Roosevelt Guide in Insane Asylum

Man Who Drove Him Sixteen Miles in Record Time Night of McKinley’s
Death Now Suffers from Dementia.

     Michael Cronin, the Adirondack guide who on the night President McKinley died drove Mr. Roosevelt sixteen miles to North Creek in record time, is now an inmate of the State Asylum for the Insane. He is suffering from dementia, but is expected to recover.
     “Mike” Cronin is one of the best known guides in the Adirondacks and probably the most skilful driver in the mountainous regions of the State. Time and again he has made record rides with distinguished guests who were hastily summoned from their outings by emergencies.
     In the night he dashed along the mountain road with President Roosevelt, making sixteen miles in one hour and forty-three minutes. He knew that President McKinley was dead, but kept the news from the Vice-President until the station at North Creek was reached.
     Speaking of the ride the old guide said:
     “It was the darkest night I ever saw. I could not even see my horses except where the light of the lantern fell on them. The only words Mr. Roosevelt spoke during the entire ride were: ‘Keep up the pace,’ and I did.”