SHOOTING at the QUEEN.

Patea Mail, 4 March 1882, Page 3

SHOOTING at the QUEEN.

[reuter’s telegrams.] A LUNATIC IN CUSTODY

Two Shots Fired. MOBBING the PRISONED. 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. The news of the attack upon the Queen, at Windsor, has caused great excitement, and much satisfaction is expressed at her Majesty’s providential 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 the second barrel ot a six-chambered revolver with which he was armed. A bystander, however, rushed upon him and prevented him from doing so, seizing the 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 he 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 a clerk, but has been out of work for some lime, and is supposed to be insane. No motive can be assigned for the outrage, and it has no political significance.