The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-21
TO ASSASSINATE M'KINLEY
A Sensational story Out in New York.
Denied by Secret Service Men

New York. August 1s.-The Evening
World today prints the following rela-
tive TO the news received from Wash
the barge office in this city by secret
service agents OF Notable Maresca and
Michil Guida, supposed anarchists. who
arrived yesterday on the Kaiser Will
hem II. These two men are understood
TO have come TO this county as conspir-
the assassination OF President McKin-
ley. The World says:
Instead of two, a high government
official informed The Evening World
today that there are fourteen anarch-
lists under arrest at the detention pris-
on of the bureau Of immigration. They
are all charged with being in a con-
spiracy 10 assassinate President Nc
Ginley and have been taken singly
and in pairs from incoming ocean lin
ers within uhe last tep days.
United States service agents learned
t-that an anarchist circle in Noples had
cast lots ID determine who should be
the assassin. Eleven Italians and three
Austrians were selected. Closely fol-
| lowed, they sailed for different ports.
Their object was TO strike individual
blows at the president at the same
time That would make success sure.
"As fast as the men arrived secret
| service agents, disguised as emigrants.
went among the men as they were ar
rested. MareSca and Guida, caught
| yesterday were two of fourteen.
THE conspiracy was made on a
night early in August by working with
| the Italian force. The secret service
agents got wind of a great meeting
| of the circle in Naples. The men Sc
lected for the work OF assassination
| in this country were quickly notified
| what they were 10 do, Separat ted, going
| singly or in pairs to different ports in
| Europe. Some went 10 France, others
| to Germany, while still othrs crossed
the Channel TO England. Step by steI
! 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 ol
the detention quarters at quarantine.
"One report is to the effect that some
are in Ludlow Jail, having been taker
| there from Ellis island in order tC
| thwart any attempt to rescue them 10y
Paterson anarchists.
| Local secret service agents tonigh
said that advices had been received
from the italian government to tn,
.Guida, two of the fourteen Italians de.
| tained at the barge office, are wanted
by the Naples authorities in Italy. L
| is understood that they are charged
with completely in the recent plot L
assassinate the late King Humbert
All of the American secret servic
unite in denying that any of the four
teen Italians detained today are &C
cused OF plotting against the life o
| President Mckinley.
"It is understood that twelve Of tn
men will be sent back to Europe at one
on the ground that they are undesira
BILE emigrants, but no specific charge
which will warrant their arrest hav
been made. On the contrary, however
the two men, Maresca and Guida, viii
be placed under arrest and held unit
the arrival of the Naples authorities
when arrangements will be made 70
their eXtradition."
DENIAL OF THE STORY.
Washington, August 1S.-Chief viii
.kie, of the secret service, in speaking
today of the report that instead of tw
there had been fourteen arriving an
archists detained in New York charge,
with a conspiracy to aSSasSinate Pres
ident Mckinley said:
THE whole story is purely an inven
ton. No arrests have been made, am
only Maresca and Guida are detaine'
by the immigration authorities for de
iporta ton. I have absolutely n
knowledge or information of any sucl
plot as that described. No agents o
the government have been abroad. n
other detentions have been made o
requested
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