An attempt was made on the 11th inst. to wreck the train bearing the President elect and suite, about one mile west of the State line. The particulars, as given us by Mr. Rich, of the Toledo and Western Railroad are that a short time before the train was due at the State line, an engineer found it necessary to run out to the wood yard for fuel. Running at a moderate speed he noticed an obstruction on the track, and stopping his engine found that a machine for putting cars on the track had been fastened upon the rails in such a manner that if a train running at full speed had struck it, the engine and cars must have been thrown off, and many persons killed. The matter would have been made public before, but it was hoped that the perpetrators of this dastardly outrage could be detected and brought to justice. The whole thing was admirably planned—the obstruction so near a station and on a straight track, where it would not be deemed necessary to exercise any great degree of caution.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT
The Syracuse Journal states that just as the presidential train was leaving Cincinnati a grenade of the most destructive character was discovered in the car occupied by Mr Lincoln, his family and personal friends. It was found in a small carpet bag which was found deposited in a seat of the car by some unknown person. Attention was drawn to it from the fact that no baggage was allowed in the cars. On examination the grenade concealed in the carpet bag was discovered to be ignited and so arranged that within fifteen minutes it would have exploded with a force sufficient to have demolished the car and destroyed the lives of all the persons in it.
Watertown Republican, Watertown, WI