Auburn Chief Talks of Assassin

     Chief of Police Charles E. McMaster of Auburn, who was in charge of the fifteen men who were in charge of Leon Czolgosz in his trip from Buffalo to Auburn this morning, arrived in this city early this morning and paid a visit to Deputy Chief William O’Brien.
     Chief McMasters said that Czolgosz appeared to take no interest in his surroundings. He was in the same sullen humor that has characterized him during his entire stay in Buffalo. He cared only to smoke, and one cigar followed another.
     “We were all somewhat surprised when one of the reporters who accompanied us on the train asked Czolgosz if he regretted his deed,” said the chief. “For a moment the assassin seemed to be awakened from his trance. He straightened himself out and exclaimed:
     “‘I am sorry I did it now. If I had it to do over again I would never have assassinated the president. But I committed the act myself and no one else is to blame.’”
     Chief McMasters said that notwithstanding the statement by the assassin he is not convinced that there were no accomplices. He said that a large crowd of people were on the watch for the assassin in Buffalo, and that perhaps one in ten people saw him, as he was handcuffed to one of the jailers, and was in the center of a group of fifteen men, all dressed in civilian garb.