ATTEMPT TO SHOOT THE QUEEN.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2468, 4 March 1882, Page 3

ATTEMPT TO SHOOT THE QUEEN.

[eectee’s telegrams.] LONDON, March 2,

The report circulated this evening that the Queen had been fired upon at Windsor station is now fully confirmed. The shot was fired straight at the carriage which her Majesty was about to enter previous to driving to the Castle. The man who fired the pistol is a miserable object named Roderick McLean. He was at once arrested.

Later news of the attack upon the Queen at Windsor has caused great excitement here, and much satisfaction is expressed at Her Majesty’s providential escape. The following authentic information with regard to the outrage is now to hand. After firing the first shot at the Queen without effect, McLean attempted to discharge a second barrel of a six - chambered revolver with which he was armed. A bystander however, rushed upon him, and prevented him from doing so, seizing his revolver, and throwing the would-be assassin to the ground. With great difficulty the police prevented the crowd from lynching him, but after a severe struggle ho was rescued, and taken into custody. Her Majesty displayed great courage on the occasion, appearing calm and unmoved throughout, and on her return to the castle, received her guests at the usual dinner party. The police have since ascertained that McLean is a Londoner. He was formerly employed as clerk, but has been out of work for some time, and is supposed to be insane. No motive can be assigned for the outrage. It has no political significance.