The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-19
PLOTS TO KILL ROOSEVELT.
EN-4NARCHIST SAYS 3 DIED
RATHER THAN TAKE HIS LIFE.
MiIlionaircs. Says Mrs. DeXheimrr. Are
Enrolled Among the Members Of the
Orsanization-Co on, erted TO Christian.
ity. She Leaves the Dangerous Sect.

aSSassinate President Roosevelt since he
has taken office were made in Hoboken
yesterday by Mr.. Lena Dexheimer. a
rnrishioner of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church, who says she Is a converted An
archist Mrs Dexhoimer il the mother Of
six children, and the Rev. Charles l.. Meade,
pastor Of the church. SAYS he is in post ion
to know that her story is reliable. Accord
ing 10 Mrs. Dexheimer the clergyman
helped her To illustrate one Of the attempts
on the Presidents life Pastor Meade
admitted that this was so, but refused 10
discuss the part that he had played, saying
that lie preferred 10 allow the story Mrs
Dexheimer told of it 10 suffice.
Mrs. Dexheimer lives on the fifth floor
Of the double apartment house at lil5
Willow avenue. She ia an intelligent
German woman. That she was an An
archist was n secret among herself. her
husband, Pastor Meade and members Of
the Secret Service until one day last week,
when she attended meeting of the Mothers
Club at the First Methodist Episcopal
Church and unburdencd herself in moment
Of religious fervor.
My relations with the Anarchists, she
said yesterday, began shortly after my
marriage, nineteen years ago. when l be-
came acquainted with Emma Goldman in
| a shirt factory in Brooklyn. where We
were both employed was then 20 years
old and the Goldman woman was about 10.
She than profesSod 70 be Socialist work.
ing to ameliorate the hardships of the poor,
and as | was born in Germany myself.
where the social conditions were of the
! severest for people Of my class, | became
imbued with her enthusiasm and consented
TO Join an organization in which she was
then the leading spirit.
shorty after | Joined this organization
Emma Goldman took a trip To Europe,
and returned with the most violent princi-
pies. | saw that she had become a abid
Anarchist, and tried TO break away from
the organization which she had induced
| mo 10 enter. but 1t was no Use. | had
formed many pleasant associations, and all
he other members were willing to accept
the new gospel which the priestess was
promulgatlng, In less than a month the
organization had developed into the most
powerful group of Anarchists in the East
You would hardly believe. if | would
mention them, some of the people who be-
lonsed 10 this orga nizat.on, and looked UP
10 Emma Goldman. At least six of the
members lived on Fifth avenue and used to
drive up 10 the places where the meetings
We're held In their own rigs. Most people
do not understand anarchy. They always
associate the idea with ragged clothe and
low Nulgarity. Maybe those were the in
spira'ion of the duCt rine, but II has de-
N-loped into sonnet hing much more general
in its tone. / have known Anarchists who
were mil,ionaircs. They were not dia-
satisfied with themselves but simply with
the contrasting conditions Of the body
social.
The fellowship Of the order is the strong
est have ever met anywhere. That was
one of the hardest things | had 10 battle
against when concluded 10 cut free from
II. is long story of how | finally aC-
c"inpl.>hed this, but I'll got 10 l. a. best ]
can.
Il continued TO attend most Of the meet
iugs of IA" Organization until three years
ago, when ] moved go HObuken and hap
p"ned 10 attend special services al TIA" First
Methodist Episcopal Church one evening
with my husband Pastor Meade was ia
the pulpit, aud his words so impressed me
that | sought him after the services and
told him my story. | assured him that /
wanted 20 give up my Anarchist associates
and he told mo 20 pray and see him the next
DAY. | was converted in the course of a
few weeks, but although stopped attend
ing the Anarchisi meetings, they kept con-
Hiantiy communicating with me,
Finally threats began TO come through
the mail that If | would prove untrue TO
the oath of the order my life would be in |
danger. | attended the next meeting |
and things continued calm for a while |
but ! WAS again suspected and had spies |
continually on my tracks For the sake |
Of my family ! made second peace with |
the u'ler and continued to receive the |
communications sent to trusted members.
Il received no int lmation of the attempt |
on President Mckiulry'- life and knew |
nothing Of his assassination until ] read II |
in the newspapers. Shortly after the deed |
was done, though, | received a notice by |
mail that an effort would be made 10 desc
crate his grave. | told this to Pastor |
Meade, but he thought was over-wrought |
with excitement and told me- to go home |
and rest myself
Shortly arterward I received a 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 selected |
was NOV. Is, 1901. and the man selected 10 |
do tho deed was a FTenChman named Mellow. |
lie arrived on Red Star liner and met |
hun on the pier, with other Anarchists, !
] became friendly with him and after meet
ing him several times tried 10 persuade |
him not 10 commit the deed. In the mean |
time | let Pastor Meade into the plot. |
and he got the letter in cipher from me !
and forwarded il To the New York branch
Of the Secret Service Melov was con-
tinually tracked and was several times on !
the point of being arrested, NV cntreaties |
won him over eventually and he told me |
that h" was going to return To Paris and !
klll hllnNeIi as ms Anarchist AssOchtes /
had told him that either he or Roosevelt |
would have to die. He kept his word and |
returned Ia Paris and killed himself by |
pretending to accidcntly fall under horses |
hoof,, The record Of his death is in the |
possession of the Paris police.
tn" second man selected To kill the |
President was named Mueller and he lived |
a. either lt3, las or la Avenue b. New |
YORK. He committed suicide Ivy taking |
poison The third person To draw the lot |
for the same purDosn was a NlrS. Schroeder |
who lived somewhere in Harlem She ended |
her life in the same manner a. Mueller |
] only got general announcements Of these
two plots. and WAS not told the dates when |
IN" attempts would bo made on the Presi- |
dents life.
"Th" Anarchists began TO suspec, mo |
after the Schroeder woman did away with |
herself. and spies were kept watching |
my house in Hobokon. I became fearful |
Of my If" and appealed 10 Pastor Meade |
for assistance. llo communicated again !
with the Secret Service, and detectives |
followed mo every time | left thc house |
10 60 10 church or do marketing I am |
no longer afraid of anything, because |
] have como to tn" conclusion that the |
Anarchists regard it unrafc to Interfere |
with me"
Mrs. DeShcimer said that the group Of |
Anarchists to which she belonged kept |
constantly changing their meeting places.
They met in New York, Brooklyn and |