On This Date in Minnesota History: September 4

September 4, 1884 – After tonight’s performance of “My Partner” at the St. Paul Grand Opera House, as the audience passed out of the theater, a great number of people tarried in the grand entrance way for the purpose of catching a glimpse of Sitting Bull and his braves who had occupied one of the boxes. As the Indians reached the door leading to the hallway, the crowd in waiting closed in on the party and at this moment, a man stepped to the rear of Sitting Bull and, drawing a revolver, he aimed at the big man’s head. It was done in a flash, but before the trigger had time to click, a half dozen arms had reached for the gun and it was wrested from the hand that held it. In the excitement the would-be assassin mingled with the crowd and got away without being detected.

St. Paul Daily Globe; “Trying to Shoot Sitting Bull.”; Sept. 5, 1884; p. 2.

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