The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-12-26
A LITERARY CRANK.
lie Wrote Threatening Letters to
National Leaders.
SAYS HE WAS PAID FOR THE WORK.
ne Il. an Austrian by Birth, but Denies
Completely with Any Anarchistio sooi-
.ty--Didn't Want to Go wett Through
Fsar of the uDnnserous Coyotes"

hfo Is nm austrian ny Dirtht put De"''"
Completely with Any Anarchistio sooi-
.ty--DIdn't want to Go wett Through
Fear of the Dangerous Coyotes"
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-JoseHh Donjan,
Che man who has been writing threaten
fng letters to a number of prominent pub
lie men during tho last two weeks, is in
fall today. He walked into the detective
bureau of James A. McDevitt yesterday
afternoon asking for food. Tic detective
took him into a coffee house and had
something prepared for him to eat Mean,
time he questioned him and learned
enough to fix his identity.
DOMAIN is 2S years old, md has tho
dropping eyelidswlich usually accompany
a brooding and melancholy disposition.
The mans manner of relating his story
gives ample evidence that he does not he
lie his appearance in this respect. lie
talks nationally and with Il rather studied
effort to avoid any appearance of bitter
ness or the expression of any anarchistie
view.
A letter from this man to Senator Mills
a few days ago caused the sen lator's son,
Charles Mills, to secure leave from the
authorities to 60 armed for the protection
of his father. For several months past lie
has been writing similar letters TO mum
ber of prominent public mrn, among
whom were Vice President Stevenson,
Senator German, Senator Nh Is, senator
Sherman, and, as the man himself claims,
President Cleveland and Secretary OF War
Lamont As long ago as during the fight
over the silver question in he senate,
Vice President Stevenson received letters
almost daily from Donjan, WHO was then
in Newark, N. j, No attention was paid
TO them and they were consigned to the
waste basket as last as they arrived. The
vice president received one yesterday,
which was dated from 5Oi Tenth street,
city.
DOMAIN is an Austrian by birth, and
lays stress upon the assertion hat he is a
Catholic, and processes degree OF piety
His story is that he came to tins country
when he was Is years old, and had been q
Telegraph operator in the old country ht
manifested considerable pride in his ma
tionality, but denies with hApertty INC
public statement that he 's : folack.'
He gave up tcleSraphlng WI en he came
to this country because there was some
slight difference i'll the instrI ments and
In the alphabet. Under those circum
stances, he continued, If ad securec
n Job they would have sent me to some
remote office in the far west, where there
ARE coyotes and bears and other dangerous
creatures" " .
In this the prisoner showed fantastic
apprehension that was characteristic o.
the tone of his whole recital.
lie became bench moulier, came
here and claims to have worked for
Fine ati Salem, o., as well as p the wlr'
mills at Johnstuwn, at the lme of th
great flood there, but was in Pittsburl
on that particular occasion, Later Will
his father and mother and brother, h
went to Newark, \. j., and last May, hay
ing been long ont OF employment, wen
west to Washington and ldahb and pros
pected for gold there. lie tells rathc
fearful tale of the dangers be cncuun
tered from rough miners in thht country
and says that no man who was not Willing
TO spend his earnings in dttnkennes
and dehauclcry was permitted to sta
thcre
He went back to Newark and claims 4
have Eeen endoayoring to SECURE wor
there ever since. He says he lived with hi
'sAfather and mother, and brother, Mt II
Burnet street. This agrees with the nd
dress of the earlier letters recrired froT
him here. He claims that his father an
brother went 10 Florida TO tahN up land'
but that he did not think twas wort
while 10 CO. as he could get nothing to d
anywhere. With considerable empl. 4. 81
he denied that he Is an anarchist or sotil
list or ever attended any meetings {
those bodies, but contends THAT he wa
prevented from securing employment b.
cause he was not n member of the knight
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