The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-21
TO ~ASSASSINATE
THE PRESIDENT
Fourteen Men Under Arrest
at New York.
THEY ARE ANARCHISTS
And Came Here From Europe &c
Strike at Mckinley.
THE PLOT WAS FORMED IN NAPLES
Such is the Story Tod by a High Government
Official TO the Evening World, but
Secret Service Men Deny
the So
(By the Associated prcss.)

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 Nichil Media,
supposed anarchists. who arrived yes
terday on the Kaiser Wilhelm ii. These
two men are understood to have come
to this country as coEspirators. 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 II anarchists under ar
rest at the detention prison OF the bureau
of immigration. They arc 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 that an anarchist circle in Ma
pies had cast lots to determine VINO Should
be the assassin. Eleven Italians and
three Austrians were selected. Closely
followed. they sailed for different ports.
Their object was to strike individual
io"c az ~ i W II tIt olAI4C llIIIt
That would make success sure.
LAS 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 on a night
early in August. By WORKING with tic
Italian force the secret service agents
got wind of a great meeting of the circle
in Naples. The men selected for the
work of assassination in this country
were quickly notified what they were tt
do, separated, going singly or in pair
to different ports in Europe. Some wen
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 b.
the emigration authorities and are cithe
at the barge Office at the Battery or tn,
detention quarters at quarantine.
Zone report. is to the effect that som.
are in Ludlow jail. having been takel
there from Ellis Island in order t
thwart any attempt to rescue them b,
Paterson anarchists.
Local secret service agents tonigh
said that advices had been received from
the Italian Government to the effect tina
Notate Marcsca and Michil Guida, twt
Of the fourteen Italians detained at tn
barge office are wanted by the Maple
authorities in Italy. 1t is understood,
here that they are charged with com
plicity in the recent plot 10 assassinat
the late King Humbert. All of the Am
erican secret service men unite in deny
ing that any of the Il Italians detaine,
today are accused of plotting against tn
life of President Mckinley. 1t is under
stood that u of the men detained vii
be sent back to Europe at once on tn
ground that they are undesirable en-
grants, but no specific charges whic
will warrant their arrest have been made
On the contrary, however, the two mcr
Maresca and Guida, will be placed undc
arrest and held until the arrival of tn
Naples authorities when arrangement
will be made for their eXtradition."