The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1901-09-13

He Accepted Her as the Leader of
Anarchy and Placed Her Teachings
Above All others-Father Says His
Son Ought to HING For His Deed.
Talk with His Stepmother.
The home Of Leon Czolgosz, the as
sassin who shot President Mckinley,
in Cleveland and it's environments were
of just the right sort to encourage in
his rather weak nature the ideas which
led to the dreadful elimination in Buff
falo.
The home Is a humble one at 3O6
Fleet street, in the center of the poor
est section of the Polish colony, and in
almost every house in the immediate
neighborhood the red flag of anarchy
is the only flag that is respected.
Standing within a stones throw Of
the Czolgosz home is White Eagle hall,
the headquarters Of the most violent
group of anarchists in the United
States and where murder for several
years has been secretly and openly ad-
vocated as the only remedy for social
conditions which prevent true liberty
as such liberty is defined by the an
archist.
| The streets, houses, saloons and little
| halls near by reek with the blacklist
sentiments and darkest deeds, and no
one in the anarchistic group was filed
with more bitter hatred of existing
things, rulers and governments and no
one has uttered more violent senti-
ments against capitalists and the rulers
of nations among these vicious vipers
than Leon CzolgosZ, the assassin, says
the New York Journal. Two years ago
Paul Czolgosz, the father of Leon Czol-
gosz, was the proprietor of the White
Eagle hall He had run the place for
several years.
The hall is now dirty and bare, and
the place is not kept as it was when
Leon Czolgosz acted as janitor and
looked after the place that he cared
for more than anything else on earth.
1t is related that Leon slept very Of
ten in the hall where the tales of blood,
venom and hatred of the human race
ran from black lips and still blacker
hearts, so that he might be near to the
spring of vicious sentiments.
In this place Leon Czolgosz listened
to the pleas In favor of assassination
from Emma Goldman, and from the
day that she first appeared in White
Eagle hall Leon CzolgOsz accepted her
as the leader of anarchy and placed her
teachings above all others. About two
years ago Paul Czolgosz gave up the
saloon and went to live upon a small
farm near Cleveland with several
members Of his family.
Leon did not take to work on the
farm any more than he did to work in
the city. He sought solitude and SEEM
ed to be always ill at ease when in the
presence of others and particularly
when strangers were around. He spent
most of his time alone in the heavy
woodland studying the pamphlets and
literature circulated by Emma Gold
man and other anarchists. He was
naturally a coward and afraid of his
shadow.
He would not fight or defend him
self, and the only time that he would
show any sign of the real temper which
led him to Buffalo on his horrible mis-
sion was when his pet ideas of social
relations were attacked. During his
stay in the country, as he studied the
doctrines of anarchy in solitude he be-
came more morose and wore upon his
face the expression of an animal at
bay.
Paul Czolgosz has a large family of
children. He is living with his second
wife. Paul Czolgosz, the father of the
assassin, seemed to be deeply impress
ed by the enormity of the crime. He
said: 81 cannot believe that my son
Leon did this terrible act, although it
must be true. There cannot be any ex-
cuse for such a crime, and. although he
is my son, he ought to be hanged.
81 do not believe that he did this
thing of his own accord. He could not
originate such crime. He must have
been influenced by others and have
been sent to do this deed. He was a
good boy. He could be easily led. He
was tool of some one having a stron-
ger mind. l do not know of the ex-
istence of any plot among anarchists
in which my son was involved. l know
my sons disposition well. He is not
strong and would not think of killing
any one unless it was suggested and
forced upon him in some way that he
could not resist"
Mrs Czolgosz talked freely, and APP
parently there was no effort on her
part to conceal anything in the history
of her stepson and family.
at must have been two months ago
that Leon left home, and the last that
we heard from him was that he was in
Indiana This was about two weeks
ago, and he wrote that he was going
far away. He did not say where he
was going. He did say that we would
probably never hear from him again.
This was strange, of course, but Leon
had the right to go where he liked. l
cannot believe that he is the man who
shot the president"
When assured that there was no
doubt that it was her stepson who had
dlIeInpteu 10 hlli lne pIeSAucut anu tidt
he had become an anarchist through
the lectures and teachings of Emma
Goldman and other leaders, she appear
ed to be greatly surprised.
Il do not believe" said Mrs. Czol-
gosz, that Leon was smart enough to
be interested in these things. He never
read any books on anarchy at home,
o,I 7 do not boffava fl,ot no co11fd nm
derstand them. No one ever thought