The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-08
RECORD OF THE PRISONER.
Was Considered ETeminate by
Those Who Knew Him.

Was Considered Effeminate by
Those Who Knew Him
CLEVELAND, Sept. Perhaps to no
one else is the would-be assassin of the
president more a surprise than to those
who know the reckless young man In this
city and vicinity. Leon Czolgosz lived
for a half dozen years or more in the
southeast end of this city, and largely
1Ehabi by people of his nationality
and they cannot understand how he
ever plucked up the necessary nerve to
do his daring deed.
The unhappy inmate of a home, from
which his mother had been taken by
death, he never got along very well with
his fathers second wife and acted more
or less the stubborn boy in his relations
with her. During this time his father
lived on farm with his large family of
seven boys and two girls. Leon was
not active in farm work, seeming not to
care for the drudgery incident to the
life.
Shortly after coming to this city, tif-
teen years ago, Icons father started a
saloon. in the rear of which was a small
building used as a rendezvous for a
dozen or fifteen men who called them
selves anarchists. Leon was too young
to be a member of that gang, but he
was q SACdI 1lolO11eI " Ln0 UdTdHSu0S
that these men indulged In and they
probably had some effect on his youth
full mind
Leon worked in a rolling mill for sew
eral years, but the work was too hard
for him and he left to go on his fathers
farm. Lung trouble developed and this
soon incapaeitated him from the severe
work of agricultural life and he finally
became more or less of an idler; his
y
effeminancy was the cause Of more or
less comment among his acquaintance,
Leon making his companions largely
among children, with whom he spent a
greater part of his time, acting as they
acted, and being shy at the approach
Of older persons. His health was thought
to be such as to forbid his working hard
and, being of a sensitive nature, he could
not bear to be dependent upon the ef-
forts of the other members of the family,
all of whom were hard workers Con-
sequently, he left home and became
wanderer. The last definite information
from him was a letter received from
West Seneca, N. Y, written July Is. That
letter was written to the secretary of
fraternaI society in Cleveland and was
for the purpose of paying his monthly
assessment. So far as his friends knew
he has been nowhere else than in West
Seneca since that date.
The idea of a plot being hatched to
kill the prisoner Is not given serious
thought by the police, nor by those who
have known Czolgosz for the past ten
years.
They regard his desperate deed as the
result OF sudden inspiration to do some
thing to attract public attention. and per-
hags having been inspired by what he
had heard during his younger days
CZolgoSZ was looked upon as a harmless
fellow by those who knew him best
His recent letters to his family fndi-
thought. Recently the farm which his
father owned, few miles southeast of
this city, was sold, and Leon's share Of
the proceeds are still retained, waiting
to be claimed by the son.
Portraits of the assailant printed TODAY
show young man with a bright-lookin.y
face, almost innocent in it's expression
His features are not unordinary in con
tour, anad he would pass as a good
locking young man. He is smooth shay
en- and his face Is so boyish in appear
ance that it may hardly have the need
OF razor. Hiseyes are large and bright
looking; his nose and mouth regular in
form, and his hair is plentiful and nice
ly combed back, in a semi -pompadour
style. He wears white shirt and collar
and black bow tie From his nortrait
he Is about the last individual that one
would pick to be the Would-be assa ssin
of the chief magistrate. The consensus
Of opinion: therefore, in Cleveland is that
the shooting of President Mckinley hv
this young man Is not the result OF p
premeditated plot Of which he was q
part, but rather the sudden inspiration
of not overstrong mind. that NAV
have been influenced by the urging Of
more desperate men, who seeing Leon's
apparently easy manners used him as an
instrument in a deed that has shoored
the civilized world.