Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-09-10
THEY ARREST A LUNATiC
MAN WITH REVOLVER al ,ySTER
BAY TAKEN IN CHANGE.


Monday night while making per-
siStant demand to see President
RooS welt. The man was armed with
a revolver, fully 10 ,ded. He was taken
to the village and placed n the town
prison.
Shortly after 10 O'Clock Monday
night Welbrenner drove to Sycamore
Hill in phaeton buggy. He was
stopped by the secret service opera
tive on duty. Weilbrenner sa d he had
personal engagement with the pres
idcnt and desired TO see him. AS 1t
was long after the hours when WIS.,
itors were received, the officer de-
clined 10 permit him to go to the
hou e, the man insisted, but the
officer turned him away.
Soon atterward Weilbrenner re-
turned, and again insisted that he be
allowed to see the president, II only
for a minute. This time he was or
dered away and warned not to return
Just before / o'clock the man re-
turned third time and demanded Of
the officer that h should be permitted
to see the president at once. The
officers esponse was to take the man
from h buggy and put him in the
stables, where he was placed under
the guard of Gwo Stablemen. A re-
VOlyer was found in the buggy, Later
Weilbrenner was brought to the viii
llge and locked ups lie is five feet,
eight inches high, twenty-eight years
of age, has med ium sized dark mus
tache, ack eyes and evidently is Of
German descent He resides in Sy.
osset, about five mi es Inland from
q suit of dark material and w,re an
old.fas toned derby hat. 1t is thought
by the officers that Weilbrenner was
accompanied 10y two oJher men, as
their footprints were found in the
mud alongside Of the buggy traCN S.
In view of this fact the officer on duty
telephoned to the village for assistance
and was soon joined by two other Sec
ret service men
While Welbrenner talked ration
ally to the officers Monday night it
seems evident from his conversation
today that he is demented. He said
that he had received Geographic COM
municaIion from the president di-
recting him TO call at Sycamore Hill,
His buggy was taken to the local liv'
cry barn
When asked what had become OF
the rig, Weildbrenner replied:
ooh, the president has taken care Of
it; hats all right"
! Weildbrenner is regarded by those
who had seen him to be dangerous
lunatic.
At SyoSSet it is learned that the
man is the son OF a truck farmer, and
is one Of three brothers, He has two
sisters. The family is respectable
and is held in general esteem.
F., Weildbrenner, several years ago, had
a nervous tack which rendered him
mentally helpless or a day or two, but
J his family supposed that he had been
quite restore by medical treatment
he received at that time. Since then
{ he had manifested no symptoms OF
! mental ALTERATION. He had no social.
istic or anarchStic tendencies, so far
as knoSn, ne, er having been inter
es'ed in any ques ion of the kind. He
was employed daily on his father {
farm.
Wei brenner was arraigned today
before Justice Franklin on comp aint
of the secret vice operatives who
paced him under arrest, Weilbren
ner'S brother William was present al
the examination.
Justice Franklin qu STONED the
prisoner about his movements last
night His replies were made in L;
quiet tone of voice, but they indie ed
J apparently beyond doubt, that the
man is crazy
When asked why he went to Saga
2 more HI !, he replied:
Il went to see the president abOu
, his daughter Alice
Q |
preside t."
Eyes"
: How was the engagement made o.
81 talked with the president las
D., night" replied Weilbrenner.
" How did yon talk with him?"
: con, just taltcd
S "a sort OF a wireless talk, was it?"
Yes, that is il, wireless talk"
> "Why cid you want to see the pres
u ident about Miss Alice?"
y 81 wanted to marry her"
t. "Did YOU ever see Miss RoOSevelt?"
y eyes, saw her night before last. "
; Yes, saw her night before last.
l "Where did you see her?"
cat my home"
"Did she go over there"
eyes, she came in a red automobile.
"WhO accompanied heI?"
e "Her br ther Theodore"
s Justice Franklin after the examine
( ton, concluded he would no Wei
= brenner until an inquir, of lunac
l, I,n1I -, Va.