Publication information |
Source: Morning Telegraph Source type: newspaper Document type: article Document title: “Texans Want the Assassin” Author(s): anonymous City of publication: New York, New York Date of publication: 9 September 1901 Volume number: 63 Issue number: 216 Pagination: 6 |
Citation |
“Texans Want the Assassin.” Morning Telegraph 9 Sept. 1901 v63n216: p. 6. |
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Keywords |
McKinley assassination (public response: American South); McKinley assassination (public response: Austin, TX). |
Named persons |
Leon Czolgosz. |
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Texans Want the Assassin
They Ask Buffalo Authorities to Ship Them Czolgosz, Anarchist.
If anything more were needed to
emphasize the often repeated remark that the “war is over,” it could not be
done more plainly than by the cry of the Southern press and the Southern people
for vengeance against the man who attempted the life of their onetime opponent.
The authorities at Buffalo have been overwhelmed
with messages from the South asking that each particular section be allowed
to deal with that assassin in the manner which seemed most fitting. Of all these,
most grim and sinister in the threat between the lines, comes a telegram from
the Citizens’ Committee of Austin, Texas. It read:
“If you don’t know what to do with the assassin,
Czolgosz, ship him to us.”
Many times since the shooting of the President
the remark has been made, “Hanging would be too good for the wretch.” They have
more exquisite methods of torture in Texas, as the news columns show most every
day, and if the authorities are of the same mind as the majority of the people,
the Austin invitation would readily be accepted.