Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-11
BOASTS OF HIS CRIME.
Leon Czolgosz, the German-P Pole
Who Shot the President, Is a
Zealous Anarchist.
He HAD MADE DELIBERATE PLANS.

He Arrived in Buffalo Three Days Before
the Attempt on the Presidents Life and
Went into the Temple of Music with
Murder in His Heart-Omcers Believe
He Had Accomplice.
Buffalo, n. Y, Sept. s.-Althoueh
Leon Czolgosz refused to incriminate
anyone else in the plot to kill Presi-
dent Mckinley, the police are of the
opinion that one other. man was
party to it. The man is one who
walked directly in front of Czolgosz
and shielded him from the sight of
have a good description of him and
his arrest may occur at any moment.
There is no doubt, according to the
police, that this man was an accom-
plice of Czolgosz. Czolgosz does not
appear to be insane. Detective Geary,
who stood a few feet from lzolgosz
when he fired the shots and who
caught President Mckinley when he
fell, was asked whether in his opinion
Czolgosz was insane. HE may be-
said the detective, but from all I
saw of him, he is just an ana 'chist.'' -
CZolgosz is not above the average
height. His face is that of a typical
German. He arose at an early hour
Saturday morning and ate a hearty
breakfast He appears to be very ner-
vous and starts suddenly when any
very elusive in answering questions,
however. The police worked with
him until late hour last night and
they admitted that very little progress
had been made in bringing out facts
from him regarding his past history.
To reporter District Attorney Pen
ny gave the substance of Czolgosz' s
confession as follows: This man has
admitted shooting the president He
says he intended to kill; that he had
been planning to do it for the last
three days, since he came here. He
went into the Temple of Music with
murder in his heart, intending to
shoot to kill. He fixed up his hand by
tying a handkerchief around it and
waited his turn to get near the pres
ident. When he got diectly in front
of the president he fired. He says he
had no confederate; that he was en-
tirely alone in the planning and exc
cution of this diabolical act. He saws
he is believer in the theories pro-
pounded by Emma Goldman. whom he
had heard lecture several times. He
also intimates that he does not be-
lieve in our form of government and
therefore that he deemed it his duty
to get rid of the president"
This in substance is the confession
of Leon Czolgosz, who is German
Pole and says his home is in the vi
cinity of Cleveland, o. He is % years
old, unmarried and has seven brothers
and two sisters living there. He
worked for a time in the wire works
at Newark, o. He exhibits no sign of
remorse and aside from nervousness.
acts as if he has done what he con-
sidered pra;seworthy instead of a
dastardly act.
In an interview Secret Service De-
tective Ireland, who, with Officers Fos-
ter and Gallagher, were near the pres
ident when the shots were fired, said !:
1T has been my custom to stand
back of the president and just to
his left, so that 1 could see the right
hand of every person approaching.
but yesterday 1 was requested to
stand opposite the president so that
Mr.. Milburn could stand to the left
and introduce the people who APP
preached. In that way i was unable
to get good look at every ones right
hand. A few moments before Czolgosz
approached, man came along with
three fingers of his right hand tied
up in bandage and had shaken
hands with his left. When Czolgosz
came up / noticed he was a boyish-
looking fellow with an innocent face.
perfectly calm and / also noticed that
his right hand was wrapped in what
appeared to be bandage. l watched
him closely but was interrupted by the
man in front of him who held on to
the presidents hand an unusually
long time. This man appeared to be
an Italian and wore short, heavy
black mustache. He was persistent
and it was necessary for me to push
him along so that the others could
reach the president. Just as he re-
leased the presidents hand and as
the president was reaching for the
hand of the assassin there were two
quick shots. Startled for a moment
/ looked and saw the president draw
his right hand up under his coat.
straighten up and pressing his lips to-
gether, give Czolgosz the most scorn-
full and contemptuous look possible
to imagine. At the same time I
reached for the young man and
caught his left arm. The big negro
standing just back of him and who
would have been next to take the
presidents hand, struck the young
man in the neck with one hand and
with the other reached for the re-
yolver, which had been discharged
through the handkerchief and the
shots from which had set fire to the
linen. Immediately dozen men fell
on the assassin and bore him to the
floor. While on the floor Czolgosz
again tried to fire the revolver but
before he could point it at the pres
ident it was knocked from his hand
by the negro. 1t few across the floor
and one of the artiIlerymen picked it
up and put it in his pocket. On the
way down to the station Czolgosz
would not say a word but seemed
greatly agitated-" !"
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