The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-04
ATTACK ROOSEVELT.
He Was Struck in the Breast With
a Stick :
ASSAILANTS ARMED WITH STONES
At Mining Settlement Near Cripple
Creek He is Crowded by Gang Of =
TOughs.

Cripple Creek, Col, Special.-Gov-
ernor Roosevelt had a most exciting
experience at Victor, few miles from
Cripple Creek, among me mines where
a demonstrative crowd had as3em-
bled. The Governor had a narrow
escape from serious personal violence.
The incident was the only one OF the
kind that has occurred during the
progress OF the trip, and it Is said that
the trouble was occasioned by small
body of roughs who had been Or
ganized for Ithe purpose Of breaking
up the meeting. The men engaged
were few in number, but very violent
in their attack. Governor Roosevelt
spoke at Armory Hall, which was fill
ed. He had hardly begun speaking
when he was interrupted by noisy de-
monstration. He said: In my State
the men who were put on the commit
tee on platform to draw up an anti
trust platform at the Kansas City
convention had at that time their pock-
cts filed with ice trust stock. The
Democratic leader in New York, Rich
ard Croker, upon whom you base your
only hope-and it is mighty SLIM
hope, too-was another great Stock
holder and II, in fact, you were 10
read the list Of stockholders in that
trust it would sound like reading the
roll OF members Of Tammany Hall.
A voice cried: What about the rot
ten beef?"
The Governor replied: Il ate it,
and you will never get near enough 10
get Bit with a bullet or within hVe
miles Of It,"
Governor Roosevelt succeeded in fin
ishing his rem marks, though there was
an evident intention among those pres
ent that he should not do so. When
the Governor left the hall with his
party TO 20 toward the train he was
surrounded by a company Of Rough
Riders. commanded by Sherman Bell,
one of his own soldiers in the Spanish
war. He was also accompanied oy
General Curtis Guild, Jr., of Boston:
JOHN Proctor Clarke Of New York;
General Irving Hale, Of Colorado;
United States Senator Wolcott; Frank
C. Goudy, candidate for Governor or
Colorado; A. NJ. Stevens, Lieutenant
rice and others.
Governor Roosevelt and his party
were on foot A crowd OF men ami
bows began throwing stones and shout
ing for Bryan. The Rough Riders,
mounted and unmounted, closed in
around the Governor to protect him
from assault by the mob. One man
made a personal attack upon the Gov
ernor and succeeded in striking him 4
blow in the breast with a stick. The
assailant was Immediately knocked
down by Daniel M. Sullivan, .postmas-
ter at Cripple Creek.
A rush was then made by the mob
to drag the mounted men from their
horses. The men on foot closed aToun
the Governor, making wedge, which
pushed the crowd, and they finally sue
ceeded in gaining the train. which was
surrounded by the mob BY this time
there were probably 1000 or 1.50O ex-
cited people in the vicinity, and fstl-
cuffs were exchanged on all sides.
Many Of the mob were armed with
sticks and clubs and some with rotten
potatoes, stale eggs and lemons. The
entire party regained the train, how
ever. without serious injury and IL
pulled out of the place with the Rough
Riders on the rear platform.
Governor Roosevelt, while regrettins
the occurrence, was not disturbed by
the incident. and was ready to proceed
with his speeches in Cripple Creek