The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-26
A THIRD C0NSPIRAlOR
Tho Man, Harrigan, Took saftig
With Him to Buffalo
NE SAID A NAN WAS 20 Be KILLED THERE
Czolgosz Said Twas Mckinley Safig Went
With Him 10 the Exposition. Bpt Two
Men Say Safig Was in St. Louis
On that Day.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press.)
st. Louis. Mr., Sept. 24.-The Post-Dis-
patch today says Edward Saftig arrested
Monday afternoon, suspected of petit lar
ceny told Chief of Detectives Desmond
today that he was one of three men who
conspired to assassinate President Me-
Kinley at Buffalo on September 9Th and
that he, Saftig, tied around CzolgosRs
hand the handkerchief that concealed the
weapon with which he shot the Presi
dent.
Saftig was arrested Monday afternoon
on suspicion of having stolen articles
valued at 81 from a department store at
roadway and Morgan street. This morn
ing Saftig told Chief Desmond that he
would tell all he knew regarding the plot
to kill the President.
1T was on the Monday tefore the
President was killed that / first knew
that anything was to happen in anarch-
list circles said Saftig. ION that date
Frank Harrigan, an anarchist that I had
known in New York and other Eastern
cities. located me and made an appoint
mcnt for me to meet him at the Mich
cloh saloon in this city.
'Harrigan told me that he wanted me
to 60 to Buffalo with him. He said that
there was man to be killed, prominent
man. l asked him who it was. He told
me to wait ard l would see. / finally
consented to so with him. We left here
ON Tuesday and got into Buffalo Wednes-
day evening late. Harrigan gave me $50
and paid my way there and gave me a
return ticket to st. Louis.
When we got to Buffalo we went to
boarding house. l do not remember
tho name of the proprietor nor the
street where 1t was located The man
was arrested after the President was
shot.
When we got into the boarding house
we saw Czolgosz. / knew him, hay' slg
met him in Chicago several years before.
Czolgosz told me that he intended killing
the President. He said that he had gone
to Niagara Falls with that in view, but
failed He was to make another attempt
soor. Harr:gan was present at that
time. Harrigan told Czolgosz that he had
better postpone it until the President left
Buffalo.
He said that there were so many peo-
pic present that it was sure thing that
he would be caught. CZolgosZ said he
didn't care if he was caught. He said
he would shoot the President, Che called
him MackD. whore all people would
know why he was killed.
"Harrigan told him to go ahead If
money could save him he would be saved
NnSt dow EvI 7 ernf OBJ
O'Clock. Czolgosz told me this was the
day that the killing was to take place.
He asked me to tie handkerchief around
his hand. / did SO, and he placed a re-
volvcr in his hand under the handker-
chief. He asked me if | could see that
there was weapon in his hand. said
that ] could not
Then he told me that l was to go to
the Tcmrlc Of Music. / was to fix up my
hand the same as l had fixed his. If
tho guards allowed NE to get by lie
would have no trouble in getting by, but
IL they stopped me he would not try it.
That afternoon we went out as he sug-
gcstcd. tied the handkerchief about his
hand Mine was folded up the same way.
Harrigan was to meet us at the grounds
and he was to be Immediately back of
Czolgosz to prevent any interference.
AT the gate / weakened. / told Czol-
g0sz that would go back and get Harri-
gan to do what had been laid for me.
81 left Czolgcsz then and never saw
him any more.
AT the boarding house met Harrigen 4.
He told me that he had not been on the
grounds when the murder took place. He
gave me $50 and / was going home.
feared to take a train for st. Louis for
fear of being detained / tramped part
of the way and beat my way on trains.
1t took me four days to get back
A waiter named Petit, who is en-
ployed at 603 Market street where Saftig
boarded. told the Post Dispatch that
Saftig was in ST. Louis on the day that
President Mckinley was shot, and that
the two read the news of the tragedy in
front of the newspaper office. He said
that Saftig was seeker after notoriety.
Henry Schneider. proprietor of the res
taurant at 603 Market street. where Pet
tit was employed as a waiter, corrObor
ated the statement made by Petit that
Saftig was in st. Louis on September
9Th. The story of the confession is gem
orally discredited, the Impression pre-
vailing that Saftig's brain had been at
fected by fall from a railroad train !
In August, from which he suffered inter
nal injuries.