Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 251, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 September 1901 — Page 2
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1901.
that he h.til d!3cu?5?I the crime in aJvance Tvlth friends was fr.ally dratvn from him, but there h" stopjM az rouM not he movcJ. lie wa3 in the hands cf a croup (t ehrevrJ, examiners, and th:-y fet tra; upon trap to srarc him, but the effort to break him dowii failed. The police say that in the end, vhtn he comes to a true arprecUtion of his position, he will break down and finally confess- In reviewing his confession ho-' made ojrn avowal of hi Ik lit f In anarchy and said that he had merely done his duty as he saw it. In addit'on to tho examination to which the prisoner was subjected, the city aid federal officers spent the day in scourins the city fir some trace of possible confederate. T,iey took up the trail of th; prioonr from: tho day of his arrival, and partially coHipltted iu.ii outline of his movements up, 'to the commission of tho crime. They did not succeed in connecting him with any pf the Socialists who make their home her-, and by nightfall had about abandoned the theory that he was assisted by any one here. They showed also an inclination o give up the belief that a confederate lire-ceded the prisoner into the reception lir.e leading up to the President, but work aloiss that line had not been abandoned. Tib general theory now held by the detectives' is that a circle of CzoIkoz's assistants plotted the murder of President McKinley; and he was picked by lot or induced by !persua.ion to carry out the conspiracy. They say that he lacks tho shrewdness to have planned and executed the crime' as he did. The police said tonight thai they had made no other arrests and that .-they had none in contemplation. It id evident that they have not made much progress toward the establishment of their theory w'th material evidence, and that their chk-r reliance at present is on a confession from the prisoner. Czolgosz's trail has been kaken up at Cleveland, and it Is all that inquiry there will let in some valuable light as to his companions and possible fellow-conspirators. Th'. prisoner wa kept secluded to-day an.I ajresult of a suggestion from Secrtr.rv ofj War Ko:t the police Inquiry will Ivi -i-r.de As Herretly as po-sible. No on is :-rrrr.'util t, K-e th.'- prl.-oner other than
I-; Irnme llate rustoOlan? ana nis conit sfcioas tak n down in writing will not bo made p-iüc for the present at least. The pri.-onrr r.s not retiin.-d counsel and whe-i the subject was mentioned to him today he s.ild h did not desire a lawyer to defend him. The j.olire said that when ho got over the idea, that he was a great hero among his fellow-Anarchists he would very likely resort to the usual means to avoid punishment for hi.- crime whatever time sho'AS it to b. No one who ever knew hinl made application to see him today and no word came to him from his relatives.! lie had a couple of dollars when arrested and to-day asked that it bo expended in' tho purchase of a new shirt. His request --as granted and he spent sorafl time in rearranging his dress. The police made ani'ther search of his room and effects, but: found nothing that would throw any light! on the crime. "As far as I know at present the assassin of the President will have to be tried under the same conditions as those of an ordinary citizen." said District Attorney Penny to-day. "I do rot see how the case can be made tt United States nftv-nse. I think that It cohies under the Jurisdiction of the Krle county courts. The charge will be determined when the result of the President's wo.mds are beyond a doubt. It will be something from murder to assault with Intent to kill." The district attorney had a conference with Assistant District Attorney Tickner to-day to., ascertain whether or not there Is any din nee of the offender being tried In- the Un.ltcd States courts. The assassins of Lincoln and (Jartield were both tried by the United States Court, but both of theso murders occurred In the District of Columbia and Could be tried by no other court than tho federal. Mr. Tickner Is Investigating to see under what jurisdiction tho case should come. Walter Nowak, a New York cigar maker, formerly of Cleveland, was taken into the room wh-re Czolgosz was being examined. After gla.nring at the prisoner h said he knew hini in Cleveland two years age t that time? Nowak was a reporte.1 on a foreign newspaper, and in common with him and a nu:nber of his countrymen formed a social organization that later developed Into a socialistic club, and he (Nowak) withdrew from It. lie states that he remembers -some of the radical resolutions udopted by the club and brought to him for use In. his paper. He had always found It necessary to alter them materially to make thefn proper matter for publication, lie said that Czolgosz was without sufllclent intelligence to plot and carry out such a crime ag the prisoner had been guiltv of. Nowak said after coming in the room wht re tho conference was held that Czolgosz advanced toward him with extended hand.. WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair To-Day and Cooler in Central and Southern Indiann. "WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Forecast for Sunday and Monday: For Ohio Fair and cooler on Sunday. Monday fair; northerly winds, fresh to brisk on ihe lakes. For Indiana Fair on Sunday; cooler In central and southern portions; fresh to brisk northerly winds. Monday fair. For Illinois Fair on Sunday; cooler, except in extreme southern portion; high norlheat winds on the lake.
