The age-herald., 1901-09-25
Says He Tied Handkerchief Around Hand of the
 Assassin
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING
Waiter In St. Louis Claims That He Was With Saftig In That City
 on Day of the Shooting. IL
 Story Discredited. IF

St. Louis, September 24.-Ed Saftig, who was arrested this morning at one of the dry goods stores here on the charge of netty larceny, is believed to be an accom- plice of Czolgosz.
 When taken before Chief of Detectives Desmond he made confession, in which he is said to have given all the details of the plot to assassinate President McKin- ley
 The details of this confession have not been made public. In his confession Saf- tig, 1t is stated, duplicates Frank Harri- gan of the Dewey Hotel Philadelphia, in the plot. Saftig says that on the Monday previous to the assassination of Presi- dent Mckinley Harrigan met him and Emma Goldman in the Michelobe saloon in this city and arranged the details of the murder.
 The confession is now being made be- hind closed doors.
 Saftig, Chief Desmond says, declares he was present in Buffalo at the time of President McI<inleys assassination and tied the handkerchief about the hand in which Czolgosz carried the revolver.
 The waiter in restaurant who says he knows the man under arrest has just ap- peared at the office of the Post-Dispatch and says Saftig was not in Buffalo the day of the murder.
 Arrested Monday.
 The police are Investigating.
 Saftig was arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of having stolen articles valued at $4 from a department store. This morning Chief Desmond was talking to Saftig in his outer office, when de- tective remarked the striking resem- blance the prisoner had for Czolgosz. Saftig said that he had on more than one occasion been taken for the assassin.
 The chief immediately took him into his private office and sweated him for several hours Saftig told Chief Des- mond that he would tell all he knew re- sarding the plot to kill the President
 Tt was on Monday before the Presi- dent was killed that I first knew any thing was to happen in anarchistic cir cles" said Saftig. "On that date Frank Harrigan, an anarchist. made. an appoint ment for me to meet him at the Niche lobe saloon in this city
 "Harrigan told me that he wanted me to go to Buffalo with him. He said that there was a man to be killed-a promi- nent man. I asked him who 1t was. He told me to wait and I would see. 1 con- scented to go and we left here Tuesday and reached Buffalo Wednesday evening late. Harrigan gave me $50 and paid my way there and gave me return ticket to St. Louis.
 When we got to Buffalo we went to a boarding house where we saw Czolgosz. Czolgosz told me that he intended to kill the President.
 The Alleged Plot.
 
 rigan was to meet me at the grounds and he was to be immediately pack of Czol- gosz to prevent any interference.
 At the gate I weakened. I told Czol- gosz that would go back and get Harri- gan to do what had been laid out for me. 1 never saw Czolgosz again.
 At the boarding house I met Harri- gan. He told me that he had not been on the grounds when the murder took place. feared to take a train for St. Louis for fear of being detained. tramped it part of the way and beat my way on trains. It took me four days to get back"
 Saftig says he was born in Cologne. He has lived in many cities of the United States. He was present, he stated, at meeting of anarchists at Paterson, N. J., in 1898, when the assassination of King Humbert of Italy was planned. Saftig said that Harrigan presided over that meeting.
 He said that he had gone to Niagara Falls with that view, but failed. He was to make another attempt soon. Har- rigan told him that he had better post pone 1t.
 "He said that there were so many peo- pie present that 1t was sure thing that he would be caught. Czolgosz said he did not care if he was caught. He said he would shoot tse President where all people would know why he was killed.
 "Harrigan told him to go ahead If money could save him he would be saved. On Friday morning Czolgosz told me this was the day that the killing was to take place. He asked me to tie handkerchief around his hand. I did so and he placed a revolver in his hand under the hand kerchief He asked me If l could see that there was a weapon in his hand. said that I could not.
 Then he told me that was to go to the Temple of Music I was to fix up my hand the same as had fixed his. If the guards allowed me to get by he would have no trouble in getting by. But If they stopped me he would not try.
 That afternoon we went out as he
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