The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-25
HIS STORY NOT BELIEVED
ConfeSSeS That He Tied Hand
 kerchief Over Pistol.
Claims That Assassination Was Planned by Emma Goldman
 and That He Was in Buffalo With the Assassin.

st. Louis Sept. A-Ed Saftig, who was arrested this morning at one or the ury goods stores here on the charge or petty larceny is believed to be an accompnce of Czolgosz.
 When taken before Chief of Detectives pesmond he made confession In Wmcn he is said to have given all the details of the plot to assassinate PresioenC Mc- Kinley
 The details of this confession have not heen made public. In his confession Sat- tie, it is stated, duplicates Frank Harri- gan, of the Dewey hotel. Philadelphia In the plot, Saftig says that on the Monday previous to the assassination Of president Mckinley Harrigan met him and Emma Goldman in the Michelooe saloon in this city and arranged the de- tails of the murder.
 saftig. Chief Desmond says, declares ne was present in Buffalo at the time or President McKinley's assassination ana fled the handkerchief about the hano ln vvhich Czolgosz carried the revolver.
 waiter in a restaurant who says ne knows the man under arrest says Satus was not in Buffalo the day Of the muroer' saftie was arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of having stolen arucieS valued at S4 from a department store This morning Chief Desmond was taking 4o SaftiR in his outer ofnce, when oe- tective remarked the striking resemblance The nrisoner had for Czolgosz. Safug raid that he had on more than one oc- casion been taken for the assassin.
 The chief immediately LOOK nm IaIo sic nrivate office and sweated hi mfor Severai hours. saftig told Chief Desmond that he would tell all he knew Fesarains the plot to kill the President
 saftig Makes Confession
 of was on Monday before the President was Killed that l nrsL kne~ 1tsS cireIea s y.;S sang sOn that date Prank fiafrt. San .an anarchist made an appointment for me to meet hi mat the Micheiooe Sai1Ha nHarriran' M told me that he wanted me @o 0o to Buffalo with him. He saio that there was man to De KiIeo, pi JIa toId man. 1 asked him who 1t was. he Lol9 xna to wait and I would see. I consented fo Ro and we left here Tuesday ana reaSn- ed Buffalo Wednesday evening Iate. taro H apd rsye me a return ticket to St. Louls. When we got to Buffalo we went 70 boarding house where we saw CZolsI ISI; 1s,I; Czolgosz told me that he lntenoeo 'o Ai' ' He said he had gone to Niagara Falls with that view, but failed. 1G waS s,on Sn make another attempt Psttor soon nostnone it.
 fife said that there were so mary .ii Reo+t tRho+ ple present that 1t was sure InaihS 'HSs d1d he would be caught Czoigos| tIn saiu said n Ie he not care if he was caught lie saio ne Svould shoot the President where all peo- ple would know why he was killed T, SHarrigan told him to ,a go aheae Ss Saved Il On Friday morning Czolgosz told me tnls was the day that the killing was to take take D,ace. He asked me to tie handkerchleI m a revolver in his hand under the hanoker. chief. He asked me if l could see Lna; ; Shere was a weapon in his hand. l said 'n9T .aThen he told me that was to go to &bA Temple of Music. 1 was to fix up my hand the same as I had fixed his. IT tne guards allowed me to geI py me ,t thaU have no trouble in getting by: But II they Etopped me he would not try.
 '"That afternoon we went out as he sug. xested, I tied the handkerchief about This was fixed up the same way; liar; rigan was to meet us at the grounds nI ano he was to be immediately oacK or CIoi- rosz to prevent any interference. e"At the gate I weakened. l told Czoi- xosz that would go back and get Harrl- San to do what had been laid out TOT hie never saw Czolgosz agaln; met Harriean He told me that he had not osen ,one on 'nI grounds when the murder LOOK piace,, ,oI feared to take a train TOT ,ad St, Lp It nart nf the e' way and beat my way on trains It took me four days to get back, IT, Saftig says he was born in Coiognns, aS e6 has lived in many cities of the Cnlteo States He was present, he stated: aI meeting of anarchists at Paterson, N; J . in 1898. when the assassination or haHe fti Eumbert of Italy was planned. Saiue said that Harrigan presided over tha'
 A Waiter Denies Story.
 When Chief Desmond returned to his rNace this afternoon Saftig was confront Sta+ed emphatically that Saftig was 1T St Louis on the day of President MIG KInley's assassination. Saftig despite pettit's positive statement to the con trary said he was in Buffalo on the day m ssftIs aI told a representative of the As socated Press that ne nrsL no meI C1oiETs' as E'e man. Asked if he knew Emma Goldman aaftig said he had never met her, bu had heard her sPeek iH as far Se knew. the prisoner said he was no TnoWn to the Goldman woman: Chic Desmond says he will nolo SaIug uIttl L, he Is satisfied beyond d ooupt IhaI HI story Is untrue.
 "rmportant, If True" Says Haller
 p,rfaIo Sept. 24-Assistant Distric Attorney Haller was shown the Assoelat ed Press report from St' Lotus soou
 That Is very important if true'' h said ,.,-... about the mat ter at all? he was asked.
 "No. it is news to me. 4,.
 What effect would this have on tn
 q cannot tell until we know more ab9u it. We will talk it over"
 Desmond Believes Story is True.
 St. Louis, Sept. 24.-The Post DispatcI today says:
 Fdwark Saftig suspected of petit lar cenv and arrested Monday afternoon, toll Chief of Detectives Desmond today tha he was one of three men who conspiret fo assassinate President Mckinley at Buffalo on September 6, and that 1t wa he who tied around CzoIgosz's hand tn handkerchief that concealed the weapon with which Czolgosz shot the President
 Chief of Detectives Desmond. wh talked to Saftig is convinced that Saftii "a taIlin0 the truth. The Chief says b.