The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-07-24
fR|Ck SHOT!
J he Manager OF the Carne-
gle Works Probably Fa-
tally Wounded by a
Dynamite Crank.
A NEW AND SENSATIONAL CHAP.
TER ADDED.
The Attempt of the Assassin on other
of Carnegie's Men, and Lastly an
Attempt to Suicide. as Did
the Famous Linoo

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BY Telegraph to the State Chronicle.
PITTsBURG, Pa, July 23.-Henry c.
Frick, the head chief, practically the
dictator of the Carnegie and steel enter
prise, and the possessor of a fortune,
fearlessly estimated at from five to ten
millions of dollars, was shot and perhaps
fatally wounded a few seconds before
| | 40 o'clock this afternoon in his private
office on the sixth floor Of the Chronicle-
| Telegraph building on Fifth avenue. A
moment before the tragedy a slim, dark
complexloned young man, neatly dressed
in light clothing, entered the elevator car
on the first floor and requested to
be let out at the office of the chairman
Of the company. The elevator man,
while the car was ascending, noticed that
his passenger acted rather nervously and
had wild look in his eyes But, &C
customed as he had been during the past
few days to seeing all sorts and condi-
tions Of men, did not give the matter
second thought. Leaving the car, the
stranger proceeded across the hall and
entered Mr.. Fricks outer office and re-
quested the usher to take him to Mr.
Frick. The boy, having recognized his
visitor, who called yesterday and was re-
fused an audience, complied and imme
diatcly thereafter the voice of Mr.. Frck
was heard in the eu side. office
saying, Let him come a." The
men stepped briskly through the
glass door into the private office.
1t was hardly more than minute before
| thoro n ~,
a shot rang out upon the air, followed
tby three others. The first man to enter
; the room found Mr.. Frick hanging on
to his assailant, while the blood was
streaming from his wounds. At the
sight of the clerk, the would be assassin
shook himself loose from his victim and
dashed out of the door, But instead of
taking to the stairs, made bound into
the elevator. The elevator man had suf-
ticient presence of mind to hold him in
the cab until the arrival of officers who
placed him under arrest. In the mean
while. an immense crowd had begun TO
gather in the street, and when the officers
appeared with their prisoner, who was
pale and trembling, and with his cloth
ing spattered with blood, there were
hundreds of groan5 and howls, inter
mingled with cries of ''shoot him. :
Lynch the murderer" 1t was with diff
ticulty that the officers succeeded in con
veying the Il an in safety to the patrol box
He was roughly pushed into the vehicle
and taken to the central station, where
he gave the name of Alexander Berkman
and said that he resided on 42nc
street, New York He was, he said,
PncSiun 10 ha1 IN
years, and in Pittsburg two days. Wher
: questioned regarding his occupation be
said he had been compositor on a New
York paper, but declined to give il!
name. Upon being searched number
of 80 calibre cartridges were found il
+ his coat pocket. During the process O
r searching he became wildly excited, ano
became deathly pale. 1t was the gen
eral impression of all who saw him a
this juncture that he was undoubtedl,
< demcnted Before being locked VI
s. he was asked if he knew Mr.
Frick, and replied in the affirmative
''Why did you shoot him ~ was aske(
" aud with a half hystericul gurgle he re
piled Il guess you know that Imme
diately after the tragedy, doors leadin,
from the Carnegie office building Wer
50 closely guarded, and admittance was de
t. uied to everybody. Inside the building
the confused murmur of the crowds upo
the street was plainly heard. In tn
meantime all the physicians in the i'm
= mediate neighborhood had been sum
moned and with Dr. Citchfield, an emi
nent practitioner, at their head, proceed
We ep to administer to the wounded man
hNo o1t IL +I,,l g
and suffering great pain, still retaine
}. consciousness. He was lying on
couch when the doctors arrived an
the semi official statement came thu
three shots had taken effect in tn
ear, another in the neck and third
the back. The unfortunate man had r,
,d ceived serious cash in the back from
nd sharp knife. 1t was decided that tt
Ks patient could not be Immediately remo'
ed to his residence, except at the risk
his life, and for two hours thereafter tt
physicians exerted themselves toward a
leviating his sufferings by all medical a.
pliances known to medical scienc
At p M DR.. Joseph Dixon, one of tt
leading surgeons of the city and wi
had lust come from Mr. Frick's rooI
Il said he did not think the wounds woul
=, prove fatal 1t is reported that M
'n Frick said to his doctors in the midst
his agony, while the bullet was beir
extracted from his neck, that the atta(
would in no wise change his policy r
n garding the Homestead strike. T
IL shooting was done with a Hopkins
Allen 90 calibre revolver. Four char
in bers of it were empty.
At the Frick Mansion.
=, PITTsBURG, Pa, Julp 23.-Mr. Fri
Gu has been removed to his home. TN
bullets have been extracted. One bull
at Sc passed clear through the left side |
" Murdoch does not consider the woun
$50 fatal. The police have discovered
lie the would be assassin's mouth two SIN
20 dynamite cartridges similar to tho
- with which the anarchist Lingg bl
the the his face to pieces while awaiting exec
no. tion in the county Jail in Chicago.
Did was noticed to be norv"usly chewl
ent while in the elevator after the shOOtll
daJ An Expert who has examined the c
,bt tridges say that they failed to act on
at count of some slight defect.
Resting Easy.