The age-herald., 1900-09-27
TEDDY ASSAULTED
 AT VICTOR, COL Had an Exciting Experience in
 the Mining Town. HIS SPEECH INTERRUPTED Small Crowd ofRuf1 ans Tried to Break Up the Meeting A Company of
 Rough Riders Acted as
 Ills Body Guard.
HIS SPEECH INTERRUPTED

Cripple Creek, Colo, Sept. Ex-Governor Roosevelt had a most exciting experience today at Victor, a few miles from Cripple Creek, among the mines where a demon- strative crowd had assembled.
 The Governor had a narrow escape from serious personal violence The incident was the only one of the kind that has occurred during the trip, and it is said the trouble was occasioned by small body of roughs who had been organized and paid for the purpose of breaking up the meeting. The men engaged were few in number, but were violent in their attack.
 Governor Roosevelt spoke at Armory Hall, which was filled. He had hardly be- gun speaking when he was interrupted by noise in the hall. He said:
 '.In my judgment the men who were put on the committee on platform to draw an antitrust platform at the Kansas City convention had at the time their pockets stuffed with the ice trust stock. The Demo cratic leader in New York; Richard Croker, on whom you base your only hope, and 1t is mighty slim hope, too, was one of the greatest stockholders, and if, in fact, you were to read through the list of stock holders in that trust it would sound like reading the roll of the members of Tam many Hall."
 A voice cried: What about the rotten beef?"
 The Governor replied: 'I ate it, and you will never get near enough to be hit by a bullet, or within five miles of it.
 Governor Roosevelt succeeded in finish ing his remarks, though there was an evil dent intention among those present that he should not do so. When the Governor left the hall with his party to go toward the train he was surrounded by company of rough riders, commanded by sherman Bell of his own soldiers in the span ish-American war. He was also accom- panied by 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 of Colorado, fercy c. Ryder, candidate for Lieutenant Cover nor A M. Stevenson, Lieutenant Tice and several others.
 Governor Roosevelt and his party were on foot A crowd of boys and men began throwing stones and shouting Tor Bryah' The Rough Riders, mounted and unmouhl- ed, closed in around the Governor to pro tect him form assault by the mob. One or the mob made a personal attack upon GoV- ernor Roosevelt and succeeded in striking him a blow in the breast with stick
 He was immediately knocked down by Daniel A. Sullivan, postmaster of Cripple Creek.
 A rush was then made to drive the men in khaki uniforms from their horses They then tried to rush the men on foot in khaki uniforms from around the Governor. Ihe Rough Riders formed a wedge through which the Governor passed. The party finally succeeded in gaining the train, which was soon surrounded by the mob
 By this time there were probably 1000 peo- pie in the vicinity and fisticuffs were eX- changed on all sides. Many members or the mob were armed with sticks and clubs, some with rotten potatoes, stale eggs and lemons. The entire party regained the train, however, without serious injury and it pulled out of the place with the Rough Riders on the rear platform.
 Governor Roosevelt, while regretting the occurrence, was not disturbed by the in cdent and was ready to proceed with his speeches at Cripple Creek.