The Omaha Sunday Bee.
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ESTABLISHED JLT2s'E 19, 1871.
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BEST" TO" SAVE PRESIDENT
SCENCE
DOES
MKINLEY
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X-RAY MACHINE TO PO
NT QUI lltE
BULLET
Surgeons Have to Send to Edison's Laboratory
for the Latest Apparatus.
DUE TO REACH BUFFALO AT EARLY HOUR TODAY
Dr, Knoll, an Export In Its Use, Accompanies to
Superintend the Operation.
EXTRACTION OF BALL MAY BE SIMPLIFIED
Septic Poisoning is the Thing Most Eeared by
the Physicians.
DOCTORS AND NURSES WATCH FOR SYMPTOMS
Bullet is Mot Causing Any Immediate Worry, but
Extraction is Irged if There are
Signs of Inflammation.
REPORTS FROM THE BEDSIDE
HoiK'fiil I'll vkIi'Ihiih Di'i'ldic 'there
nn Alixeiiee of ( tiftit oi-nlilp
CniitlltliiMN,
In
BUFFALO, Sept. 8. The scene about the Mllburn home nt midnight wn
cheerless. A blustery windstorm blew up during thu night and with It drifted
light clouds of fog. The temperature foil materially and the sentinel who was
on duty had to mu o up to keep warm. In addition to the regulars a corps of
police was also on guard, but all paced deserted beats. A few shaded lamps
burned In the Mllburn home, one marking tin room where the president lies. It
was tho opening of the day named as the critical one for 'the victim and the
watchers were keenly alert for the expected change. Those In the sick room re
ported that the patient was still doing well.
BUFFALO, Sept. 7. 10 p. in. Senator Hanna returned to the Mllburn
house at 0:.0 o'clock. A report comes from a reliable source that the president's
condition Is quite satisfactory. If ho can sustain the same measure of strength
for twenty-four hours longer the outlook will be decidedly improved.
MI I, BURN HOUSE, Sept. 7. Mr. Mllubnurn came from his house at 10:40
p. in. and Joined the newspaper men at press headquarters, lie was in good
spirits and said that the last reports from the doctors were very .pleasing.
"Everything is procedlng satisfactorily." he continued. "If tho president
maintains his strength for twenty hours more we feel that he will surely re
cover. I personally feel quite hopeful."
BUFFALO. Sept. 7. Mllburn House, 11 p. m. Among the callers at the Mil
burn home tonight were Vice President Hoosovolt Senator Fairbanks of In
diana, who arrived tonight from New York; Secretary Hoot, Secretary Wilson
and Postmaster lieuoral Smith. They left the house shortly after 10 p. in.,
leaving Secretary Cortelyou with tin president. Secretary Cortelyou has taken
no rest since the president was shot and has been constantly In charge. He re
fuses to leave the side of his wounded chief.
BUFFALO, Sept. 7. 11:120 p. in. Urs. Klxey and Mlnter are to keep the
night vigil at the bedside of the president and the others have left the house.
A very close watch is being kept ou tint patient, for If there are to be un
favorable symptoms they are expected to manifest thems'ol.-es in a few hours.
MILBUHN HOUSE. BUFFALO Sept. 7.-At midnight it wns stated that the
condition of the president was" unchanged.
NEW YOUK, Sept. 7. At the telephonic request of Secretary Cortelyou,
Thomas A. Edison this evening shipped by the 0:30 o'clock Delaware, Lacka
wanna & Western train, an X-ray apparatus to be used to locate the bullet
remaining In President McKlnley's body. The train Is due In Buffalo at 7 a. m.
tomorrow.
Dr. Knoll superintendent of tho House of Belief In this city, who is an ex
pert in the use of tho appartus, and several of Mr. Edison's assistants, were ou
thu train.
BUFFALO, Sept. 7. President McKiuleyJs condition Is extremely grave,
Tho crisis will probably come within twenty-four hours. While his physi
cians hold out hope and the developments of tho day have been somewhat en
couraging In that none of the symptoms of peritonitis or blood poisoning which
(Ley so much dread have nppeared, medical experience with similar wounds
muses much anxiety and the physicians shake their heads gloomily when they
. speak of tho future. .
