Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-10-31
AssAsslN's HISTORY.
He Was Always Morbid Even to His
Own PecpIe

he Was Always Morbid Even to His
Own People.
The history of the SLAYER of President
Mckinley. as revealed by the investiga-
IONS made BY the federal government S
detectives, show that he was always a
sufaNge, morbid creature even TO his
own people. He was horn in October
lssS, at Detroit Ills father was born in
roland. His mother long since dead
Was q native of Germany.
The assassin, with four brothers and
one sister, grew up in :, suburb of De-
tro1t inhabited by Poles and Germans.
rus rather was street laborer. The
assassin and his brothers and sister
We're sent TO Il Catholic parochial
school. When he was II years old he
was taken with the family to Cleye-
land. He WAS then n siclSly, peevish,
selfish child, and strong in his preju-
eiices.
His mother died shortly after the re-
moval OF the family to Cleveland His
father married again, his second Wife
beng Polish woman. She seems to
nave been u good mother to her step
children, from the accounts of the
neighbors and the children themselves.
But the creature Who was put to death
by the law appears to have conceived
a violent dislike of her, even during his
early boyhood.
He Very rarely played with his broth
eis ana sisters and eNince6 no interest
IN Childish games such as attract boys
OF his own age When he Was 13 Years
old he WAS put to work in q Wire mill
as a water boy. He never associated
with other boys in the mill. At home
he Was stubborn. surlS and inordinate-
~ selfish. lie had to be compelled by
force u contribute part of his weekly
earnings to the general family ex-
penses.
When lie was 10 the family bought a
small farm near Orange between
cleveland and Chagrin Falls. The boy
Who was to bring the most terrible dis
grace To his family by demonstrating
the president of the United States, re-
fused to work when the family moved
there. His hatred for his step-moth her
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 We're awakened, and with
crude fishing pole go TO d stream
mile from the farm and remain all day
He would take food with him-course
bread and cheese. He caught fish and
cooked them himself. He never brought
any home.
Aversion to Women.
lie frequently took the entire family
breakfast With him and on such occa-
sions would be roundly whipped for do
ing So He was always Il ravenous eat
er, even us Il 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.
of his; hrOt hers; said of him, ftpr
his crime that he would never sit IN !,
room Where there was n woman. If 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 me;nbers of the family
never knew where he went and he ueN
ei' Volunteered any Information.
When he WAS 16 years old he returned
TO Cleveland and resumed Work in i,
wire nill IS 9 helper. He received 81
OF s. = weel, for his WORK. lie refused
TO contribute amy psslt of il to the fam
ily, although he was living with them.
He never maGc any presents TO mis-
III others and sisters. He did not care
for dress or jewtlry. He had few il
amy friends among his associates in
tho Wire mill. He smoked Il great deal
prcferrins cheap stugies.. He never
smoked oigarets. He drank bccr in
moderation. He did not appear to care
for whisky or the cheap native Wines
consumed by the people in the distric,
in Which he lived.
At the time he was Is he was earning
50 {, 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 10 care more
t.an for amy Other relative. induced
him to invest this money in the farm
near Orange, upon whic there was
mortgage. He stubbornly refused for
some time. but finally consented and
produced the nlone,' from his clothing.
lie had never entrusted ii TO a 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 the time he invested in the
farm he began to demand an accounts
ins every week or two. He seemed TO
think his father and brothers were try
ing to swiMdle him out OF his money.
They pacified him as best as they could
and urged him to leave his money in
the farm.
AS he grew to manhood he did not
develop any more generous traits of
character than had distinguished him
as q boy. Ills ha tired for his step
mother became more yil,llent than
ever, his aversion to women more pro-
nounced When at home he sat mood
lily smoking or reading a Polish news
paper. AT times he declared his belief
in the sooiaiistic teachings of certain
of those periodicals. BY the time he
was % he declared his belief in anarch-
ism. and the doctrine of force.
Tic family rather made fun of his
cowardly nature. His father frequent
ly thrashed him even after he had
reached the age OF Il years. and he ac-
cepted the punishment without q show
OF resistance.
About the time he began to talk an
archy he made frequent excursions
from, home and remained for weeks at
time. Members of the family heard
he had TUNED up at Detroit under an
assumed name. When he returned from
these pilgrinages he vouchsafed no eN-
plantation of his travels OF conduct. He
worked in the wire mill off and on. He
always saved n little mone:. Invariably
he spent ii away from home. and when
his money was gone he returned to de-
mand the $3.50 he had invested in the
farm.
He first became interested in social
isttc and ;inarchistic doctrines by his
attendance at meetings in Arch nall,
in Cleveland. He was not regarded Very
seriously by the promoters of these
meetings. His conduct was tmid and
shrinking. He usually took q seat far
back in the hail. and never participated
In the discussion of the propositions adj
yanced by the agitators He is not
known to have ever made Il speech.
The Free Society,""
Sometimes he would not appear at
these anarchist meetings for several
months, but he is known to have at