Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-07-28
FIRED AT Prick.
Desperate Attempt On the Life of
Carnegie's Manager.
The Assassin Uses the Knife as Well As
the Pistol-Friclx's Partner Throws
Himself Upon the Asssilant
and He is Secured.

Himself Upon the Asssilant
/ and He is Secured.
| PITTSBURGH. Pa, July PA despcr-
| ate and almost successful attempt was
made Saturday afternoon to assassinate
Henry Clay Frick, chairman of the Car
| negie Steel Co.
| His assailaut was Alexander Berg
man, Russian Jew, who came here
from New York with the evident inten-
ton of removing the man who has been
the principal on the employers side of
| the great struggle now going on be-
tween capital and labor in this city.
| It was few minutes before o'clock
when dark complexioned young man,
| with q Jewish cast of countenance, of
medium height and fairly well dressed
| entered the elevator in the Chronicle
Telegraph building, which is also occu-
/ pied by the Carnege Steel Co., limited,
| and asked to be let off at Mr.. Tricks
office. The young man had been fire.
| quent visitor during the past few days
| and David Fortney, the elevator
| boy, thought nothing whatever
/ of the request, but stopped at
the second floor and pointed out the
way to the chairman's private Office.
| Two minutes later the occupants of the
| building and passers by on Fifth av-
enue were startled by three pistol shots
| fired in rapid succession. Intuitively
the victim was OWNED and ''FriclS is
shot, ''Erick is shot" were the words
soon passed from mouth to mouth on
| the street.
1t was true. a man believed to be a
crank had assaulted the great steel mas
ter, but the latter, Notwithstanding
two bullet wounds and four ugly gashes
from dagger, still lives and will prob
ably recover.
As was his custom Mr.. FricE took
lunch at the Duquesne club at noon
Saturday and returned to the Office at
| 1:30 in the afternoon. He went to the
fifth floor, where he remained but a few
| minutes He then came down the ele-
vator to his private room on the second
floor fronting on Fifth avenue, where
he seated himself at his desk. The
Office of Mr.. Leisrnan, a business partner
of Mr.. Prick, adjoins that of the chair
| man. Mr.. LeisInan came in and the two
were holding private conference no one
else being in the room. A few minutes
before o'clock Harry Heckley, the Of
fee boy, noticed a man hastily push
Opch Iic gaze III IiIS
that runs between the public portion
and the Enclosure where the desks of
the stenographers and clerks are To-
| Gated. There was no one near the pri-
vate 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 private apartment
As he entered the Office Mr.. Frick
looked up, as did also Mr.. Leisman, to
see who it was.
Mr.. Frick was examining bundle of
papers The man sprang within about
| five feet of Mr.. Frick, and quickly
drawing his revolver, pulled the trig-
ger. The first cartridge did not explode;
| the second shot entered the back OF Mr..
Tricks neck and glancing downward
passed to the outside below the arnpit.
Prick made an exclamation and jumped
to the circular window on Fifth avenue,
and tried in vain to open it. The as
sailant passed in front of the desk and
! approaching close to Mr.. Fricl1 fired
again The ball entered the muscles
on the left side of the neck and passed
| around to a Judgment under the right
ear, where it was later reached by the
probe
AT this instant Mr.. Leisman threw
himself on the assassin and wrestled
for possession of the revolver. Mr..
Leisman clut ched the barrel and point
ed the muzzle upward as the cartridge
exploded The ball entered the
plastering near the glass partition.
i With agility the desperate man
drew dagger and attempted to stab
Mr.. Leisman, who was holding the
sailant by the shoulder and body. Mr..
rr1e of he tool nd
although staggered by the shock of
two wounds and bleeding profusely
Jumped between the men and seized the
mans arm. The latter freed himself
from Leismau's grasp and plunged the
dagger into Mr.. Tricks right side
Just above the hip, making an ugly
wound three inches long. He made an
other lunge This time the knife en-
tered higher up but the point struck a
rib and glanced down without iniict-
ing much of an injury. Twice again
was the knife thrust at Mr.. Frick, but
he was merely scratched by these last
attempts to kill him.
The struggle was in full view of those
on the street. BY this time the office
! bows and Deputy Sheriff May, who
had just entered the Office as the
| first shot was fired, threw them
selves on the assassin May had
drawn his revolver and was about to
shoot the fellow in the back when Prick
| cried out, Don't kill him We've got
| him all right: leave him to the law. The
| man broke away and tried to escape,
| but was secured and taken TO the GEN.
trail police station.
The prisoner proved to be q Russian
| jew anarchist. a printer by occupation
| The bullets We're extracted from Mr..
Frick and at last accounts he was in a
| fair way to recover.
/ Clippings.
Eighty years ago boys in the United
States under years of age worked in
| factories, in some instances fourteen
hours a day; 80 cents q week was not
| uncommon rate of wages for women: 3