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"There Is a species of political mischief
making which, while not punishable un
der the penal code, is none the less calcu
lated to cause apprehension."
The declaration was received with
stormy applause. The papers generally
Ignore It, and the Freissinige Zeitung ob
serves:
BERLIN, Oct. 28.— During an address
at a recent meeting of the Fleet Society
in Hanover, Captain von Wellheim of the
German navy is represented to have said:
'.'German interests In the five republics of
Central America, in view of American
competition, can ,only be maintained
when we have a fleet strong enough to
say to the Americans 'Hands off!* "
Captain von "Wellheim Makes a Sen
- sational Speech.
GERMA2T CRIES "HANDS OFF!"
NEW YORK, Oct. 28.— A cable dispatch
announcing the election of President Cas
tro of Venezuela, who has been pro
visional President for one year, has been
received at the Venezuela consulate in
this city. The official proclamation will
be made to-morrow by the Congress of
that country.
other, continues one of expectancy. The
economic condition of the country is re
ported good, though awaiting the in
creased animation that will follow the
movement of the coffee crop.
Troops on the .Frontier of Rosario de Cucuta Number Fifteen Thousand
Colombians and Six .Thousand Venezuelans-Former Prosperous Inhab
itants of Caracas Are Reduced to Beggary and Seek Alms on Streets
VENEZUELAN NATIONAL EXPEDITION LANDS
AND BATTLES WITH GOVERNMENT FORCES
ON THE COAST OF THE STATE OF MATURIN
SAN JOSE, Oct 28.-"I am glad I
killed him. He deserved it. for h©
ruined the life of nay first love."
This was about all Harry L. El
liott, who sjhot and killed J. W.
Sherman In a house of ill-repute last
night, would say to-day, after the excite
ment of last night's tragedy had subsided
End left him in a frame of mind that
brought realization of the enormity of his
act. That Elliott was In love with Bessie
Bray before she married Sherman and
that she had played fast and loose with
his affections was the prime cause of the
raurder. He maintains an indifference
concerning his crime, except when the
flrl's name is " mentioned, and then he
bursts Into tears.
Elliott has engaged State Senator Oneal
as his attorney and will make a fight for
his life. He does not deny the killing,
but evidently will plead insanity and self
defense. To some he claimed he had act
ed in self-defense and that Sherman was
WIFE WHOM J. W. SHERMAN SUBJECTED TO A LIFE OF DEGRADA
TION AND THE MAN WHO, BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE FOR THE YOUNG .
WOMAN, ENDED THE HUSBAND'S CAREER* WITH A BULLET.
VENEZUELA'S PRESENT. CHIEF
AND THE FOE WHO WOXTLD
DISPLACE HIM.
LONDON, Oct 2S.-Slr Clements Mark
ham, president of the Royal Geographical
/Society, writes to the papers to-day ap
{) ealing for subscriptions to the amount
of another £1000 to cover the cost of the
Norwegian whaler Morgenen, \u25a0which has
been purchased as a relief, ship to the
Aid an English Antarctic Ex
ploring* Ship."-
1'ound Necessary to Send a Whaler to
APPEALS 'FOR FUNDS
FOB A KEIilEP BOAT
The Discovery, on the voyage to Cape
Town, showed very serious defects. Al
though proving herself an "excellent and
stiff sea boat, she leaked badly, turned
out to be a slow sailer and was found
wanting in adequate coal capacity.' These
shortcomings. Sir 'Clements^ Markham
points~t)ut. are, reasons. why a relief boat
for, the Antarctic expedition is an impera
tive necessity.-, , • \u25a0• . -. ')
As the Discovery was the. first ship built
In' Great Britain, for, polar -expeditions,
these revelations are disappointing. •
Antarctic exploring ship Discovery.
DRIVEN OUT OF OAKLAND.
J. W. Sherman, the man. who was shot
Mrs. Sherman said she married her hus
band a few months ago in Oakland. At
that time Sherman was working for Gun
zendorfer, at 209 Sansome street, San
The Inquest over Sherman's body was
hold this afternoon. Mrs. Bessie Sher
man, over whom the shooting occurred,
took the stand. She denied that her fath
er, before his death, had asked Elliott to
protect and watch over her. She said she
ha.<2 known Eliott about five years. He
had been at her home only once- She had
received letters from him from time to
time, but had never answered them.
armed. Public sentiment favors Jm to
some extent and it is hardly likely a jury
could be found in the county that would
convict him.
