The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-10-03
A STARTLING REVELATION.
An Attempt to Assassinate President
Cleveland in the Last Campaign.

The Chicago Herald'e special cor
respondent in Washington makes
public for the first time an attempt to
assassinate President Cleveland last
fall, and his story is as follows:
DR.. Byant returned to New York o
few days ago, leaving the White House
patient on the high road to recovery
DR.. Bryant's services to Mr.. Cleveland
have been varied and important. II
the doctor were willing to tell all he
knows-which, of course, he is not and
never will be-he could some interest
ing tales unfold. None would be more
interesting than that of the attempted
assassination of Mr.. Cleveland during
the campaign of last fall. This is one Of
those stories relating to the President
which have not yet reached the public
eye, and DR.. Bryant and Mr.. Cleve-
what surprised now to see details of
this incident in print. If gun had
acted as q gun is expected to act when
it's button is pressed Mr.. Cleveland
might not have had the pleasure Of
riding down Pennsylvania avenue last
March.
One evening about three weeks before
election q young man rang the bell Of
Mr.. Clevelaud's house in West Fifty
fourth street, New York. He wanted
to see Mr.. Cleveland. AS was the rule
in that Democratic household at that
time, the young man was shown into
the parlor. Mr.. Cleveland was in
the adjoining room, and Immediately
passed forward to greet his caller.
The yourg mans right hand was
indeed outstretched toward the Demo-
cratic candidate as the latter ap-
preached, but its was not q greeting
that gave Mr.. Cleveland great pleasure,
for in the outstretched hand was Al
calibre pistol. Before Mr.. Cleveland
could utter u word or move II step the
trigger of the revolver was snapped by
| discharge it contents this revolver
missed its opportunity of making a
great and tragic contribution to his
tory. What did Mr.. Cleveland do =?
He did what any other brave and
| resolute man would have done under
similar circumstances. Instantly per-
| ceiving that the young man before him
was q crank, and that severe measures
| would be necessary for his suppression,
Mr.. Cleveland threw his arms about
the miscreant, pressed the fellow
| against the wall and called for help.
The revolver was taken from tho
young mans hand and he was held
captive for few moments until police
officer arrived.
DR.. Bryant chanced to be in the
house and was one Of those who rushed
to his friends assistance. AS sson as
the young man was disarmed all
danger was of course over, and the
next thing was to prevent the story
getting into the newspapers. DR..
Bryant took the matter in hand in his
own characteristic way. He sent for
Police Superintendent Byrnes, who
arrived In half an hour. The police
man who had first responded was in
structed forever to keep his mouth
shut concerning the affair. Superin-
tendent Byrnes took the young man
home with him and guarded him all
night. Next morning DIR. Bryant and
a friend of his, also physician, went
before the proper authorities and asked
for q certificate of lunacy, and by noon
OF that day the young man was on his
way to Bloomingdale asylum, where
he still remains. Not word OF the
story reached the newspapers, and the
incident has been kept under cover
from that day to this. Mr.. Cleveland
and his friends agreed that it was
highly desirable to prevent publicity,
for at that particular time public famil-
iarity with the facts in the case was
likely to stir up large crop of similar
cranlxs.
Why did the young man wish to kill
Mr.. Cleveland? That was question
which Superintendent Byrnes was able
to answer within an hour after the de-
mented man fell In his charge. The
would be assassin was a young Ger
man who had not beea long In this
of hospital nurse. He had suffered iii.
4 health and lack OF employment, and
his mind had become unsettled. One
day he conceived the notion that Grov.
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