Although their distinguished patient's condition has been favorable through
out the day, they do not desire to buoy the country up with false hopes, in
llnmmatlon Is what they fear and at the first sign In that direction tho coun
try must sti ol Itself for the blow. '
For the time being tho bullet of the assassin, which Is still In the' body, Is
a secondary consideration. While It has. not been absolutely located, they all
ngreo that after passing through tho abdomonal cavity and perforating both
walls of tho stomach proper It lodged In the fleshy muscles of the back, aud
If necessity required It could be enslly located with tho roentgeu ray and ex
traded. They agree that It Is now more Importnut that tho president should J
recover from the shock of tho operation than that the bullet should be re
moved. Perltonls Is what they dread most, aud after that, septic poisoning aud
suppuration of tho wound.
The turning point will coino within forty-eight hours, possibly sooner.- In-'
deed, ono of the attending physicians said today that If no signs of lutlninma-
tlon appeared before tomorrow night ho would consider tho chauccs of ultl- j
ninto recovery exceedingly good. Several of his colleagues, however, are not so I
sanguine. I
The president has been dozing drowsily throughout tho major portion of the
day. Two physicians and two trained nurses are constantly at his bedside. He
has. not yet fully recovered from tho effects of tho ether which was adminis
tered to htm. He was under the lutluence of the powerful annesthetle over an
hour. The rcMilt Is that although perfectly rational when conscious, he' dozes
much of tho time. Absolute quiet aud freedom from excitement tho physicians
regard as tho great essential now, aud visitors are rigidly excluded.
MRS. M'KINLEY H IS ONLY CALLER.
Not a cabinet otllcer, not even Secretary Cortelyou, wns allowed In the sick
clmmber today. With the exception of the physicians and attendants. Mrs. Mo
Klnley was the only person who croso,i the threshold, The president asked to
see her and his physicians did not have the heart to refuse his request. She was
there but a few minutes, seated at his bedside, as he In his devotion to her in her
Illness has so often been nt hers. Mrs. McKInley had been warned not to talk
and the president and his wife exchnnge.i only a few' words. It was only when
he asked her to be bravo for IkiUi their sakes that she faltered and almost
broke down. With choklngjhroat an.i brimming eyes she promised with a
bow of her head. Almost Immediately thereafter she was led from the room by
Dr. Itlxoy.
Mrs. McKInley throughout this trying ordeal has shown remarkable forti
tude. She has been mistress of herself aild her sorrow and has been alomst as
-''' ' self-possessed as the president himself. And no more than that could
BUFFALO, Sept. 1. Tho doctors nt Mc
KInley' bedside issued live bulletins be
twten 0 o'clock this morning and 6:10
o'clock this evening, iiml because the
showed an absence of unfavorai ' condi
tions they wort generally icraid."i ns veiy
hopeful. Tho .-ccrd of puis allowed n
wide variation during tho day, but any
alarm occasion.! on thnt score was rri:t
lmlrcd by a statement from Dr. Itlxoy, th?
president's physician, that Mr. McKlnley's
pulso under normal conditions wai Inclined
to bo erratic and that he was not unfnora
bly Impressed by tho clrcums'ances. 'the
physicians were not concerned as to th pa
tient's temperature. During the forenoon
and well Into the afternoon It held nt 102
degrees and then began to Increase sliyhtly.
At 3:30 It was at 102.2 and thiee b urn
later It nad risen to 102.5, but even nt that
latter point It was not viewed with con
cern. Tho respiration of tho wouuded pres
ident wns looked upon as being quit. sat
isfactory. Vler frenlileut Arrives.
Vlco I'resldent Itooscvelt rea-li-d the
Mllburn residence shortly after 1 o'cloil:
today, after traveling continuously since 7
o'clock last night, when ho left Burlington,
Vt. Ho was escorted from the station as
far as tho Hotel Iroquois by a squad' of
mounted police and tho remainder of fio
way by a equnri of bicycie police. He ex
pressed his deep distress at th? tragedy,
but beyond that declined to make any stato
ment. He remained nt tho residence about
half an hour nnd then went to tho nearby
homo of Ansley Wilcox, whoso guest he will
bo during his stay.
By evening nil tho members of the cab
inet except Secretary Hay and Secretary
Long had arrived. Thoy came as fast as
stoam and steel could carry them. Hnth
tho secretary of state and tho secretary of
tho navy arc expected tomorrow. Secretary
Wilson and Secretary Itoot spent most of
the day at tho Mllburn residence. All the
members of tho cabinet will remain hero
until tho result of tho wound Is determined.
It Is probablo that after thoy all arrlvo a
cabinet meeting will bo hold.
Iliinncrplt tn Wall.
