Passaic City record., 1892-07-30
A MURDEROUS ANARCHIST.
He Shoots Chairman Frick OF
the Carnegie Mills.
An Attempt of the Man to Com
nit Suicide Frustrated.

C. Frick, Chairman of the Carnegie
Steel Company, Limited, and the sole
manager of the great Carnegie steel
mills in Homestead and elsewhere. He was
shot twice in the neck. The murderer's hand
was knocked aside at the third shot, and the
bullet embedded itself in the wall over MI.
Frick's head. The would.be assassin then
attacked him with knife and stabbed MN
twice in the back before he was overpow-
cred. He was just on the point OF pelng
shot down for his deed when Mr.. Flick, Who
retained consciousness, interceded 1or nini
and saved his life.
Later the man tried to destroy himself by
chewing a illuminate of mercury cap, such
as Anarchist Lingg used to kill himself In
tb. prison in Chicago while he was awaltlng
tbe execution of the death sentence. he
Syss seized before be had succeeded In biting
;rto the cap, and his plan or suicide was
frustrated
The would-ba assassin called lndiHerentiy
..the Anarchist Alexander Berkman ana
simon Roachman for some time renamed
uncommunicative. NO one even VI en0
shrewd detectives or the shrewder news
naner men who had been at work
on him ever since his desperate
s+tsrnnt at assassination got
snvthinp hut contradictory or trivial IN
formation from him. He stated that when
he was ready he would make written state-
ment for the press, and until then ne would
decline to answer any questions. he IS
printer and cigarmaker by trade ana nVeo
In Forty second street, New YORK.
He sreaks plain English, is twenty-four
vears old. weighs 121 pounds and IS i've feet
four inches in height. His face Is clean
shaved from its sharp, protruding chin to
its narrow, retceating forehead. lie had
nnser his tongue when arrested one fulml-
nate cartridge similar to that used by
Iinog. the Chicago anarchist ana suicide,
and another in his pocket. =,
For early week he had been calling at
the Carnegie Office on mysterious errahu,
but disappeared each Tune before "oio was
sent TO him to come in.
The entrance to Mr.. Fricks office IS by
svno;no door. Mr.. Frick's desk is long,
aat oak affair. and is directly IN the
centre of his room. Back OIL IL against
the wall is leather covered sofa. There are
two or three oak chairs between the desk
and the window, but the space between tne
desl, and the door is unoccupied.
When Berkman called the last tlme MI:
F..ick was sitting in front of the desk and
SIDEWAYS to the door, On the opposite side
of the table Vice-C Chairman Leishmann sat.
The latter was looking out of the window
and was talking. Mr.. Frick's left elbow
rested on the desk, one leg was thrown over
the arm of his chair, and his face was partly
turned away from the door.
When the office boy took the visitors card
he started at once for the private once.
had lust placed his hand on the swinging
f,oor and was pushing it open when the as
sassin ms ed open the swinging gate and
stenoed inside the rail. One or the clerks
said sharply. sWait."
4 he man paid no attention In two strides
he reached the door to the private office and
caught it Just as it swung back after the boy
nassed inside. He pushed it in. The boy was
lust coming out to tell him to walt till the
Chairman was disengaged. He brushed the
boy aside. He took step toward the desk
and drew revolver from his coat. AT tne
moment that he did so Mr.. Frick looked
around. Instantly the man pulled the
trigger.
There was sharp report. Mr.. Frck started
hack. and a stream of blood gushed from his
neck. The man took step nearer and fired
eoain. Again Mr.. Frick started back, and
for a minute he appeared about to swoon. At
the first shot Mr.. Leishmann had leaped
to his feet. He was bewildered. His eyes
bulged out. At the second shot ne re-
covered himself. He bounded around tne
desk. the man was in the act Of pulling the
trigger the third time, when the Vice Chair
man came within reaching distance. he
threw up his arm and caught the mans
wrist and swung the latter's arm up and
back. The bullet crashed up into the wal'.
MIR. Leishmann held the arm with the
pistol with one hand, while he seized the
man by the throat with the other. Then
began the strugs..o. at the second shot
blood had spurted from the other side OF
Mr.. Frick's neck, and it was running down
over his clothing.
He recovered from the shock of his two
- I'D oh, rot on q
and threw himself on the struggling men.
Round and round the trio wrested, gettipg g
nearer to the front windows all the time.
Though slight in figure the assailant seemed
Possessed of herculean strength.
Twice he nearly wrenched himself loose.
He was trying hard to free the hand in
which he held the pistol. Once he succeeded
and pulled the trigger. The pistol missed
dre. Leshmann seizsd the hand again and
held it. Mr.. Frick had grasped the man
about the waist, pinioning the other hand.
All three appeared about to fall. They
swayed back and forth. Not word was ut
tered. Mr.. Frick was becoming weak. His
blood was staining his assailant's clothing
Finally the man wrenched himself loose. His
left hand was freed, and he plunged 1t into
his back pocket.
AT lust that instant Leishmann, by {
mighty effort, wrenched further back tn
hand hOldlng Tue pistoli auu SdiHiuS
purchase succeeded in tripping the assall
ant Down on the foor he went in a heap
All this had taken place in less than tive
minutes.
Then the clerks outside recovered from
the shock of the three pistol shots AM
rushed pell nell to the door and in time t.
see the fall There thsy- -s-aod -stroeded. A
the stranger fen he succeeded IN drawing
stiletto-like knife from his pocket with hi
free left hand.
Mr.. Frick and Mr.. Leishmann were o
their feet bending over him. The knit
flashed through the air and was driven wit
force into the back of Mr.. Frick. Wit
hardly an instant's pause it was withdraw
and again driven forward into MIR. Frick
back.
Mr.. Frick succeeded in grasping the han