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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07
DID THEY KNOW
OF PLOT-!TO KILL?

CHICAGO. Sept f.-caicagn Anarch-
lists. In response TO cal! Issued three
days arc. held a meeting last niSht in
FALCON on Yves. Chicago avenue and
discussed the attempted assassination
OF President Mckinley. Men and wom-
en- known to be associated With tho
Anarchist movement in tho city wcrc IN
the Sar-room. Attendance showed that
/, was no ir:promp;u gathering. Over
twa hundred persons were gathered In
the hall.
Tarec aays ago tho memoirs OF several
societies pseso notified ts,,t u celebration
would take PLACE last night. The reason
for the issuance Of the call 30. :.e Iaes..
iag could not be learned from tnosr
present. rasy made no secte. o: the
fact that they anticipated sonstaing D!
which they might talk, however.
Not u word of sympashy for the man
who was near his death was heard a,
tho meeting. Instead there were speech.s
IN which tac name OF Mckinley VIA
mentioned only to hiring forth cries Of
condemnation. Foe tho name Of the
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07
TEN YEARS THE PENALTY
IF M'kINLEY GETS WELL.

II the President should recover. the
penalty under the laws OF New io:S
State 70: his assaiiant will be wholly
Ina deIuate 20 the enormity ~ the crime.
The maximum penalty would be I'm.
prisonment for s>term not eace .iins ten
years.
The crime having been committed
within New York State. TIE trial Will
necessarily be held here. There IA no
Federal ssatut. covering such case
United States laws provide FOR punish
Ing crimes committed within territory
exclusively owned and controlled by
the Federal Government. but otherwise
crimes are punishable only by the SAT-.
courts o. the State within which they
are committed and according TO the
State laws. This case would be gov
ern.d by sec;ions Nos. :l7 and 20 %
the Penal code, the former o! which
defines the crime ana the latter pre-
.cribes the penalty. Section az pro-
vide. as follows:
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07
, ! PLANNED THE
DEED.-CZOLGosZ.
(se.e.s, to Tue Evening word

Z BuFrA1.o. Sept, 7.-czolsoss. the
wouid.be ASSASSIN OF tho President. is
q member Of Anarchist Organisations IN
New York aud Paterson. ". j., ami has
attended Anarchist meetings In those
: cities recently. Thi, fact was comn,uni.
Gated 20 tho police to-day by william
Nowak, q New York cigar manufac.
turcr.
Nowak called on Superintendent OF
Police Bull this morning. hs1sa.d he
had known csolsoss ana his family Tor
four years.
"He Is an Anarchist OF the mos, ex-
3trcms type" said Nowak. HE comes
OF taEiily OF Anarchists. HIS fatfSr
was an Anarchist and all tho other mem.
bcrs OF his family were cranks on the
same subject. know personally that
Csolsoss Is 4 member OF Anarchist so.
cietles In New York and Patterson. n, j..
and has attended meetings OF those 50.
ctetiea recently"
Sowak was taken into supt. Buirs
private ONCE and few minutes later
czo.Hoss was erough, In. czolsesa
recognized Sowak at once and extended
mia hand. Sowak refused to shake
hands with him. who to,a you 10
commit rais erims:" Nowak asked.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07
REDS OiSOWN
THE ASSASSIN.

CHICAGO, Sept, Oscar Seebe. one
Of the Anarchists convicted OF com.
pl!cey In the Hsymarket riot. said to-
day that there wac no pio, of the Anur-
chists TO murder President Mckinley.
lie declared that the asSallhnt OF the
President was either u crank or an in.
sane man.
mo good could result from k!l!:ng
President Mckinley" Sesba declared,
because he Is good man. and. as
far An a man In MS position can be. ho
IA Tor the masses OF the people
Mrs. Lucy Parsons. whose husba nj
was executed for his part In the Hay
market riot, said, as did Seebc, that
there was no p5pt OF IN. Anarchists 10
harm the President. II there was sac
had no knowledge OF 1t.
NO man.. sheN ieclarsd. who has
tho true principles OF Anarchy IN his
hear, wou'a. attempt 20 F2iurs President
Mckinley. He Is u good President, who
iiatens to the voice OF the peop,a and
triss to d, his best for ,hom:"
that the President would recover,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07
EMMA GOLDMAN.

