Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-09-19

| sim. ne was SICK mere. and the
elder Czolgosz rubbed his hands over
his chest. Leon must be crazy. He
was good boy, but he wasn't strong"
John Czolgosz, the brother living
with his parents, is bright young
man, and can speak English fuently.
81 don't know what the matter is
with Leon" he said He must be
crazy. He was never well. We
spent piles of money for doctors, but
they couldn't do him any good. We
would say, Leon, are you sick?' and
he would answer. None of your bust.
ness For days he would speak to
none of us. He came to the house to
sleep, but would cook fish and eat
them in the woods, not coming near
the house in the daytime
HE said that he was too sick to
work. Four years ago he worked In
the fence department of the American
Steel and Wire company The work
was too hard. and he came back to
the farm. He wouldn't work there,
either He was sick, and we didn't in
| sist on it, and he spent his time in the
woods fishing. He would take an ear
of corn or several potatoes and cook
them with the fish he caught. That
is the way he lived.
He left home in June. He said he
was going to work for a rich farmer
in Indiana. have not heard from
him since. and supposed that he was
there. He never before left home.
The boy was not an anarchist He is
crazy if he says he is. He never read
Emma Goldman's books, He was too
lazy to read. He is about % years
old and was born in Detroit. He
went to school only short time He
was coward. and | don't see where
he got the nerve to shoot anyone.
pity my brother, and my father IL
sorry that he shot Mr.. Mckinley"
In 1898 the Czolgosz family came to
Cleveland from Detroit They bought
good farm in the southwestern cor
ner of Orange township. Owing to
the way in which the farm was run
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 brother
of the would-be assassin, decided to
stay on the farm and help Mr.. Smith.
The rest of the family came to Cleve-
land.
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 corn
cutter lay rusted in 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. 81 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 a
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 anerchist?" he was
asked.
mo; he was o socialist"
'Diu he ever read Emma Goldman's
works."
mo, but he read socialistic papers,"
Are you socialist"
Eyes, the whole family Isl
None of the family Is an anar-
chist?"
NO; | should say not"
The family on Fleet street 20 not
believe that Leon had an accomplice.
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
dudItHlbJs Inc NOME Is III 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. It 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. II was in the little
frame building where the seed was
sown and fostered which changed a
boy to a brute.
Leon took away the pamphlets
which taught murder riot and ruin
and brooded over them, though he
may have kept IL from his family.
He became melancholy and irritable.
Although naturally coward, he had a
fierce temper ana soon became fitted
for his awful crime. He carried an.