Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1901 — WOULD MURDER PRESIDENT, [ARTICLE]

WOULD MURDER PRESIDENT,

Maniac Fights Policemen Who Capture Him at Mount Vernon, N. Y. Mount Vernon, N. Y., telegram: "I was sent here by God to be sworn in as President of the United States and to kill President Roosevelt. I dined with God this afternoon and he is watching my qcts.” This is wha. an 18-year-old insane man who is locked up in the Mount Vernon police station raves at intervals. He was arrested while making wild utterances in the streets and the efforts of several officers were required to overpower him. He is believed to be demented, but nothing Is known as to his identity.