The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-21
WAITING FOR EVIDENCE
Moresca and Guido Detained With
Other Suspects.
New York Officers in the Dark ms to
the Course to BE Pursued by
Washington Authoritles-Mr. By
iuEton Advises Giving Warming of
the Alleged Plot to XIII Mckinley.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2e.-Natali Moresca
were arrested by Secret Service agents
on their arrival here last week, on in
formation from Italy that they might be
concerned in plot to kill President Nc
Kinley, are still held on Ellis Island, with
fourteen other detained immigrants.
The last Instructors Commissioners
Fitchie received last Friday from Wash
iAgton ordered Mr.. Fitchie to hold the
two men until important evidence could
be collected and forwarded here. When
this evidence arrives, If any has been OBJ
tanned, the board OF enquiry will meet and
the evidence will be presented by the Sc
cIet Service agents. If it amounts to much
the two men have right to get counsel
and fight the case.
Commissioner Fitchie and those con-
cerneG in the arrest Of the two men
here, with the possible exception OF
Chief Hazen, of the Secret Service Bu-
reau. do not know whether or not the De-
partments in Washington have been able
to gather any important evidence. That
they have not received any further In
structions from Washington, they believe
is due to the fact that evidence OF the two
suspects has had to be gathered abroad.
At the time of the mems arrest the
Washington authorities received cable
despatch frcm Consul Byington at Naples.
This eablegram arrived in Washington
about August and contained the words
of letter which was sent to Mr.. Byington
warning him of Moresca's threat to kill
the President.
tfhia lac % day
ceived the same letter by mail from Mr.
ByinEton. In the letter in which 1t was
enclosed Mr.. Byington gave some further
particulars The facts as giver by Mr..
Fitchie today are these: About August 3
Mr.. Byington received by mail an anony-
NOUS leter which bore no date. In this
letter, a copy of which Mr.. Fitchie has
now in his possession, bur which he re-
fused to give out today the writer said
he had overheard Moresca declare :hat he
was about to start for this country to Bill
Mckinley.
The writer said that Moresea was half
drunk when he made this threat, but that
he seemed to be in earnest. He was also
heard to say that he had not made up his
mind when or from where he would sail,
but that he was about to sail soon the
writer had no doubt In his letter to Mr..
Fitchie Mr.. Byington said that he had no.
titled at once the Italian police, who i'm
mediately took up the case with the great
est eagerness and told Mr. Byington that
they hoped they could catch Moresca be-
fore he sailed.
The manifests OF all ships sailing from
Italy were searched. but Moresca's name
did not appear. nor was he located in
Italy. Upon receiving the letter Mr.. By
ington had also cabled it TO the State De-
partment, which in turn had it cab.ed t.
every consul residing at ports from which
Moresca might sail. The Secret Service
Bureau. in turn, decided to watch ships
which sailed from Europe about August 8,
and the first one they came across was the
Kaiser Wilhelm II, which sailed from
Naples.
In the mean time the police of Wash
ington. supposedly through leak in the
State Department heard OF the letter, and
decided to watch ships on their own hook.
The New York police were advised of the
case by the police of Paris. whose chief
cabled that Anarchists were TO sail from
Havre, Naples or Rotterdam. So last Fri
day the Wash ingtGn police and the New
York police we're Waiting for the Kaiser
Wilhelm at her pier. while. unknown to
them. Chief Hazen was on his way to
meet the vessel at Quarantine.