Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-09-12

messed along the route of his assail-
ants journey from the scene of his
crime to police headquarters. The
trip was made so quickly that the
prisoner was safely landed within the
police station before anyone was
aware of his presence.
The news of the attempted assassi-
nation had in the meanwhile been
spread broadcast by the newspapers.
Like wildfire it spread from mouth to
mouth. Then bulletins began to APP
pear on the boards along Newspaper
Row and when the announcement was
made that the prisoner had been
taken to police headquarters, only
two blocks distant from the newspa-
per section, the crowds surged down
toward the Terrace, eager to gaze at
the prisoner. At police headquarters
they were met by strong Gordon OF
police, which was drawn across the
pavement on Pearl street and admit
tance was denied to any but officials
authorized to take part in the exam
inatiOn of the prisoner. In a few
minutes the crowd had grown from
tens to hundreds and these in turn
quickly swelled TO thousands until the
street was completely blocked with
mass of humanity. 1t was at this
iuncture that some one raised the
cry of Lynch him"
Like flash the cry was taken up
and the whole crowd as if ignited by
the single match thus applied re-
echoed the cry: Lynch HIM" Hang
him." The situation was becoming
critical when suddenly the big doors
we're flung open and squad of re-
serves advanced, drove the crowd
back from the curb to across the
street and gradually succeeded in dis
persing them from about the entrance
to the station.
BY this time there were probably
$4,000 people assembled in the vicin-
ity. The crowd was so great that it
became necessary to rope off the en-
tire street in front of police head
quarters.
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 a week. Lately he had
way. Later this place was located as
John Nowak'S saloon, a Raines law
hotel, No. 1913 Broadway. Nowak,
the proprietor, says he knew very lit
tie about his guest.
He arrived here last Saturday. say
ing he had come to see the Pan-Amer-
lean and that his home was in To-
ledo. In his room was found a small
T..
cartridge box and few clothes. With
these facts in hand the police went at
the prisoner with the utmost viGor to
secure a full confession or straight
story as to his Identification. He adj
mitted that he was an anarchist in
sympathy at least, but denied strenu-
ously that the attempt on the life of
the president was n result of plot on
the part of any anarchist society. At
times he was defiant and again indif-
ferent. But at no time did he be-
tray the remotest sign of remorse.
After long questioning it was an
nounced at police headquarters that
the prisoner had made a partial con-
fession. which he had signed.
AS near as can be learned the facts
contained in the confession are as
follows: Inc man name is Leon
Czolgosz. He is of Polish-German
extraction. His home is in Cleveland,
where he has several brothers and
sisters. He is an avowed anarchist
and an ardent disciple of Emma Gold
man, whose teachings, he alleges, are
responsible for the attack on the
president. He is about 28 years old.
He denies steadfastly that he is the
instrument of any body of anarchists
or the tool of any coterie of plotters.
He declares that he did not even have
confederate. His only reason for
the deed, he declares, is that he be-
lieved the present form of govern
ment in the United States was unjust
and he concluded the most effective
way to remove it was to kill the presi-
dent. These conclusions, he declares,
he reached through the teachings of
Emma Goldman.
At 3 Il. IN. the following bulletin
was issued:
The president continues to rest
we'll Temperature 101.G; pulse 10;
respiration 34.'