The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-11-08

Lights began showing in the main prison
at . o'clock and within an hour the en-
TIRE household was astir for the new day.
me n1ght had been clear but cold and the
morning was bright but chilly.
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ASSASSiN'S HISTORY.
ne Wa Always Morbid Even to His
Own People.
The history Of the slayer of President
Mckinley, as revealed by the investira-
tlons made by the federal goyernment,s
oetectlVes, show hat he was always a
strange, morbid creature, even to his
own people. He. was born In October.
LstS, at Detroit. His father was born In
roland. His mother, long since dead.
was a native Of Germany.
Inc assassin, with our brothers and
one sister, grew up in a suburb of De-
troit inhabited by Poles and Germans.
His father was a street laborer.. The
assassin and his brothers and sister
We're sent to- a Catholic parochial
school. When he was II years old he
was taken with the family to CIeye-
n He was then a sickly, peevish.
selfish child, Inc strong in his pre1u-
dices.
His mother died shortly after the re-
moVal Of the family to Cleveland. His
rather married again, his second wife
being a Polish woman. She seems to
nave been a good mother to her step
children. from the accounts OF the
ne1ghbors n the children themselves.
But the creature who was put to death
by the law appears to have conceived
q violent dislike Of her, even during his
early boyhood.
He very rarely played with his broth
ers and sisters. and evinced no interest
In Childish games sue as attract boys
of his W age. When he was Is years
old he was put to work in q wire mill
as q water boy. He never associated
with other boys in the mill. At home
ne was stubborn, surly and i%nordinate-
~ selfish. He had to be compelled by
force to contribute part of his weekly
earnings to he general family ex-
penses.
small farm near Orange, between
Cleveland and Chagrin Falls. The boy
who was to bring he most terrible dis
grace to his family by disseminating
the president Of the United States, re-
fused to work when the family moved
there. HIS hatred tor his step-mother
was shown by violent outbreaks. He
refused to sit at the same table with
her, and for or three years never spoke
a word to her.
1t was his habit to get up in the
morning, long before the rest of the
family were awakened, and with q
crude fishing pole go to a stream a
mile from the farm and remain all day.
He would take food with him-coarse
bread and cheese. He caught fish and
cooked them himself. He never brought
any home.
Aversion to Women.
He frequently too the entire family
breakfast with him and on such occa-
sions would be roundly whipped for do
ing so. He was always a ravenous eat
er, even as a small child. When in the
house he was surly and disagreeable to
everybody, particularly to his smaller
brothers and sisters. Early in life he
manifested a most pronounced aversion
to the society of women or girls.
One Of his brothers said of him after
his crime that he would sit IN a
room where there was a woman. It he
had any associates during the time he
lived on the farm near Orange the
members Of his family do not recall
them.
Sometimes he would wander away
from home and remain two or three
days. The other members CT the family
never knew where he went and he new
.er volunteered any information.
When he was 16 years old he returned
to Cleveland and resumed work in q
wire mill as a helper. He received 81
or IS a week for his work. He refused
to contribute any part Of 1t to the fam
lily, although he vas living with them.
He never made any presents to his
brothers and sisters. He did not care
for dress or jewelry. He had few II
any friends among his associates in
the wire mill. He smoked a great deal,
preferring cheap "stogies." He never
smoked cigarets. He drank beer in
moderation. He did not appear to care
for whisky or the cheap native wines
consumed by the people In the district
In which he lived.
at the. time he was 1s he was earning
50 q week. He saved part of this every
week, and at the end OF, two years had
laid by $3.50 or $500. One of his brothers,
for whom he appeared to- a more
than for any other relative, induced
him to invest this money In the farm
near Orange, upon whic there was a
mortgage. He s~tubbornly refused for
some time. but finally consented and
produced the money from his clothing.
He had never entrusted 1t to q savings
bank. He used to rail against savings
banks when urged by his relatives to
put his money In them.
He Takes Up Anarchy.
From he time he invested IN the
farm he began to demand an account
ing every week or two. He seemed to
think his father and brothers were try
ing to swindle him out Of his money.
They pacified him as best az they could
and urged Ia to leave his money In
the farm.
AS he grew to- manhood he did not
develop any more generous traits ts0f
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