The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-03
IRON PLUMB BOB
HURLED AT TRAIN
Went Through Window and Narrow
ly Missed Webb Hayes.
ROOSEVELT NOT IN THE CAR
INCIDENT OF PRESIDENTS TRIP
TO PRINCETON.


iron plumb bob through a win
dow Of one of the cars on President
Roosevelt's special train tonight on the
run from Princeton TO Washington.
The missile, which was thrown with
terrific force, crashed through the
Gothic stained glass transOm on a VIM
dow of the combination car Salvius and
fel at the feet of Major Webb Hayes,
son of the late President Rutherford
b. Hayes, who was a guest of the pres
idcnt on the trip 10 the Army and
Navy football game.
Fragments of broken glass fell on
Major Hayes, who was sitting with his
back to the window reading. but did
not injure him in any way. Major
Hayes stopped and picked up the iron
missile which SO narrowly had missed
his head, and then rose and examined
the broken window. The fragments of
the window was broken where the
plumb-bob had struck it, 50 great was
the force with which il had been
/ hurled.
Making Slow Time.
The train at that time. about 1870
o'clock, was running at a comparative
ly slow rate. The weather was heavy
and a dense fog which prevailed rem
deTed it almost impossible for the en-
gineer to see a train length ahead of
him. Broad street. in North Philadel-
phia. had just been crossed, and the
( train Was in the vicinity of Oxford
street when the crash of glass aroused
the occupants OF the car. The Salvius
was the first car of the train and in
I 4ssta L o.,
very easily for President ROOSEVELT
private car. That, however, was at the
rear of the train.
1t was remarked also that Major
Hayes from a profile view strongly re-
sembles the president, and that. sitting
at the window in the position he occu-
pied in reading, he might have been
mistaken for President Roosevelt
Make Light of Incident.
Doubt was expressed by officials of
/ the Pennsylvania railroad. who were
on the train, whether the missile @sas
/ intended TO be hurled at the president.
/ They say that several times recently
! stones have been thrown at trains pass
/ ing through North Philadelphia. and on
| one occasion a man sitting a one of
/ the windows of a car was severely cut
/ by broken glass when a heavy stone
| crashed through it,
The implement thrown ar the train
/ tonigh. was q most unusual one 60 be
I in the hands az a. boy who might IN a
/ spirit OF deviltry throw G. stone at q
| train. 1t l. Of cast iron and weighs
/ about three pounds. Haze i; struck
/ Major Hayes on the head. as 1t certain
/ y would if il had passed through the
NH .1-wf~ L..
been injured very seriously, i: not
( killed.
Curtain Drawn Down.
/ The president knew nothing % the
incident for some time after it oc-
CURED. He made no comment upon il.
passing il off as the wanton act of
some irresponsible person. An q meas
urc OF precautiOn tho curtains at the
! windows Of several Of tho cars were
/ drawn down after the news Of the in
! cident spread among the passengers on
/ the train.
| The secret service officers WHO ac-
Icompanied the president. took charge Of
! the missile and an effort viii be made
I through tho secret service bureau To
/ apprehend the person who threw il. y
! report of the Incident was made by Tire
/ train officials &c the officials o. the
/ Pennsylvania railroad at Philadelphia
J Assurance il given thar every effort
will be made BY the Pennsylvania rail
road to apprehend the person guilty Of
| the act.
No Other Incidents.
/ Barring this untoward incident the
! trip OF the president from Princeton "a
/ Washington Was not out OF the ordi-
nary The special train bearing the
president. Mrs. Roosevelt. Secretary
/ Roof Secretary Tat, anG Assistant
/ Secretary Newberry and their parties
did not leave Princeton until 6:2e 7. m.
/ The passengers all We're on board the
/ train at least half an hour before that
| time. but the railroad officers did not
want to take the chance o, starting the
! special train until tho track e. Prince
tor Junction was absolutely clear, This
caused a long delay, az the jam OF spe-
cial trains about the station and yards
at Princeton was greater than ever be-
/ fore known.
/ The run To Washington was not made
! in the best possible time, or account OF
! the dense fog which prevailed for a
! considerable part OF the journey. The
train arrived here at HOS o'clock. The
presidents carriage was awaiting him
al the station, and he and Mrs. Roose-
welt were driven directly 10 the White
/ House.
Had a Good Time.
( The president was immensely pleased
with the army and navy football game
! He would give no direct expression for
B publication, but he not only enjoyed
! the game as an exhibition of scientific
( football. bur was gratified that there
/ was so little unnecessary rOughness
/ II il.
/ d.. William T. Reid, the head coach
OF the Harvard football squad. was a
spectator of tOday'1 gamd a; Princeton
He has made an enga cement 10 visit
/ tho president at the White House next
4 Monday Ia discuss the football situa-
| ton in tho light OF developments o. the
season just closed. The president is
anxious to save the game as an Amer
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