Informally they have discussed, the possi
bility of Vlco President Iloscvett being
called upon to act as magistrate during
the disability of the president, but all pre
cedents am against euch a course whllo tho
prssldont lives. Arthur did not assume tho
rolns of government until after President
Garfield's death, and tho contingency of
Vlco I'resldent Hooscvolt being called upon
t Day of flayer
(From a Stuff spondent.)
LINCOLN', So 7. (Special.)
After returning T office today Gov
ernor Savage 'v. d the following
proclamation .Ins for general
prayer servi' ' .iroughout tho state
tomorrow fr o recovery of the na
tion's chle'' cutlve:
BJCKCL"- J CHA.MHEtl, LINCOLN
Proclaim jn:
Whereas, Tho president of the
United States, William McKInley, is
tho victim of a cruel assassin, having
I). on fired upon without provocation
wnilo publicly greeting his fellow
countrymen on the exposition grouniU
of tho. city of Buffalo, N. Y., und
Whereas, His administration has
been distinguished by a breadth nnd
force of statesmanship unequalled In
American nlstory, and Is thcrofora
essential to the well-being of a people
oi Intelligence, patriotism and pro
gression; and his demise would entail
u sacrifice of such general seopo and
magnitude ns to challenge computa
t'ru; and
Wh' ieas, His recovery Is an assur
ance thnt tranquillity shall prevail In
ou.' aoclal relations nnd the moral,
commercial nnd Industrial course of
this government shall bo onward aud
ur ward.
Therefore, I, Hzrn 1'. Savage, gov
ernor of tho Mute of Nebraska, do
hereby by this proclamation earnestly
request tho people of this common
wculth to repair to their houses of
worship tomorrow (September 8, 1001),
nnd offer up prayer to Dlvlno Provi
dence to spare his life and for the re
covery of our beloved chief executive.
In witness whereof I hnvo hereunto
set my hand nnd caused to be afllxcd
the great seal of tho state of Ne
braska. Done at Lincoln, this "th day of
September, A. D 1901.
1355 It A I'. SAVAGE.
By tho Governor.
O. W. MAHSH,
Secretary of State
to servo temporarily except In tho caso ot
unlooked for foreign complications Is re
garded as very rcmoto.
A plan to insure absolute quiet for the
president was put Into operation, and tho
safeguards aro now such that It will bo
nractlcnlly Impossible for htm to "bo dis
turbed In any way. General Brooke, com
mander of the Department of tho East, who
came hero this morning from Now York, as
sumed personal chargo of tho military and
under his direction the picket lines were ex
tended In every direction. Aided by tho city
police tho soldiers roped off tho streets
which Intersect Delaware hyoujuo near the
Mllburn residence nnd berth' tunms and
pedestrians wcro kept out of tho district.
SEARCHING MIT CZOLGOSZ'S PAST RECORD
The telegraph offlco established In the Mll
burn stable was removed to a tent pitched
on a lawn on tho opposite side of tho
avenue. An additional tent for tho use of
tho newspaper correspondents wns alto
placed there.
The White House clerical force, which had
established an office In tho main drawing
room of the Mllburn residence, was moved
to tho Olenny residence, which Adjoins tho
Mllburn home nnd which had been tendered
to Secretary Cortelyou for the purpose. Mrs.
Duncnn, sister of tho president, and her
son nnd the Misses Barber, nlso left the
Mllburn residence Hnd nt midnight departed
for Canton. They arc to bo closely advised
of the condition of Mr. McKInley nnd should
thcro be a serious change will return here.
Other members of tho presidential party
who havo been quartered In tho Mllburn
residence will tern, orarily withdraw to
further aid the pij of securing perfect
quiet for the wounded man. Tho public
shows Its truest approval of tho plan by
keeping nwny from the locality nnd neither
tho sentries nor the police have encountered
any opposition. Those whoso presence Is
necessary move about tho hoiiso aud
grounds In tho quietest manner possible.
PUNISHMENT FOR THE CRIME
Vpiirn In I'rlion thr Mnlitiuni
Cnno tin President
Ht'fuvcm.
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NEW YOrtK, Sept. 7. President McKln
ley's recovery would meun that his would
be assassin could bo confined in prison for
ten years, the maximum penalty under the
penal codo of Now Yurk state. Two
methods of procedure could bo ndoptcd.
Tho prisoner could bo arraigned before a
Justice ntid there ho could demand an ex
amination und would havo the right to
counsel and tlran to prepare li in defense.
