The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-11
AT CZOLGOCZ's HOME.
Many People Think Plot Was
Hatehed i'm Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, o., Sept. 1O.-Public opin-
ion In this city is still greatly divided on
the question as to whether Cleveland
reds were concerned in the attempted
assassination of the President The po-
lice have utterly failed in their search for
evidence of plot, and are thoroughly
convinced that none existed, at least in the
immediate circle of Leon Czolgocz's friends
and relatives. There is still a widespread
belief in the city that such a plot existed,
but that it would be almost impossible to
secure any tangible evidence of the same
is as readily conceded. Residents of the
Newburg district, and particularly the
workmen who are brought into daily con-
tact with the foreign element of
the population, are unanimous in
the opinion that the responsibility for the
crime does not rest upon one person. The
meeting places and the very homes of
these people are said to be the breeding
places for socialistic and anarchistic prop
aganda. They are a stolid, uncommuni-
catve and tacturn class of people, and it
is little wonder that the city police depart
ment has been unable to find evidences of
a plot, when the father and immediate
relatives of Leon Czolgocz showed but the
slightest traces of concern or emotion
whatever when confronted with the story
of their kinsmans guilt. Repeated calls
at the Czolgocz home on Fleet street to-
day by reporters who sought interviews
with the father of the would-be assassin
were without result All visitors were in
formed that CzoIgocz was not at home.
Mrs. Czolgocz, the woud-be assassin's
stepmother. was seen at the house of a
neighbor, and stated that her husband was
working on city street gang. At the
Public Works Department it was stated
that a ticket had been issued to him per-
mitting him to go to work in the Water
works Department, but his name does not
appear on the roll of employees, and il was
impossible TO discover his whereabouts.
1t was learned to-day on excellent au-
thority that secret service men are working
on the case in Cleveland, and were also
trying to locate Paul Czolgocz.
Director of Public Works Charles p.
Salen takes exception to the statement
published in to-days papers to the effect
that Anarchists are being employed by the
city government. MIR. Salen tonight gave
out written statement concerning the
matter as follows: After the flood which
visited Cleveland a week ago last Sunday
we advertised for laborers to repair the
damages and during the week put TO work
every man who was capable of
handling a pick or shovel. 1t
seems that among those who
applied was the father of Czolgocz, who
was given an order to labor in one of the
water works gangs at $50 a day last Fri
day morning. but failed to report for work
either Friday or Saturday. and we have
no record Of his having reported since.
Harry Kline, an employe OF the city en-
gineering department, charged with being
an Anarchist. has a laboring position. His
acquaintance state positively that he has
no anarchistic tendencies whatever, and
his reputation is that OF an honest. peaceful
and hard-workng citizen"