The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-07-25
One of the Soldiers Hung Up by His
Thumbs and Drummed Out of Camp.
-Four Nom -uniGn Men Refuse to Remain at the
Werksand Succeed in Making Their Escape
to the Homestead Strikers Camp.
BERGMAN A COOL FELLOW.

Says tho People VIII some Day Come to
Think as He Does.
SPECIAL to the Indianapolis Journal
PITTsBURG, July 2t-The would.be MUIR
derer, Alexander Bergman, spent last
night In cell No. A of the Central station,
and awakened bright and early to ask for
breakfast particularly requesting that it
should include bone good eggs. A good
meal was 9iven him. and, after clearing
the plates, he put on clean lnundried
shirt. o stand-up collar and light tIe
thon he iit . cigarette, and for the rest of
the day, one of these little paper "pipes,"
so loved by those Who smoke them, was not
out of his mouth for more than q few mo-
ments at time. One Of his first questions
to the guard was concerning the condition
of Mr. Frick, and when told that he was
doing very we'll. the prisoner shrugged his
shoulders and said that he had nothing TO
say. Particularly he asked what the peo-
pie. laying stress upon the point that he
did not mean the newspapers. thought of
the affair. On being told that it was the
general opinion that he had no ground for
his action, he replied. eDergerically:
call the people will soon think as l do.
Those say 1 am against the law. But
say that Frick was against the law. He
was against. the people, and when he is
against the poor he 10 against the state.
and, therefore, against the law"
He refused to say whether he was an An
archist or not, or if he had known Herr
Most, and laughed heartily when asked If
he had lived on Forty-second street in New
York. "Why am not rich enough to live
there" he said. "All rich people. tho big
men. live shere do not belong to them"
BERGMAN is CUNNING.
He went on to say that he had worked
on a Russian as we'll as some German pa
pers in New York. but would not give their
names, although he reeled off the names of
the proprietors and editors of the Staats
ZeitunR. He sald that he left New York
Thursday morning over the B. Il O. road.
When asked If he came with the express
intention of killing Mr.. Frick. he replied:
well, 1 say that Frick has killed many
men, and he has TO suffer for it."
Bergman expressed surprise when told
that he could not be tried before Septem-
Der. and said he would like an early trial.
He asked if he could defend himself. and
Wucu tOlu ue COulQ SpcoA D Wuoic oay, 1 i
he wished, SAID: 81 believe cou Id speak
day. bnt my English would give ont on .
long speech. Iwould want interpreters"
The prisoner was more cool and collected
than he has been and did not look so much
like maniac as at the time of his arrest.
There was apparently no gleam of insanity
in his eyes, but be insisted on wearing
glasses. His appearance is not very pre-
possessing. The most remarkable part of
his facial characteristics Is his mouth. 1t
is certainly forbidding. His lower lip and
his upper lip are double. remarkably so.
oven in the eyes of detectives who have
had to study these characteristics. He
has short growth of beard. His antece-
dents are unknown. Not one even of tho
shrewd detectives or the shrcwder news
paper men who have bceu at work on him
since his Incarceration 10 believed to have
gotten any thing but contradictory or triv
ial information irom him. He said to-day
that when he was ready. he would make
written statement for the press.
He was whistling sentimental air. with
some accuracy. when the correspondent
was admitted to the calaboose. People
who remember the appearance of Maxwell,
the English murderer of Preiler. at st.
Louis, IN 1885, can form an accurate i'm
precision of Bergman, by simply making the
nose O tribe more Semitic. He Is slight
but wiry-looking youth, twenty-five years
old, near-sighted, and wearing glasses.
His chin Is strong. his forehead excellently
shaped. and the ears stand out from the
head. He may be a printer. or he might be
school-teacher or q reporter. The only
fanlt TO be found with his appearance is
the shffty, furtive manner in which he
uses his eyes He would not be notable
man in q crowd. and would be classed in
differently as q German Jew of some edu-
cation.
That he is secretly pleased with the no.
toriety which he has gained 10 evident, but
crazy over anarchistic literature is also
probable. Any study of his character must
fail until more facts about him are brought
ont. and these are being eagerly sought.
the operation good naturedly enough, aud
evidently trying to get good picture. He
reoda fha nnnera cloaalv and whilA ma u.