St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-10
The house by the stairway which

the house by the stairway which
comes out into the private cor
ridor of the mansion near the conserya-
tory, and thence he could slip up the
private stairs TO the second floor and be
III the living rooms and sleeping rooms
Df the president. 70 do this, however,
he would have 10 break locks, aud the
slightest noise would be heard by the
officers in the vestibuie, so that you see
he would have an almost impossible
task. In case he got to the presidents
bedroom, a touch of the button by Mr..
Cleveland would set the electric bell OH
the LAWYER flour to ringing, and tue po-
licemen and the servants would come
| rushing in at the sound.
A ring at the telephone of the office;
near by would call the whole police
force of the city to the White house in a
few minutes, ana connection could be
made with the armed forces of tile navy
yard, so that force of soldiers would
surround the mansion and prevent any,
possible escape. .
DANGERS OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE,
, The chief danger lies outside of the
White house. So far 10 attempt has
ever been made to attack president in
the executive mansion. The risks are
too great. The attacks upon Lincoln.
! Jackson ana Garfield were all made
when they were away from the house.
and the schethe to abduct Lincoln inz
Guided the capturing of him while he
was on his way TO the soldiers home.
The guards which are now placed
about az president when he is away
from office are better than they have
ever been before, and the safety
of the president is carefully watched
when he is at his country home. Eight
mounted policemen patrol the roads of
this part of the Washington suburbs.
and you can hardly go into the country
now about here without meeting po-
liceman CD horseback. The police serv-
ice of the capital has, in fact, never been
so efficieut as it is today, and the presi-
dent Is seldom away from the eyes of
the police. When he goes TO church
there is an officer OH the street outside,
and his afternoon rides seldom go out
SIDE the range Of the mounted police.
TIE PRESIDENT A BRAVE MAN.
am told that the president objects to
the clofe watch which is kept upon him.
He is brave man, and he does not like
it. He was, you know, attacked by
crank when he was governor of New
! York, just before he was elected preSi-
dent. lie was OH his way to the capitol
in Albany, when man sprang out from
the corner of the street and tried to
strike him in the face. President
Cleveland at first acted merely oil the
defensive, but toward the last OF the
trouble he gave tine man a fairly good
pounding. While he was making the
assault a friend of Mr.. Cleveland's came
| up and seized the man, and MIR, Cieve-
land thereupon went on to the gov
ernOr's Office. The man was not satis-
fled with some action of Cleveland in
regard to a pardon, and the trial which
enSued showed that he was crazy.
There is story here that President
Cleveland was attacked during the caul-
paign by crank i'll New York. can
! not vouch for its truth, but it is said
| that about three weeks before the cleo
| ton man called at Mr.. Clsveland's
h0nSe on West Fifty-fourth street in
New York and asked TO see him.
| He was shown into the Darlor, and a
moment later Mr.. Cleveland entered.
AS he did SO the man raised revolver
ana snapped it al him. The cap missed
fire, and Mr.. Cleveland, throwing his
arms around the man, pressed him
against the wall and called for Nlp. a
few minutes later he was in the hands
| of the police, and shortly after this he
| found a place in an insane asylum.
| Through DR.. Bryant and Supt
| Byrnes the matter was kept out of
the papers, and today no one but the
| president and his most intimate friends
| know the exact facts of the case.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.