The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-07

papers. Like wildfre it spread from mouth
to mouth. Then bulletins began to appear
on the boards along newspaper row, and
when the announcement was made that the
prisoner had been taken to police head
quarters, only two blocks distant from the
newspaper section. the crowds surged down
toward the terrace. eager for a glimpse of
the prisoner
AT police headquarters they were met by
a strong Gordon of police which was drawn
up across the pavement on Pearl street,
and admission was denied to any but OIL
cials authorized to take part in the exami-
nation of the prisoner. In a few minutes
the crowd had grown from tens to hun
dreds, and these i'm turn quickly swelled TO
thousands, until the streets were blockaded
with a mass of humanity. 1t was at this
juncture that some one raised the cry of
Lynch him. Like flash the cry was
tdhen up, anu lne WnOle crowd, as III lg-
nited by the single match thus applied, re-
echoed the cry:
Lynch him. Hang him.
Closer the crowd surged. Denser the
throng became as new arrivals swelled
each moment the swaying multitude. The
situation was becoming critical, when sud-
denly the big doors were flung open and
squad of reserves advanced with solid
front, drove the crowd back from the curb,
then across the street and gradually sue
ceeded in dispensing them from about the
entrance to the station BY this time there
were probably 700 people assembled In the
vicinity Of Pearl, Seneca and Erie streets
and the terrace. The crowd was so great
that it became necessary to rope off the
entire street in front of police headouar-
ters, and at late hour tonight the police
were still patroling the streets in the
neighborhood in squads of three or four.
Inside the station house were assembled
District Attorney Penny, Superintendent of
Police Bull. Captain Reagan, of the First
precinct, and other officials The prisoner
at first proved quite communicative. So
much so, In fact, that little dependence
could be placed on what he said. He first
gave his name as Fred Nieman. said his
home was in Detroit, and that he had been
in Buffalo about week. He said he had
been boarding at a place in Broadway
Later this place was located as John
Nowaks saloon, Raines law hotel. No
1913 Broadway. Here the prisoner occupied
Room s. Nowak, the proprietor. said he
knew very little about his guest. He came
there. he declared. last Saturday. saying
he had come to see the Pan-American. and
that his home was in Toledo He had been
alone at all times about Nowak's place and
| had no visitors In his room was found a
small travelling bag of cheap make. II con-
tanned an empty cartridge box and few
clothes
with THESE facts in hand the police went
at the prisoner with renewed vigor IN the
effort to obtain either a full confession or =
straight account of his identity and move
ments prior TO his arrival in Buffalo He
at first admitted that he was an Anarcbis,
in sympathy at least. but denied siren
uously that the attempt on the life OF tho
President was a result of preconcerted
plot on the part of any Anarchist So
| ciety. At times he defiant and again
Indifferent But at no time did he betrav
the remotest sign of remorse. He de-
cared the deed was not premeditated but
in the same breath refused TO say why he
perpetrated it, When charged by District
Attorney Penny with being the instrument
OF an organized band of conspirators he
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