Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-08
zOLGOSZ'SSTAIEREk A
COLD FLOODED RECITAL.
pEclAREs THAT ONE OF EMMA
GoLDMAS's SPEECHES SEC
HIM on FIRE.
his HEAD WAS BURSTING
SPENT THREE DAYS An
OPPORTUNITY 10
THE PRESIDENT.

The statement of Leon Czolgosz maze
to the police, transcribed and signed
by the prisoner, is as follows;
Il was born in Detroit nearly "
years ago. My parents were RUSSIAN
Poles. They came here AZ years ago.
I got nv education in the pubic
schools of Detroit and then went 10
Cleveland, where I got work. In CleNe,
land | read books On socialism ana
met a great many socialists, / was
pertty well known as a socialist III the
West. After being in Cleveland Iof
several years | went to Chicago, where
| remained seven months, after which
I went to NeWburg on the outskirts o.
Cleveland ard went to work III the
Newhurg wire mills.
During the last five years have
Mad as friends, anarchists in Chicago,
Cleveland. Detroit and other western
cities. and | suppose | became more or
less bitter. Yes, / know | was bitter.
| never had much luck at anything and
this preyed upon me. 1t made me
morese and envious. but what started
the craze to kill was a lecture | heard
some little time 2 by Emma Cold
man. She was in Cleveland and n
other anarchists went to hear her.
size set Ne on Fire.
.Her doetripe that all rulers should
he xte-minated was what set me TO
thinking, SO that my head nearly spit
with the rain. Miss Goldman's words
went right through me, and when
left the lecture ! had made up my mind
thar would have TO do something
heroic for the cause | loved.
,Eisht days ago. while | was in Chi
e "a read in a CHICAGO newspaper
ri President NcKinley's visit to the
r~cn-N9,crjean rvrosif'on at Buffalo.
~ d. + ka4ebt ? ticket for Buf.lo
- ~ot bo.e Nth tbed determination 10
do -sanet1jnr b,t ! id not know lust
ut r,o4ett of sboo4ipe tho presi-
49, b,.t - . fo.,,cd I. MON
- vent - rro At Io7e proadwav
rh+b - -. "a 49,, tob,
-. ra1a - - na1i,i.i,n
- p
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' u ~ w ~
Nus" H"'"l"e "oo"t
- e.tt5Ht nv lay ven ~
~ tisl sio"hu' d couple ol
t--es 4 T.
Vel thtb frcsda' dorain%
did tde resolution to shoot The Prcsi-
dert taIH hold OF ne. Il Was in my
heort: there was NO scope for me.
coulG not hive ~naHer il had my
life heen al stake. There WAS thous-
r.Gs Of rocnle n town on Tuesday.
heard Il was Presidents Dav. All
those reonle seemed bovinr IN the
great fpler m9dc IN M mind 70
kill ta4t r,lea haasht a % calihre
revoIrsr ono
4rr TH--5av~ni@E tbo fai,
grenade n,d r.as ncar The r,ilrood oato
hen The rtesiden tial narty arrived
| tried TO Get near him hut the noIice
me back. They forced every
body back so that the erea ruler could
pass. was close to the President
he cot into the grounds but was
afraid to attempt the assassination be-
eause there were SO many men in the
hcdy guard that watched him. was
not afraid of them Or that | should get
but afraid | might be seized and
my chance would be gon forever. /
We'll, he went away that time and |
went home. On Wednesday | went to
the grounds aud stood right near the
President. right under him near the
from which ne spoke
| tncught hall a dozen M OF
shooting while he was speaking, but |
could not get close enough. ! was
Ifaio might miss. and then the great
crowd was always testing n was
AFRAID lest my am fall- waited until