Local Observations on Satnrday. Par. Thor. IM I. Wind. W'ther. Tre. 7 a. in. .3). H 70 &i North- Clear. O.W 7p.ni.JWl Si 41 North. Clear. O.OO Maximum temperature, 01; minimum temperature. t. Following Is a comparative statement of tlv mean temperature and total precipita
tion on ept. . :
Normal Mean Departure Departure s-incc Sept. Departure since Jan. Plus.
Temp. 71 TS
Pre. 0.10 0.1) 0.70 10.03
1 13 .1)1
W. T. M ATI IE. Section Director.
Yratrrdnj-'a Trii'prratnrea.
Stations. Min. Max. 7 p. m. Chicago. Ill t'ö n) 6; Cairo, III :s '.) fc.) Cheyenne. Wyo II 0; 61 Cincinnati, O Cl ij J4 Concordia. Kan CS 72 Davenport, la. M V2 7S Pes Moin?s. la C4 92 7t Kansas City, Mo 72 itl W I.lttle Hock. Ark fS so jG Marquette, Mich '-) Memphis. Tenn 70 SS 4 Nashville- Tenn Gl SS 82 North Ph'tte, Neb i.2 li Oklahoma. O. T 7 ) 7S Omaha. Neb 7) s 72 Pittsburg. Pa 02 M U) llapid City. S. D r.2 S Salt I-ike: City st so St. I.ouH. M 7 !t ss Sprlngtleld, III r4 Springtk 3d. Mo 7 '.) M Vicksburg. Miss 70 i fc2
Nowak looked at tne prisoner disdainfully and rtiUetU tu accept tile proileltU huliO, buying: "scoundrel! Why did you commit this tcrnbic crime? Uno originated this dt,vhih plot? It was i.ut yuu. "1 did," rt piled CifleiurZ. "I did. I originated the pian. It was my Juan. It was my crime." Director Lteneral Buchanan and Stcretserwee Agent iroster taheu at poiicti lieauquariers nortly alter iz o'c.ociv and were cioseted lor some tni;e witn öuie-rinleiiu;nt Hull and District Attorney Penny. W'neii they bat it was announced tht Secretary of "ar lioot Iiad, tiiiuuU tUem, made a leque-st lor complete Seciecy in C'jUllc-cllOll
with the investigation of the crime. Li.--trict Attorney ivnny said: "In order that the people shall not be unduly and improperly excited Secretary of War Hoot ha.s asKed that this n.aiter be treated as quietly as pos-ible. Tiie making ol a hero of this man with certain classes, or the bitter condemnation of his deed, tend to disturb the people, and Mr. Hoot's idea is to curb that. We will, therefore, not maka public the coniession made by the prisoner, lior wlil we permit any one other than ot-tiei-'il.-or-witnessed to see the prisoner. We fuily appreciate tne force of the .sugjjtstion of Mr. Hoot, and will do ah we can to carry it out. There always an inclination to overplay a man of tne character of toe prisoner, and We v. ill do what we can to check it in this case. 1 cannot say when the prisoner will be arraigned. I imaglna that we will take no formal action against him until the result of the President's wounds are known." Superintendent of Police Hull and District Attorney Penny declined to discuss their second interview with Czolgosz to-day, or to indicate in any way the progress mado in the police investigation. They did admit, however, that the prisoner had again talked freely of his crime, and that he had insisted that he alone had planned and executed it. It is known that the attention of the detectives is devoted to the Socialistic circle at Cleveland, to which the accused belongs, and it is regarded as certain that every man known to have been connected with that organization will be placed under arrest. There seem3 to be a disposition on tho "part of the police to abandon the theory that Czolgosz was preceded in the line up to the President by ai accomplice who shielded him from view, and to proceed on the theory that, while the plot was outlined by others, Czolgosz alono executed it. The prisoner was confronted by several witnesses at the oinee of tiie superintendent of police, but, except in the case of Walter Nowak, who knew the prisoner in Cleveland, nothing was learned as to the developments of the conference. The prisoner lost much of his selfpossession durirg his visit to the office of the superintendent of police, and one of the officers who guarded him said afterwards that he. lapsed into a preoccupied state of mind and appeared rather dazed. While he was in th1. room of the police superintendent his revolver was brought In
and handed to the superintendent by Captain Wiser. A soldi r who captured the weapon surrendered it. It is thought that the- prisoner will eventually break down and reveal the names of the persons who plotted, with him for the lifo of the President. AT CZOLC;OS7.S IIOMK.
