The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-06
.HURLS YOU lie
AT ROO Sc VEL 7
? oorl ly-Dre ssed Man
Creates Excitement
at Fargo.
COLONEL SEXES
HIS QUESTIONER
Does Not Release His Grip Until
Stranger Is Moved From
Stand-Wanted to Know
Who Was Paying Ex-
penses Of Trip Through
West.

Fargo, n. D.. September 5.--A man
who fought his way to ex-President
| Roosevelt and called him liar gave
a bad scare to-day to the crowd at
Island Park. In this city. Colonel
Roosevelt seized the man and helped
| to eject him from the platform.
The colonel had Just finished his
Labor Day address, which he was de-
! livering 10 one OF the largest crowds
/ which has gatnered to see him on his
Western trip. a heavy rainstorm
1 drenched the people, but most of them
sat through the aftern oon In their wet
/ clothes to hear him speak.
| AS Colonel Roosevelt spoke the last
! sentence the crowd cneered and then
there was a rush for the Speakers
stand or thousands of people VINO
sought to get near enough to see the
| speaker and shake his hand. Those on
the platform pressed around the stand.
and in moment 1t was inclosed with
a surging, struggling mass OF men and
women. Others In the crowd Jumped
on the platform and added to the
crush 1t was .good-natured, laugh.
ing crowd. and the colonel shook hands
with every one who could get near
enough to him.
A Question to ASK.
| a small poorly dressed man pushed
his way through the mass OF people
until he could make himself heard ny
the colonel. He wore battered hat
and was unshaven.
II have a question to ask yo,,
Roosevelt" he shouted
He raised one arm over the heads Of
| the people. waving 1t to attract the
| coloners attention, and called out
again, and again that he wanted to
ask a question.
| Colonel Roosevelt saw him, and
watched him closely.
Fighting his way through the crowd,
| the man at length reached the short
/ fight of stairs leading to the speak.
er's stand He mounted the steps and
stopped when he reached the top.
Standing about six feet from Colonel
Roosevelt, he called out once more
II have question to ask you.
Roosevelt
The men and women on the stand
grew silent. Colonel Roosevelt turned
! and faced him. Waving one arm. the
! man shouted:
| 81 want tosknow who is paying the
expenses of this trip OF yours about
/ the country"
The question angered Colonel Roose-
welt, and his face showed 1t. He ad-
vanced a. step toward his interrogation
/ and shot back his answer.
II consider that to be an impertl-
4 nent question" he said. However, /
/ have no objection to telling you,', he
added that the expenses Of the party W
| are being paid by the magazine OF
which / am one of the editors"
you lie." the man shouted SO loud
iy that hundreds Of persons in the
! crowd could hear him.
| Seized by the Colonel.
AS he spoke the words, Colonel
Roosevelt stepped forward quickly and
| seized his arm just above the elbow
1 he explained later that he did not
I know who the man was. or what his
| intentions We're. and that he had taken
/ nold of his arm as a measure Of self
| protection. He pushed the arm for.
| ward, turning the man half around. 81
| that he was powerless to use the arm
! It was on old trick of self-defense
| which he had learned years ago, the
colonel said.
| His vigorous action did not deter
the man from finishing what he had
to say. He shouted out:
| "Your expenses are being paid BY
the, people of the United States
Although Colonel Roosevelt was the
! first to act, others ran quickly to as.
sist him. and even before the man iiae
nred MS remarks TWO men seized MIN
! The colonel did not release his grir
until the stranger was moving rapid.
| ly from the stand He was ejectet
| from the platform, and was swallowed
| up In the excited crowd.
| So far as is known, there was no
cause for the alarm, but the story O
| the incident spread quickly through
the crowd, and produced considerable
! excitement.
/ Colonel Roosevelt managed to gel
to his automobile and was driver
/ rapidly away.
In telling of the incident later. the
| colonel said that lie had no idea who
! the stranger was.
/; Members of the labor organization.
| here came to me and told me tina
they did not know him. he said
"They said that he had come from ou
of town."
An effort was made to find the man
but all traces Of him were lost
Colonel Roosevelt said that he wa.
not at all alarmed by what had hap
| pened. He merely caught hold OF th
man to guard against the posslbilit,
of any sudden move. he said.