The prisoner could wnlvo these formalities
and elect to go before tho grand Jury of
Erie county. The grand Jury could then
find nn Indictment for assuult In tho llr.it
degree. An net of congress prescribing a
penalty for offenses against tho person of
tho president or other United States o(U
clals would, according to legal authorities,
take precedence of the pcnul codo ot tho
state of New York In tho casn ot thn man
who made the attempt on President Mc
Klnley's life. A search falls to discover
such a law. It would not bo possible to In
flict any greater punishment on tho An
archist Czolgosz by nn act ot the legisla
ture fixing a more severe penalty for an
attempt on the life of thn president.
Tho death of Prcsldant McKInley would
result In tho trial ot the assailant for
homicide and his conviction would mean
death lu tho electric chair.
Would Be Assassin Conies from Cleveland, Where
His father and Mother Reside.
KNOWN AS A DISCIPLE OF EMMA GOLDMAN
Stepmother Denies This and Asserts that He Was
Weak Mentally and Physically.
NOT IN LEAST WORRIED BY TERRIBLE CRIME
Police Authorities Have Not Decided When He
Will Be Arraigned.
PRESENT EFFORT IS TO FIND ACCOMPLICES
Prisoner Put in the Sweatbox and Haunts of
Anarchists All Over the Country
Are Being Watched.
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CHICAGO, Sent. 7. A spcclnl to the Dally News from Buffalo says: Tho statement of Loon Czolgosz,
ninth to the police, transcribed nnd slsned by tho prisoner, Is ns follows:
HI W1,s ,,orn Detroit "early twenty-nine yenrs ugo. My parents were Knsslnn Poles. They canio
v hero forty-two years ago. I pot my education In the public schools of Detroit nnd then went to Clevc-
g land, where 1 not work. In CIcvelnnd I read hooks on socialism and met n creat ninnv socialists. I
was pretty well known as a socialist lu the west. After being in Cleveland for several years I went
to Chicago, where I remnlned seven months, after which I went to Newburg, ou the outskirts of Cleve
land, and went to work In the Newburg wiro mills.
EMMA GOLDMAN INFLAMES HIM
"During the last live years I have had as friends anarchists In Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and
other western cities aud I suppose I became more or less bitter. Yes, I know I was bitter. I never
had much luck at anything aud this preyed upon mo. It mndo me morose aud envious, but what stnrted
the craze to kill was ii lecture u little time ago by ICmma Goldman. Sho was In Cleveland and I and
other anarchists went to hear her. .She set me on tire.
"Her doctrine thnt nil rulers should he exterminated was what set me to thinking, so that my
head nearly split with tho pain. Miss Goldman's words went right through me and when I left tho lec
ture I hnd made up my mind that I would havo to do something heroic for tho cause I loved.
"Fight days ago, whllo I was In Chicago, I read in a Chicago newspaper of President McKlnley's
visit to tho Pan-American exposition at Buffalo. That lny I bought a ticket for Buffalo aud got hero
with tho determination to do something, but I did not know Just want to do. I thought of shooting
the president, but I had not formed a plan.
"I went to live at 1071 Broadway, which Is a saloon nnd hotel. John Xownk. a role nnd sort of poli
tician, who has led his people hero for years, owns It. I told Xownk that I canio to see the fair. He
know nothing about what was settir.s mo crazy.
HIS RESOLVE TAKES SHAPE
"I went to tho exposition grounds a couple of times a day. Not until Tuesday monilng did tho
resolution to shoot the president take hold of me. It was In my heart; there was no escape for me. I
could not havo conquered it had my llfo boon at stnke. There were thousands of people In town on
Tuesday. I heard It was President's lay. All these people seemed bowing to tho great ruler. I made
up my mind to kill that ruler. I bought a .!t-callbor revolver and loaded It.
"On Tuesday night I wont to tho fair grounds nnd was near tho rallrond gate when tho presiden
tial party arrived. I tried to get near him. but the police forced mo back. They forced everybody
back, so that tho great ruler could pass. I was clo.se to tho president when he got Unto tho grounds,
hut was nfrald to attempt the assassination, because there were so many men In the bodyguard that
watched him. I was not afraid of them or that I 'should get hurt, but afraid I might bo seized and
that my chance would bo gone forever. Well, he went nwuy that time and I went home. On Wednes
day I wns at tho grounds and stood tight near the president, right under him, under the stand from
which ho spoke.
THINKS OF IT MANY TIMES
"I thought half a dozen times of shooting while he was speaking, but I could not get close enough.
