The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-09-11
CONFESSION
Of CZOLGOSZ

Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. ll.--Leon f.
Czolgosz has confessed to the polic'
that his attempt upon the life Of the
President was the result Of cons pi
racy In which many beside himsel
had q part. So far as can be Learned
Czolgosz has refused to mention any
name except that of Emma Goldman
but pa pers are IN existence which /
they can be discovered, will lay bart
the entire conspiracy and will result
in wholesale arrests, followed BY
prosecutions.
Acting under instructions from
Secretary Root, the police still refuse
the details of the confession made BY
Czolgosz, but In Superintendent
Bulls office last night it was sale
that If the would be assassin's con.
fession was published in full wave
of indignation against anarchism of
the organized sort would sweep over
the country which would inevitably
result in serious disorders.
While Czolgosz retains his show Of
bravado, he announces his determi.
nation Of entering plea Of guilty
when he Is brought to trial. He
said that he knows full well that he
is at the mercy of society, which he
dctests for which reason he vii
make no fight in court, but will en-
ter as soon as possible upon his pun.
iShment.
Society may we'll congr atulate it.
sell that the life of Czolsosz was
not stamped out by the frenzieo
mob that sought to kill him a mo-
ment after he had fired the second
bullet at Pre- sident Mckinley Hao
he then been put to death. there
would have been way of bringing
his accomplices to justice. 1t is
now practically assured that al
least modicum Of justice will be
melted out to those who. with Cool
gosz, sought the overthrow of law
and order.
Although Emma Goldman has
been arrested in Chicago, tits prob
able that she will be brought te
Buffalo for trial. The centre Of
the conspiracy is here. To-day
Buffalo is filled literally to over
flowing with agents of the secret
service, scores of whom came here
yesterday. A search is being
made Of every sewer that underlies
the city. tor it is known that in one
Of them is a package OF papers
containing the details of the con.
spiracy and the IL ames OF those con-
cerned with Czolsosz in the plot,
together with an outline OF its ram.
! liicatlons.
In his confession Czolgosz has
told of his attempt to destroy the
written evidences OF the conspiracy.
He has said that time did not per-
NIT him TO burn the papers as he
had desired. Czolgosz knew that
If he was TO meet the President Of
the United Staes at the Temple OF
Music at the American Exposition
he had 10 be III line early.
Before leaving ms room in No
wax s Hotel, he gathered together
all OF his papers, taking then from
his pockets. valise, and the drawer.
OF his table. All were bound to.
getker in one package, which he
conc aled beneath his coat.
Czolgosz says that lie made a
circuitous trip about the city. aul
at some point, which he cannot now
describe, he came upon al opel
sewer. into which he cast his
papers. Superintendent Bull has
asked him to take detectives to the
spot, but he has SAID that he could
not find his way there. Inch Ii
inch the sewers are being searched
and if such a thing is possible,
those papers will be recovered