Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-28
WORK OF A CRANK.
Attempt to Kill III. C. Prick, Chairman
of the Carnegie Company.

Attempt to Kill III. C. Frick, Chairman
of the Carnegie Company.
| P1rrsBuRG, Pa. July PA desperate
and almost successful attempt was
made Yesterday afternoon to assassinate
| nenry Clay Frick, chairman of the Car
neg1e Steel Company, limited. His as
sailant was Alexander Berkman, Rus
sian Jew, who came here from New
York with the evident intention of re-
moving the man who has been the prln-
| cipal on the employers side. IN the
great struggle now going on between
| capital and labor in this city.
It was a few minutes before O'Clock
| when dark-complexioned young man
with a Jewish cast of countenance. of
| medium height and fairly we'll dressed,
entered the elevator in the Chronicle
| Telegraph building, which is also occu-
pied by the Carnegie Steel Company,
and asked to be let off at Mr.. tricks
| office. The young man had been fire.
ouent visitor during the past few days
and David Fortney, the elevator boy,
thought nothing of the request, but
stopped at the second floor and
pointed out the way to the chairman
| private room. Two minutes later the
occupants of the building and passers-
| bv on Fifth Avenue were startled by
three pistol shots, fired in rapid sue
| cession. Intuitively the victim was
OWNED. and "Frick is shot, We're the
words soon passing from mouth to
mouth on tie street. It was true. A
man believed to be a crank had as
sailed the great steel master, but the
latter, Notwithstanding two bullet
wounds and four ugly gashes from
dagger, still lives and will probably re-
cover.
AS was his custom, Mr.. Frick took
lunch at the Duquesne Club al noon
and returned to his Office at 1880
o'clock in the afternoon. The Office of
Mr.. Leishman, business partner Of
Mr.. Tricks, adjoins that of the chair
man. Mr.. Leishman came in and the
two were holding private conference,
no one else being in the room. A few
minutes before o'clock the Office boy
noticed a man hastily push open the
swinging gate in the railing that runs
between the public portion and the en-
and clerks are located. There was no
one near the private Office door, and
the boy hurried up to ask the intruder
| what he wanted, but be was too late, as
the stranger had already entered the
private apartment. AS he entered the
office, Mr.. Frick looked up, as did also
Mr.. Leishman, to see who it was. Mr..
Prick was examining a bundle Of
papers.
The man sprang within about five feet
of Mr.. Frick and, quickly drawing his
revolver, pulled the trigger, but the first
cartridge did not explode; the second
entered the back of Mr.. Tricks neck
and, glancing downward, passed to the
| o,-+ciIo hal0u tho OWN nit Mr. Ericl-
made an exclamation and jumped to
| the circular window on Fifth Avenue
| and tried in vain to open it. The as
sailant passed quickly in front of the
! desk and, approaching close to Mr..
| Prick, fred again. The ball entered the
muscles on the left side of the neck and
| passed around to a Judgment under the
| right ear, where it was later reached by
| the probe. At this instant Mr.. Leish-
man threw himself on the would-be
| assassin and wrestled for possession Of
| the revolver. Lelshman clutched the
barrel and turned the muzzle upward
tering the plastering near the glass par
| tition.
With agility the desperate man drew
dagger and attempted to stab Leish-
man, who was holding the assailant by
the shoulder. Mr.. Prick saw the CLEAN
of the steel, and, although staggered by
the shock Of the wounds and bleeding
profusely, jumped between the men
and seized Berkman's arm. The latter
freed himself from Leishman's grasp
and plunged the dagger into Tricks
right side just above the hip. making an
ugly wound three inches long. He
made another plunge. This time the
knife struck struck higher up, but the
point struck rib and glanced down
without inficting much of an injury.
Twice again was the knife thrust at
Frick, but he was merely scratched by
these last attempts to kill him. The
struggle was in full view of those on the
street. In moment the assassin was
overpowered and taken away. That he
was prepared to end his own
life, however, was developed la
ter. At o'clock the prisoner,
spector Mckelvy and Detectives Shore
and Couison, was taken to the gymna-
SUM in the station yard to be photo
graphed. Seated in the chair, the only
action of the young man that indicated
any nervousness was a peculiar move
ment of the Jaws. This aroused the sus
picion of Police Surgeon Meyer. who
afterwards made search and found
small shell in the prisoners mouth.
The desperate man refused to open his
mouth and it was necessary to choke
him till he was black in the face before
he would give the she'll up. It was
taken to the establishment of Arthur
Kirk & Sons where it was announced
to be dynamite cartridge of the same
kind used by Lingg, the Chicago anarch-
list, to kill himself.
Mr.. Frick slept we'll during the night
and rested easily TODAY. His tempera-
ture is go, and he seems to be quite !
cheerful and confident OF his recovery.
A curious thing was that another cut
was discovered to-day, which was
missed in the examination made Satur-
day It is in the left leo inst below the |