ZINGARA CHARGED

Hokitika Guardian, 18 February 1933, Page 5

ZINGARA CHARGED

MIAMI SHOOTING OBSESSION FOR MURDER. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright; MIAMI, February 16. G'uiseppe Zingara, with bulging eyes dilating as ho balked with his severe interrogators in the Dade County Gaol, to-day, said that he had no regrets for the attack on Mr Roosevelt. The prisoner answered questions bj Sheriff Hardie in broken English. “Why do you. want to kill ? Did you want to Kill thg policeman who naught you?” Harelip asked. “I not care to kill police,” Zingara replied. “They work for leeving. As President, 1 want to keel him. I want to keel all 'presidents. In Italy ten years ago, 1 want to keel the King, but I cannot get to heem.” "Ar'e veil lan Anarchist?—Sometimes I get beeg pain in stomach, too, and then I want to keel these Presidents, who oppress working men.” There is a deep scar on Zingara’s abdomen. He has been in the United States about nine years. He is understood to be a naturalised citizen.

Concerted action to bring to justice Guiseppe Zingara, who attempted to assassinate r(J!ie President-elect, Mir Roosevelt, was being pressed by the State of Florida on Thursday night. “I don’t want anybody, to help me.,” Guiseppe Zingara shouted, when he was brought into the court late on Thursday.

The Judge insisted upon the appointment of counsel to defend him, and set down for arraignment for 11 o’clock on Friday morning. Zingara is to be charged with an attempt to murder the next President of the United States. Other similar charges will be also drawn against the gunmen, all based on attempts on the life of Mir Roosevelt, and on the wounding of three others.

No charges, for the time being, will bo lodged against the would-be assassin in connection with the. serious wounding of Messrs Cermak and. Mrs J. H. Gill. The authorities are awaiting the outcome of their wounds.

There were rumours that an attempt might be made to kidnap and kill Zingara. These caused Sheriff Hardie on Thursday night to bar alii persons from the County Gaol, where the prisoner is lodgod.

ANXIETY OVER MR ROOSEVELT. WORRY TO SECRET SERVICE. (NEW YORK, February 16. While Mr Roosevelt is, apparently, so profoundly moved by the critical condition of Mayor Cermak and Mrs •Gill that lie appears almost wholly to have overlooked Jo’s own narrow escape, or the constantly dangerous position which he occupies, the nation at large is strongly agitated, not alone over the attemtped assrs-dnatlon, but over the continuous imminent peril in which the Chief Executive stands.

Ever since bis election, Air Roosevelt has been a 'source of continuous worry to flip Secret Service and to his own official family. Ho has ignored all of the demands that his personal bodyguard should he increased. He has frequently appeared alone and un/protected in public. He seems to get a lot of fun out of slipping away unescorted. He never seems to sense for a moment that ho is the most marked man in the country. During his present trip south he has been inclined to conduct himself like a pirvate citizen. During his stay at Miami, he declined to allow the Secret Service men to keep close to him. ■Observers state that the attempted assassination is having a sobering effect on the people, particularly from a political point of view. Old partisanships, which had began to assert themselves even before Air Roosevelt’s inauguration, seem overnight to have been dissipated by a country-wide sympathetic reaction at his miraculous escape. KING GEORGE’S MESSAGE. JACKSONVILLE (Florida), Feb. 16. King George of Britain hag expressed his regret at the attempt on the life of the President-elect, Air Roosevelt, in a message received by Air Roosevelt on Thursday night, while en route to New York. The message read: “I have received the King's- command to express to you His Majesty's abhorrence at the outrageous attempt on your life, and congratulations at your escape. I beg you to accept at the same time, my own congratulations.” (Signed) Osborne, British Embassy.

OTfiRATAK HOPEFUL

AHA AH, February 16

Afayor Amt on Ccnunk, of Chicago, has sent word to his friends as follows: “T am going to pull through for

Chicago.”

Mr 'Cennak’s condition was unchanged at a late hour.

CONDITION NOW SATISFACTORY

(Received Feb. 18 at 9.48 a.mA MIAMI. Fe'vuarv 17. Cennak’s condition U reported very :ati .factory -‘e-day.