The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-19
THEY ARE ANARCHISTS
And Came Here From Europe to
Strike at Mckinley.
THE PLOT WAS FORMED IN NAPLES
Such is the Story Tod by High Government
Official to the Evening World, but
Secret Service Men Deny
the SIo,y,
the Story.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, Aug. 1S.-The Evening
World today prints the following relative
to the news received from Washington
yesterday of the detention at the barge
Office in this city by secret service agents
of Notable Maresca ami Michil Weida,
supposed anarchists, who arrived yes
terday on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. These
two men are understood to have come
to this country as conspirators, whose
object, it is alleged, was the assassina-
ton of President Mckinley The World
says:
Instead of two a high Government
official informed the Evening World today
that there are IA anarchists under ar
rest at the detention prison Of the bureau
Of immigration They are all charged
with being in a conspiracy to assassin
ate President Mckinley and have been
taken singly and in pairs from incoming
ocean liners within the last ten days
United States secret service agents
learned athat an anarchist circle in Ma
pies 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 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 them and they were arrest
ed. Maresca and Weida, caught yester-
day, were two of fourteen.
THE conspiracy was made Oh a night
early in August. BY working with the
Itp1fa
got wind of great meeting of the circle
in Naples. The men selected for the
work Of assassination in this country
were quickly notified what they were to
do. separated, going singly or in pairs
to different ports in Europe. Some went
to France, others to Germany, while
still others crossed the channel to Eng
land. 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
detention quarters at quarantine.
lone report is to the effect that some
are in Ludlow jail, having been taken
there from Ellis Island in order to
thwart any attempt to rescue them by
Paterson anarchists.
said that advices had been received from
the Italian Government to the effect that
Notable Maresca and Michil Guida, two
of the fourteen Italians detained at the
barge office are wanted by the Naples
authorities in Italy. 1t is understood
here that they are charged with COM
plicity in the recent plot to assassinate
the late King Humbert. All of the Am
erican secret service men unite in deny
ing that any of the IA Italians detained
today are accused of plotting against the
life of President Mckinley. 1t is under
stood that II of the men detained will
be sent back to Europe at once on the
ground that they are undesirable en-,
grants but no specific charges which
will warrant their arrest have been made.
On the contrary, however, the two men.
Maresca and Guida will be placed under
arrest and held until the arrival of the
Naples authorities when arrangements
will be made for their extradition'