The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-25
TALE OF PLOT TO
KILL M'KINLEY
St. Louis Man Declares He Was
CzoIgosz's Accomplish.
STORY is NOT BELIEVED
SUPERSTITION rs THAT HIS MIND
rs AFFECTED.
STORY is NOT BELIEVED

st. Louis, Sept. 24.-Edward Saftig
arrested Monday afternoon suspected
of larceny, told Chief of Detectives
Desmond today that he was one of
three men who conspired to assassinate
President Mckinley at Buffalo on Sept.
6, and that he, Saftig, tied around CzOl-
gosz's hand the handkerchief that con-
cealed the weapon with which he shot
the president The story is not gen
orally believed. 1t is thought Saftig's
mind is affected. The chief says that
he will hold Saftig subject to the fed
eral authorities until he is convinced
that the mans story is untrue.
Saftig was arrested Monday after
noon on suspicion OF having stolen ar
ticles, valued at "a. from a department
store at Broadway and Morgan street
This morning Chief Desmond was talk
ing to Saftig in his outer Office when
detective remarked the striking resem-
blance the prisoner had to CZOlgOSz.
Saftig said that he had on more than
one occasion been taken for the assas-
sin. In reply to Chief DesmOnd's ques-
tions he replied that he knew CzolgOsz
and other anarchists. Chief Desmond
Immediately took him into his private
Office and sweated him for several
hours. Saftig told Chief Desmond that
he would tell all. he knew regarding the
plot to kill the president. He prefaced
to the present year.
Tells Tale of Plot.
1T was on the Monday before the
president was killed that 1 first knew
that anything was to happen in an
archist circles said Saftig. ION that
date Frank Harrigan, an anarchist
that had known in New York and
other eastern cities. located me and
made an appointment for me to meet
him at the MichelObe saloon in this
city.
I did not know then why I was to
meet him. He knew me of old and he
knew that my weakness was liquor.
fected me most.
"Harrigan told me that he wanted me
to go to Buffalo with him. He said that
there was a man to be killed, a prom
inent man. I asked him who it was.
He told me TO wait and l would see
Il finally consented to go with him.
We left here on Tuesday and got into
Buffalo on Wednesday evening late
Harrigan gave me $50 and paid my
way there and gave me a return ticket
to st. Louis.
when we got to Buffalo we went to
a boarding house l do not remember
the name of the proprietor nor the
street where it was located. The man
was arrested after the president was
shot.
when we got into the boarding
house we saw Czolgosz. 1 knew him.
having met him in Chicago several
years ago. Czolgosz told me that ne
intended killing the president
He said he had gone to Niagara
Falls with that in view, but had failed.
He was to make another attempt soon.
Harrigan was present at that time.
Harrigan told Czolgosz he had better
postpone il until the president left Buff
fa1o. He said there were so many peO-
pie nresent that it was d sure thing
that he would be caught. CzoIgosz
said he did not care if he was caught
He said he would shoot the president
Che called him 'Mack). where all people
would know why he was killed.
'Harrigan told him to go ahead. If
money could save him he would be
saved.
O'Clock Czolgosz told me that it was
the day that the killing was to take
place He asked me to tie handker-
chief around his hand. / did so, and
he placed a revolver in his hand under
the handkerchief He asked me if I
could see that there was a weapon in
his hand. / said that 1 could not
Then he told me that 1 was to go to
the Temple of Music 1 was to fix UP
my hand the same as / had fixed his
If the guards allowed me to get by he
would have no trouble in getting by
But if they stopped me he would not
try st.
THAT afternoon we went out as he
SUGGESTED. l tied the handkerchief
about, his hand. Mine was fixed up the
same way. Harrigan was to meet us