The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-15
GROSVENOR DISCUSSES
CRIME OF THE ASSASSIN

Buffalo. y. Y. Sept. 4-Cougressman
c H GrOsvenOr. in an interview said
today
The great question that is exciting the
mind OF everybody here. and which IS
Widely discussed throughout the United
States Is the problem. was there a com
prehensive conspiracy 10 assassinate the
president, and was Czolgosz the instru-
ment OF the conspiracy, or was his act
the act OF a murderer operating on his
own account
And If there was an objection behind
him, and II he was the instrument OF
other men. who were they. where were
they and how did they operate and CO.
~perate2 This IS a question Of almost
~ital Importance. II this man was driven
BY outside circumstaNc or inside devil
try. then the crime is q narrow one. and
its effect upon the public viii be in
large degree ninimized
But il behind him stands an organized
band OF assassins. with ramincations in
the various cities in the United States
the object of which is TO produce chaos
by murder. then. indeed, are we living
over q mine or volume. which may sN-
Slode with dire effects al any moment.
Hence, the necessity for the thorough
investiga ton and wise conclusion. It may
be said that crime of such gigantic pro-
portion as the murder OF William Nc
Kinley could not bexecuted by sny single
man. and much less a man Of the calibre
- this creature.
But il must be borne In mind that
the murder OF Garfield was planned and
-erpetrated by a man OF very moderate
mental calibre originated. and who had
become, If not acutely insane. at least in
a condition Of mental disorder.
AT the date OF that murder il was
widely published. and generally believed.
that Guiteu executed plan OF revenge.
made by disappointed onice-sekers. and
their instrument had been selected be-
cause OF his own personal disappoint-
ment
lNcITED BY READING.
The same mysterious police investisa-
zion was instituted and prosecuted in a
Sundred directions. which we now read OF.
and yet there was never a. shadow OF evil
deHce Of q trustworthy character 70 con-
nee; an yone other than the principal
criminal with that crime Then. as in all
cases of this character the speeches and
teachings of one man or number Of
zen innocently made, may have affected
the mind of the assassin. ard melted him
- the act. but this happens always. and
~obody can avoid it.
'-1FDe language OF the Bible and the
best teachers that mankind ever had mis-
construed and misapplied. has been the
Justification. or alleged Justification. of
crime in all ages. The stupendous char
acter and horror OF this assault upon Nc
kinley. naturally suggests wickedness Of
heatr in the instrument and the couspir-
acy and organization behind him. bat up
to the moment where is the evidence
Last week it was said. with more or
less accuracy Of statement. that certain
members Of anarchistic societies met dur
ing the day or evening. or both. and
celebrated the act Of Ccoigoz. The shot
was fired in Buffalo at about o'clock I'm
the afternoon. which was o'clock in
Cleveland and Chicago.
by s O'Clock in the evening the fact
was known by perhaps dfty million peo-
pie in this country. How easy was t.
therefore, for these people 10 gather. as
good Deopie do. 10 discuss this terrible
event2 Upon second thought IL would APP
pear highly improbable that had there
been a conspiracy among the anarchists
of Paterson. or Cleveland. or Chicago. or
elsewhere. that these people would haze
assembled together and wait and listen
for the dreadful intelligence. or on the
contrary. would they not have more
likely remained each separate and apart
from the other, and have gone about their
avocatons in a manner to attract as rttle
attention as possible
''In stead Of these alleged facts being a
suggestion Of conspiracy and comhina- .
ton. they point distinctly the other way.
They suggest that these anarchists, hav-
Ing heard that this murder had been at
tempted and almost accomplished and
they have no fear Of self complication. (
met and discussed the situation and re-
joiced al what had been done
Again. it takes brains an cold-blooded F.
% conspire IN one section ~
q great country and connect the various
links Of the machinery that IS % work