on Ontario treet. He states that he is proud of bihg an Anarchist, but disclaims that he i bv any manner of means an Anarchist In the g- r.eral acceptance of the term. He ir. opposed to all existing forms of government, but does not believe in tlnir extern. in ttion by violent means. lie believes that all that he can do, or that any true Anarchist can d . is to refuse to vote at the polls. He emphatically stated that had h- been an eyewitness to the tragedy of Frldav afternoon at lJunalo .the perpetrator of the deed would not hae lived a second afterward.
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. NHW YORIC. Sept. 7. Arrived: Bulgaria, from Hamburg, via Boulogne; Celtic and Umbrla. from I.I veriTioj. Sailed: Amsterdam, fur Ilotterdam. via Boulogne; Minneapolis, for London; Hohenzollern. for CJenoa and Naple.-; Campania, for Llverfool; Craf Wal.lersee. for Hamburg, via lymouth and Cherbourg; City of Home, for (IlasR ow; Tauric, for Liverpool. ST. JOHNS, N. F.. Sept. 7. Arrived: Carthanenlan. from e;iasi;ow and Liverpool, for Halifax and Philadelphia. L1VKHPOOL. Sept. 7. Arrived: Ftruria, from New York. Sailed: Cevlc and Lucania, for New York. l'.AMIlUn;. Sept. 7 Arrived: Fuert ru-marck. from New York, vU Plymouth and Cherbourg. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 7. Arrived: Grosser Kurfürst, from New York, for Bremen. ANTWERP. Sef. 7. Arrived: Frlesland. from New York. Silled: Zecland, for New York. r.HEMUN. Sept. 7.-SaiIed: Freldrich irr Crosse, for New York, via Southampton. CHHHHOUJU;. Sept. 7-Sailed: St. Paul, from Southampton, for New York. HAVHK. Sept. 7.-Sai!ed: La Bretagne, for New 'York. LONDON, Sept. 7.-Salled: Minnehaha, for New !York. GltnUNOClv, Sept. 7. Sailed: Pretoria, for Montreal.
Jacob I CzoIkoaz Dran o l'entilon. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.-The records of the Pension OfHce show that there is one man by the name cf Czolgosz on the rolls. His first name Is Jacob F. and he Is drawing a pension of 5-10 a month because of a wound in the right hand and forearm. The wound was received through the explosion of a shell at Sandy Hook in Czolgosz enlisted from Cleveland. O. (giving his address as Vj'j Hosmer street), first in Battery M. Sixth Artillery, cn Sept. 15, lsijs. He was afterward discharged on Jan. 1-'j:). and then re-enlisted in the ordnance branch in Captain Babbitt's company, and was serving there when wounded. lie was born at Alpena, Mich., and was twenty-two years and ten months old when he first enlisted. His description is: Height, flvo feet eight and a half inches; complexion, fair; light blue eyes; hair, light brown. His present post oil! c-e address is given at Warrensville, Cuyahoga county, Ohio. ciiaiic;i:i avitii conspiracy.
