Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-08-23
FOURTEEN ANARCHISTS
PLACED UNDER ARREST
TheyCameto the United States
to KIN the President.
ALL TAKEN FROM OCEAN LINERS
Which Arrived Within the Last
Ten Days. w

fhe Secret Service. Agents Have Learned
That an Anarchist Circle In Naples Cast
Lots to Determine WHO Should be the
E Assassin, and That Eleven ItaIians and
Three Apstr,ans We're selected. w.
New York; Aug. IS. The Evening
;,3Norld today prints the following rela-
We to the received from Wash
ls (hgton yesterday OF thedetontion Mt Che
Barge Office, in this city, by Secrot
Service agents, of Nntate Maresca and
Michil Weida, supposed anarchists,
who arrived yesterday on the Kaiser
y Wilhelm ii. These two men are under
stood TO have come to this country as
conspirators, whose, object, it is alleged,
was this assassination Of President Mo-
Kinley. The Evening World sayss
Instead of two, ahigh government
official informed the Evening World
Z today that there are IA anarchists Under
arrest at the detention prison OF the
Bureau of Immigration. They are all
charged with being In conspiracy to
assassinste President Mckinley, and
have been taken singly and in pairs
from incoming ocean liners within the
last 10 days. -, r
United States Secret Service agents
learn that an anarchist circle in Naples
had cast lots to determine who should
be the assassin. Eleven Italians and
three Austrians were selected. Closely
followed, they sailed for different ports.
Their objeet was to! strike individual
blows at the President at the same
time. That would make success sure.
As fast us the men arrived, Secret Ser
vice agents, disguised as emigrants,
went among them. aud they. were Al !
rested. Maresca and Waida, caught
yesterday, were the two of H. }g
The conspiracy was made ON a night
early in August. BY working with the
Italian police, the Secret Service agents
got wind of great meeting of the
circle in Naples. The men selected for
the work In this country were quickly
notified what they were to do, separated,
going singly or ia pairs to different
Forts in Europe. Some went to France,
Others to Germany, while still others
crossed the English Channel to Eng
land. Step by steI, they were followed
to the gang plank Of steamers.
1.-The IA are now detained ny the
emigration authorities, and are either
ut the Barge Office, at the Battery, or
the detention quarters, at Quarantine.
lone report Is to the effect that some
are in Ludlow Street Jail, having been
taken there from Ellis Island, in order
to thwart any attempt to rescue them
by Paterson anarchists.
30 far as known, according to the
Evening World, the plan was for each
man tc proceed to Washington alone on
a certain day. They were to surround
the President, and wait an opportunity
to strike. The blow was to be- BY a
pistol or knife. One of the numEer, it
was certain, would be successful. The
question of escape was not considered,
the men being willing to sacrifice their
lives for their principles The two
men who did not meet their fellow
anarchists were MaIesca and Weida,
Chief Wilkie of the Secret Service
division of the Treasury Department
had his agents at the pier when the
steamer was dooked. The two men did
not come in the steerage as did the
others. Maresca came as a steward in
the storage. and ,Weida as coal
passeI. They could have landed with.
out going through the Formally of the
Barge Office. -@f
When Maresca boarded the Kaiser
Wilhelm Ii at Naples, August 3D., a
Secret Service agent was close on his
heels. MHresca professed to have no
money when he boarded the steamer.
and made application to be taken as
cook, Failing in that, he asked for a
stewardship. There was u vacancy in
the storage cabin. and be secured that.
1t was, not known that he had n com
pauion. He and Weida did not 40
aboard together. As far as is known,
no one saw Weida go aboard. and he
was NOT discovered until six hours after
the vessel sailed. When found, he was
seereted as a stowaway. He was put to
work in the hold with the coal passers,
and kept busy until the boat reached
Quarantine.
The Kaiser Wilhelm touched Glib
raltar August 9Th. and then sailed for
New York. ,.at.F ~
Tits not known that either of the
men saw the other during the II DAYS
of the run. On "Wednesday morning
last, the steamer sighted the Sandy
Hook light, came up to Quarantine and
was there boarded by Secret Service
men, who asked to see the storage and
cabin lists and the ships roster. First
officer lianz took the detectives forward,
where they could isee the crew. saPurHer
Meyer remembered recording the name
OF Maresoa at Naples, and Maresca was
identified by Meyer when the former
was brought out for identification.
Maresca pIofessed to be unable to
understand English After looking
Maresca over, w. p. Hazen, in charge
of the Secret Service Bureau of this
city, said II think that is the man. \,
Muresca was sent below when the shin
was dooked. When the liner tied up at
her pier, Maresca was informed that he
was under detention. He was asked
whore his baggage was, and replied in
italian "Weida has it, This was q
new lead, and Weida was summoned
from his work at the furnace, and
questioned. He protested not to under
stand English, hut admitted that he
had trunks on board. The baggage will
be carefully searched today. SO quietly
were 10th mon taken from the liner
that none of the crew or passengers
knew that an arrest had been made.
j Chief Hazen admitted today that the
two men We're supposed TO be anarchists,
and confirmed the story of the plot
Matched in Naples in August to kill
President Mckinley. Further than
this, Chief Hazen declined to talk, on
the ground that he was III oommunica.
tim with Chief Wilkie, in Washington,
who had asked that all news concerning
the sus poets come from him (Wilkiel.
Chief Wilisie is quoted as saying: "The
two men are not arrested. They are
simply detained at Quarantine. They
will be deported when the Kaiser Will
holm goes back to Europe. 1t is true
that. on August LIST, this government
was advised from Naples that Maresca
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