Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1903-09-04
WANTED TO MARRY
MISS ROOSEVELT.
Secret Service Men Arrest a
Lunatic Who Sought the
President.
He CALLED AT "A LATE HOUR
Henry Weilbronner Persisted He Had
Been Invited BY the President to
Talk Over the Marriage-He Was
Armed.

Been Invited BY the President to
Talk Over the Marriage-He Was
Armed.
Oyster Bay, L. l., September "a
man giving his name as Frank Well
bronner was arrested at Sycamore
Hill late Tuesday night while making
a persistant demand to see President
Roosevelt. The man was armed with
a revolver fully loaded. He was taken
to the village and placed in the town
prison.
Shortly after 10 o'clock Weilbronner
drove to Sycamore Hill in phaeton
buggy. He was stopped by the secret
service operative on duty. Weilbron.
ner said he had personal engage
ment with the president and desired
to see him.
AS 1t was long after the hours when
visitors are received the officer declin.
ed to permit him to go to the house.
The man insisted, but the officer turn
ed him away.
Soon afterward Weilbronner return
ed and again insisted that he be al
lowed to see the president II only for
a minute. This time he was ordered
away and warned not to return.
Just before IL o'clock the man re-
turned third time and demanded Of
the officer that he should be permitted
to see the president at once. The off,
GERS response was to take the man
from his buggy and put him In the
stables, where he was placed under the
guard of two stable men. A revolver
was found in the buggy.
Later Weilbronner was brought to
the village and locked up. He is s
feet 8 inches In height, % years of
age, has q medium sized dark mus
tache, black eyes and evidently is Of
German descent. He resides in Syos-
set, about five miles inland from Oys-
ter Bay. He was we'll dressed in suit
Of dark material and wore an old-fash-
toned derby hat.
It is thought by the officers that
Weilbronner was accompanied by two
other men, as their footprints were
found in the mud alongside of the bug
gy tracks. In view of this fact the
officer on duty telephoned to the vii
lage for assistance and was soon
Joined by two other secret service
men.
While Weilbronner talked nationally
to the officers Tuesday night 1t seems
evident from his conversation yester-
day that he is demented. He said that
he had received q telegraphic COM
munication from the president direct
ing him to call at Sycamore Hill. His
buggy was taken to local livery barn.
When asked what had become Of the
rig, Weilbronner replied:
"Oh, the president has taken care
of It; that's all right
Weilbronner is regarded by those
who have seen him to be q dangerous
lunatic.
At Syosset 1t is learned that the man
Is the son of truck farmer and Is
one of three brothers. He has two
sisters. The family is respectable and
is held In general esteem.
Weilbronner several years ago had
q nervous attack which rendered him
mentally helpless for q day or two,
but his family supposed that he had
been quite restored by medical treat
ment he received at that time. Since
then he had manifested no symptoms
of mental alteration.
He had no socialistic or anarchistic
tendencies so far as known, never hay
Ing been interested in any question Of
this character. He was employed
daily on his fathers farm.
Weilbronner was arraigned yester-
day before Justice Franklin on COM
plant OF the secret service operatives,
who placed him under arrest. Well
bronner's brother was present at the
examination.
Justice Franklin questioned the pris-
oner about his movements Tuesday
aight. His replies were made in q
quiet tone of voice, but they indicated
apparently beyond a doubt that the
man was crazy.
Asked why he went to Sycamore
Hill, he replied:
ri went to see the president about
his daughter Alice"
"Had you an engagement with the
PRESIDENT"
EYES,"
"How was that engagement made %
II talked with the president last
night" replied Weilbrenner.
How did you talk with him."
ooh, just talked"
"A sort of wireless talk, was it,"
eyes, that Is it. wireless talk"
'Why did you want to see the presi-
dent about Miss Alice?"
II wanted to marry her"
ibid you ever see Miss ROOSEVELT"
Eyes, I saw her night before last"
where did you see herr"
"At my house."
did she 60 over there?"
y eyes, she came in red automo-
bile" !.
'Who accompanied herr"
Her brother, Theodore"
Weilbronner was taken to Mineola,
T.. l.. on an evening train and placed
In the custody Of the county officers.
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