Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-10-03
GUARD ATTACKED
EsE5saA g&E .--
eu. --- ~a nHs
MKINLEY,s VAULT THE SCENE OF
A DESPERATE NIGHT EN-
SENTRY FIRES A SHOT AT Man
ANOTHER MAN DIyERTS THE sIIoT
AND TRIES TO STAB THE ~
--,r-- .y..r =ar a-sf
MEN MAKE GOOD THEIR ESCAPE
INCENDIARY CONVERSATIONS RE-
GENTLY HEARD AMONG
VISITORS.

s Canton. Ohio Oct. 1. - A strange.
story comes from Westlawn cemetery
-whereu-a~aeompany-zof regulars from
Fort Wayne, Mich, are guarding the
vault in Iwhich the body of the late
Prssident Mckinley. lies, X Is. to the
effect that guard on duty on top OF
the yault fred agshot at one man who.
refused to Observation-Disclosures the
shot was diverted by another man
who, appeared from another direction
and that an effort vas made to stab
the guard. Military regulations pre-.
vent either the officers or the men OIL
the post from being quoted son any.
matter connected with their service
and for this reason CaptsBfddie.. VINO
is I'm command, was obliged to decline
to be quoted at the camp last night
He will at once make a full report t..
his superiors. Reliable authorities
made the following statement:
7 Privates Deprend was on guard duty.
on top OF the vault. at point COM
handing the entrance below and the
approach from the rear. Shortly be-
fore. 7:3O- he saw what he took to be
The Face of N Man
.peerins from behind a tree about forty
feet from his post. He watched 1t Tor
twenty minutes, he says, n at 7:4o
saw the man hurry to u tee ten feet
nearer. He challenged the man to halt
but this was not Needed and the fellow
approached nearer. Deprend leveled
his gun and aimed to shoot for effect.
but Just at that instant another man
who came toward him from the oppo-
site side, caught the gun, threw 1t up
and the bullet was spent in the air.
This same man struck Deprend on the
right side of the abdomen with a knife
or other sharp weapon, cutting an
"L"-shaped cash in his overcoat an
inch and a half long each way and a
smalled one in his blouse. The flesh
was o broken but vas bruised under
the cuts in the clothing. Deprend, In
the struggle, 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. All members of the company
on hearing the shot hurried to the
vault, and besides searching the cenae-
terry
The Guard Was Increased.
Deprend is a recruit enlisted In New
York about Jour 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 masked but that the first one he
saw was not masked. He says the lat
ter carried a white package in his
right hand and something that gilt
tered in his left. Since the incident
stories have been told in camp of some
incenGiary conversations overheard ia
the crowds that ave visited the GEM
etery, including n yesterday alleg-
ing hat some stranger said: Lots OF
people would like to see this whole
thing blown up"
There are seventy soldiers at the
cemetery, twenty of whom are con-
stantly on guard doing duty about the
vault and camp.
Stories regarding the incident when
they reached the city were connected
with the jail delivery that occurred
about the same time. While there
seems to be nc doubt hat at least two
providers attempted to reach the vault
there is much difference OF opinion as
to the object Of the intruders who evil
IDENTIFY made good their escape.