Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-11-19
A WoMAN's STORY.

Disclosures of three alleged plots to as
sassinate the President since he has taker
Office were made in Hoboken, N. j., yes
terday by Mrs. Lena Dexheimer, th'
mother of six children, parishoner o
the First Methodist Episcopal Church il
Hoboken, and, according TO her account
a converted anarchist. Rev. Charles L.
Meade, pastor of the First Church, says
he is in position to know that her story
is reliable.
Mrs. Dexheimer says the clergyman
helped her to Illustrate one of the at
tempts OF the Presidents life. Rector
Meade admitted that this was so, but re-
fused to discuss the part that he had
played, saying that he preferred to allow
the story Mrs. Dexheimer told of it to
suffice.
Mrs. Dexheimer is an intelligent Ger
man woman. That she was an anarchist
was secret among herself, her fellows
in the anarchistic creed, her husband,
Pastor Meade, and members Of the Sc
cret service until one day last week. On
that occasion she attended a meeting of
the Mothers Club at the First Methodist
Episcopal Charch and unburdened her
self in moment of religious fervor.
"My relations with the anarchists -
she said, "began shortly after my mar
liage, nineteen years ago, when | be-
came acquainted with Emma Goldman.
| joined the organization of which she
was the leading spirit. Shortly after |
joined, Emma Goldman took a trip to
Europe and returned withsthe most vio-
lent principles. l continued to attend
most of the meetings of the organization
until three years ago, when moved to
Hoboken, and happened to attend special
services at the First Methodist Episcopal
Church one evening, with my husband.
Pastor Meade was in the pulpit, and his
words so impressed me that sought
him after the services. | told him my
story, and assured him that l wanted to
give up anarchist associates. He told
me to pray, and to see him the next
day. was converted in the course of a
few weeks. Although l stopped attend
ing the anarchist meetings, they kept
constantly communicating with me.
Finally threats began to come
through the mail that if l should
prove untrue to the oath of the order
my life would be in danger. For the
sake of my family | made second
peace with the order, and continued to
receive the communications sent to
trusted members. / received no intima-
ton Of the attempt on President Nc
Kinley's life, and knew nothing of his
assassination until | read it in the news
papers. Shortly after the deed was
done, though, | received notice by
mail chat an effort would be made to
desecrate his grave. Shortly afterward
| received letter in German cipher
saying that an attempt would be made
to assassinate President Roosevelt at the
bi-centennial celebration of Yale at New
Haven. The date set was November
l5, 1901, and the man selected to do
the deed was a Frenchman named
Melov. He arrived on a Red Star
Line steamer and met him on the pier
with other anarchists. became friend
ly with him, and after meeting him sew
eral times tried to persuade him not 10
commit the deed. In the meantime
had let Pastor Meade into the plot, and
he got the letter in cipher from me and
forwarded it to the New York branch
of the secret service. Mellow was con-
tinually tracked, and was several times
on the point of being arrested. My en-
treaties won him over and he told me
he was going to return to Paris
and kill himself, as his anarchist
associates had told him that either he or
the President would have to die. He
kept his word. He returned to Paris
and killed himself by pretending to ac-
cidentally fall under a horses foot.
The record of his death is in possession
of the Paris police. The second man
selected to kill the President was named
Mueller, and he lived at either l43, l45
or 147 avenue B, New York. He COM
mitted suicide by taking poison The
third person to draw the lot for the same
purpose was Mrs. Schroeder, who lived
somewhere in Harlem. She ended her
life in the same manner as Mueller. l
got only general announcements of these
two plots, and was not told the dates
when the attempts would be made on
the Presidents life. The anarchists be-
can TO suspect me after the Schroeder
woman did away with herself, and spies
we're kept watching my house in
Hoboken. became fearful of my life,
and appealed to Pastor Meade for
assistance. He communicated again
with the secret service, and detectives
followed me every time | left the house
to go to church or do marketing. | am
no longer afraid of anything. l have
come to the conclusion that the anarchists
regard it unsafe to interfere with me. "
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