Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-23
Rebellion Against Spain May Soon
Break Out.
ARREST OF THE SMUGGLER BOUCHARD
The London "Times" Says That
Salisbury Will Resign.
THE MAN WHO SHOT Prick.
MR.. TRICKS AssAILANT.


PIrrsBuRG, Pa, July 23.-The name Of the
man who shot Mr.. Prick is Alexander Berkman,
printer, twenty-one years Of age, and lives on
42d street, this city. He is a Rus
sian and supposed to be an anarchist. David
Forthny, the elevator boy, says he has been
hanging around the building for the past
three four days and he has carried him
up TO Mr.. Fricks room number Of times.
Berkman was seen at the central station
shortly after the shooting and seemed to be
perfectly composed.
When asked what reason he had for the A.
sault he replied: ''You know what reason I
| had"
DETAILS OF THE SHOOTING.
Henry C. Prick was shot in his private Office
on the sixth floor Of the Chronicle- Telegraph
building on 5th avenue.
A moment before the tragedy q slim, dark
complexioned young man, neatly dressed in
light clothing, entered the elevator car on the
first floor and requested 10 be let out at the
office of the chairman of the company.
The elevator man, while the car was ascend
ing, noticed that his passenger acted rather
nervously and had a wild look in his eyes, But
accustomed, as he has been during the past few
days to seeing all sorts and conditions Of men.
he did not give the matter o second thought
Leaving the car the stranger proceeded
across the hall and entered Mr.. Tricks outer
Office and requested the usher to take
him to Mr.. Prick. The boy, having
recognized his visitor as q man who
called yesterday and was refused an audience,
complied, and immediately thereafter the voice
Of Mr.. Prick was heard in the outside Office,
saying: Let him como In
The man stepped briskly through the glass
door into the private Office. What brief con-
versation passed between the two men is not
known, but 1t was hardly more than
Q minute before there was q noise like
Q scuffle, and then q shot rang out upon
the air. Before the startled clerks in the other
offices could rush to the scene there were three
more shots. The first man to enter the room
found Mr.. Prick hanging on to his assailant.
while 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 making for the
stairs, made q bound into the elevator cab which
was standing there with the door open at the
time.
The elevator man had sufficient presence Of
mind to hold him IN the cab until the arrival Of
Officers McRoberts and Crossin. who placed HIM
under arrest. In the meanwhile an immense crowd
had begun to gather in the streets. and when
the officers appeared with their prisoner, who
was pale and trembling, and with his clothing
spattered with blood there were hundreds Of
groans and bowls, intermingledwith cries Of
.'shoot him! Lynch the murderer
1t was with difficulty that the officers sue
ceeded in conveying the man in safety to the
patrol box at the corner Of Wood street and 5th
avenue, from which the patrol wagon was sum-
moned.
taken to Central station, where he gave the
name Of Alexander Berkman, and said that he
resided on 42d street, New York. He
was. he said. o Russian, had been
in America six years and in
Pittsburg two days. He has been stopping at
the Merchants Hotel on Water street. When
questioned regarding his occupation he said he
had been q compositor on New York paper,
but declined to give its name.
Upon being searched o number Of 3S-caliber
cartridges were found in his coat pocket. Dur
ing the process Of searching he became wildly
excited and became deathly pale.
1t was the general impression Of all who saw
him at this juncture, tina. he Was undoubtedly
dcmented. Before being locked up, he was
asked If he knew Nr. Prick and
replied in the affirmative. why did
you shoot him. was asked. and with q half
hysterical gurgle he replied: II guess you know
that"
Mr. FRICxs CONDITION.
Immediately after the tragedy doors leading
Al
guarded, and admittance was denied to every
body. no matter what the nature Of their bust
ness. Inside the building the confused murmur
OF the crowds upon the street were plainly
heard.
In the meantime all the physicians in the
immediate neighborhood had been summoned,
and, with DIR. Litchfield. an eminent praeti-
toner. at their head proceeded to administer to
the wounded man. and who. although weak from
the loss of blood and suffering great pain.
still retained consciousness. He was lying
on couch when the doctors arrived,
and the first report that came out which was
evidently based on the superficial examination,
was to the effect that four shots had taken
effect, that one had penetrated the bowels.
another had entered the chords in the back of
his neck.
II. c. Frick who has come into special prom
inence in the recent Homestead troubles, 10
the responsible head Of the Carnegie Company.
Under the reorganization Of the great Carnegie
concern made just prior to the strike and the
bloodshed July he was made chairman Of the
board that controls the steel works.
Prick was born in Westmoreland county,
Pa. in 1880. and began life with no capital but
good health. He at one time clerk In q
small store. but he had quick appreciation
| OF business chances and invested his
savings in coke furnaces. He became
| In time the practical ruler of the coke regions
and in this way his business interests became
allied with those Of Mr.. Carnegie. When Mr..
Carnegie relinquished the active control of his
business he selected Mr.. Prick for. president Of
the Edgar Thompson Steel Company.
| July he became chairman of the board Of
management Of the Carnegie Steel Associa-
ton, and by virtue of that ONCE he
/ became director Of the works ut Home
stead. Negotiations were then pending
between the company and the Amalgamsted
Association of Iron and Steel Workers in refer
enee to a new scale Of prices. When
Mr.. Frick took charge matters were
| soon brought to q definite point. The COM
pany refused to grant what the Amalgamated
Association asked and shut the works down.
The steel workers in this fight have regarded
Mr.. Frick as their arch enemy. He managed
the capital end Of the struggle with the strikers
in the coke regions year ago.