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Gainesville Daily Sun
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida
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On the steamship Hamburg, steerage passenger Giuseppe Tosti attempted to attack ex-President Theodore Roosevelt shortly after leaving America, shouting accusations related to his child. Sailors subdued him and placed him in irons. Tosti refused food, claiming poisoning by Roosevelt. The ship stopped at Horta, Azores, where Roosevelt was welcomed but no official reception occurred. Kermit Roosevelt went ashore for shooting and collecting specimens, and danced on board while his father did not.
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LONDON, March 30.—A dispatch from Horta, Azores, says an attempt was made on the life of ex-President Roosevelt aboard the steamship Hamburg, which arrived there at noon yesterday. The attempt was frustrated and the would-be assassin placed in irons.
Col. Roosevelt is in excellent health and was enthusiastically received on the arrival of the steamship. Kermit Roosevelt went ashore and indulged in some shooting. He also collected some specimens.
Kermit Dances, His Father Does Not.
HORTA, FAYAL, AZORES, March 30.—The steamer Hamburg, with Theodore Roosevelt and the members of his party on board, put in here yesterday to leave the mails.
A. De Freitas, the Governor of Horta, came out to the Hamburg and welcomed Mr. Roosevelt, after which the members of the Roosevelt party were taken ashore by the Governor and driven through the town. There was no official reception.
Mr. Roosevelt attended a dance on board the Hamburg Saturday evening. He did not dance, but his son, Kermit, took part in the entertainment and danced with several of the young ladies on board.
All of the members of the Roosevelt party are well.
The Hamburg left here yesterday afternoon for Gibraltar by way of Ponta Delgada on the Island of San Miguel.
Said Roosevelt Tried to Poison Him.
NEW YORK, March 30.—Giuseppe Tosti, a steerage passenger on the Hamburg, is the man who threatened ex-President Roosevelt, according to a special dispatch from Horta to The World.
The incident happened soon after the Hamburg was losing sight of America.
Then Tosti broke from his companions in the steerage and started for the upper deck, where Mr. Roosevelt was standing with his son, Kermit.
"He has let them take away my child," Tosti is said to have shouted in English. "Now he shall pay for it."
Sailors seized Tosti, quickly mastered him, carried him below and by the captain's orders, put him in irons.
The incident, it is said, is known only to Mr. Roosevelt and a few of his fellow passengers.
Tosti, after his imprisonment, refused for four days to eat, crying, "Roosevelt is trying to poison me."
The ship's doctor now must taste all food offered to Tosti before he will eat it.
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Steerage passenger Giuseppe Tosti attempted to attack ex-President Theodore Roosevelt on the Hamburg shortly after departing America, accusing him of taking his child. Sailors restrained Tosti and confined him in irons. He later refused food, believing it poisoned by Roosevelt, requiring the doctor to taste it first. The ship stopped at Horta for mails, where Roosevelt was welcomed informally.