o, her no,orlety when she sought com
mutation for the sentence OF Alexander
Berkman IN 1899. He was sentenced TO
twenty-five years imprisonment for tho
attempt to assass!nate Henry c. Frick.
OF the Carnegie iron works.
In December. 1899, she horsewhipped
Herr Mos, on tie platform at Odd Eel.
lows Hal. IN Forsyth street. because
Ne had made remarks abou, her. She
uttered n bitter TRADE against Vice
president Roosevelt in 1886. and four
years later. threatened 10 start q cam.
palgn OF determination against mill
iuna!res.
Emma Goldman was born In Koyna.
Russia. lsirty-ihree years ago. sne
came TO this country with her parents
In 1855. and when old enough made n
livelihood AS dressmaker. Her parents
lived In Rochester for some time. She
nrrr!cd Jacob Kerstner. who served
,hr.c years in AuouFn prison for grand
larceny.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07
SAD FACED
CROWDS SCAN
BULLETINS.
No Democrats or RepubIi-
cans To-Oay-AI| New
York Mourns as One.

When rrca, ,or,ow. com. when ton.
d.re., svm..,t,.. -. ,-.1.d bov the
rrc,, heart ot m. pe,,I. ~ New york
rc,ponds and ,hroh. in unison with tho
nation!
cosmopol,tan. cold. seIrsh New York
No, as YOU see II to-day. sathered with
saddened. upturncd faces around the
hundreds OF bulletin boards all over the
metropolis
These Httle groups and st,en, crowds
NJ ,houx,nds sneak mor. ,h,, IN.
wail,nss and uncovered heads Of ,hs
mourning anc,en,.
The a.sns,ln.s hul;e, killed all politi.ai
,retud,,es Thor. were no Rv,usl,cans.
M nrr,oc,,,. In tho w,,,,,r th,,nv,
whc, .uhau.s chcc,, w.,. hs,ra n.
/, ,,vo,.h. bu,,,,,p w,, ro.,.d ,hsv
,,rc ~, ,,o,, n, -,,..,. hu, ,ro,,
,,.r,,,r, .,,. ,,,,, ~, .o IN,
,.,J =, IN. ,,,,o, 4, ,hs s,ur ., hi.
sur.-,,-
p j. u.
.,c.r ,,,,,. ,,,, :.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07
BROKER AVENGES
SLUR ON M'kINLEH.

While on his way home shortly after
midnight. James =. Macdonald. .
wealthy coffee broker, who lives at No.
90 Washington street. Brooklyn. pur-
chased one OF the late Mckinley edt-
lions OF The Evening World 8, the cor
ner o: NostraId and Myrtle avenues.
Reading the headline that the Pres,s
dent had \ chance TO recover. Mr. Mac,
donald exclaimed joyfully: Thank God
FOR ihRt"
Il w!sh he would croak." said ssna
one In crowd on the corner. ~
Quick as a nash Broker Macdonald
turned. and facing Fred Esteres. lad
OF o!neteen years, rho lives a; No. los
Sumner avenue. demanded Ia know why
h. made such "A remark.
E.steres denied having SAID anything
and Macdonald. II Is alleged. fell upon
him and Kicked and cuHcd him with
great force. causing severe injury 10 tho
Young man
Macdonald was arrested on charge
OF assault ant heli in the Lee Avenue
Court to-day.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07

orders given to the police. The patrol
men will not "at Tor u second order.
out VIII 60 In and cHtorce the laws 10
tho fullest extent. and there won't De
any occasion 10 call OH, the militia.
Blu, conditions are direren, In New
York from conditions In some OF tae
other large cities In the country,
the police OF New York have always
held tho Anarchists In u determined
way, We have had no outbreaks hy
the Anarchists In New York Cisy and
they're not at all active here.
There are number OF them. It Is
true. In this city. hu, they have con.
fired themselves to making speeches
aud those spsschea have been Of late
YEAR, OF very mild character.
I'VE don't apprehend any trouble from
Anarchists In New York"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07
BOMBS
FOUND IN
CHICAGO.
Buried Close to the Monu-
ment to the Victims Of
the Haymarket Riot.

