Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-09-14
IDENTITY OF The
ASSASSIN LEARNED
His Name Is Leon Czolgasz, and lie
Is an Anarchist Of Virulent
Type.
MAKES A LONG CONFESSION
Denies Having Any Confederntes-showi
No signs of neutrality-suspicious.
Arrested In Various
Cities.

would-be assassin Is Leon CZolgasz.
He was born In Detroit and came here
from Cleveland.
Leon Czolgosz, the accused n self
confessed assassin, has signed a con-
fession covering six pages of foolscap'
which state that he is an anarchist
and that he became an enthusiastic
member CT that body through the In
nuence of Emma Goldman, whose writ
ings he had read and whose lectures
he had listened to. He denies having
any confederates, and says he decided
on the act three days ago and bought
the revolver with which the act was
committed In Buffalo. He has seven
brothers and sisters in Cleveland. Some
of them are butchers and others In
different trades. He Is now detained
at police headquarters pending the re-
suit of the presidents injuries.
Czolgosz does not appear in the least
degree uneasy or penitent for his ac-
ton. He says he was induced by his
attention to Emma Goldman's lee
lures and writings to decide that the
present form Of government In this
country was all wrong, and ne thought
the best way to end 1t was by killing
the president He shows no sign OF In
sanity, but is very reticent about much
of his career. While acknowledging
himself an anarchist, he does not state
to what branch OF the organization he
belongs.
Arrests In Chicago.
Chicago, Sept. six men were
placed under arrest in this city last
night on the charge OF being impli-
Gated In the plot to assassinate Presi-
lent Mckinley. The men were all
found In one house at the corner of st.
Johns place and Carroll avenue on
the west side Of the city. The arrests
were made or information from the
police officials in Buffalo, who said that
the men were members Of a society to
which the assailant Of the president
belonged and many had knowledge or
the plot. The police have not yet CIV
en- out the names OF the men taken
into custody, but one Of them Is known
to be Abraham Isekk, president OF an
organization which bears the name of
the Free society. He was formerly ed
itor Of a paper OF anarchistic prin-
ciples which bore the name Of the Fire
brand. The information received by
tie local police from Buffalo is to the
effect that the plot TO Kill the presi-
dent was originated among the mem
bers Of the Free society, and that the
Buffalo prisoner was chosen by lot to
commit the crime.
Five Reds Arrested In Buffalo.
Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. Five alleged
anarchists were arrested here last
evening and are now locked up at po-
lice headquarters.
Washington, Sept. Tt is the opin-
ion Of the secret service officials In his
city that the shooting Of the president
is an outcropping In some. obscure way
Of the Haymarket riots, and that 1t Will
be found eventually that the would-be
assassin has some connection with the
group Of persons associated in the Chi
a anarchists riot. The secret SER
vice officials are Of this opinion because
Of the name Of the a and the fact
tina he Is probably from the same gen.
eral section of the country as some
Of the Haymarket participants. The
secret service bureau had the Paterson,
N. j., group of anarchists very thor
oughly under surveillance and are
confident that the assassin has no con-
nection with this group Three secret
service officers were In Buffalo about
the president at the time OF the shoot
ing, and another was on the way to
Cleveland. While the theory Of the Sc
cret service here is as Stated, at the
same time no facts concerning the
matter are at this tim known to the
secret service bureau, so 1t Is con-
coded TO be but a surmise at present
that they belong TO the Haymarket
a n
Are Not Sorry.
New York, Sept. 7.-As a whole the
anarchist group of Patterson. n. j.,
express no regret at the shooting or
President Mckinley. On the contrary.
there was a great gathering OF thc
members last night at Bartholdi hall In
hat city, and the man who shot the
president, was toasted time and time
again.
All the talkative members of the group
say he IS unknown to them. One OF
them said:
I'VE do not know him, but he is one
of us. He did what 1t was his duty
to do, and we honor him, while per-
sonally thinking his effort might better
have been employed across the ocean
upon some crowned head"
They all deny there IS any trutl IL
the report hi at any time President
Mckinley was included In the plots to
ASA ssinate the heads of nations. They
claim that President McKfnley's lie
was never declared forfeited by them.
and that the work of today is that or
another branc OF their organization.
An Actors story.
Wichita, Kan, Sept. Fritz HUT
man, a reporter for the Eagle OF this
city, while singing with the Andrews
Opera company last March,. says he
was confidently told by Antonio Mag
gio, a cornet player with the same
company, that President Mckinley
would be assassinated before October,
and intimated that orders to that effect
had been received from an anarchist
society in Rome, Italy.
Mr.. Huffman Is a son OF the late Col.
Huffman, internal revenue collector In
this city under President Cleveland.
He said:
"In FEBRUARY or March Antonio
Maggie, a -cornet player, told me that
he belonged to an anarchist society
with Headquarters In Rome, Italy. He
!, told me that President Mckinley and
: Emperor William were to be as
s~asinated and that men had already
been selected to Kill them. The time
is not fixed yet for the assassination
of Emperor William he said, but
/, President Mckinley will be killed be-
fore October L.
"'Why?' / asked.
because he sent soldiers into the
, Philippines as King Humbert sent sol
! diers to kill the natives Of Africa. All
I; who seek to Cypress must die
: II thought he was merely romancing
! but, now l believe that he was not"
: Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. Five anar-
chists were arrested here last night on
information from Buffalo. One OF the
q Ave is Abraham Isekk.
:. There were five men and three women
a In the place where the arrests were
: made. The women, Isekk's wife and
q daughter and a woman visitor, were
. subsequently, arrested. The windows of
! the building were decorated with ntho"
graphs OF leading anarchists and nu-
= merous publications denouncing the
present form OF government ana the
judges who had issued inJunctions
against strikers were found.
The five anarchists placed under ar
rest were released after examination.
Pittsburg, Kan, Sept. 7.-When the
: italian anarchists at Chicago, near
here, heard OF the attempted assassina :
Il IlOn Of PronIdnnA AInKinIaU they hold