Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-10-03

a liberal drink Or Drzndy was given
him. He recovered 10 q few minutes
|anscienty 70 roll over % the other
side Of the chair.
Two keepers seized him and com
handed him to stand up. His knees
shook and be fall to the floor.
20. q orr he snrieked again As the
howls from the crowd without cane
through The windows
s.shui up. You're fakiEg said
|Dr. GERM. The assgssiD obayed the
command except that he moaned dis.
mally In a quieter tone and continued
10 writhe Is agony. Two keepers
stripped him Of his clothing and plaeed
UPON him a prison suit Of clothing.
He was not bathed nor vas his pedi-
gree taken.
Five keeperl picked him ap and
dragged him from the Office 70 the
condemned cells, from which he win
never emerge again except 70 go 70
his death. Dr.Gerin went with them.
He made an examination Of the
assassin.
When he came out Of the condemned
mans cell be said:
1T was just fright. He Is a misera'
be coward and collapsed when he saw
the crowd and the prison. Nov that
he IS safe in bis cell ! guess ne sill
brace up. He has partially recovered
from bis fright
In anticipation Of the assassins
coming, between 1900 and 1900 per.
lsons surrounded the JAN until
O'Clock in the morning, bowling and
singing patriotic songs. After that
hour the crowd, thinking the assassin
was not coming, began TO disperse,
300 men and boys hung about until
the train arrived.
TT WAS A NIsTAKE.s
During the ride from Albany to Au.
burn the assassin on the train con
yersed with the correspondents who
rode in a seat behind him. He said:
II am sorry / did il, and l want you
to say 50 in your papers"
"Do you think il was a mistake."
HYes it was q mistake
III you had 10 do it over again
would you do its's
'No, l would not 1t was a mis-
take"
"Do you think 1t helped anybody,
those you wanted to helpsr
'No, don't think il did. but it il
too late to talk about that now. II Il
too late"
Whom did you want TO help The
laborlng people o. the countryf'i
u don't know whom ] wanted Il
help, l don't know whom ] wanted Z
help"
"What good did you think such an
act could de?''
II don't know as il did any
aWas your mind influenced by read
ing anarchist newspapers OF bookss'
II don't know"
"what were you thinking Of TIA,
day youshot the PRESIDENT"
"Its too late 10 talk about thai
now
what was your complaint against
the P~residentgf
II had nothing against him. Moth
In personal
do you know anybody In Paterson
n. j., any anarchistsg"
mo; ] don't know anybody there. ;
"po YOU know Of Count Malatest;
or Nine Brusiguolib''s
"No.r
"Was your trial falrg"
"Yes, it was fairer than l though
/ would get.
THE PRESIDENT SAID NOTHING.
The assassin, who became ratheI
communicative after awhile said: II
is not true that / was married to an
woman in West Virginia. l hayi
never been married. 1t is not trul
anybody else told me to do this thing
It is not true that | acted for anybod.
else.
Later, as the train was nearing Au
burn, the assassin was asked:
when you held out your hand Z
the President did he say anything {
.yous"
.No, he didn't say nothing"
didn't he say, How could you
sir?'
NO, sir, he didn't. lie didn' t say
word. He didn't speak before l fired
nor afterward."
"Did you hesitate that day ate
you had entered the Temple Of Music,
Did you turn back"
"No, l kept right on. knew l wa
going to do It,"
"Did a colored man grab yousH
"No, / didn't see any nigger.n
"Did Emma Goldman know y0l
were going to do this thing-sboo'
the Presldentsm
"No, she didn't; no body knew
was going 70 do it. didn't see her IL
Chicago, / heard her lecture in CleFe
land. That's all she had 70 do witt
It.
Over Eighty Years Old.
Among the citizens Of Audfair
county over 30 years old is r. L.