I wns afraid I might miss, and then the great crowd wns always Jostling nnd I was afraid lest my nlm
fall. I waited Wednesday and tho president got Into his cnrrlago again and a lot of men woro about
him and formed a cordon that I could not get through. I was tossed about by tho crowd and my spir
its were getting pretty low. I was almost hopeless that night ns I went homo.
"Yesterday mornlug I went again to the exposition grounds. lOmma Goldman's speech was still
burning me up. I waited near tho central entrance for tho president, who was to hoard his special train
from that gate, but tho polite allowed nobody but the president's party to pass where the train waited, so
I stayed at the grounds nil day, waiting.
"During yesterday I llrst thought of hiding my pistol under my handkerchief. I wns nfrnid If I had
to draw It from my pocket I would be seen und seized by the guards. I got to tho Templo of Music tho
llrst one, aud waited at tho spot where the reception was to be held.
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It has been definitely ascertained that I.eon Czolgosz, who shot President
McKInley, resided lu Cleveland. He worked In n rolling mill nt one time and
ono story Is that later ho kept a saloon and intended anarchist meetings.
His father is a poor, hard working man and Is now away from homo looking
for work. Ills stepmother says that lit was always weak physically nnd
that hu quit work In the rolling mill on account of Ill-health. Blio deuies that
he ever associated with anarchists aud asserts that ho was too weak mentnlly
to comprehend thnt or nny other doctrine. Ho left homo somo weeks ago nnd
tho family had a letter from him dated nt an Indiana town. This was a
couple of weeks since. He has a brother serving lu tho nrmy In the Philip
pines. It has not been decided when he will be nrralgned, but It Is likely this will
be deferied until the result of tho president's Injuries Is ascertained.
Tho police In various cities are searching for evidence of accomplices If ho
has uuy.
At a meeting of anarchists held in Chicago last night groans greeted tho
mention of tho uamo of McKInley, while that of thy would-be assassin was
cheered.
POLICE MAKING PROGRESS
Six
More Co in in u n lent I vt- AfltM
nxniiilnntloiiH (;!(' ntl
Mot In Dip Theory.
federate preceded the prisoner in the lino
leading up to tho president, but work alone
thnt line hnd not boon abandoned. Tho
general theory now held by (ho detectives
Is that a circle (of Czolgosz's associates
plotted tho murder of President McKlnloy
and that ho was picked by lot or Inducol
by persuasion to carry out tho conspiracy.
Thoy nay that ho lacks tho shrowdness to
havo planned and executed tho crime as
he did It, Tho pollco said timjght that
thoy had made no othor arrests and that
thoy had none In contemplation. It Is evi
dent that they havo not niado much prog,
ress toward tho establishment of their the
ory with material ovidenco and that tholr
chief rellnnco at present Is on a confes
sion from .tho prisoner. Czolgosz'n trail
has been taken up nt Cleveland and It Is
expected that tho Inquiry thero will lot In
some vnluablo light as to his companion!
and posslblo fellow conspirators.
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Tho prisoner was kept secluded toflar
nnd as a result of a siiBRrstion from Sec
retary of War Itoot the pollen inquiry will
bo made ns secretly as possible. No ono
Is entitled to sco tho prisoner other thnn
his Immediate custodians, and confessions
taken down in wrltlnc will not bo mado
public for tho present nt leaBt. Tho pris
oner has not retained counsel and when
tho subject was mentioned to him today ho
said hn did not 'deslro a lawyer to dofend
him. Tho pollco said that when ho Rot
over tho idea that ho waa a great hero
among his fellow anarchists ho would very
llksly resort to tho usual means to avoid
punishment for his crime, whatovor tltuo
shows It to be.
No ono who over knew him mado ap
plication to see him today nnd no word
camo to him from his relatives. Ho had a
nUFFAI.O, Sept. 7. Czolsosz, tho self
avowed dlsciplo of Emma OohVnnn and
tho other radical anarchist leaders, who
shot President McKInley, Insists that hu
alono Is responsiblo for tho crime. He
says that ho talked thn matter over In ad
vance lu a general way with his friends,
but that ho wns not advised by them nnd
that thero was no plot or conspiracy to
tnko the llfo of tho president In which
any ono else had u part. Ho declined to
furnish tho names of tho men with whom
ho discussed tho crime of Friday, but tho
pollco bollovo they will yet learn them
nnd that when thoy do, they will havo ex
posed the anarchistic plot of which they
nro confident tho prisoner waa the final
agent of murder.
