| Show TAR AGED prospector UNDER IN FLU ace OF LIQUOR THREATENS CHIEF EXECUTIVE Is Is placed under arrest and will probably remain in jall for a while L president unaware of hla his danger albuquerque N 11 lust just how close to death president ilent taft was on friday will probably never be really known whether Vh other lie ho was really in ill danger from a man whose be clouded mind had bad become more befuddled by drink or whether the expressed desire of 0 tho the aged man to shoot tho the president was simply idle tolk talk the men who aro are conaL constantly antly guarding tho president while lie he Is on hla his thirteen thousand mile jaunt on friday pi aday learned thit that it will not do for them to for a moment relax re their vigilant watchfulness where Is taft I 1 want to kill him said thomas thorpe an ah aged prospector as aa he approached policeman ce T euvera friday attar afternoon n 0 on a tow BW minutes after president taft and party had reached thorpe was arrested at once and placed in jail for investigation lie ile had acted queerly during we day and at noon asked chief or of police 11 number ot of questions which led tho chief to have him observed thorpe had been drinking and la Is believed boll ovod to be feeble minded the president does not seem at all disturbed by tho the incident and enjoyed the days travel being greeted with enthusiastic cheering crowds at every step |
