Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-12
ASSASSIN.
He ia Known In Cleveland. Where He Run
. Saloon and Was an Avowed
Anarchists.

Cleveland, o., Sept. Leon Cool
gosz, the man who shot President
Mckinley, is said to have formerly
kept a saloon at the corner of Third
avenue and Tod street, this city. Later
he was employed in one of The mills
of the American Steel an Wire Co.
Foreman Frank Halser, of the gal
vanizing department of the CONSOLE
dated mill of the latter
said:
81 know Leon Czolgosz very well.
His father, I believe, lives in the vicin-
ity of Warrensville, o., on a farm.
There are five sons, L think, all re-
siding in this city, two or three of
them living on Hosmer street. Leon
at one time was employed as a black
smith in the consolidated mill. Later
he kept a saloon at the corner OF
Third avenue and Tod street. Later
he sold out the saloon and lived on
the farm with his father.
II know Leon is. or was, an an
archist. He attended socialist and
anarchist meetings very frequently.
He is a man of rather small stature,
about % years of age. The last time
[ saw him he had a light brown mus
tache.
h Assassin's Family.
Later information concerning the
identity of Czolgosz, the would-be as
sassin, develops that he is the son
IF Paul Czolgosz, who, it is said, now
lives at BOG Fleet street, this city.
Other members of the family are
John, who lives at home with his
father and stepmother; Mike, a SOL
1ier now serving in the Philippines;
V~ladiolan, who is on his fathers farm,
located o the Chagrin Falls suburban
line, and Jacob, of Marcelline avenue
The family is Polish and are evil
IDENTIFY very poor, the father having
left home Saturday morning looking
for employment. The stepmother
can not speak English, but rave out
the following interview through the
medium of an interpreter:
~Stepmother interviewed.
"Leon left home about sixty days
ago. We heard from his a few weeks
ago. He was then in Indiana, and
wrote to us that he was going away,
stating that in all probability we
would not see him again."
The stepmother failed to recollect
b name of the city from which the
letter was received, but states hat
it was from some place in Indiana.
The family had not heard from him
since. The stepmother denies that
Leon was a disciple of Emma Gold
man, or in any way interested in her
doctrines. She said he was not in
terested in such matters, and scarce
~ intelligent enough to understand
them. THEY HAD ALWAYS CON-
SIDERED THE BOY PARTIALLY
DEMENTED. Up to three years ago
he had worked at the Cleveland roll
ing mill, but had to quit on account
of poor health. Since that time he
has been idle. While living on the
farm, near Warrensville, his father
had 10 asked Leon to work, having
always considered him too weak for
manual labor. Regarding the shoot
ing of the president, Mrs. Czolgosz
Said:
"He Was Such q Tfmfd Boy"
ST can't believe that Leon is the
one. HE WAS SUCH A TIMID Boz.
so afraid of everything. Why, he
was the biggest coward you ever saw
in you life.
She also emphatically disclaims that
the boy ever displayed any anarchist
ic tendencies whatever. He was an
admirer of his brother, the Philippine
soldier, and liked his country, never
showing the least sign OF discon-
tent
Mrs. Czolgosz is an intell;sent-look-
ing woman, but failed to show any de-
cided emotion when confronted with
the col of Icons horrible crime.
The home is neat and clearly, put
plain.
Paul Czolgosz, the father, moved
into Cleveland two weeks ago to Sc
cure employment. He has not yet
hear of his sons crime. Two uncles
also live in Cleveland, n of them
residing at IL Hosmer street.