Sharp County record., 1901-01-11
rACKsON's LIFE MEEACED,
r,.,aert vVhtsh Il Vow Almost FS--
GOTTEN Vas Ftrst Attempt Again-a
he L.Ifs % President.


The Life Of a President.
On March. 90. 1888, Cen. Jackson
was attending he funeral OF Warren
r. Davis. member of congress from
South Carolina, at the capitol and
while walking in procession TO take
d carriage on the east front Of the
rr0itoI he was approached by man
named Richard Lawrence, who pre-
zau-.c O pistol within o few feet Of
him. The cap exploded, but did not
.-uite the charge. lawrence threw
the 1Ist0l away and drew another,
which also missed fire. zen. Jackson
was ON the arm of llr. Woodbury. see
-etarv Of The treasury, but pursued
the assassin with raised cane. Lieut..
Grdnev, of the navy, knocked Law
renee down and the friends Of the
president tried 70 restrain him, but
he said: Let me 20, gentlemen; (
am not afraid They can't ldI me-. i
can protect myself"
lawrence vas arrested, says the
Washington Post and arraigned be-
fore Judge Crauch, and committed.
At the trial ne behaved pretty much
rs Guireau md, lH+er-~pring the pro-
ceedinrs and talking AL the time
until the Judge ordered MIN TO be re-
moved from the courtroom. A com
mission was appointed 70 examine
into his condition Of mind and DR.
Causin and Dr.. 5ewel reported him
Of uns0und mind He was committed
10 an insane asylum, where he lived
TOR many Years. There was an at
tempt made 10 involve some political
adversaries Of Gen. jackson ia this
ATTEMPT on hts life but the aEamiu-
alton and trial revealed nothing but
-dat .J was the act OF II mailman.
Gen. J7rEzou's escape from death
was rrovfdeuriaL The pistols were
loaded very heavily, and after the ar
rest of lawrence were fred. the caps
exploring and igrt-iug the powder
readily IN the D5sro. and sending the
balls through several inches of plank
1t was stated that Gen. Jackson said
40 the time that he knew where the
attempt originated.
Tu Nay -72 when Jackson was on
his wav no Fredericksburg TO lay the
corner sT0ue of The monument -1 rLe
mother ot Washington, he was seated
in the cabin Of the steamboat behind
q table with Mrs ThurstOn. the wife
Of Judge Thurstou, his private sec
ratar~. Mai Donaldson and Capt.
Brh0we. Of the marine corps. The
. general vas reading and smoking lls
fav0rire pipe
When the boat reached Alexandria
q large number ~ citizens came
aboard 70 paw their respects TO the
president and With them vas RAN
do.ph, who had been an officer in the
navy. from which. for some reason. he
had been dismissed and vas seeking
rea-0ratjon.
He advanced toward the president
as If TO- address lim, when he sud
denly put out Tia hand toward the
face Of the president as though he in
tended s.appiug finn in the fnce.
Capt. Broome sjazet him and drew
him away, when RandoIJd's friends
hurried him ont ~ the cabin The
president xas so confined IN the seat
behind The table that ne could lob
rise. When it became known on The
I boat that an attempt had been made
to pull the presidents nose for that
was the intention Of Randolph the
excitement was intense, and many 0t
the crowd started in pursuit 5f Ram
dnIDh. He was caught some distance
from the boat 5ut vas rescued his
friends Randolph had made threats
against the president, and the old
gentleman said that he lad known
It was Randolph he would have been
prepared to defend himself.