Francisco. She had been in this city
about a week. Sherman had met Elliott
on the street yesterday and brought him
up to the house last night. After | greet
ing her ho left and a few seconds later
the shots were fired. She said her hus
band was unarmed. \u25a0 • '
The Coroner's Jury returned a verdict
that Sherman came to his death from a
gunshot wound Inflicted by Elliott, and
charged him with the murder of Sher
man. - :
Mrs. Nolan, mother of Mrs; Sherman,
ume to San Jose this morning and this
evening took her daughter back with her
to San Francisco. . ' \u25a0:
Elliott came to' San Jose from Oxnard.
He has conducted bootblack stands there,
in Stockton and other places. Some who
have seen him believe he is slightly de
mented.
. It appears, from all that can be learned
of Sherman's career, that three months
after he /married Miss Bray he induced
her' to enter 'a- disorderly house in
city. The only work he was ever known
to do was in the grafting line— that is, so
liciting for • fake photograph galleries, i
and killed in San Jose by Henry L. El
liott,, had a bad reputation, and It was
only three weeks ago that he .was forced
to leave Oakland, where he had placed his
young wife in a notorious house,- known
as the Palm Leaf.. Sherman's actions in
Oakland were so despicable that the po
lice arrested him as a vagrant. When his
trial, came up some friends of his ilk
procured his release. His young wife at
that time told "the police that she had
entered the house of her own accord, but
that she would refuse to cclitinue a life
of shame and would return to her mother
in this city. The pair left Oakland, and
after remaining In this city, for a few
days went to San Jose, where the tragedy
occurred.. . . ; . .;. . .
Policy for Fifty Thousand *
rv- '.' -\u25a0\u25a0-•' \u25a0\u25a0 Pounds. \ _, .'
I NEW^TORK, Oct.. 28.-A Sun special
from ' Paris to the ( Daily Express says the
locarofflce of an American insurance eom
'pahyhas jiis't issued a policy of £50,000 on
the Pope's life.. The company required a
certificate * from "the j Pontiff's (physicians*
before" undertaking the insurance and .was
only willing to insure him for a month.
An American Company, Writes a
POPE LEO'S LITE
INSITKED FOB A MONTH
There was no demonstration when they
met." Czolgosz; merely stepped to the
front of his "steel cage and said "Hello!" ' ;
\u25a0The "brother; ventured -the" remark: ; . ''i
wish you .would tell .us,; Leon, = who got
you. into this scrape.".;- " , ; ', . ;.:
The* assassin answered . in a slow, " he's! -
tating manner: : ; : " • K
.•V';No: one. Nobody had anything, to do
with it- but me." ; : - ; .' '\u25a0:.::\u25a0 "
! 'That \ is not; how ..you t were brought
up," said his . brother, ."and you 'ought to
tell us. everything; now." •. . ' . ' '
;."I have, not got anything to teil," ihe
answered in a surly .mariner. : - ': \ \u25a0 •
.•'Do you want 'to 'see the priest again?"
asked his brother. ..'._, , • -.iJ^
Czolgosz held his 3ast two interviews
to-night, the ; first with Superintendent
Collins and : the second with his brother
and brother-in-law. Both of the Inter
views were- brief, and the interviewers
did most of the talking until the question
of religion was mentioned,' when Czol
gosz broke from his seeming lethargy and
violently denounced the church, and the
clergy, and made his relatives promise
that there should be no service for him,
living or dead. Prior to the late evening
Interviews, Czolgosi reluctantly, received
Fathers Fudzinski and Hickey. It was
late in the afternoon, and occurred after
he had once refused to meet them. When
they reached the '. prison Superintendent
Collins conveyed the request • for an in
terview to th4 prisoner. Czolgosz sent
back word that he did' not care to see
them, but the priests asked to see him,
despite his refusal. - Superintendent Col
lins consented, and personally escorted
tLem to the cell. The priests remained
with Czolgosz three-quarters of an hour,
and earnestly . pleaded with, the prisoner
to repent and pray for "divine forgive
ness. He rejected all their advances,
however, and they regretfully, withdrew.
They told the prisoner they would hold
themselves ready to answer a call from
him at any. hour of the night. Itwas 7
o'clock when Superintendent Collins '. went
into the death-house and tried to get the
prisoner to talk^to him. Although he re
mained In ' the cell- some time he 'was ap
parently not successful in getting . any
thing material from; him. r v .
' ,At 8 "o'clock the brother'and'brother-in
law -arrived and Superintendent Collins
took them down to the condemned, man's
cell/ ' . " •' '\u25a0 ' " " ' \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0 '\u25a0•..
\u25a0-• / Assassin Grows Profane.
All Relics to Be Destroyed.
