The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 7, 1901, Page 4

THE SAN FRA SCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1901. RECEIVES TWO BULLET WOUNDS WHILE GREETED BY THOUSANDS TRIUMPH o S-S Brilliant Achieve- ments of Na- tion’s Chief. Prominent as Lawyer and as a States- man. Extraordinary Success Attends Efforts of McKinley. (LLIAM born McKINLEY at Niles, County, 'n years d nine the He was the v , whose grand- I served with the shington's army of the Revolutionary isted while vet 2 s Nancy Camp- family of that 1gh Poland, Ohio, his home, where aged as teac < he entered sylvania, but h n a Country School. llege career, position as ear Niles and June, 1861, r of ate soldier with the Twen- antry, of which t colonel and Hayes, alterward thews, after- 1stice of the 1 ¥ Senator and Associs respe ing assistant adju First r he had I's. Division te 65. ju secend ermined upon law nd the toil as ing of Takes Tame as a Lawyer. on achieved note and Ccess as a sought t with th 1 got m: e served in this office the ears. » last vear of his incum- »d Miss Ida Saxton. the principal banker of Can- one of the oldest newspapers nade his first 2 na of politics. s member of the lower house and re-elected for five con- ve terms § of the best oppo the Democ could bring out t him eer during all thos: irth to the Fif- of the leg of too large s spage. As Means Com- tariff law of 189, kncwn as the “Mec- from time the the protectionists te of his party for or the Presidency 2tio are in! 1 in thi n November he went down to de with Preside Harrison ‘and other t men of his party in the Democratic ave that the country, thi being accomplished in his own dis- , however, by special work in gerry- vas, Be reduced the usual prity from 2000 to 300 Elected Governor of ,Ohio, 1801 Major McKinl was nominated ¥ for Governor of Ohio and = elected over Governor James Camp- the strengest man_ the Democrats could put up, after a moet exciting cam- paign, by a majority of 21511. He wa by a piurality of 50, re- This next canvention all the more certain, In 1884 Major McKinley was a delegate large to the Republican National Con- ion and supported James G. Blaine for the momination for President. He was also a member of the committee on resolutions and reaq ibe platform to the convention, thus , 1843, | | re- | his heaith be- Fort | ° | complica declining renomina- | so editor of the Canton | nation for President at the | e ae R Wor ue, onioe ! e TEALLARE wWas 2 TIVITH URA T | PS 5 g 2 prominent figure In that great onal quadriennial gathering from the sl In 1888 he was agaln delegate at large national convention, and in accord- nis high notio: 1 honor stocd by ted to the last for John Bhe ugh he might e had the nom- ation himself by | 1 cor v rded the opportunity to He was made chalr- ention, but threw his sup- son. for fon, though 152 votes were cast for himself. With this he went to the national convention uis in June, 1896, and was quickly nominate that memorable gathering, recelving 661 out of a total of %5 votes, President of the Nation. J. Bryan of Ne- candidate. The | 2 nvention of 190 again as its standard- | ation and he was elected | who again epposed him, by increased majority in | | of 292 against 155. | President took the helm of | the old s p of state at a dark and threat- ening hour. How well he has guided her rough bles at home and abroad, | through the Spantsh war to glorious and nerous victory, through the Chinese | trouble, through portentous diplomatic | tions, from industrial depression | to general prosperity. from finaclal weak- ness to the forefront of the gold standard, goid-bolding countries, and last, MGt not least, how he has given to the millions of natives in our lately acquired territories and in Cuba an idea of what liberty and freedom under the shadow of the Stars and Stripes(mean are all matters of rec- ord ard wil\ in due time be inscribed in bright characters on the pages of the his- t of his country. or McKinley in his young manhood became a member of the Methodist Epis copai church and has ever since been a regular attendant of its services whether at home in Canton or in Washington on | public duty. | Tor Additional Details See ;a.go 11 | @ it el @) PRESIDERT VICTIM OF . ASSASSIN | Continued From Page Three. from the newspaper section, the | crowds surged down toward the’ Terrace eager for a glimpse of| the prisoner. At police head- quarters they were met by a strong cordon of police, which| was drawn up across the pave- ment on Pearl street, and admit- | tance was denied to any but offi- | cials authorized to take part in | the examination of the prisoner, In a few minutes the crowd had grown from tens to hundreds, and these in turn quickly swelled to thousands, until the street was SPEAKS 11t CCTICRENY ort HMis PROTECTIVE TARIFTF I % completely blocked with a mass of humanity. It was at this some one raised the cry of “Lynch him!” Like a flash the cry was taken up and the whole crowd, as if ignited by the 'single match thus applied, re-echoed the cry, “Lynch him!” “Hang him!” Closer the crowd surged forward. Denser the throng becams, as new arrivals swelled each mo- ment the swaying multitude. The situation was becoming critical, when suddenly- the big doors were flung open and a squad of ES juncture that fession or a straight“account of his iden- tity and movements prior to his arrival in Buffalo. He at first admitted that he was an anarchist, in sympathy at least, but dehled