The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1901-09-13

below the left nipple, four inches to
the left of the navel and about on a
level with it.
Upon arrival at the hospital the
second bullet was probed for. The
walls of the abdomen were oEened,
but the ball was not located. The
incision was hastily closed aud after
a consultation it was decided to re-
move the patient to the Milburn res
idence. Arriving there, the task of
probing for the bullet which had
lodged in the abdomen was begun
by DR.. Roswell Parke.
When it. was decided to remove
the President from the hospital to
the Milburn residence the news of
the attempted assassination was
broken to Mrs. Mckinley as gently
as possible. She bore the shock re-
markab i we'll aud displayed the ut
most friiitude.
Arriving at police headquarters,
the would be assassin gave his
name as Fred Nieman, and said his
home was in Detroit. He had been
bnar ling at John NoWa6 $ saloon,
N,J-ei078 Bqoadway. owak said
he knew very little about his guest
He came there, he. declared, last
Saturday, saying he had come to see
the Pm American exposition, and
that his home was in Toledo. He
admitted that he was an anarchist,
at least, but denied that the attempt
on the President S life was the re-
suit OF a preconcerted plot of any
anarchist society. After long and
persistent questioning be made a
partial confession, giving his real
name as Leon Czolgosz.
The manager of the Polish Ma
tional Publishing Company of Chi
cago, in attempting to give the pro-
nunciation of this name, says it is
very difficult to spell Theoretically in
English. The nearest to it is
'Schawgosh, " but this is not quite
correct. The name might be spelled
Theoretically as ''Tschawlgosch,
but the sound of the ST. is little
too harsh, and the sound OF the let
ter Il fades away also when pro-
nounced by native of Poland. But
we will call it "Dennis, and let it
go at that.
/. subsequently, Czolgosz made a
written confession, in which he says
he was born in Detroit twenty nine
years ago; his parents were Russian
Poles; they came here fonty-one
years ago. he was educated in the
public schools Of Detroit, and then
went to work in Cleveland. In
Cleveland he read books on social.
ism andsInet many socialists. After
ward he went To Chicago, but re-
turned to Newburg, near Cleveland,
and went to work in n wire mill
He had for his friends anarchists in
several Western cities. He became
very bitter; he had never had mach
luck aud this made him morose and
enyious, but what started the craze
to kin was lecture in Cleveland re-
GENTLY by Emma Goldman She ad-
vocated the doctrine that all rulers
should be eXterminate1, and when
lie left the lecGure7 flaiI lie nIu made
up his mind TO do something which
he is pleased to term ''heroic' for
the cause he loved Eight days ago
he learned that the President was
to visit the Buffalo exposition, and
on that day he went to Buffalo from
| Chicago, determined to do some
thing. He thought of shooting the
President, but had formed no plan.
John Nowak, Pole, sort of poll
tician, is proprietor of the place at
which he stopped. He went to the
exposition twice day, but not unit
Tuesday did the resolution to shoot
the President take hold of him. Il
was in his heart; he could not eS-
cape it had his life been at stake
There were thousands of people il
town Tuesday, Presidents Day; al
the people seemed to be bowling Il
the great ruler; he made nap hi!
mind to kill that ruler, and bough
a 80 caliber revolver and loaded it
Here he speaks of several opportu
mites to kill the President, but die
not avail himself of them for fear b.
might be checked by others, ant
thus his chance be gone forever
Friday morning he went again t
the exposition grounds. He at
tempted several times during tn
day to carry out his designs, bu
was prevented by the jostlinl
crowd. He finally decided TO hid
his pistol under his handkerchief
He was afraid that If he had to draw
it from his pocket it would be see
by the guard and seized before b
could shoot. He got to the Tempt
of Music the first one and waited a
the spot where the reception was t
be held. 'Then he came, says tn
assassin, ''the President-ther rule
and | got in line and tremble
until I got right up to him and the
/ shot him twice through my whit
handkerchief. I would have FIRE
more but I was stunned by bio
in the face-a frightful blow thu
/. knocked me down-and everybod
Jumped on me. thought | woul
. be Killed and was surprised th
, way they treated me-" When aske
his motive for the deed Czolgosz ri
/ piled: II am an anarchist. | am
/ disciple of Emma Goldman. Ht
words set me on fire.
This makes the third attempt
assassination of our Presidents, tV
I of which proved successful.
: The first was that of PresideI
Lincoln, who, while enjoying Il
! play at Ford s Theater in Washin
: ton, sitting in his private box, ontl
e night of April IA, 1865, was shot
John Wilkes Booth, and died Il
: next day. The bitterness enge
d dered by the war caused this ASA
J. sination. Booth was pursued, owe
r. taken and killed in the attempt
capture him He had taken refui
in a barn, and in order TO bring hi
/ out the barn was fired. He made
i desperate resistance.
The next to fall victim TO the 9
sassin 5 bullet was President Gf
! field. He was shot while purchi
ing a railroad ticket at the Penns.
vania depot, by Charles J Guitea
disappointed Office seeker. TT
occurred July 2, 1881. Guitean "
tried, convicted and hung. G.;
field s death was sincerely mourn
by the people Of the South partic
larly, who, in the few months viii
he had served in bis high office, b
recognized in him statesman bro
enough 10 goout beyond his sectle
and had laid down policy whis
4 had he been allowed to live a