Czolgosz underwent six courses of ex
amination and was tired out when thn po
lice led him back to his cell and locked
him up for tho night. Thn lengthy ex
amination of the prisoner was fruitless,
savo in so far as his own individual light
Is concerned, for whllo ho told nothing thnt
would impllcato nny ono elso In his crlmo,
he went over tho scene at the Temple of
Music when bo shot the president again
nnd ngaln, completing a confosslon ns ani
plo as tho law ever exacted. He even
went to tho extent of Illustrating to tho
officers tho manner In which ho shot tho
president and told with manifest prldo how
ho deceived tho president and his pro
tectors with tho bandaged hand that held
tho revolver. "
Kxprut lllm to llrrnk Dinvn. ! couplo of dollnrs when arrested and today
asked that It bo expended for a now Bhlrt.
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S) j swers deliberately. Ho mixed with his an
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gyj) I perato political sect to which ho bolonga
(T0 ! nnd seemed to bo posing. Later his tonnuo
0 ( loosened somewhat and by tho closo of tho
(SXS) afternoon ho talked freely. Tho confession
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WOULD HAVE rrlRED OFTENER
"Then ho rnme-tho presldent-tho ruler-and I got In lino nnd trembled nnd trembled until I got
right up to hlin. and then I shot him twice through my white handkerchief. I would hnvo tired more
but I was stunned by a blow In tho face-a frightful blow, that knocked mo down-mid then every
body Jumped ou me. I thought I would bo killed nnd 'was surprlsud tho wny they treated me."
Czolgosz ended his story lu utter exhaustion. When he had aCout concluded ho was asked-
"Did you really menu to kill tho president''"
"l did." wns the cold-blooded reply.
"What was your motive? Whnt good could It do you?" ho wns asked.
"I am nn anarchist. I am a dlsciplo of Uiiinia Goldman. Her words set mo on lire," ho replied,
with not tho slightest tremor. .i..
"I deny that I havo had an nccompllco at nny time." Czolgosz told District Attorney Penney. "I
dont regret my act. because I was doing what I could for the great cause. I nm not connected with thu
Pnterson group, or with those anarchists wlio sent' Brescl to Italy to kill Huml'ert. I had no confidants; no
ono to help. I wns nlone, absolutely."
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oDaitowUiyg, cJinaUon to give
nollco
nwlo another search of his room and
offects, but found nothing that would throw
any light on tho crime.
Hops Nut Aiippnr IiiNluir.
Czoigosz does not appeir to bo Insane.
Dctcctlvo Sororint John Ooary, who stood
a fow feet irom Czolgosz vhen ho Hrcd tho
shots nml who caught President McKInley
when ho fell, was asked whether, In hla
opinion, Czolijoflz was insane.
"Ho may bo," said tho dotnr.tlve, "but
from all I raw of him ho Is Just nn an
archist." Czolgous li not cbovo' the nvirago height.
His faeo la hat of n typical Ocrinan. Ho
nroiu ot nn early hour this morning and
ate- a hearty breakfast. Ho appears to bo
very nervous end starts suddenly when
any ono speaks to him. Ho proves to be
very eluslvo In arguing. Tho police worked
with him until u lato hour last night and
they admitted that very llttlo progress had
hern mado in bringing out facts from blm
regarding his past history.
To a reporter District Attorney Penny
gavu tho cubstnnno of Czolgosz's confes
sion, aj follows:
l'liiiiiii'il for Thrt'P. .
"This man has admitted shooting thn
prosldent. Ho says ha intended to kill
hlra; that he had been planning to do li
for thi last three days, snr hn rciotQ
hero. Ho wnt to the Temnlo of Mii.i
up. tho belief that a cou-wl'tti murder In hla heart, iutcndlns tcyJ
with somo frlonds was Anally drawn from
him, but thero he stoppeJ. Ho was In tho
hands ot a group of shrewd 'xnmlners, hut
they could not break blm down. Tho po
lice say that In tho end, when ho comes
to n true appreciation of his position ho
will break down nnd fully confess. In re
viewing his confession ho made open
avowal of his belief In anarchy nnd said ho
had merely done his duty as ho saw It.
In addition to tho examination to which tho
prisoner was subjected city nnd federal de
tectives Bpcnt tho day In scouring tho city
for somo trace of posslhlo confederates.
They took up tho trail of the prisoner from
tho day of his arrival and partially com
pletcd an outline of his movements up to
tho commission of tho crime.
I'lnil ,n Aei iiIIpp.
They did not succeed In connecting him
with nny of the socialists who mako their
home here and by nightfall had about
abandoned the theory that hn was nsslsted
by any ono hero. They also showed an In-
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