CHICAGO. H.. Sept. 7.-Buried close
to where the Haymarke, monument
stood facing RANDOLPH street. a city
laborer found two large dynamite bombs.
and crowd soon gathered around the
excavation and gaxed curiously al the
explosives.
They were taken to Inspector shea'
once In tho Desplaines street station
The inspector ordered them destroyed.
Street Iaborers began work early IN
the day tearing up tho pavement around
the spot where the monument to thu
victims Of the Haymarket rio, stood.
They had dug down about a foot when
one OF tho men who was using = pick
turned what appeared 10 be two Old
sections OF iron pipe. He was about to
throw them aside when he rot!ced that
tho ends were plugged. He examined
them agnin. then set thenr carefully on
the yroun6 ahh stepped back.
They're bomes.' he declared. "dyna-
mite BOMBS
that gathered. quickly forced their way
through tho throng 10 see what was
wrong. When they saw the bombs they
took them at once to tho Desplainss
street station.
\ superficial examination. OF thu $40
bombs convinced Inspector SheA that
they were genuine articles. loaded with
dynamite and capable q: causing serious
damage II they we've exploded. The 20.
lice are at a Joss TO explain hos the
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07

do YOU believe in the law OF the
State" asked the Assistant District
Attorney.
II am an Anarrais, and against all
laws" was the reply. My theory Is
shat tn. Legislature and the courts are
OF ne use 20 the mass OF the people.
TIE laws passed help :hc rich and grind
the poor. do not believe In any laws
except those OF morality
when asked 10 whom uhc referred
when she spoke Of tyranu. she said:
"Th- v.sd.rhilts and the Gouiis and
the representative OF the Government.
who deprive the working people OF
food.
In her speech At Union Square she
said: "You have Senators and Congress
men who live In Injury while sou hafe
nothing 10 eat. Their wives aud mis-.
trefses wear silks and diamonds. You
ar. not free citizens. You arc worse
than black slaves
Emma Goldman reached the h-lEh,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07

Emma Goldman. whose teachings Leon
Czo!gosz says inspired him to shoot the
President, has been known for over ten
years Is one OF the mos, rabid Of the
group OF Anarchists who preach muir.
der and annlhilation IN the United
States. In October. 1899. she was founi
guilty. OF melting mobs 10 riot In a
speech In Union Square and sentenced
10 ten months or Blackwel!s lsishd.
Upon her release from pr!sra she was
enthusiastically greeted hy her Anarch-
istc sympl,hizess al monster meeting
In the Thalia Thsaac.
On her crcss-exami1aiion at her trial
she boldly iung into the teeth OF tho
Jury the statement that she was an
Anareh!s. and an atheist. Drawing i,.r-
self to her full hsigh; she dehed tho
laws OF GoA and man.
In arsw-r 10 the question. DO you
believe In Supreme Belns:" she sa!d
calmly:
II do not
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07

Mayor Van wyck Issued this procla-
nation to-day to the people OF the city
OF New York:
"a most coward!v ATTEMPT has been
ma6> upon the life OF the Prcsidcn, OF
the United States. who lies critically III
In the city OF Buffalo.
''In view OF this sudden and appalling
calamity. which nils the hearts OF ali!
with sorrow and anxiety. l call upon tho
people Of tho city o: New York to meet
y their accustomed slsees OF worship
Tomorrow. Scot. 8. to Join In earnest
prayer to Him who Is the gtver Of all
NE to grant to our suffering Presidcnt
n safe deiiverancc from his peri. and q
speedy return to health and to tho dis.
charge OF the duties OF his great ONCE.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07

"Assau!, in the hrst degree derned.-A
person who. H!,h inien, 10, XII a huTIi n
being. or 10 commit a felony upon IN.
persoN or property a.: the one assaulted
or OF another.
u. Assaults another with loaded Are
arm. or any other deadly weapon. or b.
any other means or force likely 10 pro-
duce death: or,
-. Administer. to or causes to be Ad.
m!G!sterei TO or taken BY another,
potsoD. or any other destructive or nox.
!pls ialng. 80 as 20 cndaREeT the lie
OF such other:
Is En!Ity OF assault, in the nrst de-.
gree"
BY Section 20 1t is provided thar "as-
ssHlt in The Hr- degree Is nlnishss!c
By Imprisonment FOR u term hot cx-
creiing ten years"
Formerly the maximum aud minimum
punishHeats were prescribed by this
section but that was changed by the
Legislature some years ago.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07
PATERSON REDS
DON'T KNOW HIM.

