The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-09-10
PRESIDENT rICkINLEY WILL
RECOVER!
And Great Burden of Sorrow Has Been
Lifted From the Nation.

and prayer, and Joy was mingled with
tears of gladness. Messages of condo
lence burdened the wires with mess
ages of love and sympathy from friends
and distin guished officials, Governors,
Kings, Emperors and the Car, aud
every dispatch that followed, giving
hope of the Presidents recovery, lifted
burden from million of hearts.
/ Mrs. Mckinney was asleep at the
home of President Milburn, and was
not disturbed, no one wishing to break
in upon her rest, with the terrible
news. But when she finally appeared,
and the evening shadows were begin
ming to fall, she wondered why the
President delayed his return, the news
was gently broken to her by her ply
sician, DIR. Rixy. She bore up bravely
and maintained her forced composure
when admitted afterwards to see the
President, but could not repress the
pitiful plant, ''They elected him, what
did they shoot him for?" When admit
ted to his bedside, she clasped his hand
with both of hers, and kissed it fondly.
Faint greetings were exchanged, and
then the President said: 1--WE must
bear up, it will be better for both of
u.s."
No one was admitted to the Presi-
dents bedside but his surgeons, not
even the Vice President being permit
ted to see him, but when Roosevelt,
Sunday afternoon, called, and inquired
what news he might carry to his friends
and the people, the surgeons gave the
first definitely hopeful message:
'YoU MAY TELL THEM THAT PRESI-
DENT M'KINLEY WILL NOT DIE"
| The relief that has followed from the
ch ange of feeling of despair over the
Presidents reported death, to that Of
hope of his recovery, cannot be de.
scribed. With it came turn of public
attention upon the miserable assassin
who had attempted the foul deed
His name is Czolgosz. He is 6
young man, some 25 years of age, o
average size and weight, and is the
son OF Polish parents. He is an avowei
anarchist, and came from Chicago viz
Detroit, to assassinate the President
buying the pistol in Buffalo.
At Chicago, he attended the speeche
of Emma Goldman, the anarchist wo
man leader, who was once imprisone,
for her anarchistic utterances. He at
: tended meetings of anarchists at Chi
cago, and wanted to get on the insid
circle of those who have sworn to xii
rulers, who they may condemn, an,
asserted his readiness to take the worl
of assassinating any ruler they nigh
name.
When taken to jail, he at first di,
not give his own name, but did not de
ny the crime, and seemed proud of il
He denied that he was selected by an
j man or band of men to commit the act
3 and said that he had done it of his ow
will, and that he had conceived tn
foul crime in his own mind. But h
admitted that he had discussed tn
Il matter of committing the crime wit
e some friends. The detectives and pt
n lice officials, however, believe he wa
the chosen agent of some band of al
y archists, selected by them to comm
the deed. So strong is this impressio
q that band of five anarchists were a.
rested at Chicago, Sunday night, all
O whom are foreigners.
! When the assassin was brought OF
of his cell, Saturday, his eye was feal
70 fully swollen and blackened by the tel
e rible blow that had been given him b
n the black man, Parker.
IA All attempts to get the villain to in
plicate others, or to confess any sorro
for his awful crime failed, and he ws
IL fully guarded, while U. S. troops an
70 police picket the prison.