Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-07-26
LEAD AND STEEL.
Das>ardly Atte Inpt to Assassin
nate Fl. t.. Frlck at
Pi*t5bur2.
Stot Twice and Stabbed Four
'lime>~-1c IL still
f:l,ve. r.

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| PlI"r>i:CKG. July 23.-A t">tar.te
! aud almost >ucc'.~~tut ATTEMPT vn~
; made Ills atterh.mn tn XII Hetiy
! Ciry Frltk, ch"irt,'n,l Of th~ CAtEeg1t
: @,eei t".nrAry. H'@ a.s4iipnt Was
j H*ur> Rtrku1un, IL Ku.-iati Jtw nnd
an Hrntciti4t Of tkr .,n>t r4A cal type,
who chm- here from New York with
th+ ~; v;dert Intention If killing Fritk
/ II wh%A few minutes Ie:'re > O'r1' ok
wh+n IT.. entered t"e rl-v4t.r ut the
Chr"' ic|~~T-ltgrspn building, nnd
a>keu to lie let ttf al Frirk's office. He
| had been frequent visitor during the
past ftw days nnd the elevator hoy
thought nothing # the r+4ues'. THE
ot1}c+ boy noticed The n,un c.1n- IN
hurr'edly aud pu~n 1hrough t,r railing,
hut heio.e G could stop him ll,- sttan-
yer entered the private office, where
Frtck and Mr.. Leishmnn. a hu~lne.4
partner. wert iu conferences. Hesprnng
to within II ,e feet Of Frick, and quick
ty drawing gun, pulled the trigger.
The first cartridge did not extltde.
but the secoud Allnt entered the bAck
Of Fric''s ntck. glanced downward,
a"d Parsed eut below the Almrit.
| Fr,tk jumped to the indow On Fifth
avenue and tried to "t'ru it, hut could
no'. Rer+ nlAu r1~htd up to him
again and fired, the bail entering the
lett >lde of the neck, aud pn>sii r
around, Judged Hndtr the right err.
At his .u,tllrut Mr. Lei-h,nnn threw
hints+lf "t: tie nS~us-ilt mud struggling
IL yet p'~-t="lun Ut the rrvn.ver
c:utc'.n th+ barrel and tur,ei tie
muzz!- III ~ Tie ma, pulled HE tr,p-
vtf H. All e,4trtinu tlr rriirg Tie
tlr*p+r IT. lllh Grew u tiuEctr, nh n:-
! II ptri l., .tah L-i>htnHn. FIirk suw
tue Ettntnlrg -t+r|. mi though s,rgstr-
! I'll hy il,t Ai,,ck If hir wtun y and
t!et'ttn. p'"fn.ely. JUMPED brt tween
The two luen, mud s.iztd Htrknnn's y
arm. The latter freed hju>e!i trn'n
Leishnan'- grAsr, Hnd rIun4ed tlst
drg9rr Ia Ftik's riIi't >id+ iu-t Abuve
thr hip. making MI ugly wnnnd about
/ three inches Long. H. made another
!ungr. A11d this Time tie knife struck
higher up, but the roint stuck rih
and glanced without dong much H.
| jury. Twice again WAS the knife
! thsu-t at Fflck, hut he WAS merely
scratched.
BY this time an utfirer, several clerks
aud Deputy Sheriff May entered. May
had Il drawn rtvolvtr. #ntt was about
to shoot Be,knan in the bnck, when
Frick cried Out: "Dou't kill him;
we've got him; leave him Alone"
Berkman whs taken to Jail, and in live
minutes half dorm phy sicians were
tu hand. After COL siderable diff
Guilty the bullet which had lodged in
hi- neck W ~ remnved and the wounds
were pronounced not necessarily fatal.
At no time did he express any fear an
to his condition, and after the removal
of the bullet dictated message tt
Andrew Carnegie about the assault
also dictated letter to his stenoera.
phel and received reports about the
condition Of affairs ut Homestead.
During all this time the wounded
man was calm, had perfect Command
of his faculties and apparently wal
less excited than any other person la
the rooD>. From time otime he made
suggestions a. 10 how badly he WA
hurt, and u half~hour after the shoot
log dictated the message to Carnegie
in which he told him that he thought
be would he all right. At his request
all communication with hie residence
wus shut If, and b. trother.ia-)au
was sent to inform his wife of bis Ill
ness and to renssu1e her. She gave
birth 10 Il son ten days ago, and is stil
confined to her bed. She was gteall>
distressed, but bore herself bravpl3
when told that apparently there wa
no danger. She sent her sister, Mis-:
Childs, to the ot11et, with instructions
to return at once aud inform her O
Mr.. Frfck's actual condition.
TRIED THE L1NGtt ACT,
At 4 O'Clock the prisoner WAS tAker
to the gymnasium in the station yart
to be photograph Ueated in ohail
the only action OF the oupg n,An thai
indicated any nervousness Waa peou
liar movement of hia jaws. Thj,
aroused the suspicion Of Police Surgeon
Meyer, who af@erward made search
and found small shell in the prlson'
er's mouth. The desperate man re-
fused to open his mouth, and 1t wal
necessary to choke him until lie wal