When tho Patterson Anarchists were
visited at their quarters on Straight
street and told that man named Me.
OF william Mckinley. no one knew such
a man.
P!edro Esteve. who 10 the editor Of
la QUESTION: SocAale. and who has the
nane Of every Anarchist In this couu.
try at his fingers ends, denied that
S:eman or csolsosz was an Anarchist,
IL no IT," said Estevc. The has no
connection with US. know every man
OF our circle. Detroit Is under US. and
he does not belong to tho circle there"
Esteve showed no feeling whatever on
tho subject Of the attempted murder Of
the President.
Michael Dc Matteo. who controls an
other branch OF ahe REDS" shrugged
his shoulders when asked what he
thought Of the madman'e act.
''I.e 10 a public man and all public
men have enemies. Why not Mr. Nc.
K!aley?
u am sure Paterson has rso,hlns to
do with this. We have nothing to do
with your President. He Is a foreigner
to US. We are looking 10 home. We
fEh: for o.f friends there"
Not cae Anarchist could be found who.
by action or word. showed the least
sympatty for the President. On the
other hand. there was no denonstra.
ton OF any Kind. The REDS" feared
Z. show their hands.
Chief OF POLICE G:aui was out in uni.
form and had charge o. the Straight
stree. quarters. lie had hts men doubled
In the Red" district. He expected q
d-monstration OF some sort and pub,
.iciy said SO. His orders to his men
we're ARREST any demonstrates. !.nne-
dinteiy. NJ matter how"
To-day the Anarchists' quarters are
deserted.
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SAID he WAS
GLAD OF IT

UTICA. N. A.. Sept. IAN hour after
the report VI the Presidents death
reached Utica o -strer ger In I.atayett,
street said: ITS good thtns;il'rn GLAD
OF II! Il ouSht 10 DO Mark Hanna.
There Will b. mere So manacins dit
the crowd esssns that the stranger
ran up Lafayette street Po.icsn'ah
joneS arrested him, Tho prisoner says
that no fnfn,srly rseldsd In East i;igs.
tieth strcst. Nee York. IN hts cell he
s,id no wis sorry for Mckinley. but ne
ssa s no. 30 induced a shame sa,. ns si Sss
him for tnvestisation.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07
EXAMINATION
OF CZOLGOSZ.

BUFFALO. ". r.. Sept. 7.--District.
Attorney Penney and superintendent Of
Police Bull began 4 conference at II
o'clock. They were Joined In half al
hour b. Sheriff Grell. OF New York.
Tho meeting was held behind closed
doors. guarded inside ana out by blue.
coats.
czolgosz was taken into the examina.
tion.rooua, at u.3S o'clock.
II has not been determined whether
he will he kept at Police Headquarters
or taken 70 Jail. but in all probability
ne will be kept At Police Headquarters
and closely. guarded until he has pre-.
lImlnary hsasiEg In the police court.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07

CLEVELAND. O.. Sept. THE nt-
tempted would-be assassin OF the Chief
Executive lives in this city at q Hos
mcr street. He has many relatives. He
Is known as an Anarchist.
Leon CzoiSosz tho man who shot
President Mckinley. Is said TO have
formerly kept a saloon At tho corner OF
Third avenue and Tod street. this city.
Later ne was employed IN on. Of tho
mis- OF the American Steel and Wire
Company.
Foreman rank Dalser. OF the gal.
Santzing department Of tho Console
dated NH Of the latter company. said
to-day: II know Leon Czolgosz vsry
well. His father. / believe. lives ia the
vicinity OF Warrensville. O.. OF a farm.
There are ave sons. tb!nk. all re-
siding in this city. two or three OF
Them living on HcsEer street. Leon
n; one time was employed as black.
smith In the Consolidated Mil. Later
he kept ssioon a, tho corner OF
Third avenue and TOD street. Later he
sold on. the saloon and lived on the
farm 18th his father.
II know that Leon II. or was. an
Anarchist. He attended Socialist and
Anarchist meetings very frequently. 10
is man OF rather 3mall stature. about
twenty-Hx years OF age. The last time
I saw him he had ligA: brown mus
tache."
Son of q Pole.
Later Information concerning the
identity OF CzoiGosz. the would-be as.
sassin. develops that he IS the son OF
Paul CxolEosx, who. II Is said, now
lives at No. 3oe Fleet street. this city.
Other members OF tho family are John.
who lives ut homo with his, father and
step-mother; Michael. a folder now
serving In tho Philippines: viadiolan.
who IL on his fathers farm. located on
the ChaEr1n Falls suburban line. and
Jacob. OF Marcsiline avenue.
The family Is Pol!sh and arc evidently
very poor, the father having LETT home
Saturda! morning looking for employ
mens. Tho steo.mottrer cannot speak
English. but gave GU. the following
interview through tho medium Of an
interpreter. She said:
Leon left homo about sixty days. ago.
We heard from him few weeks ago.
He was then In Indiana ana wrote to
US that no was going away. stating tina,
In all probability We would not sec him
again."
The stepfather failed to recollcct tho
name Of the city from which the letter
was received. but states that II was
from some place In Indiana. Tho family
had not heard from him since.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07

