Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-25
BERKMAN'S FAULTY AIM.
THE ATTEMPT TO KILL FRlCk NOT
SUCCESSFUL.

Two bullets ana Two kn11e wounds
Were Not Enough to End the Career
of Carnegie's Notorious Manageable
VIII Recover.
Henry Clay Frick, general manager
and chairman of the Carnegie Company,
is lying at his home in the east end of
Pittsburg suffering from two bullet and
two stab wounds inflicted Saturday after
noon by Alexander Berkman. The at
tempted assassination of Frick occurred
at 40 o'clock. That it was not success
full was owing entirely to TO the faulty
aim of Berkman.
1t was exactly LAO when a small,
rather insignificant looking, swarthy
man entered the building, and, entering
the elevator, asked the boy in charge to
let him off at the fifth floor. The color
ed messenger met the man as he stepped
out of the elevator, and in response to
business. The caller replied that he was
An Employment Agent
from New York, who wanted to see
Frick personally. The messenger took
blank card from the rack, and wrote
the name given, Alexander Berkman,"
upon it.
What position do you occupy in con-
nection with this agency" inquired the
messenger.
ooh, I'm the boss" was the reply.
The messenger sent the card into
Frick's office, but he was not in. As the
colored man emerged from the private
office another man stepped from the
elevator. He was machinist who de-
sired to make application for a position
at Homestead. 'I think that Frick is
in his Office on the second floor" said
the messenger. eff you will go down
stairs with me will show you the way"
The trio entered the elevator and were
conveyed to the third floor below. The
offices of the Carnegie Company on this
floor are subdivided into number of
smaller offices, The room first entered
is occupied by the stenographers and a
few general clerks. A low railing sepa-
rates it from the main entrance. A
swinging gate admits visitors to the main
room. Beyond this and to the left is
partition, which forms the side of the
private Office of the chairman.
The only persons in the outer Office at
this time were small Office boy, a stem
ographcr and clerk. The office boy
Took tho Card
marked alexander Berkman, Employ
ment Agent, New York" and carried it
into the private Office. He returned
with the request from Frck that the Wis
itor see Lindsay, the Carnegie official
who is in charge of the employment and
transportation of non-union men to
Homestead.
This did not seem to please the visitor,
and rising from his chair he walked out
into the hallway and stood for an instant
near the elevator. He stood in the cor
ridor for about five minutes and then,
seeing that the office boy had gone to
the far end of the long room, he entered,
flung the low gate open, crossed diagon-
ally to the swinging lattice door leading
into Frick's office and entered.
Frick was seated behind his desk,
talking to Vice Chairman Leishman
Berkman advanced, drew 3S-calibre
revolver, raised the weapon to a level
with Frick's head and fired. The
Bullet From the Pistol
struck him in the left side of the neck.
This shot was followed by another, and
the second bullet lodged in the right
side of the head.
The movement had been so rapid that
Leishman did not recover his self
possession until the he heard the second
Snot. ne spranB forward ana graphing
with Berkman threw his arm up just as
the third bullet was discharged. 1t hit
the ceiling.
Then began struggle which might
have meant the death of the principal
officers of the company. With his left
hand around the waist of Berkman and
his right at his throat, Leishman fought
him, and with the help of Frick threw
him down. But Berkmans
Left Hand Was Free
and reaching down he drew his stlletto
and stabbed Frick twice in the side,
after which he was arrested.
Frick was taken home, where the
physicians made an examination and
stated he will recover. His assailant is
a New York anarchist, born in Russia
He is twenty-one years of age and is in
this country six years.