The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-09-02
Armed with Loaded Pistol
He Seeks Audience
with President.
PL AGED BEHIND BARS
Unfortunate Fellow I'M
AGNES He Is to Marry
Miss Roosevelt.
ny ASSOCIATED rprss


Oyster Bay Sept ,-ilcnry Wcibrcp-
ner was arrested At Sycamore llil laat
night while making a persistent demand
TO see President Roosevelt.
lhc man was armed with revolver.
fully loaded. He was taken 10 the vii
lagc and placed IN the town prison.
shortly after Ia o'clock last night We'll.
brenncr drove 10 Sagamorc lIill in A
phaeton buggy. lie was stopped by the
secret service men on duty.
Ncilbrcnner said he had = personal
engagement with the president and de
sired 10 see him. As II was long after
the hour when visitors are received the
officer declined 10 permit him To go 10 the
house.
The man insisted, but the officer turned
him away
Returns Once More.
soon aiierwafd Wcilbrenncr returned
and again insisted that he be allowed 20
see the president, ii only for minute.
This time he was ordered away and
warned moi to return.
lust before ~ o'clock the man returned
4 thlrd time aud demanded Of the officer
that he be permitted 10 see the president
at once.
he officers response was 10 take the
man from his buggy and put him in the
stables. where hc was placed under guard
oi two stable men
revolver was found in the buggy.
Later W.'Ihcnner was brought to the viii
lage and locked up. He is feet inches
high. ~ years old has medium sized
dark mousiachc, black eyes and evidently
is OF German descent. He resides in
Syosscl, about five miles inland FROM
Oyster Bay,
Is Well Dressed.
lie was well dressed in "A suit Of da,k
material and wore an old fashioned derby
hat.
II is thought by the officers that We'll
brenncr was accompanied by two other
men, as ther footprints were found in
the mud alongside OF the buggy tracks.
In view Of this fact the officer on duty
telephoncd 10 the village for assistance
and Was soon joined by Two other secret
officers.
While Woilbrcnner talked nationally -
the officers last night il seems evident
from his conversation today that hc is
domcntcd.
lie said he had received a telegraplic
communication from the president III.
rccling him to call at Sycamore Hill
Wcibrenncr'a buggy was taken 10
local livery barn. When asked what be-
come to the rig Weilbrenncr replied:
ooh, the president has taken care Of i.
That's all right"
Reported To BE Dangerous.
Wcibrcnner Is reported by those Who
l,aI aim, A., a
At Syossc il is learned that the man
il tho son Of truck farmer and is one
OF three boys. He has Two sisters. The
family is respectable and held in general
esteem.
Wcilbrcnncr several years ago, had
nervous attack which rendered him men
tally helpless for a day or two, but his
family supposed he had been quite r.
stored by medical treatment. Since thea
he had manifested no symptoms Of mental
alteration.
He had no sociaisic or anarchistic
tendencies, so far as known, never hav-
ing been interested in the questions of
that kind. He was employed daily on his
fathers farm
Arraened in Court.
Wcilbrenner was arraigncd today be-
fore Justice Franklin on complaint OF the
secret service operatives who placed him
under arrest.
Wcilbrcnner's brother William was
present at the examination, Justice
Franklin questioned the prisoner about
his movements last night
His replies were made in quiet tone
Of voice, but they indicated apparently
beyond doubt that the man is crazy.