The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1900-08-24
and that buildings on the land where
the enemy or his scouts are harbored
will be liable to be razed.
TO ASSASSINATE M'KINLEY.
Plot Discovered and FoiIed by the
Secret Service

a
tive to the news received from Wash.
lngton yesterday of the detention at the
barge once IN this city by secret service
agents of Notable Maresca and Nicb;I
Welda, supposed anarchists, who arrived
yesterday on the steamer Kaiser Will
helm Ill. These two men are understood
70 nave come to this country as con-
splrators, whose object, it il alleged was
IN 1Ie ASSASSINATION OF President Mckinley.
The Evening World says:
Fourteen Under Arrest.
Instead OF two, high government
official informed the Evening world
that there are II anarchists Under ar
rest at the detention prison of the
bureau of immigration. They are all
charged with being in conspiracy to
assassnate President Mckinley and
nave been taken singIy and in pairs
from incoming ocean liners within tho
last 10 days.
Details Of the Plot.
"United States secret service agapts
learned mat an anarchist circle in Naples
hau cast lots to determine who should
oe the assassin. Eleven Italians and
three Austrlans were selected. Closely
IolloWed, they sailed from different ports.
lhelr object was to strike individual
blows at the president at the same time.
That would make success sure.
AS last as the men arrived secret
service agents, disguised az immigrants.
went among them and they were ar.
rested. Maresca and Weida, caught
yesterday, were two of the IA. The con-
splracy was made one night early in
August.
Secret Service Was Warned.
"By working with the Italian police
the secret service agents got wind of a
great meeting OF the circle in Nanles.
The men selected for the work in this
country were quickly notified what tbey
ought to do and separated, going singly
or IN pairs to different ports in Europe.
Some went to France, others to Ger
many, while still others crossed the
channel to England. Step by step they
were followed to the gang plank Of
steamers. The IA are now det aimed by
the immigration authorities and are
either at the barge office, at the Battery.
or the detention quarters at quarantine.
one 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 secure them by Paterson
anarchists
wiling to Sacrifice Their Lives
80 lar as known, according to the
Evening World, the plan was for each
man to proceed to Washington on a
certain day. They were to surround the
president and await an opportunity to
strike. The blow was to be by pistol
and knife. One of the number, it was
certain, would be successful. The 1ues-
tlOn OF escape was not considered, the
men being willing to sacrifice their lives
Tor their principles. The two men who
did not meet their fellow anarchists were
Maresca and Weida. Chief WiIkie of the
secret service division of the treasury
department had his agents at the pier
when the steamer dOcked. Maresca
came as steward in the steerage and
Weida as coal passer. They could
have landed without going through the
formaity of the barge office.
Their Movements Watched.
When Maresca boarded the Kaiser
Wilhelm Ill. at Naples, August Z, a secret
service agent was close at his heels.
Maresca prOfessed to have no money
and made application to be taken as
COOK. Failing in that, he asked for a
stewardship. There was a vacancy in
the steerage cabin and he secured that.
lt was not known that he had a COM
paniOn. He and Weida did not come
aboard together. AS far as | know, no
one saw Weida come aboard and he was
not discovered until six hours after the
vessel sailed. When found he was
secreted 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
Gibraltar August 6 and then sailed for
New York. 1t is not known that either
OF the men saw the other during the II
days of the run.
Met on Their Arrival.
On Wednesday morning last the steam
er was boarded at quarantine by secreC
service men, who asked to see the steer
age and cabin lists and the ships roster.
First Officer Lans took the detective
forward where they could see the crew.
Purser Meyer remembered recording the
name OF Maresca at Naples and Maresca
was identified by Meyer when the former
was brought out for Identification.
Maresca prOfessed to be unable to under
stand English. After looking Maresca
over, W. 2. Hazen, in charge of the
secret service bureau Of this city, said:
81 think that is the man."
Maresca was sent below when the ship
was dOcked. When the liner tied up at
her pier Maresca was informed that he
was under detention. He was asked
where his baggage was and replied in
Italian, "Weida has it."
This was a new lead, and Weida was
aummonp6 from his work at thp furnacn
and questioned. He professed not to
understand English, but admitted that
he had trunks Oh board. The baggage
will be carefully searched today. So
quietly were both men taken from the
liner that none Of the crew or passengers
knew that an arrest had been made.
Will be Sent Back.
Chief Wikie is quoted as saying:
"The two men are not arrested. They
are simply detained at quarantine.
They will be deported when the Kaiser
Wilhelm goes back to Europe. 1t is true
that on August 1st this government
was advised from Naples that Maresca
had left Italy for the United States with
the purpose OF attacking the president.
1t was said that the man is most un-
desirable immigrant. Imay have a more
interesting story to tell later"
1t Helped Win Battles.
Twentv-njne officers and men wrote