Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-12
Says an Anarchistic Speech Prompted His
Murderous Attack.
THE CRAVEN WRETCH IS WITHOUT REGRET
Says He Alone Thought Out the Plan and Carried it
Successful Conclusion Unaided-Lays Inspiration
to Lecture Delivered by Female Ad-
vocate of No Government.

could it do your" he was asked.
i am an anarchist. | am a disciple
of Emma Goldman. Her words set
me on fire." he replied, with not the
slightest tremor.
81 deny that l have had an accom-
plice at any time Czolgosz told Dis
trict Attorney Penny. Il don't regret
my act, because / was doing what l
could for the great cause. | am not
connected with the Paterson group or
with those Anarchists who sent Bresci
TO Italy to kill Humhert l had no
confidants; no one to help me. l was
alone absolutely"
Emma GoIdman's Speech.
Cleveland, O., Sept. Am address
delivered in this city on May by En-
ma Goldman, the anarchist, is believed
largely RESPONSIBLE for the attempt on
the life of President Mckinley.
Miss Goldman spoke here twice on
that date, and a copy of her address
was found in the pocket of Leon Czol-
gosz when searched by the Buffalo po-
lice. In the audience on that occa-
sion was the man who tried to kill the
President, and his associates now re-
call that he was one of the most en-
thusiastic in his applause of the utter
ances of Miss Goldman.
The hall in which the lecture was
delivered is at ITO Superior street,
the same hall in which the anarchists
now meet in this city.
In the course of her address of May
6 Miss Goldman first outlined the
principles of anarchy and detailed the
methods whereby she hoped to accom-
plish the ends of anarchy. Her talk
was full of forceful passages, and some
cases more notable for their strength
than for their elegance.
The speaker deprecated the idea
that all anarchists We're in favor Of
violence or bomb throwing. She de-
clared that nothing was further from
the principles they support. She
went on, however, into a detailed eX-
PLANTATION of the different crimes COM
nitted by Anarchists lately, declaring
that the motive was good in each case,
and that these acts were merely a
matter of temperament.
Some men were so constituted, she
said, that they were unable to stand
idly by and see the wrong that was
being endured by their fellow-mortals.
She herself did not believe in these
methods, but she did not think they
should be condemned in view of the
high and noble motives which prompt
ed their preparation. She continued:
"Some believe we should first obtain
by force and let the intelligence and
education come afterwards"
Miss Goldman did not hesitate to
put forward number of sentiments
far more radical and sensational than
any ever publicly advanced here. Dur
ing Miss Goldman's lecture a strong
detail of police was in the hall to keep
her from uttering sentiments which
| were regarded too radical. This ac.
counts for the fact that the speaker
did not give free rein to her thoughts
on this occasion. By reason of an
archistic uprisings elsewhere it was
thought best by the city officials tc
curb the utterances of the woman.
How to Speak the Assassin's Name
| 1t is very difficult to spell phonetic
ally in English the name of Czolgosz
the miscreant who shot President Nc
Kinley. The nearest to it is "Schaw
lgosch," but this is not quite correct
There, is a suggestion of the letter
"T' in the combination "Cz" at the
beginning of the name and the lettel
i Il" is ,slurred over in rapid pronun
Iciation. The name might be spelled
Theoretically as "Tschawlgosch," bu
the sound of the "T' is a little to-
harsh, as the combination "Cz" i.
more like the German Sch. TIL,
sound of the letter 81" fades ava,
also when pronounced by native o
Poland. There is no meaning to tn,
lname, of Czo1oosz