Evening star., 1904-02-23
EDWARD RELGAR's yAGARIEs. :
Comes Home to See President sRcose-
velt and Lands In Asylum.

Edward Relgar, machinists helper re-
Gently addressed several letters to the
White House from Chicago, and receiving
no response he came here to inquire why
no attention had been paid, to them. In a
letter sent last week he announced thar he
would reach here ''in few days. He
arrived Saturday and went to the White
House yesterday. Secret Service Detec-
tive Tyree met him in front of the build
ing and arrested him. He had a loaded re-
volver In his pocket and also a bundle OF
newspaper clippings. Some of the Clip
pings referred to the President and others
to varius crimes and happenings.
Relgar's card showed him to be the past
grand master of some organization. He has
applied to the patent Office for various pat
enis lie says he wants to revolutionize the
Masonic fraternity and the hymns used in
the Methodist Church. He also says he is
gong to convince the world that there are
many saioonkeepers who are better Chris
tlans than are many people who profess to
De leaders in the churches He says he car
rled the weapon for the purpose of protect
ing MS papers, as he realizes that there are
many crazy people in the world who are
ilaple 10 want them. The doctors were sat
lsned that be needed trea tfnent and he was
sent to the hospital for the insane
neisaI mas written many letters to the
White House in past years He Is the au-
thor OF letters received there suggesting
that there is too great a mixture of names
and that the method of names for people
should be changed by the President to a
simpler rorm HIS plan was to give all the
people who are engaged as carpenters the
name OF Carpenter, with baptismal names
of John, William, etc. as now All bakers
wou}d be classed in the Baker family The
name OF mans vocation should settle the
SHOlli6 nd so on
course the President did not see any of the
letters of Relgar but ReIgar remembered
that he had received no answers and he
said his plan was too important a one not
to receive attention. Relgar had made no
threats and the police and secret service
men secured little from him as to his at,
tentions.
dispatch from Chicago states that Rel
gar is known in Chicago p s. Whiting Is
FIoreEce avenue. says the man is his
nephew. Mr. Whiting said that Relgar was
the name his nephew, Frank Coe, frequent
ly assumed, under the delusion that he was
another Individual
According to Mr.. Whiting, Coe, or ReIgar
mas been sunering from mental trouble. tie
result of fall sustained fourteen years ago
when on his way from Pullman where he
worked In the car Shops to his home at
Lima, Ohio. Coe had fallen asleep in the
smoker. ana, being somnambul.st, walked
out OF the car and was found unconscious
by swftchman. In his fall he struck his
head against a switch, fractnring his skull
Mr.. Whiting added: ."rhree years after
that Coe was sent to the detention hospital
in Toledo. but he was soon discharged and
sent to Springfield Ohio. He worked there
until four years ago. when he arose one
morning and shot his wife and himself His
wife died, but he recovered and was sent
to the penitentiary for one year. after
which he was sent to the insane hospital at
Toledo again. He escaped and went to New
YORK, coming TO Chicago over year ago."