The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1901-09-12

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The Daily News from Buffalo say
the statement Of Leon Czolgs~z made
TO the police, transcribed and signed
by the prisoner l. a. follows
THE PgtsoSER's CONFESSION.
''I wss born In Detroit, nearly %
years ago. My parents were Rus
sian Poles. They came here ~
years ago. ! got my education In
the public schools of Detroit and
then went 20 Cleveland, where
got work. In Cleveland read
books on socialism and met grs at
many Socialists. | was pretty well
known as Socialist I'm the West.
After being in Cleveland for several
years | went 10 Chicago, where re
mained seven months, after which l
went TO Newburg, on the outskirts
Of Cleveland, and went TO work in
the Newburg Wire Mills
EMMA GoLDMAN's LECTURE START
ED HIS DESIRE TO KILL.
"During the last five years l have
made me remorseful aud envious,
but Cleveland, Detroit and in other
Western cities and | suppose / be-
came more or less bitter. Yes, |
know l was bitter. | never had
much luck at anything and this
preyed upon me. 1t made me re-
morse and enviOus, but what st ,rted
the craze to kill was lecture |
heard some little time ago by
Emma Goldman. She was in Cleve-
land and and other anarchists went
to hear her. She set me on fire.
Her doctrine that all rulers should
be exterminated was what set me to
thinking, so that my head nearly
split with the pain. Miss Gold
mans words " ent right through me
and when | left the theatre l had
made up my mind that / would
have to do something heroic for the
cause l loved.
PLANNED TO KILL THE PRESIDENT.
"Eight days ago, while l was in
Chicago, | read in Chicago paper
Of President McKinley's visit to the
Pan-American Exposition at Buff
alo. That day l bought ticket for
Buffalo and got here with the deter
mination to do something, but l did
not know just what. | thought Of
shooting the President, but / had
not formed plan. l went to live
at 1,078 Broadway, which is a
saloon and hotel. John NoWak, a
Pole, sort of politician, who has
led his people for years, owns it. /
told NOwak that l came to see the
fair. He knew nothing about what
was setting me crazy. l went to
the exposition grounds a couple of
times, but not until Monday morn
ing did the resolution to shoot the
President take hold of me. 1t
was in my heart; there was no es
cape for me. / could not have con
quered it had my life been at stake.
There were thousands of people in
town Tuesday. l heard it was Presi-
dents Day. All these people seem.
ed bowling to the great ruler. l
made up my mind to kill that ruler.
| bought 80 calibre revolver and
loaded it.
TRIED TO SHOOT TUESDAY NIGHT.
"On Tuesday night 1 went to the
fair grounds and was near the rail
road gate when the presidential par
ty arrived. l tried to get near him
but the police forced me back. They
forced everybody back so that the
great ruler could pass. I was close
to the President when he got into
the grounds, but was afraid to at.
tempt the assassination, because
there was so many men in the body
guard that watched him / was
not afraid of them or that / should
get hurt, but afraid 1 might be
seized and that my chance would be
gone forever. Well, he went away
that time and 1 went home. Or
Wednesday / went to the ground:
and stood right near the President
right under him near the stand from
which he spoke.
WANTED TO KILL HIM WHILE HI
SPOKE.
81 thought half dozen tin es o
shooting while he was speaking but
1 could not get close enough. wa
afraid 1 might miss and then tn
great crowd was always jostling, ant
1 was afraid lest my aim fail.
aited until Wednesday and th'
President got into his carriage agail
and a lot of men. were about hin
!, and formed a Gordon that l coult
not get through. / was tossed abou
by the crowd and my spirits wer
getting pretty low. / was almOs
hopeless that nignt as l went home
EMMA GOLDMAN'S SPEECH BURNEl
, HIM.
yesterday morning went agai
: to the exposition grounds. Emm
Goldman's speech was still burnin
} me up. I waited near the centrs
: entrance for the President, who wa
| to board his special train for tina
: place, but the police allowed nobod
3 but the Presidents party to pas
where the train waited. So I stage
: at the grounds all day waiting. Du
ing yesterday first thought {
hiding my pistol under my handkel
chief. was afraid if had to dra'