mo one: conceived II myself. No
one else Is guilty" was the reply.
Il know better. You were selected 70
do this by your organization" declared
Nownk.
That II not So said tho prisoner.
why did you shoot the President"
1T was my duty
Sowak told supt. Bull that no wal
confident the plot against the liio Of ths
Preaident was instisated by a sociaiis,
organization In Cleveland.
Il lived In Cleveland two years age
and belonged No the same organisation
said Eowak. when II was formed Il
was purely q social organisation"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07
7CHST CZOLGOSZS( HOME IN CLEVELAND
MAYOR ASKS ALL
TO JOIN IN PRAYER
City's Chief Executive Also Sends Message Of
Sympathy to Stricken Presidents Wife.

Witness my hand and seal OF oc.ce
At the City Hall In the city OF Now
York, this seventh day OF September
\. d. one thousand nine hundred and
one.
ROBERT A. VAN WICK. Mayor"
The Mayor seat this delctch to MI
Mckinley:
The pcople OF the city OF New York
shocked at the da9:ardly attemp, or
the life OF your beloved husband. thu
President OF the United States, extend
their profound sympathy to you In you,
hours Of anxiety and sorrow. md ear.
ncstly pray for his speedy and complete
recovery.
ROBERT a. VAN WICK.
Mayor
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07
ERlE'S DISTRlCT-ATTORNEY
GIVES OPINION TO THE~MORLD.

have lad little examine into legal phases the
occupied securing
evidence
Jurisdiction OF the
OF the
.
the will be taken by the prosecution
or
to-day will possible
OF Of
PESEY
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tsp.-l.l 10 n. Ev.ains wMlJ

HAMILTON, Mas. Sept. 7.-Gcorse
Won l.. Meyer. Ambassador to Italy.
relates an extraordinary coincidence
resa;dI.s the lancntabn attempt
on tie Presidents Vic. The Ambassa-
DOR said that on Saturday. Aug. 81. ne
d!ntd at Canton with the President and
Gen. Macarthur.
In the hour preceding d!nncr. The con-
versation turned on the subject OF the
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07
M'KINLEY HAD NO
FEAR OF ANARCHY.
As Late as Aug. 8 He Laughed at Possibility
of an Attack.

anarchistic movem~n; In general The
Psrs!doo,. who was remarkably light.
hearted and in III. mos, optimistic OF
moods. was .or dlsmts,.ng IN. matter
with wave OF the hand.
Tho nnarshistic order was 4 dcpior-
ablc evil. but under existing conditions
oGe that must he tolerated lie nntlci.
pated no possible danger TO himself from
thst quarter and never had. II wa. not
in any degree likely that he would be
slain by the hand OF nn assassin.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07
NO FEAR Of
"REDS" HERE.

Police Commissioner Murphy was
asked to-day II tho New York police.
as tho Chicago police ara doing. TX.
pec,ed to MAKE Wholesale arrests OF
Anarchists. He said:
ere any attemp. nj open v'o!eace Is
made In New York there won'S be tso
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-09-07

Presidents assailaht there were cheers
All the speeches were in German.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-08
FINANCIAL NEWS
BULLS AND BEARS.

Wall Street, March s.--opening prices OF
railroad stocks were lower within frac-
uonal limits. Heavy blocks OF some OF
the more important stocks were offered.
"a few OF the industrials showed gains
Consolidated gas was notably strong
rising "a and Republican steel gained a
point.
Renewed strength and activity was dis
played by the specialties. which have re-
Gently advanced. including American ice'
sugar. Brooklyn union gas. Manhattan
Peoples Gas and Amalgamated copper
These stocks rallied 1qiis from the low
prices of the opening. Consolidated Gas
however. reacted ga ana there was loss
OF 1isplas in Union Pacific, National SALT
and some OF the steel stocks.
Railroad stocks generally were higher,
especially for Chesapeake and Ohio ana
the Southwesterns. The demand other
wise was small.
When advance had been effected or ia
and 81. in st Louis and San Francisco
common and I'd preferred. n large demand
developed for other railroads. The gran
gers rose 1I2Is under the leadership OF
Burlington and the Pacific bituminous
coal roads and trunk lines were bOeght
Business was less active among the spe-'
cialties. bur they all improved. amalgs-
mated copper touching iol1s and Tennes-
see coal rallying zas American cotton oil
continued 70 srscent decline, selling of lla.
Bonds were strong IN spots but general
~ irregular