Democratic messenger., 1903-09-12
CRANK AFTER PRESIDENT
Secret Service Men Believe lie Was
Bent on Assassination.
HE CARRIED A LOADED REVOLVER.
Seized AMI Discrmed. tac Assailant Openly
Ayowed Ills Purpose To Murder, But Later
Assumed Different Air And Pretended
That lie Expected To Marry Miss Alice
Roosevelt-Sent TO Insane Asylum.

Oyster Bay (Spccial.-A dencntcd
man. who was armed with fully load
Cd revolver and whom the secret ser
vice operatives believe intended to slay
President Roosevelt. was arrested here
after making three attempts to get TO
the President.
The man IS Frank Wcilbrcnncr the
son oi a German farmer living At Syos-
set, about five or SIX miles from Saga
more Hill.
He was arraigncd before a magistrate
and then turned over to insanity cx-
pcrtS.
DR. George y. Stewart and DR. Irv-
ing 5. Barnes conducted the cxamin-
alton Wcil5rcnucr was declared by
them to be insane He was placed I'M
med'aiely in the custody oi Sheriff
Johnson. OF Nassau county. and taken
TO Mlneola on an evening train
Shortly alter 10 o'clock Weilhren-
ner drove 10 Sycamore Hill i'll bug
gy. As he approached the house he
was stopped by the secret service opera
tive on duty. Wclbrcnner said he had
a personal engagement with the Pres
ident and insisted on seeing him As
II was long after the hours when visi-
tors are received the officer declined
to permit him IN go TO the house and
turned him away.
Soon alter Wcilbrcnncr returned and
again insisted that he be allowed TO see
the President ii only Tor minute. This
time he was ordered away and warned
not to return.
Just before II O'Clock the man re-
turned third time and demanded oI
the officer that he should be permitted
to see the President at once. The Off
Ger seized the man and pulled him IRON
the buggy. believing now that the iel-
low meant some HARM
Ncilbrcnncr was taken by the big
>iN-ino' secret service man To the sta
bic back oi the Roosevelt house Two
>tSbiemcn were given reviewers and sat
guard orcr the captive while an inveSti-
g;.ticn was made
The first thing found was fully load
cd S2-calibcr revolver, which Wciibren-
ner lett III the buggy. Footprints near
the house aroused the suspicious ii the
secret service man that N'cilb-enncr
had companions. y telephone message
was sent to Oyster Bay. and the en-
tire squad OF secret service men there
five III nunlbcr-Sprang upon horses
and ga!ioped top-specd 10 Sycamore
HILL
y complete search OF the neighbor-
hood Jailed TO produce other develop
mentS.
Wcilbrcnncr talked nationally 10 the
all 1..
mission on which he desired TO see the
President
Alter midnight he was brought to
Oyster Bay and locked up
President Roosevelt was aware of the
trouble. After the man had been turn
cd back the second time. despite his in
sistcncc that he had an engagement
With the President. the officer, to make
assurance doubly sure. inquired Of the
President about the fellow Mr.. z 3ose-
Welt was i'll his library. only short dis
tancc from the spot where the officer
had stopped Wiclbrcnncr's horse He
told the officer he had no engagement
with ANYBODY.
When Whcilbrcnncr returned tie third
time and the officer seized him and
drew him oft OF the vehiclc over the
iiulIt NuCCl. tue S-uI!lc attracted tue
Presidents attention. He appeared at
the door overlooking the driveway from
the vcranda. bat returned to the library
almost immediately
The Weilbrcnncr incident is the first
serious occurrence Of the kind during
the Presidents summer sojourn at Sag
amorc Hill 1t has demonstrated COM
pletcly. in the opinion oi officials here,
the wisCom OF tire close and systematic
guard which is maintained at all times
over TIE President; He is exposed ire
quonily. it Is tue. To- assault. bu; every
care that human agencies can devise
i exercised constantly to insure his
personal safety aud immunity from
danger
Personally he was not pcrturbcd by
the Wcibrcnner incident but al
though the maintenance oi the guard is
often dista>iciul - him. Ike thoroughly
realizes the necessity in the circum-
stances 81 having made a, ccr;a.a as
possible the personal safety ci the
President %: the United States.