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Interview with the Stepmother Letter from the Anarchist. CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 7. Leon Czolgosz, the would-be assassin of President McKinley, Is the son of Paul Czolgosz, who it Is said now lives at 205 Fleet street, this city. Other members of thi family are John, who lives nt home with his father and stepmother; Mike, a soldier now serving in the Philippines; Vladiolan, who Is on hl3 father's farm located on the Chagrin Falls suburban line, anJ Jacob, of Marcellane avenue. The family is Polish and are evidently very poor, the father having left home Saturday morning looking for employment. The stepmother cannot speak English, but gave out the following interview through the medium of an interpreter: "Leon left home about sixty days r.go. We heard from him a few weeks ago. He was then in Indiana and wrote to us that he was going away, stating that in all probability we would not see him again." Perhaps to no one else is the would-be assassin of the President more of a surprise than to those who know the reckless young man in this city and vicinity. Leon Czolgosz resided in the far southeast end of this city for six years or more. Those who knew him cannot understand how he ever plucked up the necessary nerve to do his daring deed. The unhappy inmate of a home from which his mother had been
taken by death, he never got along very well with his father's second wife and acted more or less the stubborn boy in his relations with her. During this time his father lived on a farm with his large family of seven boys and fwo girls. Leon was not active In farm work, seeming not to care for the drudgery incident to tho life. Shortly after coming to this city fifteen years ago, Leon's father started a saloon, in the rear of which was a small building used as a rendezvous and meeting place for a dozen or fifteen men who called themselves Anarachists. Leon was too young to be a member of that gang, but he was a great listener to the harangues that these men indulged in and they probably had some effect on his youthful mind. Leon worked in a rolling mill for several years, but the work was too hard for him and he left to go on his father's farm. Lung trouble developed and this soon incapacitated him from doing the severe work of agricultural life and he tinally becamemore or less of an idler; his health never gaining robust condition. His effeminacy was the cause of more or less comment among his acquaintances, Leon making his companions largely among children with whom he spent a greater part of his time acting as they acted and being shy at the approach of older persons. His health was thought to be such as to forbid his working hard and being of a sensitive nature he could not bear to be dependent upon the efforts of the other members of his family, all of whom were hard workers. Consequently, he left home and becam a wanderer. Tho last delinite information from him was a letter written in red ink received from West Seneca, N. Y., written on the lötli of July. That letter was written to the secretary of a fraternal society in Cleveland, and wa3 for the purpose of paying his monthly assessment. So far as his folks knew he has been nowhere elso than in West Seneca since that date. The idea of a plot being hatched in this city to kill the I'resident Is not given serious thought by the police nor by those who have known Czolgosz for the past ten years. They regard his desperate deed as the result of a sudden inspiration to do something to attract public notice, and perhaps having been inspired bv what ha had heard at various times durinsr hi
younger years. Czolgosa was looked upon as being a harmless fellow by thesa who knew him best. Among his own brothers and filters he was considered "Strang," and a sister-in-law not long ago commented upon his childish conduct. He has a brother Jacob who was Injured by an explosion at the Sandy Hook navy vard a couple of years ago and who has since been retired on pension. His recent letters to his family Indicated nothing unusual In his line of thought. Recently the farm which his father owned, a few miles southeast of this city, was sold, and Leon s sharo of the proceeds are still retained by the father, waiting for them to be claimed by the son. Leonard had no amusements common to persons of his years, contenting himself with playing with the children of the neighborhood, and so constant was this practice that a sister-in-law asked her husband: "What Is the matter with Leon; he p'.avs with no one but childr'n and lie acts like a child." Portraits of the assailant printed to-day show a young man with a bright-looking face; almost Innocent in its expression. His features are ordinary In contour, and he would pass as a good-looking young man. He Is smoothly shaven and his face Is boyish in appearance. His eyes are large and bright-looking; hi- nose and mouth regular in form, and his hair is plentiful and nicely combed back In a semi-pompadour style. The consensus of opinion in Cleveland is that tho shooting of I'resident McKinley by this young man Is no: the result of. a premeditated plot of which he was a part, but rather the sudden Inspiration of a not overatrong mind. The young man's father returned home to-day. It 1 estimated that there are over a thousand Anarchists in the city of Cleveland. They have in the past few years adopted the plan of meeting in small coteries or clubs at the private residences of members. Thrse meetings are sal 1 to bo more or less f the secret order. They are, much wroiht up over the attempt on the life of the President, and loudlv declare the act as unnecessary and uncalled for. A. B. Eberhardt is probably the most prominent of the aowed Anarchist;- of the ciiy. He is omewh.it of a character, having been prominently broucht to the notice of the authorities a sh..rt time ngo in his successful dti.inee of the Fnlted States aiithoiitlfs l-i the matter of the collection of the war stamp tax upon his loan couvorid. Eher hard t conducts a lon buslno"
AVa mint for Six Men nntl Three Women nt Chlcnso. CHICAGO. Sept. 7. Chicago Anarchists, in response to a call issued three days ago, held a meeting last night In a saloon on West Chicago avenue, and discussed the attempted assassination of I'resident McKinley. Men and women known to be associated with the Anarchist movement In the city were in the barroom. The attendance at the meeting showed that it was no Impromptu gathering. Over two hundred persons were present. Three days ago the members of several societies were notified that a celebration would take place last night. The reason for the issuance of the call for the meeting could not be learned from those present. They made no secret of the fact that they anticipated something of which they might talk, however. Not a word of sympathy for the man
who was near his death was heard at the meeting last night. Instead there were speeches in which the name of McKinley
was mentioned only to bring forth cries of
condemnation. For the name of the Presi
dent's assailant there were cheers. All the-
speeches were in German, although at times some members of the audience would cive vent to their feelings in English. It
was not until early this morning that the
meeting broke up.
