Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-09-19

was going to work for rich farme
in Indiana. | have not heard from
him since, and 1 supposed that he wa
there. He never before left home
The boy was not an anarchist. He i
crazy if he says he is. He never rea,
Emma Goldman's books. He was to,
lazy to read. He is about % years
! old, and was born in Detroit. H.
went TO school only a short time. H,
was coward. and l don't see wher,
he got the nerve to shoot anyone.
pity my brother. and my father 1,
sorry that he shot Mr. Mckinley"
In 1898 the Czolgosz family came t.
Cleveland from Detroit They bought
a good farm in the southwestern cor
ner OF Orange township Owing te
the way in which the farm was rur
there was little money for the family
and they became dissatisfied with
their lot. They tried to sell, and final
ly succeeded in getting a purchaser
last week-John Smith, formerly OF
this city. Waldeck, another brothe,
of the would-be assassin, decided to
stay on the farm and help Mr.. Smith
The rest of the family came to Cleve
land
A Leader reporter visited Waldeck
He was working in the fields. A pillow
stood in the furrow-it had been there
since the spring plowing-and a corn
cutter lay rusted in a field. Waldeck
did not know that President Mckinley
had been shot. He said that Leon
had trouble with the family, and there
had been many disputes.
Leon made several trips to Buff,
falo this year." said Waldeck before
he learned of the attempted assassina,
ton. L asked him what he was do,
ing in Buffalo, and he told me it was
none of my business.
Last June he went to Fort Wayne,
Ind, and several days later | got g
letter from him. He did not say why
he had left home, or what he was
doing, but wrote that we might never
see him again.
Say, what is the matter with Leon:
does he owe money at Chagrin Falls ?"
asked the brother, with some concern.
When told no his brow cleared.
Was Leon an anarchist?" he was
asked.
No; he was a socialist"
Did he ever read Emma Goldman's
woIks?"
mo, but he read socialistic papers,"
Are you socialist"
yes, the whole family is
None of the family is an anar-
chist?''
NO; I should say not"
The family on Fleet street 40 not
believe that Leon had an accomplish
They knew nothing about his trip to
Buffalo this summer, and they do not
know why he went to Indiana.
The walls Of the house on Fleet
street are covered with cheap colored
pictures of Biblical scenes, contrast
ing awfully with the deed of the young
anarchist. The home is in no way
similar to the saloon, grocery and hall
operated by the anarchists father
some two years ago.
The saloon is now run by Joseph
Karwacki. 1t is termed the White
Eagle. The saloon is at the corner
of Tod street and Third avenue. In
the hall on the second floor of the
building an eagle is painted on the
wall, wings Outstretched, beak open
and claws spread. Here anarchists
met when Paul CZolgosz owned the
place. Leon drank in the sentiments
of blood and listened to tales of the
Haymarket riots. 1t was in the little
frame building where the seed was
sown and fostered which changed a
boy to brute.
Leon took away the pamphlets
which taught murder, riot and ruin
and brooded over them, though he
may have kept it from his family.
He became melancholy and irritable.
Although naturally a coward, he had
fierce temper and soon became fitted
for his awful crime. He carried an
archistic thoughts to the farm. He
brooded in the woods. He did not
speak to members of his family,
spending his time tramping the woods,
fishing and becoming each day
stronger to make the fiendish attempt
on the life of the president.
Several years ago Czolgosz was en-
ployed in a Newburg mill. Among his
fellow workmen there he was known
as Fred Nieman. He is member Of
Forest City Castle lodge, No. 20, of
the Golden Eagle. His former asso-
ciates in the mill describe him as a
man Of about 26 years of age, feet 7
inches in height, with light complex
ion and brown hair. They say that
he was a quiet acting man, but was
known to have violent temper It
is said that the would-be assassin is a
strong infdel.
THE CRETAN CITY OF PHAESTOS