The age-herald., 1900-08-19
ANARCHISTS PLAN
 TO KILL M'KINLEY Conspiracy Was Made Some
 lime Early in August. MEN CAME FROM EUROPE
Lots Were Drawn to See Who Should Assassinate the President-Eleven Italians and Three Aus
 trians Selected

New York. Aug. 1S.-The Evening World
 today prints the following relative to the
 news received in Washington yesterday of
 the detention at the barge office In this
 city by secret service agents of Notable Ma
 resca and Michael Weida, supposed anar-
 chists, who arrived yesterday on the Kais-
 CT Wilhelm II. These two men are under
 stood to have come to this country as con-
 spirators, whom 1t is alleged were to as-
 sassinate President Mckinley.
 The Evening World says instead of two,
 high government official informed the
 Evening World that there are fourteen
 anarchists under arrest at the detention
 prison of the bureau of immigration. They
 are all charged with being in a conspiracy
 to assassinate President Mckinley, and
 have been taken singly and in pairs from
 incoming ocean liners within the last ten
 days.
 United States Secret Service agents
 learn that anarchist circles in Naples had cast lots to see who would be the assas- sin" says the World story. Eleven Ital- ians and three Austrans were selected. Closely followed, they sailed for different ports. Their object was to strike individ ual blows at the President at the same time. That would make success sure. As fast as the men arrived Secret Ser vice agents disguised as emigrants went among them, and they were arrested. Ma resca and Weda, caught yesterday, were two of the fourteen.
 Conspiracy Discovered "rhe conspiracy was made on a night early in August. By working with the Italian police the Secret Service agents got wind of a great meeting of the circles in Naples. The men selected for the work in this country were quickly notified what they were to do, and separated, going sing ly or in pairs to different ports In Europe. Some went to France, others to Germany, while still others crossed the channel to England. Step by step they were followed to the gang plank of steamers. "The fourteen are now detained by the emigration authorities and are either at the barge office at the battery or the de- tention quarters at quarantine.
 "One report is to the effect that some are in Ludlow street all, having been taken there from Ellis Island in order to thwart any attempt to rescue them by Paterson anarchists
 50 far as known" according to the Evening World, "the plan was for each man to proceed to Washington at once on certain day They were to surround the President and await an opportunity to strike The blow was to be by pistol and knife. One of the number, it was certain, would be successful.
 "The question of escape was not con- sidered, the men being willing to sacrifice
 their lives for their principles. The two
 men who did not meet their fellow anar-
 chists were Maresca and Weida. Chief
 Wilkie of the secret service division of the treasury department had his agents at the pier when the steamer docked. The two men did not come In the steerage, did the others. Mdresca came as a steward in the steerage and Weda as coal passenger. They could have landed without going through the formality of the barge office.