history that they stole his
nomination and going to steal his election?

A. I don't have to read that in history; you must know in the Chicago
convention it was in every paper, everybody could read it.

Q. You read it in the paper then?

A. He says it every time he speaks.

Q. What paper do you read at home in New York?

A. The World.

Q. Is that the only paper you read?

A. I read German papers and every paper I got, but the regular paper is
the World.

Q. What country do you hail from?

A. Germany.

Q. What part of Germany?

A. Bavaria.

Q. What is the name of the place?

A. Two hours from Munich; Munich is the capital of Bavaria.

Q. What is the name of the place?

A. Erding.

Q. What schooling did you have?

A. Well, I have attended school in the old country and I attended night
school in New York for about four winters; that's all the schooling I
had.

Q. You haven't a very good education then?

A. Indeed I ain't.

Q. Have you always enjoyed good health?

A. Yes, sir; I am a healthy, sane man, never been sick.

Q. Never been sick?

A. No, sir.

Q. Ever been sick within the last year?

A. No, sir.

Q. Well, do you believe that that's a sane act that you committed this
evening?

A. I believe that is my duty as a citizen to do, it's the duty of every
citizen to do so.

Q. Well, how did you happen to get the idea that it was your duty among
all the people that live in the United States?

A. I don't know; I thought maybe somebody else might do it before I got
there.

Q. And you spoke to no one about your intention on all the route you
took concerning this, nobody?

A. No, sir; nobody.

Q. Are you familiar with the law in New York with reference to carrying
concealed weapons?

A. Yes, sir.

Q. What is it?

A. I know when I bought the gun the man told me, "I have to take that
one screw out in order to make the trigger ineffective" and I told him
not to do so because I was going to leave town the very same day, which
I did.

Q. He didn't take it out?

A. No, sir; he didn't do it; I showed him the ticket for the steamship
that I was going south the very same day and he said as long as I was
going out the law didn't fit that.

Q. Where were you going to?

A. To Charleston.

Q. On the steamship to Charleston?

A. Yes, sir; I wanted to go from New York to New Orleans because I
thought he was going to speak in New Orleans and I thought I would be
too long on the roa