Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-13
PHOENIX BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER ID, 1901

Milburn expressed sorrow that he had
been the cause of trouble to the expo
| sition. Czolgosz was carried to a side
| room in the Temple on being searched
| nothing was found except a letter relat-
ing to his lodging. He gave his name as
| Fred Nieman, and said he was from De-
| troit. 1t seems that he had Joined a fra
ternal organization in Cleveland under
the name of Nieman. He offered no ex-
| PLANTATION of the deed except that he was
an anarchist, and had done his duty.
Mob Which Attempted to Lynch Czol.
gosz Beaten Back by Soldiers.
Hundreds of voices outside the temple
took up the cry of lynch him." and
start was made for one of the entrances.
The soldiers and police had great diff
Guilty in beating back the crowd. When
the assassin was placed in the carriage
to be taken to the police station, the
crowd burst out in the roar, murderer,
assassin, lynch him, hang him." etc.
Men sprang at the horses and clutched
at the wheels of the carriage, but the
soldiers fought a way clear at the heads
of the horses and, pursued by a crowd of
thousands the carriage eventually reach
ed the police court headquarters.
The news was broken to Mrs. Mckinley
as gently as possible. and she stood the
shock remarkably well. The news of the
attempted assas sination spread like wild
fire, and thousands of people gathered
about the bulletin boards along Newspa-
per Row and around police headquarters
during the evening About 10 o'clock at
night the cry of lynch him" was taken
up again, and a dense throng surged tow
ard the police station, but a squad of re-
serve policemen coming to the aid of
those on duty held the crowd at bay.
The Assassin's History.
Leon c. Czolgosz is a Russian Pole, 2S
years old, slim, dark complexion, with an
intelligent and pleasing face. He dresses
with neatness, but there was nothing in
his appearance to attract unusual atten-
ton. His parents came to this country
from Russian Poland 80 years ago and
settled in Detroit, where the young man
was born. He has several brothers and
sisters. After attending the common
schools. he became a blacksmith appren-
tice. He went later to Cleveland, then
to Chicago, and finally returned to Cleve-
land. He had been known as a bitter
anarchist for some time. About two
weeks ago he attended a meeting in
Cleveland and lecture by Emma Cold
man instilled in his heart the poison of
assassination. Learning that President
Mckinley was to visit the Pan-American
exposition, he determined upon the muir
der. He had been in Buffalo a week
staying at John Nowak's hotel on
Broadway. He went there because he
knew that Nowak was a Pole He
bought self-cocking 32-calibre revolver
placed 1t in his pocket and went to the
exposition Tuesday. remaining all day
He attempted to get near to the Presi- |
dent on Wednesday when the latter come
TO Buffalo, and also on Thursday, Presi- !
dents day, when Mr. Mckinley made an
extended address. He has signed a long
confession which is in the hands of the
Buffalo police. He claims that he acted |
independently, and that no other an
archists knew of his intention to shoot
the President. This is not believed, how
ever and it is thought by many that
he was simply the central figure of a ne
farious plot
Worldwide Interest in Presidents
Condition.
worldwide interest was taken in the
attempted assassination. and kilograms
of sorrow and sympathy from men in
authority all over the world were receiv-
ed in Buffalo. Emperor William of Ger
many, King Edward of England, Presi-
dent Loubet of France. Prime Minister
Laurier of Canada, and many others
gave expressions of their feelings. Tele-
grams also came from nearly all of the |
governors of the United States, including
the generals of our army a distance
The only man in public life who disgraced
himself by his comment on the shooting
was Senator Wellington OF Maryland
who declared that he and Mckinley were
enemies, he had nothing good to say
about him, and that he was Indifferent to
the whole matter. All of the members
of the Presidents cabinet hurried to Buff
falo, where they have been in consulta-
ton during the week.
Evidences of an Anarchistic Plot.
Nowak a Pole, and a friend of Czolgosz.
was arrested Monday. He will be called
upon to tell all he knows about Czolgosz
and also to explain some mysterious
doings of his own. Suspicion rests upon
three or four other Poles who have been
in Buffalo under peculiar circumstances
recently. one of them who knew Czol-
gosz in Cleveland was in Buffalo two
days before Mckinley was shot and ii
is claimed that while under the influence
of liquor he boosted that Mckinley would
never leave Buffalo alive. The Buffalo
police and the United States secret SER
vice officials are now satisfied that the
assassination of President Mckinley was
only the first in a series of crimes plotted
by the anarchists.
Czolgosz will be tried under the laws of
New York state. If President Mckinley
RECEIVERS he will escape with a sentence
of ten years Imprisonment, as the penal
code of New York provides for no greater
penalty for assault.
Five anarchists have been arrested in
Chicago The men are proud of being
anarchists and admit their contempt for
laws. The police of Chicago are now
looking for the publisher of paper call
ed THE Free Society"
one despatch from Cleveland says that
Czolgosz was at one time a saloon keeper.
His father is a poor man. His step
mother says the young man had not been
at home in 60 days. He has always been
considered peculiar, and as a boy was
dlsinclined to work. He claimed that he
was not we'll and would spend most of his
time fishing.
Vice President Roosevelt Has Carried
Himself Well.
Vice President Roosevelt has occupied
peculiarly delicate and trying position
since the event which threatened the
Presidents life, and those intimately as
ISOLATED with the President, are warmest
in their expressions of the manner in