The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-05
CRANK SEEKS HIM.
ROOSEVELT Is SAVED BY
SECRET SERVICE MEN.
LOADED Revolver Is C4rried-Inci.
den; Shows Wisdom of M in
tanning Close Guard Over
the President.

Tue fF0slueQL.
Oyster Bay, L. L., Sept. q
Henry Weilbrenner was arrested al
Sycamore Hill last night while
making persistent demand to see
President Roosevelt. the man
was armed with a revolver, fully
loaded, Hs was taken to the vii.
lage and placed in the town prison.
Shortly after 10 o'clock last night
Weilb-enner drove to Sycamore
Hill in phaeton. He was stop
ped by the Secret Service men on
duty. Weilbrenner said he had a
personal engagement with the
President, and desired to see him.
As it was long after the hour when
visitors are received, the officer de-
elined to permit him to go into the
house. The man insisted, but the
officer turned hin away:
Soon after Weilbrenner returned,
and again insisted that he be allow
I'd to see the President if only for q
s,inute. This time hs was ordered
away and warned not to return.
Just before II o'clock the man re-
turned and third time demanded
Of the officer that he be permitted
to see the President at once. The
officers promptly seized him and
drew him out of the vehicle over
the front wheel. The scuff1e attract
ed the Presidents attention. He
appeared at the door overlooking
the driveway from the veranda as
Weilbrenner was being taken into
the stables, bit returned to the IL
brary almost Immediately. After
the man had been turned back a
second time, despite his insistence
that he had an engagement with
the President. the officer, to make
assurance doubly sure, inquired of
fhe President about the fellow.
Mr., Roosevelt was in his library,
only a short distance from the spot
where the officer had stopped We'll
brenner's horse. He bad told the
officer that he had no engagement
With any body.
Litter Weilbrennsr was bronght
to the village anG locked up. He
is five feet five inches high, 28 years
of age, has medium-sized dark
mustachs, black eyes. and is evil
IDENTIFY of German descent. He re-
sides in Syosset, about five miles
inland from Oyster Bay. Hs was
well dressed in suit of black ma
terial, and wore an oldfashioned
Derby hat.
tits thought by the officers that
We'll ilorenner was accompanied by
two other men as their footprints
were found in the mud alongside
of the buggy tracks. In visw of
this fact, tbs officer on duty tsle- i
phoned to the village for assislan ce,
and was soon jo.nsd by two Secret
Ssryice off ,er..
While Weilblenne, talked ration
ally to the officers last night. it
seems evident from his conyersa-
ton today that he is demented.
He said that he had received tel
egraphic message from the Presi- /
dent directing him to call at Saga
more Hill.
Veilbrenner's buggy was taken
TO local livery barn. When ask
ed what b came of the rig, Well
brenner replied:
ssOh, the President has taken
care of it. That's all right"
Weilbrenner is reported by those
who have seen him to be a danger
GUS lunatic.
At Syosset it is learned that the
the man is the son OF truck far
mer. and is one of three boys. He !
has two sisters. The family is re-
spectab1s and is held in general /
esteem. Weilbrenner several years
ago had a nervous attack, which |
rendered him mentally helpless for
a day or two but his family thought
he had been quite restored by med
ical treatment. Since then he had |
manifested no symptoms of mental
ALTERATION. He had no socialistlc
or anarchistic tendencies, SO far as
known, never having been interest.
ed in questions of that kind. He
was employed daily on his fathers
farm.