Brother of McKinley’s Assassin in Trouble

Joe Czolgosz in Los Angeles Says Slaying of President Was Curse to Family.

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     LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20.—Cursed by the deed of the man who deprived this nation of the services of the martyred McKinley, pursued by a seemingly inevitable fate, Joe Czolgosz applied to the district attorney’s office today for a warrant for the arrest of a second hand dealer on a charge of forgery. The warrant was issued and detectives are looking for the alleged criminal. The forgery was committed in connection with the sale of a bill of goods which the complainant had left with the second hand man to sell.
     “My brother’s deed has been a curse upon our family,” said Czolgosz. “Every place I have gone I have been hounded by the police. They arrest me as soon as I arrive in town. When I am released they continue to watch me.
     “I was twice arrested when I first came to Los Angeles. The police followed me for a long time. It was through no hatred of the president that my brother killed him. My brother was insane.”