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I did," replied Czolgosz. Il
did. I originated the plan. 1t
was my plan. 1t was my crime
Secretary Root Entoins secrecy.

Secretary Root Enjoins Secrecy.
Director General Buchanan and Secret
Agent Foster called at police headquarters
shortly after II o'clock and was closeted
for some time with Superintendent Bull
and District Attorney Penney. When they
left, 1t was announced that Secretary of
War Root had through them made a re-
quest for complete secrecy in connection
with the investigation of the crime Dis
trict Attorney Penney said:
In order that the people shall not be un-
duly and improperly excited, Secretary of
War Root has asked that this matter be
treated as quietly possible. The making
of hero of this man with certain classes
or the bitter condemnation of him will tend
to disturb the people, and Mr.. Roots idea
is to curb that We will therefore not make
public the confession made by the prisoner
nor will we permit anyone other than officials
of witnesses 10 see the prisoner. We fully
appreciate the force Of the suggestion of Mr.
Root and will do all we can to carry it out
There is always an inclination to everyday a
man of the character of the prisoner, and
we will do what we can TO check it in this
case.
| cannot say when the prisoner will be
arraigned. l imagine that we will take no
formal action against him until the result
of the presidents wounds is known.
Talks Freely of His Crime.
Superintendent of Police Bull and Dis
trict Attorney Penney declined to discuss
their second interview with Czolgosz to-
day to to indicate the progress made in
the police investigation. They did ad-
nit, however, that the prisoner had again
talked freely of his crime, and that he had
Insisted that he had alone planned and
executed it. 1t is known that the atten-
tion of the detectives is devoted to the
sicialistic circle at Cleveland, to which
the accused belongs, and it is regarded as
certain that every man known to have
been connected with that organization
will be placed under arrest.
There seems to be disposition on the
part of the police to abandon the theory
that Czolgosz was preceded in the line
up to the president by an acmomplice who
shielded him from view, and to proceed
on the theory that while the plot was
outlined by others, Czolgosz alone exc
cuted it. The prisoner was confronted by
several witnesses at the Office of the su-
perintendent of police, but except in the
case of Walter Nowak, who knew the
prisoner in Cleveland, nothing>w was learned
as to the developments Of the conference
Will He Break Down:
The prisoner lost much Of his self
possession during his visit to the Office
Oh tne superintendent Ol pollce anu one
of the officers who guarded him said after
wards that he lapsed into a preoccupied
state of mind and appeared rather dazed.
While he was in the room of the police
superintendent his revolver was brought
in and handed to the superintendent by
Captain Wiser.
1t is expected the prisoner will be ques-
toned again to-day. 1t is thought that
he will eventually break down and reveal
the names of the persons who plotted
with him for the life of the president