Luke 1. Colleran, chief of detectives.
stated that there had beeu no noticeable activity among Chicago Anarchists up to last Sunday. On that night a meeting was held at No. 2ti East Van Buren street, at which Lucy Parsons presided and where a
man named Bernard was a prominent fig
ure. Nothing sensational developed, however, at that meeting and no action was
taken regarding it by the detective department.
Concerning the Anarchists arrested last night Captain Colleran said: "I found on examining them that they have been in
China. Switzerland. France. England, Ger
many, Bohemia and Bussia. They claim they are more radical than Parsons and
Spies were. They believe in no ballot box.
but in government Dy groups and comrades."
Chief O'Neill, of the police department.
received a tclecram from Chief Hull, of
Buffalo, giving but little foundation for
the belief that the plan originated In Chl-
tago. The text of the telegram is as fol
lows: "We have in custody Leon Czolgosz,
alias Fred C. Nieman, the I'resident s as
sassin. Locate, if possible. E. J. Eseek,
who is editor of some socialistic paper.
Cliief O'Neill said the would-be assassin claimed to have received most of his ideas from Emma Goldman, who is not in Chicago at present, but whose whereabouts the chief believes he knows, and he has wired Chief Bull, of Buffalo, where she
can be found.
Justice Prindiville, at 2 o'clock, on application of City Prosecutor Taylor, issued warrants for the six men and three women
under arrest, charging th-.-m with con
spiracv to assassin;-te I'resident McKinley.
The com I'd lining witness was Officer John Evan. The charge is "conspiracy to do an
illegal act on or about Sept. S. lixii; Fpeeilic
act. crmspiracv to kill and assassinate President of the Fnited States William
McKinley: conspired with Leon Czolgosz.
alias Fred C. Nieman." The hearing will
take place before Justice Prindiville on
Monday. Three 3Iore Arrest.
CHICAGO, Sept. 7. Three more alleged
Anarchists were arrested here this after
noon charged with being implicated in the conspiracy to assassinate President McKinley. They wcro found In the rear of 100 Newberry avenuo and were taken Into
custody with the nine arrested last night.
They gave their names as Martin Fox, J.
M. Bozinaki and Michael Pose. In the room was seized a quantity of anarchistic literature, pictures of Emma Goldman and
other noted Anarchists and copies of "rei"
newspapers. The raid was made by a
dozen policemen under orders from Capt. Wheeler.
EVERY rUECAUTIOX TAKKX.
Item reporter to-day Interviewed the members here who stated that they were well acquainted with both Maggio and Huttraan. and that the statement 'of Huttman telegraphed from Witthita last nUht Is evidently correct In every detail. They stated that Maggio was a member of the Italian branch of the Anarchist Society, and that on the trip from Abilene to Paris. Tex., as spoken of by Huttman. Maggio on several occasions went through the. train delivering Anarchist literature. He was remonstrated with by Mr. Andrews, manager ol the company, whereupon he threatened to kill Andrews. This brought about an embittered feeling between them. Some time later the trouble was renewed ar.d Maggio left the train at a junction outside
of Silver City, Ariz. This was in the latter
part or April, and at last accounts he was still there.
Macgio is described as a man of about
five feet in height, wtbrhinir 1G0 pounds, of
dark complexion and black mustache. He
Plays no instrument other than the cornet.
He is said to be an Anarchist of the worst
type, and the people here who know him
say they dread to gain his enmity.
What MngRlo Toll 3Ic"Ilonald. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 7. James F.
McDonald, a prominent citizen, to-day confirmed tho statement Imputed to Antonio
Maggio, an Italian, who, a year ago, pre
dicted that President McKinley would be
killed by Anarchists. Maggio, who was a barber and cornet player by turns, lived at
different times in Kansas City and Leaven
worth. While in Kansas City a year ago
he ran a barber shop ami his shop was a
meeting place for Anarchists. McDonald,
who is secretary of the Traders Exchange,
at that time had a place of business next to Maggio's shop. They became acquainted and one day, in a burst of confidence, Maggio said to McDonald: "The republic is
good, socialism Is better, but anarchy is the acme of them- all. President McKinley will soon be killed. He represents government and oppression and must go The way of the others." ' .
