Arrest

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theo. A. Bingham

President Roosevelt encloses a report to General Bingham, New York Police Commissioner. The New York Police Department is irritated with the Department of Commerce and Labor for supposed failure to cooperate. The State Department is upset with the New York Police Department for supposed laxness in criminal arrests in Central America. Roosevelt acknowledges such disputes occur between governmental departments and does not doubt there will be improvements.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Report of arrests

Chief Sylvester encloses a list and description of arrests from February 1903 to December 1905 that involved women with questionable mental states.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-19

Creator(s)

Sylvester, Richard, 1858-

Mrs. Morris not ill treated at the White House

Statement from Assistant Secretary to the President, Benjamin F. Barnes, detailing the events of the Mrs. Morris incident.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-09

Creator(s)

Smith, William Wolff

Portland again forced to stop by arrest of men running machinery

The Portland mine has had to close, after the military arrested many of the workers. Those arrested are union members who have refused to take working cards in the mine owners’ association.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-20

Creator(s)

Unknown

Photograph of “Roosevelt and the Boat Thieves” informational sign

Photograph of a wooden sign recounting the story of “Roosevelt and the Boat Thieves” in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

1961-04

Creator(s)

National Park Service; Maeder, Richard H. (Richard Henry), 1926-2001

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt wishes his son Ted had written sooner “instead of allowing us to inevitably believe that you acted foolishly” as he heard of Ted’s arrest from the newspapers. Roosevelt believes that his son and Arthur Blagden, a fellow student at Harvard, behaved correctly. However, Shaun Kelley, Ted’s roommate, did not. Roosevelt has written Boston Police Commissioner Stephen O’Meara about the plainclothes officer who struck Ted and believes the man “ought to be thrown off the force.” Senator Henry Cabot Lodge also wrote O’Meara supporting Ted in the incident.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Byron S. Hurlbut to Theodore Roosevelt

Dean Hurlbut of Harvard College writes to President Roosevelt about the reported troubles and recent arrest of his son, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Moran is turning it into a political matter, attempting to harm Roosevelt through his son, who was struck by the police when arrested. Francis R. Bangs and John Perkins will look after Theodore’s best interests. Hurlbut hopes the story comes to light and he apologizes for the president’s son’s poor treatment.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-05

Creator(s)

Hurlbut, Byron S. (Byron Satterlee), 1865-1929

Telegram from Jacob Sleeper to Elihu Root

The chargé d’affaires in Cuba, Jacob Sleeper, informs Secretary of State Root that the uprising has spread to Santa Clara and Mantanzas provinces. Carlos Mendieta is leading the actions in Santa Clara, while those in Mantanzas are being led by an unknown leader and are said to be of little importance. The government is enlisting volunteers, and José Miguel Gómez is under arrest.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-22

Creator(s)

Sleeper, Jacob, 1869-1930

Telegrams from Jacob Sleeper to Elihu Root

The chargé d’affaires in Cuba, Jacob Sleeper, sends two telegrams to Secretary of State Root describing an insurrection in Cuba. In the first, he describes the insurrection in Pinar del Rio and Havana Province of consisting of several hundred armed men and notes that several leaders have been arrested. In the second, Sleeper reports that the general situation is unchanged and that the insurrectionists have grown somewhat stronger. Sleeper says there is not much information about the situation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-21

Creator(s)

Sleeper, Jacob, 1869-1930

Telegram from Jacob Sleeper to Elihu Root

Jacob Sleeper telegrams Secretary of State Elihu Root that there was an armed insurrection against the government in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, in which several hundred armed men attacked. The government claims no trouble elsewhere and has arrested several known leaders.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-20

Creator(s)

Sleeper, Jacob, 1869-1930

Letter from Richard Sylvester to Theodore Roosevelt

Major Sylvester reports to President Roosevelt the results of an investigation regarding the arrest of Mrs. Minor Morris at the White House.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-16

Creator(s)

Sylvester, Richard, 1858-

Letter from Elihu Root to J. J. Jusserand

Elihu Root writes to Jean Jules Jusserand, French Ambassador, regarding the arrest of three men in violation of contract labor laws.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-25

Creator(s)

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

Letter from Richard Sylvester to William Loeb

Richard Sylvester, chief of police for Washington, D.C., writes to William Loeb, secretary to the president, detailing the circumstances surrounding the arrest of Mrs. Minor Morris.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-15

Creator(s)

Sylvester, Richard, 1858-

Statement of Jacob P. Frech

Private Jacob P. Frech provides a statement detailing the events of, and his involvement in, the removal of Mrs. Minor Morris from the White House.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-13

Creator(s)

Frech, Jacob P., 1866-1942

Letter from S.M. Fields to Theodore Roosevelt

S.M. Fields writes to President Roosevelt regarding statements made by Jeff Davis, Governor of Arkansas and imprisonment of women.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-07

Creator(s)

Fields, S. M.

Supposed anarchist held

William Miller, an alleged anarchist, is held on suspicion that he plotted to shoot President Roosevelt while he was attending the Army-Navy football game.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-01

Creator(s)

Unknown

Telegram from Charles E. Magoon to Elihu Root

United States Minister to Panama Magoon informs Secretary of State Root that Panamanian authorities arrested a number of people in connection with a plot to assassinate Panamanian President Manuel Amador Guerrero and install Carlos Antonio Mendoza in his place.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-11

Creator(s)

Magoon, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1861-1920

Buffalo Courier, Vol. LXVI, No. 250

Buffalo Courier from September 7, 1901, the day President McKinley was shot while at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. There are articles about the assassination attempt, McKinley’s status, and the arrest of Leon F. Czolgosz.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

Creation Date

1901-09-07

Creator(s)

Buffalo Courier

Letter from William Wingate Sewall to Samuel T. Sewall

William Wingate Sewall describes the pursuit and capture of three thieves that stole a boat from Theodore Roosevelt. The boat, the best one on the Little Missouri River, had been purchased by Roosevelt in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it was very useful. Sewall and Wilmot Dow built a new boat and they headed after the thieves a few days after the boat went missing. The thieves were captured without violence and Roosevelt accompanied them to Dickinson, Dakota Territory, for trial. Sewall and Dow continued down the river with the boats to Mandan, Dakota Territory, and then took a train back to Medora, Dakota Territory.

Collection

State Historical Society of North Dakota

Creation Date

1886-04-21

Creator(s)

Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930

Mrs. Sanger defies courts before 3,000

The New York Times reports that Margaret Sanger spoke to a large crowd at Carnegie Hall in New York the previous evening. Sanger spoke about birth control and the importance of disseminating the information to women, particularly women of the working classes who are prevented from the education that upper class women receive. Sanger criticized former President Roosevelt, stating that he was freely allowed to discuss female reproduction when he encouraged large families. She discussed Roosevelt’s home of Oyster Bay, New York, claiming that sixty-three “poor mothers” from the area had sought her help on matters of birth control.

Collection

The Margaret Sanger Papers Project

Creation Date

1917-01-30

Creator(s)

Unknown