The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-08-10
4 MURDBROUS ANARCHIST.
l.c Shoots Chairman Frick of
the Carnegie Mills.
An Attempt of the Man to Com
nit Suicide Frustrated.

Z. Er.cS, CHAIRMAN OIL IuS CaiuSsto
Ste.i Company. Limited, and the sole
manager of the great Carnegie steel
miiis in Homestead and elsewhere. de was
shot twice in the neck. The murderers hand
was shocked aside at the third shot, AMI the
bullet emteld itself in the wall over Mr..
Fr:ci:'s head. The wouid.be ASSASSIN then
attacked him with e. knife and stabbed MIN
twice in the back before he YVES oyerpoW-
cred He was lust on the point Of beng
shot down for his deed when Mr.. Frick, VINO
retained consciousness, interceded for MIN
and saved his life.
Later the man tried to destroy himself by
chewing a illuminate OF mercury cap, suca
as Anarchist Lingg used to Kill himseil III
the prison in Chicago while he was awaltlng
the execution OF the death sentence; ne
was seized before he had succeeael ln olt.ns
into the cap, and his plan OF suicide was
frustrated. ,,.n.,
The would-ba assassin called indifferentiy
~the Anarchist" Alexander Berkman and
Simon Roachman for some time renamed
nncommunicative. No one even o. the
shrewd detectives or the shrewder news
nansr men who had been at work
on him ever since his desperate
attempt at assasslnao'oh gov
anything but contradictory or trivial ln-
fos:,ation from him. He stated that when
no v,s ready he would make written state
mert for the press, and until then he would
decline to answer any questions. DE Is
nrinter and cigarmaker by trade ana hVe1
IN Forty-second street. New York.
He speaks plain English, is twenty-tour
vsars oId weighs l2D pounds and IS hVe feet
four ;ncbes in height. His face IS clean
shaved. from its sharp, protruding Gnln 70
its narrow, retreatin5 foreneao. ne uau
unIer his tongue when arrested one t9sni- M
st4s
Linc-, the Chicago anarcnlst anu su'c'oe'
and another in his pocket,
Fer nearly week he had been calling at
the Carnegie office on mysterious errano,
but disappeared each time before "ord WAS
The entrance to Mr.. Frick's Office is by
swimming door. Mr.. Frick's desk is long,
Fat oak affair, and Is directly IN the
centre of bis room. Back of it against
two or three oak chairs between the desk
and ,he window, but the space between the
desk and the door is uuoccup!ed.
When Berkman called the last time MIR.
Er:c:- was sitting in front OF the desk anu
sideways to the door. On the opposite side
of the table Vice Chairman Lelshmann SAT.
The latter was looking out or the wInao"
and was talking. Mr.. Tricks lett elbow
rssted ON the desk, one leg was thrown ever
turned away from the door.
When the Office boy took the visitors card
ha sterted at once for the private ONCE.
He had lust placed his hand on tue swinging
door and was pushing it open when tne as,
sassin nus led open the swinging gate ana
slammed inside the rail- One OF the clerks
said sharply, wait"
The man paid no attention, In two strides
be reached the door to the private ONCE anu anu
passed inside. He pushed it in. The boy was
lust coming out to tell him to wait till the
Chairman was disengaged. He brushed the
boy aside. He took step toward the desk
and drew a revolver from his coat. At the
moment that he did so Mr.. Frick looked
around. Instantly the man pulled tne
trigger. ,
There was sharp report. MIR. Frick started
back, and stream of blood gusaed from ms
neck. The man took step nearer anu nred d
again. Again Mr.. Frick started BACK, ana
for minute he appeared about to swoon. At
the first shot Mr.. Leishmann had leaped
to ais feet. He was oewildered. His eyes
bulcsd out. At the second shot he re-
cove-ed himself. He bounded around the
desk; the man was in the act OF pulling the
trigger the third time, when the Vlce-Cnalr-
man came within reaching distance. he
threw I'D his arm and caught the mans
hack. The bullet crashed up into the wall.
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 struggle 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 bus two
wounds at the third shot, and got on his feet
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Round and round the trio wrestled, getting
nearer to the front windows all the time
Though slight in figure the assallant seemed
possessed OF herculean strength:
Twice he nearly wrenched himself loose.
He was irving hard to free the hand in
which he held the pistol. Once ne succeeded
and pulled the trigger. The pistol missed
fire. Le;shmann seized the hand again and
held it. Mr.. Frick had grasped the man
ABOUT the waist pinionlng the otner na4a. Nd.
AL three appeared about to fall. Ihey
swayed back and forth. Not word was Ut
tered. Nlr. Frick was becoming weak. His
blood was staining his assailants clothing
Finally the man wrenched himself loose. Ills
left and was freed, and he plunged 1t into
his back pocket.
At lust that instant Leisnmann, by
mighty effort wrenched further back the
hand holding the pistol, and gaining
purchase succeeded IN tripping the asSal'
ant. Down on the floor lie went In heap.
All this had taken plaza il less than two
minutes.
Then the clerks outside recovered from
the shock of the three pistol shots and
rushed peIl nell to the door and in time to
see the fall. There they stood stupetad. As
the stranger fell he succeeded in drawing
stiletto-like knife from his pocket with bis
free left hand.
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their feet bending over him. The knife
flashed through the air and was driven with
force into the back of Mr.. Frck. With
hardly an instant's pause it was with lrawn
and again Iriven forward into Dir. Frlcks
back.
Mr.. Frick succeeded in grasping the hand
that held the knife, and throwing his whole
weight on it piuioned his arm to the hoor.
Leishmann held the other hand.
Th, man was helpless. Than it was that
the clerks recovered their self-possesslon
and ran to the aid Of their employers Dep
uty-Sheriff May was at their heal
He cot to the door of the private othce
inst in time to see the stabbing. de drew nls
revolver as he ran forward, ana was ABOUT
to shoot. Don't shoot Don't kill him.
pleaded Mr.. Frick.
Don't shoot. Don't shoot. The law Will
punish him."
One Of the clerks6eized the deputy sheriffs
revolver and held It. Two others got the
strangers pistol and the stiletto.
Within minute or two after the man
was conquered o less than 200 persons were
crowding into the room, and it was only
through the intercession of Mr.. FricS that
the anarchist escap.d lynchiug. He was
removed at once to the station house.
While being searched the prisoner had
held his head high and had talked as though