Waldeck v^olgosz, brother of .the mur
derer, foreseeing endless- difficulties and
possibly angry demonstrations as the re
sult of an attempt to give the body.or
dinary burial, heeded the advice .of Su
perintendent of State Prisons Collins and
Warden Mead, and formally relinquished
all claim to it. He merely stipulated that
at the close of the autopsy all parts of
the body should be buried. All chance of
an unhappy and unfortunate sequel to
the execution, neither in displays of pop
ular contempt or the exhibition of ghastly
relics, is therefore finally prevented. 1
The plan of burning his clothing- and
papers will be carried out Immediately
after the execution. ..
The electrical, machine is ready for its
work ; ; Auburn prison is carefully,
guarded, the city Is in its normal' calm,'
and .there seem to be.no circumstances
standing in the way of a successful and
expeditious execution of the law.
Last Two Interviews.
Czolgosz will have paid tribute with his
life to the law, as the murderer, of Presi
dent William McKinley, by 7:15 o'clock to
morrow morning^, and Tunless he under
goes a great change 'of heart and
strength in the few hours of life. left to
him, he will go to the electric chair un
confessed and unrepentant. He suffered
a slight nervous attack late to-day, but
remained sullen and" stoical up to the
time the prison closed at 10 o'clock! He
refused to heed the words of the priests
who came to urge spiritual preparation
for death, and declined to either re-em
brace Catholicism or renounce anarch
ism. Hence, unless he changes his mind,
there will be no ' religious ceremony kt
the end. \u25a0.,'.. \u25a0
' Czolgosz showed no, strength of love
for kin, nor«3id he turn to any of those
higher- considerations .which '.ordinarily
claim , the thoughts of mehNocc'upylng hisi
position. .. He may hav^ '. Biiffered .untold
tor^aev^but outwanlly^eVteaiWed-isxiSien'
.and indifferent;" - TKe State Isrriot*toMBur
render' possession of his. body, and by
sundown it will have been secretly in
terred in ground , controlled by the of
ficials of Auburn prison. „';
AUBURN, N. ¥., Oct. 2S.— Leon . F.
Remains of the Electrocuted Man to
Be Buried in the Prison Yard
in Order to Prevent Dis
turbances. ,
Tells Brother ; Not to Have
Religious Ceremony \
Over His Body. •
Condemned y Man Has
but Insulting Words
for Priests.
REFUSES TO
RECEIVE ALL
CONSOLATION
Continued on Page Twab
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men of questionable enterprfse. A keeper
of a museum in one of the larger Eastern
cities telegraphed him an offer of $5000
spot cash for either the body or the gar
ments of the murderer, and the owner of
a klnetoscope wired Warden Meade that
he would pay $2000 for permission to take
a moving picture of Czolgogz entering tha
death chamber. The superintendent also
had his suspicions aroused as to the mo
tives of some of the relatives of Czolgosz
In seeking the body in view of their'pov
erty and the trouble and danger possible
In connection with its removal and dis
posal. The superintendent chanced to
meet Waldeck Czolgosz, brother of tha
murderer, as he was being escorted to the
death cell shortly after his arrival, and
at once took the matter up with him. Ho
asked Waldeck Czolgosz if he wanted the
body. He said he did. Collins then told
him that he did not believe ' it could \u25a0 bo
removed without serious trouble, and
strongly advised him against the attempt.
The plan to -take It to Buffalo.' where
Czolgosz had assassinted the President,
he regarded as particularly dangerous.
Collins discussed the matter from the
standpoint of Czolgosz's family and said
they would " surely . avoid 'serious annoy
ance* and possible violence by consenting
to burial here. He assured. WaldecK
Czolgosz that he and the family could at-
"This request is made upon the express
understanding thatno part of the remains
will be given to. any.: person, or society,
but that the entire body will be, buried «n
accordance with the law In the cemetery
attached to the prison.
U "WALDECK CZOLGOSZ.
"Witnesses: John : A.- Sleycher, George
A. Graham."
The resolution of Superintendent'Colllns
to prevent sensation in. the transportation
or; burial of, Czolgosz took new "zest from
two . offers that were' submitted 'to-day by
AUBURN. N. Y., Oct. 28.— The. body of
Leon F. Czolgosz, the murderer of Presi
dent McKinley, will not be removed from
Auburn. Superintendent of State Prisons
Cornelius V. Collins and "Warden J. War
ren Meade, after hours of controversy
with Czolgosz's brother, ; succeeded in ob
taining from j him the following relln
quishment of the family claim to the re
mains i when the executioner shall have
finished his work:
"AUBURN, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1901— J. War
ren Meade, Agent and Warden Auburn
Prison; I hereby authorize you; as War
den of Auburn Prison., to dispose, of the
body of my brother, Leon Czolgosz, bury
ing it' in the cemetery attached 1 to the
prison,' as provided \u25a0 by the law of the
State of New York, r \u25a0'_-'. .". •
Remains of the Assassin Will Be In
' terred in Prison Grounds.
