The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-11
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I !A,fdlsd With . Pistol 1nsiltsd 81 See. !
ing the President, &.
BUT BJr WAS TsAILoWRDsT no Doso

~, "a y an' 'iNtOI.siA1i.UW EUTO UO ~
He He galled ',il,'l Three Timea nato atNisht
Saying Ho Had an Engage.
nlient withtte pres.
f. siss j itietit. IS IS s! !:
y al dispatch from Oyster Bay says a
man giving his name as Frank Well
b'renner le!,S J, was arrested sat sagamofc
.Hill late Wednesday, nigllttWhile maxi.
ing persistent demand to see Presisl
dent Rooseyelt.y i. TheS map. was armed
with q revolver fully loaded. He was
taken to the village and placed In tile
town prison. !. f;l f. !; 3.
Shortly after o O'clock "Wednesday
night Weilbrenner drove to Sycamore
Hill in q buggy, He. was stopped by
the secret service operatiye.on duty.
Weilbrenners said he had a personal
engagement with the president and
wished to see him. s AS lit was long.
after the hours when visitors are re-
ceived,. the officer declined to permit
him to go to the house The man In
sisted but the officer turned him
away.sss ~; a.,Es (. ~ :, 8. ss.i
Soon after Weilbrenner returned
and again insisted that he be allowed
to see 1.-The president for a. minute.
This time he was dered 9awayI and
warned+not to sreturp.. Just before
llgo'clGck the. man returped "a, third
time and demanded.0 OF the officer}that
he shoulda-be permitted to sec the
president at once:5 The officers re-
sponsc was to take the man from his
buggy and sput-.him in the stables,
where he was placed under the guard
found IN the buggy. Later Wcil5ren-
ner was brought to the village and
locked up. FIe is 8 feetS inches high,
% years old, has Il medium sized dark
moustache, dark eyes and evidently
Is OF German decent. He resides in
Syossct,, about five miles inland from
Oyster Bay. lie was we'll dressed In
u Suit.of dark material and wore an
old fashioned derby hat.
! While Weilbrcnner talked nationally
to the officers last nigh5, it seems evil
dent from his conversation today that
lie is demented. He. said, that he had
received a telegraphic communication
from the president directing him to
call at Sycamore Hill. ssF:s
+ Weilbrenner's buggy was taken to
a local livery barn. When asked what
became OF the rig, Weilhrenner re-
plied "Oh, the president has taken
care Of 1t, That's all right
Weilhrenner, several years ago, had
a nervous attack which rendered him
mentally helpless for a day or two but
Instantly supposed that he had been
quite restored by tile medical treat
ment he received at the time. Since
then he had manifested no symptoms
Of mental alteration. He had no So
cialiStic or anarchistic tendencies sc
far as known, never having been in
terested. In any. questions Of that kind.
He was employed daily on his fathers
farm.
Weilbrenner was arraigned today
before Justice franklin onicomplaint
Of the secret service operatives Who
placed him under arrest. Weilbfen-
ner's brother, William was spresens|lt {
the examination. Justice b GFrantk-tsIs!Sc
Iquestione a. the pris oner f,o,it -;
movements last nigh "a I. ;,Ess
His replies were madesiin a quiet
tone Of voice but they indicated, Jap
parently, beyond doubt, that the
man is crazy. Asked why lie went tc
! Sycamore Hill, he replied:
II went to see the president about
his daughter, Alice"
Had you an engagement with the
presidents"
Yes"
How was the engagement made?'
II talked with the president. last
night" replied Weilbrenner.
How did you talk with him?"
"Oh, just talked.n
"A sort Of wireless talk asitons
Yes, that is it, a wireless talk"
! Why did you want to see the pres.
ident about Miss Alice?h KS
Il wanted to marry her." (.
: Did you ever see Miss KQoseyelt?'' q.
Yes, l saw her night before. last.'
Where did you see her?"
lr.>"At my house."
:: did She go over thcre?"
i: Yes, she came In a red automobile :
WHO accompanied herr"
Her brother, Theodore"
4 Justice Franklin after the eXamina
tion concluded he would hold We'll
A brcnner until an inquiry OF lunacy
could be held upon his case.
The examination Of Weilbrennel
was continued Wednesday afternoon
DR.. George a. Stewart and DR.. Irv
ing S. Barnes conducted the examina
tion. Wcilbrcnncr was declared by
them to he insane. lie was placed IL
the custody OF Sheriff Johnson o
Nassau county.
Wcilbrcnner was taken to Mincola.
l.. L., on an evening train and placed
in the custody Of the county authori
Ties.
Itappcars that President Roosevelt
was aware OF the trouble the secret
officer had with Wcilbrcnncr, We'd
ncsday night. After the man hat
been turned back the second time
despite his insisLcncc thatche had ar
engagement with the president, tho
officer to make assurance doubly sure,
inquired or the president about tho
fellow Mr.. Roosevelt was in his
library only a short distance from tic
spot where the officer had stopped
Weilbrenner's horse. He told the Of
iicer he had no engagement with any,
body.
When Wcilbrcnncr returned q third
time with demand that he helper.
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