The paper was often controversial; encouraging propaganda of the deed or direct political action or taking responsibility for a Frankfurt bombing of a police station. Such claims as well as instructions to build explosives published by Most within "Freiheit" and in his pamphlet, "Science of Revolutionary Warfare", further contributed to the public's generalization of anarchists as violent criminals despite a relatively low body count compared to other radical groups such as white nationalists. This rhetoric once again lead to imprisonment, particularly after the paper once again supported assassination after the death of McKinley at the hands of an anarchist in 1901. When others from their circle failed to step up to maintain "Freiheit" in Most's absence, Minkin stepped in as editor and manager for two years while he was imprisoned. Without Minkin's contributions and her nurturing of Most's continued political activity, Most would have let the paper fold and his influence wane.