New-York tribune., 1904-08-21
ROOSEVELT GUARD QUICK
THOUGHT 1T IN ATTACK.
Wild Looking Person SAID He
Only Wanted to Shake Hands.

When President Roosevelts carriage was
| about one hundred feet east of Sixth-ave. in
| Twenty-fourth-st., yesterday as he was passing
! through the city his way from Washington
| to Oyster Bay. made a dash from the
| sidewalk in the direction ot the President, and
| but for the prompt action of the police would
| have succeeded in reaching him.
The man rather dishevelled. with long
! unkempt hair. Mounted Policemen Louis
Hyams. of the West Thirtieth-st station. and
! Frank Murphy, of the Central Park squad, were
! riding the left Of the Presidents carriage
| They wheeled about and caught the man in be-
| tween the two horses so that he could not move
| either way. while Roundsman Wood who was
little IN advance of the carriage wheeled
| about and took the place of the two on the
! left of the President. Policeman Murphy asked
/ the what he was trying to do and the
man replied that he merely wanted to shake
hands with President Roosevelt, which he
thought any citizen had a right to do Some
one IN one of the carriages following that of the
President called out, Let him go: he's a harm
! less crank" so he pushed back to the side
walk. and Hyams and Murphy galloped up and
resumed their places at the left OF the Presl-
dents carriage.
At the Thirty-fOurth-st. station President
| Roosevelt shook hands with Deputy Police Com
missioner Lindsey and congratulated him on
| the police arrangements. He said that he
! thought the mounted police had improved so per
cent since he (RoosevelD Police Commits
! sioner.
The Presidential party in three carriages. be-
sides the Presidents. left the West Twenty
third-st ferry at T:2I. accompanied by seven
mounted policemen and numerous detectives.
and drove up Twenty -fourth-st. to Fifth-ave.
The crowd which lined the route taken ex-
tremely enthusiastic and at times had to be
pushed back by the mounted men.
The train which brought the President from
Washington over four hours late. The
train consisted OF the parlor Rober. the COM
ufnation cas HSnortus and new engine. ana
was in charge Of Conductor Spencer Murray. A
large crowd collected in the Jersey City station
at 3:12 o'clock, the hour the Presidents special
due. and expressed keen disappointment at
its non arrival. When the train finally drew in,
at sos o'clock the waiting crowd had dimin-
ished its numbers. but not its enthusiasm.
Deputy Police Commissioner Lindsay had
thirty uniformed policemen lined up the plat
form the President stepped from the rear
platform OF the Rober accompanied by Secre-
tary Loeb. and number of plain clothes men"
were posted throughout the station. The Presi-
dent walked to the head of the train shook
hands with the engineer and fremen and pro-
ceeded at once TO the elevator on the south side
of the track followed by his secretaries. stenog-
raphers and the newspaper men. He was
cheered heartily, and he took off his hat re-
peatedy he acknowledged the salutations.
Entering open carriage, he driven at
once on board the ferryboat Philadelphia which
left it's slip for New-York Immediately. Three
cheers were given for the President by the pas
sengerG of the boat
That's our next President" cried a voice
from the crowd. and a shout followed the
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loudly and the crowd shouted again.
They know what's what" said the voice
The President met in New York by Mr.
Cortelyou. who accompanied him in his drive
across the city
Arriving at the East Thirty-fourth- st ferry,
the party boarded the ferryboat Hudson City.
which had been kept waiting for more than five
hours. No one else allowed on the boat
except the police and newspaper men. At Long
Island City fifty uniformed patrolmen took
charge OF the President and conducted him to
his special train which he boarded at sos
Once more the President had to remove his hat
again and again In response to repeated cheers,
and three minutes later. when the special train
drew out of the station for oyster Bay. he
standing on the rear platform, still bowling to
his enthusiastic followers
President Roosevelt left Washington at 10
o'clock The Presidents party carried q
special train OF TWO cars, run as the second sec
tion OF the regular 10 O'Clock train the Penn
syvania. All went well until Trenton. N. J..
was reached Here unexpected flood in the
Assanapink kept the President for nearly half
an hour until officials of the railroad company
arranged for the backing of his special train to
Frankford Junction. and thence across the De-
lair bridge to the Camden and AmbOy division.
over which a run was made to Jamesburg and
Monmouth Junction. where the main line
of four hours was occasioned. The President
accepted the. delay good naturedly
The special train drew into the oyster Bay
station at 9:12 o'clock. The President
greeted with enthusiastic cheers by several hun
dred people his long time friends and neighbors.
who had gathered at the station to greet him for
the second sime this summer. AS he appeared
on the rear platform of his he acknowledged
the greeting by lifting his hat. For moment
he stood on the platform waving his hands
TO personal friends in the crowd. and then.
escorted by Secretary Loeb and Frank c. Trav-
ers. a friend who had accompanied him from
rlage He stopped several times to exchange
greetings with friends. and 10 others expressed
his pleasure at once more being at home
President Roosevelt returned TO Washington
from his summer home on July IS. Since that
time ne has been buSi!y engaged In the transac-
ticr of departmental business. This he has COM
pleted to date. In Washington the President
had few political conferences OF Importance.
He expects to remain at Sycamore Hill for one
month and this time Is TO be made resting
period as much as possible. No speeches are TO
be made and few callers will he received. Mrs.