The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-08-04
SHOT AND STABBED.
A MAN TRIES TO KILL n. c. FRlCk
THE STEEL BARON


sins Mouth.
pITTSBUKG, Pa. July 23.-II. G.. Frick,
chairman of the Carnegie Company,
was shot and stabbed 3t 1:45 o'clock
this afternoon by Alexander Berkmau,
| aged Il, a Russian Jew, who says he
lives OH FOrty-second street, New York.
AT $50 o'clock Secretary Lovejoy gave
a statement to the Associated Press
| describing the wounds. Two shots en-
tered the neck about the base of the
skull on either side. One passed out
between his shonlder ami the others was
removed from the opposite side of the
neck. The third shot missed its aim.
There Is no evidence that the stab
! wounds are deep or that they will prove
dangerous. They are on the, right one
at the lower border Of the ribs, the other
just below the hip bone. There is no evil
dence that any Of these wounds Will
prove serious. Frick's condition at
present is perfectly satisfactory.
The young man who Operates the
elevator says that the would-be assassin
has been in and about the building Tor
three days. Six or eight times he has
taken the man up in the elevator.
Each time he asked to see Mr.. Bosworth
OF the Carnegie Company. The shoot.
ing was done with II Hopkins IL Allen
3S.calibre pistol. Four chambers of
1T are empty. When arrested the as
| sasSin said he was a Russian Jew and
that he had been in this country four
years. He came here from New York
only few days ago. lie worked. he
said, for Singer Sewing Machine Com
pany. While here he stopped at the
Merchants Hotel.
"What did YOU do this for?" asked
Inspector Mckelvey Of the prisoner.
81 guess you Know was the answer.
When Berkman was subject, Il to "a
second examination iy DIR. Myers, the
police surgeon, and Inspector Nick ei.
Vey, two dynamite cartridges were
found IN his mouth. The desperate e
man refused to ltt them he taken out
| without fierce struggle, during which
he had TO be chOked until he was black
i'll the face before he yaveup the eXplo-
Sivcs. When DR.. Myers Was eXamining
him he thought there was something
wrong with his month, and he asked
hlm To open it. This he refused to do
until forced, aud in SO doing the cart
ridges were found.
1t was evidently the mans intention
to explode them IN his mouth and kill
himself in the same manner as Ana--
3hSt Lingg, the Chicago m .rket riOter
who was condemned to death, hut who
committed suicide in prison. It is also
evident that the caps attached to Berk-
mans cartridge would not work, hence
the scheme failed. The man has been
weighed, measured, and has had his
photograph taken lle made no objec-
ton to the latter process, seeming, in
fact, to relish it.
After the dynamite caps were taken
from his mouth the prisoner was more
communicative, and stated that his
name was Alexander Herkman, and
that he was cigar maker in New y ork.
Said he: 81 came here with the express
purpose OF killing Frick."
"Why did you WANT to kill him ."
asked Inspector Mcke elvey.
"Why. he was an enemy of the peo-
pie"
The clerk at the Merchants Hotel
Identified him as the man who had reg.
| lstered as ''Simon Becktrmar, New
\ Ork."
The circumstances attending the
shooting are related as follows: n
few minutes before o'clock this after
noon dark complexioned young man,
with Jewish cast of cOuntenance, OF
medium height and fairly we'll dressed
entered the elevator in the building
which Is occupied by the Carnegie Steel
Company, Limited, and asked TO be let
Off al Frick's Office
The young man had been a freuuent
visitor during the past few days, and
David Fortney, the elevator boy,
thought nothing of his request, but
stopped at the second ll)0r and pointed
out the way to the chalrmal'S private
room. Two minutes later the Occu.
pants of the building and the passers-
Dy on Fifth Avenue were startled by
N niI
sion. Intuitiyely the victim was di-
vined, and "Frlck is shot" were the
words soon passing from mouth to
mouth on the street. 1t was true. \
man believed to be a crank had assault
Ell the great steel mTS,er, but the lat
:er, Notwithstanding TWO bullet wounds
and four ugly gaShr5 from a dagger,
still lives and will probably recover.
The Office of LcisLm Il business
partner of Frick, adio,nS that of the
chairman. LeiSimdh had come in, and
the two were holding Il private confer
ence, no one else Oelug III the room. a
few minutes befoIt o'clock Harry
lleckley, the Office boy noticed man
hastily push open the swinging gate in
the railing that runs between the pub.
lie portion and the enclosure where the
desk of the Stenographers and clerks
are located. There was no one near
the private Office door, and the boy
hurried up to ask the intruder what he
wanted, but he was too late, as the
stranger had already entered the pri-
vate apartment. AS he entered the Of.
lice, Frlck looked w, as did also Leish-
man, to see who twas.
Frlck was examining IL bundle OF
papers. The man sprang within about
live feet of Frick, ami quickly drawing
his revolver, pulled the trigger. The
first cartridge did not explode; the
second shot entered tne back of Frick'
neck, and glancing downward, passed
to the outside below the armpit. Frick
made an exclamation, and jumped to
the circular window ON Fifth avenue,
and tried in vain to open it. His as.
sallant passed nearly in front Of his
desk, and approaching close to Frick
fired again. The ball entered the
muscles on the left side of the neck and
passed around to lodgment under the
right ear, where it was later reached
by probe.
At this instant Leishman threw him
self on the wOuld-be assassin and
wrestled for the possession of the re.
VOlVer I,eiShman clutphed the harrpI