Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-30

fore Not Fully Known.
CANTON. Ohio, September pa
s--4nge story comes from West Lawn
metry tonight. where company of
r9lars from Fort Wayne. Michigan,
sa guarding the vault in which the
body of the late President Mckinley
les II is to the effect that the guard
an duty on top of the vault, fired a
ssot at one man, who refused to heed
lis challenge, that the shot was divert
ed nv another man who appeared from
another direction, and that an effort
,5ss made to stab the guard. Mill
tary regulations prevented either the
oe4eers or the men of the post from
ling quoted on any matter connected
vifh the service, and for this reason
cantain Biddle, who Is in command,
vas obliged to decline to be quoted
- tho camp tonight. He will make
an report to his superiors at once.
psfiable authorities made the follow
ing statement:
Private Deprend was on guard duty
m top of the vault at point COM
handing the entrance below, ana ire
approaeh from the rear. The man ap-
eeared from the rear. Shortly before
40 he saw what he took to be the
face of a man peering from behind
tree about forty feet from his post. He
watched it for twenty minutes, ne
avs. and at 7:45 saw the man hurry
10 a tree ten feet nearer. He chal-
lenged the man to halt, but this was
not needed. and the fellow approached
nearer. Deprend levelled his gun and
aimed to shoot for effect, but just at
that instant another man who came
toward him from the opposite side
aaught the gun, threw it up and the
bullet was spent in the air. This same
nan struck Deprend on the right side
IF the abdomen with knife or other
sharp weapon, cutting an IL shaped
rash in his overcoat an inch and
lalf long each way and smaller one
In his blouse. The flesh was not
broken but was bruised under the cuts
in the clothing. Deprend in the strug-
Ple fell and rolled down the side of the
vault. Lieut.. Ashbridge. officer of the
day, was in front of the vault and
rushed to the top on hearing the shot
but the men made good their escape.
The members of the company on hear
ing the shot hurried to the vault and
besides searching the cemetery the
guard was increased.
Depend Is a recruit enlisted in New
York four months ago. He is said to
be an excellent soldier and to have a
fine record with his officers. He says
the man who attacked him was mask
ed, but the first one he saw was not
masked. He says the latter carried
white package in his right hand and
something glittered in his left.
Since the incident stories have been
told in camp of some incendiary con-
yersations overheard in the crowds
that have visited the cemetery, includ-
ing one to-day alleging that some
stranger said:
Lots of people would like to see this
whole thing blown up"
There are seventy soldiers at the cem-
etery twenty of whom are constantly
on guard duty about the vault and
camp.
The first man, the guard says, car
ried small white package in his right
1and and something that glistened like
polished weapon in the other. The
second one, the guard says, wore a
mask over his face. Lieutenant Ash
bridge was on duty less than q hun
dred feet away in front of the vault
aud is said to have reached the top
within five seconds after he heard the
SHOT, but when he arrived the guard
vas at the foot of the slope in which
he vault is built, where he rolled after
he assault and the supposed providers
we're making their escape with good
lead.
Others of the company were attract
ed by the report of the rife but reach
ed the scene too late to be of any as
Sstance except to participate In the