper,
which he seems to have INDUCED in to
a large extent during the last two or
three months.