A Wichita man who knew Maggio at that
time yesterday stated that Maggio made the declaration to him. adding that the or
der to assassinate the I'resident had been ;ent out by the Anarchist society in Rome,
Italy. Maggio s brother, who lives In Leavenworth, claims not to know the pres
ent whereabouts of Maggio.
CZOLGOSZ'S PUMSIIMEXT.
Secretary "Wilson Tells Whnt Wnn
Done to Protect the President.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Sept. 7. Secretary
Wilson desires the country to understand
that every possible precaution was taken
to prevent the awful tragedy of yesterday.
Tho secretary mado the following statement this afternoon:
"Last Thursday, when the President wit
nessed the granu illumination at the ex
position, I was impressed with the ease which some evil disposed person might have crept up in the darkness between the Hashes of the pyrotechnics and done the President bodily harm. Secretary Cortelyou was similarly impressed and we talked
the matter over at great length as he sat
on tho benches watching the display. I
confess that much of my pleasure was de
stroyed by the dread of what might hap
pen. Secretary Cortelyou and I went over carefully the precautions which are always taken with the public appearance of the President, and ho said that if any other
precautions could be suggested or de
vised ho would employ them. Wo spoke
of the reception at the 1 em pie of Music,
which had been arranged ior the next day.
We both agreed that tho only danger
which might exist would be from or
ganized Anarchists, or some one actually demented and irresponsible, but the possibility of Just such a tragedy as occurred
we could not but admit. The only thing we realized not to do was to dissuade the
I'resident from holding the reception, and with tho memory of this conversation in
his mind. Secretary Cortelyou took special precautions. Detectives, guards and sol
diers were employed. Nothing that fore
sight could imagine was omitted, and yet
the dastardly crime was committed.
"It was warm, many people were mopping
their brows with their handkerchiefs, and
the detectives who wer watching vlgilant-
lv for a possible weapon in the hand of a
would-be assassin had no suspicion of what lay concealed in what apparently was the bandaged hind of Czolgosz. All the secret service had been especially cautioned. I desire? to havo this statement made public not only that the people may understand that the assault cannot be attributed to carelessness, but also in justice to Secretary Corttlyou. who, with a faithfulness and loyalty seldom paralleled, has striven with all his energy upon all occasions to safeguard the life of the Presi
dent.
In conclusion Secretary Wilson r.im-
"Secretary Cortelyou telegraphed Director Central Buchanan from Canton to make
careful ponce arangements to protect the
rresiuem during ms stay and subsequent lv
wrote him to th same effect. Instead of
two secret service men, who usuallv nr.
company the I'resident cn trips of this
character, secretary Cortelyou had a third
man detailed.
3IAGGIO AN ANARCHIST.
View of -Acting Attorney Heck on
Scope of the Lnw. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. The law of
ficers of the government feel there is little
assistance the federal law branch can give
In prosecuting the man who shot President McKinley. It was stated to-day by a leading official that the federal laws made no provision for assaults upon the President, the latter being only a citizen in the eyes of the federal law. Tho old sedition
laws made it a serious offense' to attack a
government official on the theory that it
was an injury to the country as well as to
the individual. But these laws have long ago been swept away.
When questioned as to what punishment
the federal statutes provided for the attempt on the President's life, acting Attor
ney General Beck said to-day: "While I have not given any special examination to the federal statutes bearing on the subject, yet 1 know of no statute which makes it a criminal offense to attempt the life of the
I'resident. That there ought to be suca
legislation is prefectly clear. There are
statutes which make punishable personal violence to minor officials, such as internal
revenue agents, but it is passing stranp.e that notwithstanding the fact that two President's have been assassinated and at
tempts have been made upon the lives of two more, no law has ever been passed to place an attempt on the life of the I'resident on the same plane as high treason.
Where such attempt had no reference to
the presiJential office and was committed
within the territorial hunts of a state.
there might be some question as to the
power of Congress to legislate, but when
it is clear that an attempt has been made, not only on the individual, but on the
President for the purpose of promoting
anarchy and thus subverting the govern
ment tne right of the federal government to protect its chief executive seems too
clear for question. If the I'resident should
bo spared to the American people it is to be I'tartd that the assassin can be con
victed of no higher crime than an assault
with intent to kill. Having rega.d for the
immense consequences which follow tiie assassination of a President an attempt
upon his life, whether successful or un
successful ought. In my judgment, be punishable as high treason with death."
