Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-09-12
CAREER OF Cz0LG0Sl
Presidents Assailant Avow'
Anarchist, but Great Coward
OF EMMA G0LDE4

Anarchy and Placed Her Tenehit
Above All others-Father says
SON ought to Hang For His ID
Talk with His stepmother.
Tie home Of Leon Czolgosz, thas
sassin WHO shot President Nchify,
IN Cleveland ana its environments ire
Of ja~t the right sort 10 encourat in
his rather weak nature the ideas dch
led To the dreadful elimination inuf-
faIo.
The home is a humble one a306
Fleet street, in the center of thepor-
est section cf the Polish colony. q in
almost every house III the immiate
neiglborhood the red tag Of arrchy
is the only nag that is respected.
Standing within stones thy Of
the Czolgosz home is White Eaglhal,
the headquarters of the most plent
group OF anarchists in the nited-
States ana where murder for Seral
years has been secretly ana opeg al
vocated as the only remedy fonociai
conditions which prevent true berty
as such liberty is defined by e an
arciiSt
Tie streets. houses, saloons an little
halls near by reek with the hckest
sentiments and darkest deeds, nd no
one in the anarchistic group WI filed
with 4 more bitter hatred Of listing
things rulers ana governmentslnd no
one has uttered more violent senti-
meuts against capitalists and th rulers
of nations among these vicious vipers
than Leon CZoigoSz. the ASSASSIN, says
the New York Journal Two yars ago
Paul Cz0lgosz. the father of Len Col
gosz, was the proprietor of the White
Eagle hall. He had run the pace for
several years.
The hall is now dirty and bre, and
the place is not kept as it wss when
Leon Czolgosz acted as jantor and
looked after the place that lie cared
for more than anything else III earth.
It is related that Leon slept very Of
ten in the hall where the tales ,f blood.
venom and hatred of the human race
ran from black lips and still blacker
hearts. so that he might be near TO tie
spring of vicious sentiments.
In this place Leon Czolgosz listened
to the pleas in favor of assassination
from Emma Goldman, ana rom the
day that she first appeared n White
Eagle hall Leon Czolgosz accepted her
aS the leader Of anarchy and placed her
teachings above all others. About two
years ago Paul Czolgosz gave up the
saloon and went to live upon a small
s.a---. ofs--~i----ti 'ttil seI tiTal
members of his family.
Leon did not take to work on the
farm any more than lie did to work in
the city. He sought solitude ana seem
ell to be always i'll at ease when in the
presence OF others and particularly
when strangers We're around. He spent
most of Ills time alone in the heavy
woodland studying the pamphlets and
literature circulated by Emma Gold
man ana other anarchists. He was
naturally a coward and afraid of his
shadow.
lie would not fight or defend him
self, and the only time that he would
show any sign of the real temper which
led him TO Buffalo on his horrible mis-
sion was when his pet ideas of social
relations We're attacked. During his
stay in the country. as he studied tie
doctrines of anarchy in solitude he be
came more morose and wore upon his
face the expression of an animal at
bay.
Paul CzolgosZ has a large family of
children. He is living with his second
wife Paul CZolgosz, the father of the
assassin. seemed to be deeply in1ress-
ed by the enormity of the crime. He
said: Il cannot believe that my son
Leon did this terrible act, although it
must be true. There cannot be any ex-
cuse for such a crime. and. although he
IS my son, he ought TO be hanged
4 do not believe that he did this
thing of his own accord He could not
originate such crime. He must have
been influenced by others and have
been sent to DO this deed He was a
good boy. He could be easily led. He
vas tool Of some one having a stron
ger mind. l do not know Of the ex-
Stence of any plot among anarchists
n which my son was involved | know
ny sons disposition we'll He IS not
strong and would not think of killing
my one unless ii was suggested and
forced upon him in some way that he
,ould not resist"
Mrs. CzolgoSz talked freely. and ap-
1arently there was no effort on her
part TO conceal anything in the history
II her stepson and family.
1T must have been two months ago
hat Leon left home, and the last that
ve heard from him was that he was in
indiana This was about two weeks
leo, and he wrote that he was going
ar away. He did not say where he
vas going. He did say that we would
probably never hear from him again
This was strange, OF course. but Leon
lad the right TO go where he liked. |
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