The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-09
CZOLGOSZ is FIRM
Assassin of the President Ad-
heres to First Story.
That He Alone Is Responsible
For the Crime.
is A CLEVER FENCER.
Gives Out No Information Be-
yOnd His General Confession.
Once WOrked in a Lumber Camp
and Talked Anarchy.

Buffalo, Sept. s.-Czolgosz has made
no admissions to the police officials,
and nothing they have learned from
from him has aided toward a solution
of the criminals side of the case. He
still insists that he alone conceived.
planned and carried out the crime. and
that he alone must answer for it. He
admits that he attended meetings at
which Emma Goldman spoke. and
where he and his fellow anarchists dis
cussed their propa ganda of murder. but
steadfastly denies that any of them
had part in his plan. His talks with
them We're fairly general He says he
did not divulge to them any feature of
his scheme to come here and Kill the
president His statement on that fea
tUre made on Sunday created the inn
preston that ne acknowledged a gem
eral talk with his associates on this
particular crime, but he now says there
was no justification for that impress
sion.
The stories that the prisoner is wear
ing out physically and mentally under
the strain of his crime. Imprisonment.
and the ordeal of questioning. are de-
MED by the police. who say that there
is no appreciabfe change in his general
condition They admit that he was
clever enough to avoid admissions OF
a damaging character on ground out
side of his general confession
WORKED IN LUMBER CAMP
Alpena. Mich, Sept. 9.-John Sher-
wood a well known lumberman, states
that Leon CzolgOsz worked IN a cedar
camp near South Branch, Thunder BAY
river, two years ago. He went by the
name of Fritz or Fred Nieman at tnaL
time. Sherwood says the fellow was
a radical anarchist, and made tne
statement. '',rhe government VIII fail
in three or four years. The president
Will be killed. The anarchists VIII win.
The time for action will soon be here
He talked Of nothing else to the men
working in the camps. At time ne was
morose, but never showed any signs OF
insanity. He did not say he used 70
live in Alpena but was recognized Dy
men who knew him and his family
HIS CLEVELAND RECORD
Cleveland. O.. Sept. 9-Chief Of Police
O'Connor today gave to the Associated
Press a statement in which ne teils
what he has learned concerning the
presidents assaiiant-
Czoigosz was taciturn. mentally irreg-
ular and at outs with his own family
He received $40 from his family Tor ms
equity in a farm near mere as ne ue-
sired to leave the city Leon sun mas
$50 coming to him from the sale of his
share The statement that he received
S45 from NeWburg anarchists to take
is a strong impression that there is "a
ring Of anarchists in this vicinity work
ing in conjunction with their comrades
in Chicago.
NO GENERAL ANARCHIST HUNT.
Buffalo N Y, Sept 9-Aany sensa-
tional reports are being circulated
about cabinet action looking to the APP
prehension and prosecution of Emn1
Goldman and leaders Of anarchist or
ganizations of mysterious directions
from the secretary of war to the chlet
Of police here and Of developments Of a
startling nature that are anticipated.
The great majority of these reports Ia
the words Of a cabinet officer are man
ufactured out of whole cloth"
The question Of the prosecution OF
Czolgosz. the cabinet are unanimously
of the opinion is purely a local affair.
There is no government statute cover
ing an assault on the president OF tae
United States; in the eye Of the law the
crime Of last Friday is merely a local
offense committed against a private cit-
izen in violation of the laws Of the state
Of New York and of Erie county.
The only request Secretary Root has
made to the superintendent Of police
and the district attorney here was one
designed to prevent the assassin from
being made a hero by exploitation. 1t
can be stated upon the authority Of a
cabinet officer that no general move
ment against anarchists is contempla-
ted.
No specffc order Tor the arrest or de-
tention Of Emma Goldman has been
sent out by Superintendent Bull. but e
is possible that she will be arrested OH
the ground Of the request that the po-
lice throughout the country locate and
examine any person who may be sus-
pected Of completely in the crime. The
police are endeavoring to trace her
movements Immediately before and af-
ter the president was shot