November
24, 1903 – Peter O. Elliott, the insane man who created a
disturbance at the White House in early October, and who was committed to the
insane asylum at St. Peter, escaped this evening.
However, the superintendent of the asylum did not
report Elliott’s escape until Nov. 28, when he admitted that Elliott had left
the asylum and not returned, that no effort was being made to recapture him and
that it was thought he had gone to Washington for the purpose of attempting to
see the President.
Elliott’s mania is that he must see the President, who, he thinks, can right numerous wrongs, of which he thinks he is the victim.
He was armed when he attempted to see the President in Oct., and it is thought he will try to force himself again into the President’s presence. The police in Washington, D.C., have been notified.
Elliott’s mania is that he must see the President, who, he thinks, can right numerous wrongs, of which he thinks he is the victim.
He was armed when he attempted to see the President in Oct., and it is thought he will try to force himself again into the President’s presence. The police in Washington, D.C., have been notified.
The St. Paul Globe; “Peter Elliott Escapes. Lunatic Arrested for Annoying President is at Liberty.”; Nov. 28, 1903; p. 3.
Geneva Daily Times; “Escaped from Insane Asylum. Insane Man Who Tried to See Roosevelt. Peter Elliott Believed to be Again on His Way to the White House.”; Geneva, N.Y.; Nov. 28, 1903; p. 1.
Peter O. Elliott
Minneapolis Journal; Oct. 6, 1903; p. 1.
St. Peter Asylum
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