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Show ARMED m CAUSES " ; SENSATION AT OYSTER W Mr.n Is Bell-ved to bo Insane or Weak Minded, and Was Easily Overpowered by Secret 8u, vlco Men. Oyster Day. A crank armed with an antiquated bulldog revolver waB caught nenr tho president's house nt Sagamore Hill on Monday by ihei secret se-cret service guards. The man d-(crlbed d-(crlbed himself ns John Coughlln. a ('.elective, and when stopped by tho secret service men, presented n enrd upon which was Inscribed his nnmo nnd the word "olllcer." Hp said thnt he had come to ask tho president to order 10.000 troops to cntch yegg-men, yegg-men, who had been terrorizing Boston. Bos-ton. Coughlln Is supposed to hnvo reached Oyster Hay on tho 12:19 o'clock trnln. He walked three miles to Sngninoro Hill. Coughlln was stopped by secret service ser-vice men, and when told the president presi-dent wns not seeing visitors, attempted attempt-ed to pass tho olllclals. When they laid hands on him, Coughlln nttempt-etl nttempt-etl to drnw n revolver, but wns overpowered over-powered and disarmed. The weapon proveil to he unloaded. The secret M'rvlco men, without alarming tho president's fnmlly. culled one of the t'.ovornnient automobiles nnd enrrled Coughlln to the Oyster Hay town hull, where he was arraigned before Justice of the Pence Franklin on n marge of carrying concenled weap-ens. weap-ens. Justice Franklin committed Coughlln to the county jail in Mine-cln. Mine-cln. Coughlln will bo examined ns to his sanity, as It Is believed he Is cither weak-minded or Insane. |