When asked as to whether there were
any federal laws by which Anarchists
could be excluded from this countrv, or
deported If they were here, Mr. Beck replied: "I know of no federal statute which
prevents Anarchists as such Irom entering this country and remaining here. If he is an alien and lias been convicted of any infamous crime or falls with In any other prohibitory feature of the immigration statutes ho can be excluded, but there is
no statute which excludes him as an An
archist. The power of Congress to exclude Anarchists when aliens is undoubted
for in the Chinese exclusion cases the Supreme Court held that the power of the
government was plenary to absolutely exclude all aliens, even though such exclusion
conflicted with existing treaties, and the
power to exclude carries with it the power
to uepori an auen ior any reason which commends Itself to the judgment of Congress. The executive department of the government is powerless to act without th
authority of Congrebs."
Speaking of the attempted assassination
Mr. Beck said: "It Is aDDallintr. 7 r nnn
has enjoyed to a greater extent thn nm.
found respect and contidence of citizens without regard to party than President Mc-
SECRET-SERVICE OFFICERS' VIEWS.
The Natural Growth of a Toggery IShop.
Six Times as Large as It was Six Years Ago, Due to Selling of Reliable Merchandise at Reasonable Trices
CzoIkose Xot n Member of the Pater-
son Anarchist Organization. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.-The secret-
service headquarters is gradually bringing together every available bit of informa
tion which will show tho antecedents of the
would-bo assassin of I'resident McKinley at Buffalo and will establish whether or
not he is a member of any Anarchistlo
group. The information already in hand
warrants the positive statement that he i3
not connected with the Anarchistic organization at Paterson, N. J. A search of the
criminal records of the secret service fails
to disclose anything concerning Czolgosz, and he does not appear to have been among any of the desperate cranks who have vis
ited Washington from time to time, and havo been spotted by the government officers. He is referred to in the advices forwarded to the headquarters here as fairly well dressed, of apparent intelligence and somewhat pleasing looking under normal conditions. There is said to be nothing
about him to indicate that he was a criminal. But the manner In which he fired hi3 revolver through a handkerchief attracts
the attention of the officers, as indicative of unusual criminal shrewdness.
The secret-service men are well versed In the ruses resorted to by assassins, but the
device of the handkerchief appears to be altogether novel, and of a character to bathe detection. A dispatch has been received stating that Mr. Cortelyou. the Pres
ident's secretary, witnessed the entire af-
lair, and completely exonerates the secretservice agents from at y blame. The men in Buffalo are keeping in close touch with the headquarters here, and, having done all that was possible to apprehend the as
sassin, are now turning their attention to
such care and protection as may be thrown around the President during the present hours of great popular agitation. One dispatch received at headquarters to-day states that the President was resting easily and the chances were six in ten in favor of
his recovery. - - D HAT 1 1 FOR ANARCHISTS.
Cornet Player AVho Predicted McKin
ley Assassination AVus Railical.
MOBILE. Ala., Sept. 7. Fritz Huttman,
the Wichita (Kan.) reporter, who says he
was told last March by Antonio Maggio.
a cornet player of the Andrews Opera Com
pany, that President McKinley would b.
assassinated before Oct. 1. was with th Andrews Opera Company lure as a tenor
singer until a few weeks ago. wnen tne
rf.mr.inv discarded and a portion or th
member's left for Kansas City. Several
of the company remained In Mobile. An
Under Proponed I.ar They May lie Punished a Assassins. NEW YORK, Sept. 7. The World to-morrow will print a statement from Governor Voorhecs, of New Jersey, in which he says: "Certainly the time has come for us to call a halt to anarchy and all Anarchists In this country. This incubation of red-handed assassins and king-killers on American soil has gone too far. It will be stopped In New Jersey. 1 can give that assurance he-re and now. A law Is being prepared and will be enacted by the next Legislature beyond the remotest shadow -f a uoubt that will fill the bill completely. It will allow us to prosecute participants in any conspiracy in New Jersey that results directly or indirectly in the assassination of any ruler the world over, or the murder of any pe-rson in or out of New Jersey. The jconspirators TcONTlNL'J-:ir ON PÄÜi; "brcoLTs.) Arc you u 3Iasonf
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