BODY NOT TO BE REMOVED.
\u25a0 The prison was absolutely, quiet at,- 10
©'clock. A little crowd that had gathered
Czolgosz walked ; to the ( back of his cell,
sat* down on the edge of his ; ; cot', and did
not I answer^ the last farewell. .'- . ,
• When • the 'relatives reached . the war
den* s office | they j again renewed their re
quest to, see the excution, \u25a0'\u25a0to which' Col
lins replied emphatically: ,_ ...
"Czolgosz will b'e killed at 7 o'clock to
morrow, and if you apply, to the warden
in the afternoon you may be able to see
the body." . . - \u25a0 :•' " \u25a0 •:.\u25a0 - -' *j '
The two 'men were then let out' of the
prispn. , , "
'A few minutes after, they had left Su-"
perlntendent Collins recr/ved a telephone
message § from ':', the ' cnief \u25a0 of police .... of
Cleveland; announcing, that 'the ! father of
the convicted man | had , signed an agree
ment similar to the one . signed \u25a0 by tho
brother." here "this afternoon, {giving the
prison / authorities the disposal * of th«j
body, -.i,. 7 •.>\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0•'.\u25a0?•.\u25a0.; \u25a0 - '
There was a painful pause of a few min
utes, when tlio relatives resumed casual
conversation with him, to which he re
plied in monosyllables until the brother
in-law suggested to Superintendent Col
lins that he' and the brother be permitted
to witness the execution; Before the' su
perintendent* could reply, Leon Czolgosz
said:';- \ * : \'0 - \\ '$'\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 ,
"Yes, Mr. Superintendent; let them
see it." . -
Collins ' told ' them that \ no such thing
could be done, and ordered them to say
good-by. ' ' \
Cannot Witness Execution.
The brother looked j rather disturbed by
the answer. Then, stepping up close^ to
the bars, the .condemned man said: £j \
"And don't you have any J praying ovar
me when I'm dead. I don't want it. T
don't want any of their — \religion."
And he answered with more vehftmence
than he had previously shown: . .
, «'No, — - them; don't send them here
again. I don't want them." ; ; '-
The brother-in-law. Interjected here:
"That's right, Leon." . . -
The superintendent and warden retire 1
at 10 o'clock, with the announcement that
there would I be . nothing given out an-1
that no one would enter or leave the
prison before £ o-morrow morning. Be
fore the . superintendent had retired, the
death watch reported • to him that «Czol
gosz was sleeping soundly. Besides th?
two regular men on the death watch in
the corridor, an additional guard sat in
Czolgosz's cell to-night. .
about the main entrance at dusk quietly
dispersed with out any. suggestion from
police or guards.
PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD,
Oct. 28.— The Venezuelan nation
• alist expeditioh,'...-which .left : here
the night of the 15th, effected a
landing on the coast of the state
of Maturin, Venezuela, and engaged the
Government forces, "i under General
Maica, near Canos. Particulars of > t the
fight are momentarily expected. It-is es
timated that the forces, on the frontier
of Rosario.de Cucuta number 15,000 Co
lombians and 6000 Venezuelans, and on the
frontier of Guajira, near Maracaibo, C000
Colombians and 3500 Venezuelans.
Arrivals from Caracas give distressing
accounts of poverty perceptible In that
city. A large part of the once prosperous
inhabitants are reduced to seeking alms
in the public streets. - Business is practi
cally at a standstill, and merchants ex
press, the .belief that they will soon be
compelled to close their doors altogether.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 28.— Mail advices
up to October 15 were received to-day
from his country by Senor Pulido, the
Venezuelan Charge <T Affaires here." They
came from Edward Blanco, the Minis'er
of Foreign Affairs, who reports that af
fairs are tranquil there and the condition
of the country normal. The situation f on
the Tachira frontier, where the armies of
Colombia and Venezuela are facing each
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SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1901.
ASSASSIN CZOLGOSZ PAYS DEATH PENALTY IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR AT AUBURN PRISON
AUBURN, N. Y., Oct. 29.— At 7:13 o'clock this morning Leon F. Czolgosz, the anarchist who fatally shot President William McKinley at the Buffalo
Exposition on September 6, was electrocuted. The assassin went to the electric chair unrepentant and unconfessed.
Mrs. Bessie Sherman, tire Young Woman Who Was Widowed by the Tragedy
of Sunday Night in San Jose, Testifies at the Coroner's Inquest That
She Had Never Encouraged the Attentions of the Man Who Avenged Her
ELLIOTT IS GLAD THAT HIS BULLET ENDED
BRUTAL HUSBAND'S LIFE AND RESCUED GIRL
HE LOVED FROM A CAREER OF DEGRADATION
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