strenuously that the attempt on the life of the President was a result of a preconcerted plot en the part of any ararchist society. At times he was de- flant and again indifferent. But at no time did he betray the remotest sign of remorse. He declared the deed was not prémeditated, but in the same breath re- fueed to say why he perpetrated it. When charged by District Attorney Penny with being the instrument of an organized band of conspirators, he protested vehe- { mently that he never even thought of per- petrating the crime until this morning. After long and persistent questioning it was announced at police headquarters that the prisoner had made a partial con- fesslon, which he had signed. As near as can be learned to-night the facts contained in the confession are: The man's name is Leon Czolgosz. He is of Polish-German extraction, His home is in Cleveland, where he has seven broth- ers and sisters, He is an avowed anar- chist and an ardent disciple of Emma PRESIDENT McKINLEY AND SOME OF THE SCENES OF HIS LIFE. L 8 k2 Police Bull, Captain Reagan and other of- ficials. The prisoner at first proved quite communicative, so much so, in fact, that little dependence could be placed on what he said. He first gave his name as Fred Nieman, sald his home was in Detroit and that he had been in Buffalo about a tweek. He said he had been boarding at a place in Broadway. Later this place was locat- ed as John Nowak's saloon, a Raines law hotel, No. 1078 Broadway. Here the pris- oner occupied room 8, Nowak, the propri- etor, sald he knew very little about his friend of France. SYMPATHY OF FRANCE GOES OUT TO AFERICA’S STRICKEN CHIEF PARIS, Sept. 6.—The news of the attempt upon President McKinley’s life reached Paris too late for publication in this afternoon’s papers, and consequently it was not known outside newspaper circles, but there it created a feeling of consternation. person in the world in danger of assassination. that the news will create a tremendous sensation in Pzris to-morrow, and the United States is sure of recciving every mark of sympathy from French- men of all shades of opinion, as the Przsident was always considered a Articles in the four leading organs of . French opinion—the Figaro, the Matin, the Gaulois and the Eclair—breathe this sympathy. 3 Mpr. McKinley was considered the last It can safely be predicted - reserves advanced with solid front, drove the crowd back from the curb, then across the street and gradually succeeded in dis- persing them from about the en- trance to the station. Inside the station were assembled Dis- trict Attorney Penny, Superintendent of - Goldman, whose teachings, he alleges, are responsible for to-day's attack on the President. He denied steadfastly that he is the Instrument of any body of anar- chists or the tool of any coterie of plot- ers. He declares he did not even have a confederate, guest. He came there, he declared, last Saturday. saying that he had come to see the Pan-American Exposition and that his home was in Toledo. He had been alone at all times about Nowak’s place and had had no visitors. In his room was found a small travellng bag of cheap make. It contained an empty cartridge box and a ‘4 few clothes. PR o His OTY ;eunn for"theddegd. he de- 7 lice | clares, is that he believed the present wfg‘t"Lt‘{’rfS'pffio?.r"Lu?; nxfle'nthh:d "‘7155?- i form of government in the United States in the effort to obtain either a full con-|was unjust and he concluded that the 2 ol | L o most effective way to remedy it was to kill the President. These conclusions, he declares, he reached through the teach- ings of Emma Goldman. PRESIDENT WELL GUARDED BY FORCE OF DETAILED MEN It was learned to-night from an authori- tative source that the greatest precautions had been taken to guard against the possibility of any such occurrence as transpired to-day. Not only were the ser- vices of the local police and detective forces employed to the fullest extent, but specially detalled men have accompanied the Presidential party in all its travels since inauguration day, and in addition to this the extra précaution was taken upen the oceaslon of the President's visit to the Pan-American of having with him three United States Treasury secret sar- vice men of long experience and proven ability. In fact to such an extent has this matter of the President’s personal safety been carried by those responsible for his welfare that it has given rise to some criticlsm. Upon his vislt to the exposition it was felt by those surround- ing him that the President was llable to greater chance of-danger than is usual even upon his travels, owing to the grea crowds, the diversified character of the people assembled and the necessity for direct contact with the crowds. For these reasons the striet precautions above men- tioned were resorted to. The Prestdent himself has always been averse to any such protection, and the sight of officers of the law constantly near his person has been distasteful. He has always instructed that in all his vis- fts to various cities there should be ut least one public reception where he could be brought face to face with the publie and give those who desired it the privi- lege of a personal meeting. STORY OF BYSTANDER WHO SAW THE TRAGIC SHOOTING OF McKINLEY From a bystander who witnessed the at- tempt on the President’s life the following description was obtained by the corre. spondent of the Assoclafed Press: ‘“When the man fired the shots Mr, Me- Kinley fell back a step and quivered slightly, but did not fall. Secretary Cor- telyou, President Milburn and Detective Foster sprang to his aid, while Detective Ireland and James B. Parker threw his assaflant to the floor, hurled themselves upon him and attempted to disarm him. ““Thefr prisoner struggled desperately and, wrenching his arm free, a: . once more to fire at the President. The revolver, however, was struck from his hand, flving several feet away. ‘“President McKinley himself plucked from -his side the bullet which haa Struck the breastbone and glanced, lodging in the skin, at the same time saying to the detective: ‘Foster, I believe there is an- other bullet in there.’ “Shortly afterward he said: ‘Do not exaggerate this to Mrs. McKinley.’ “The President throughout displayed the greatest fortitude, and until I saw him carried from the building his cool. ness and courage were yonderful." AFTER MIDNIGHT CROWDS EAGERLY SEEK INFORMATION Long after midnight crowds were walk- ing the streets eagerly inquiring for jn- formation or loitering abeut the news- paper buildings in the hope of additional information. The deepest feeling over the outrage was everywhere apparent and people of -all classes, without distinction of political partisanship, were unanimous in thelr expressions of abhorrence of th, cowardly crime. The latest news obtal: ttempted | RULERS ALWAYS N PERIL —_— Record of Crimes In Numerous Countries. Queer Facts Shown in History of Assassins. —_— Presidents of Republics as Much Endangered as Royalty. RESIDENTS of republics on either hemisphere no mere than the royaities and rul- ers of the Old World have been secure from the at tack of the assassin. From the time that Ehud slew Eglon down to the present day, kings and princes, good .a'\d ad, have alike been objects of hate's attack. Curfously enough, as with our own Presidents—Lincoln, Garfleld and McKin- ley—the greatest and h\‘stvm!' Xm:r('p:l rulers have generally been singled out for destruction by the red-handed fanatics. Alexander of Russia, who liberated .- 000,000 serfs; Victor Emmanuel, the l:he"q- tor King of Italy, in!l President Carnot F among them. d}‘.l:lrl?:-cr:z is a list of the a#ttacks made on rulers Napoleon I. cember. 1800. amnen George 1T of Englard, attacked twice, 1800. Queen Isabella of Spain, 2, 1852. 5 King Vietor Emmanuel of Italy attacked while First Consul, De- May, stabbed February shot at, and Charles 11, Duke of Parma, shot | 1s8e. " tho of Greece, shot at, 1862 !\‘;:"\‘ e ot Turkey, stabbed with scissors, Jun: SRS r King Alfonso of Spain, shot at twice, 1878 and Emperor William I of Germany, shot at twice, 1878, Alexander IT of Russta, a bomb, March 13, 1881 g President Carnot of France, stabbed mortally anto, June 24, 1804 in of Persia, blown to pleces by Kkilled May 1 1596, Humbert of Italy, clarito, April 22, 1897 attacked by Pletre Ac- Faure of France, attacked with dynamite bomb, June 13, 1897 Prime Minister Canovas of Spain, stabbed to death by Rinaldi, August 8, 1897. President Borda of Uruguay, killed, 26, 1897 President Barrios of Guatemala, killed, Feb- ruary 9, 1898 President August Empress Elizabeth of Austrta, stabbed to death 1 Jeneva, September 10, 186¢ Humbert of Italy, shot thr! nd killed at Monza, by Gaetano Bresci, July 29, 1900. Three different attempts to kill Queen V! toria during her lifetime and two aesassine tried to kill Edward VII while he was Prince of Wales. The Shah of Persia, shot at by August Sal- son in Paris, August 1, 1900. An attempt was made on the life of Presi- dent Diaz of Mexico, November, 1897. In the United States the lamented Lin- oln was the first President to fall a vic- tim of the assassin. He was shot in the back of the head as he sat In a box at Ford's Theater, Washington, by John ‘Wilkes Booth, on the night of Aprii 14, 1865, and died the next day. On the afterncon of July 2, 1881, /Pr dent James A. Garfield was shot| down by Charles J. Guiteau, in depot of the Baltimore and Potomae Railroad Washington, as he was about to board a train in company with James G. Blaine. More than once during the last three years have plots against President Mc- Kinley's life been alleged. March 14, 18 a man named Muller was arrested on t charge of being concerned in a pl against the President’s life, but was af- terward released. In July, 190, just & fore the assassination of another plot was said to have covered to kill the Presiden August 17, two weeks after Humbe death, an Italian suspect was arr near New York on the charge, but ward released for want of eviden able at police headquarters was that D and on trict Attorney Penny was still closet | with the prisoner, while mounted patrolled the district roped off public. Inquiries at the home of Pre: burn at this hour 3 a. m.) a i The street in the immediate vicinity of the house where roped off and guarded by police, wt admit nobody. It was announced earlier in the evening that official bulletins would be issued at regular Intervals, and 1 these the public must wait, as the phy clans and officials refuse absolutely give out any information. At 3 a. m. the street in the neigh hood of the Milburn residence was desert- ed save for the policemen who were on guard, and the streets down town were almost equally quiet. ASSASSIN MAKES FULL CONFESSION BUFFALO, Sept. 6.—Leon Czolgosz, the accused and self-confessed assassin, has signed a confession covering six pages of foolscap and which states that he is an ( Continued on Page Thirteen.