Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-07-28

cellent authority, that bergman was tOol
OF some Anarchist or Nihilist circle in
New York, and with that circle, working
in conjunction with the numerous An
archists in Pittsburg and Allegheny, re-
solved and plotted the removal of Mr..
Frick and that Bergman was selected to
do the work, and that he had accomplices.
The arrest Of Knob is the result Of in
formation furnished by the Adams Ex-
press Company. July 10Th the express
company, at lis Office in Allegheny. re-
ceived package containing 81 addressed
to Alexander Bergman, care of Carl Knob,
3 Cherry street. Five days later another
package, containing So, was received by the
express company, marked to Bergman at
the same address. This last package was
from Long Branch, n. j.
When the news of the attempt on Mr..
Tricks life was published in the evening
papers, the agent of the Adams Express
Company Immediately informed the po-
lice of these facts. Detectives Steele Of
Allegheny and William Shore arrested
Knob tonight and brought him to the
police station. Here the prisoner protested
his innocence OF any crime, and very
willingly told the police all that he knew
| about Bergman.
"rhe young man." he said, came to my
house two weeks ago and said he was II
gcnOsse-that is, a comrade in the cause.
| ] invited him To stay with Inc. At the
same time wrote to Herr Most and asked
| him il he knew anything about Bergman.
| Most wrote back that had better look out
| for him us he was no good. We went out
| walking together several times, and
showed him around the city. Wednesday
| he bought new suit of clothes at Fleish
mann'S. Thursday We were walking
| down Fifth avenuc. We stopped in front
| Of Mr., frickis office and Bergman went
/ up stairs. lie told me he WAS looking for
| work. We went there again Friday morn
| ing and Bergman went up stars, but he
came down and said that no ono was in.
That afternoon he told me he was
| going west oil the T,30 train. | went with
him to the depot and left him al tina gate,
| through which lie went Us If to 20 OH
board train. That is the last saw of
| him. AS soon as | read about the shoot
| ing in the papers | knew it was bergman
because he was very bitter against Frick
and often told me so, | expected to be
| arrested"
This settles the story Bergman told and
| still insists on, to the effect that he came
here only Thursday. The story above is
all that the police will tell, but ii is not by
any means all that Knob told the police
He WAS thoroughly frightened when he
was examined by the detectives at the
police central station, and it is stated on
excellent authority that he gave some very
| important information that led to the
other arrest. So far the police have re
fused to give the name of the second man
they have arrested, nor will they tell what
they have against him. The man lives IN
Pittsburg.
The indications are that Bergman will
not he allowed to escape with the term OF
seven years, the penalty for a single cast
of fcloniOus assault. Six Information.
were made against him tlIis evening
charging HIM with offences under which
he can receive sentences aggrGgating s.
years in the penitentiary, The fOnnal in
formations were made before Alderman
James McMasters by Secretary Loyeioy o.
the Carnegie Steel Company, limited, thii
evening Three are for felonious assault
and three for entering a building for til,
purpose Of committing u felonious assault
Two ptI the informatlons are for assault
Ing Friek md one for the attempt upoI
the life of Nice-chairman Beishman, Wht
was IN tho office with Mr.. Frick at til,
time. alhe other three charges are alike
exceed that il is alleged that the offence
We're committed on separate dates, tn
dates named being July 18th, 22d and 23d
The alderman liked next saturday as tn
time for holding the preliminary hear
ingS Bail was liked ut 5000 in each o
the cases for assauiting Chairman Frick
and $1,000 in each OF the other fou
charges making $l4, 00O in all
A wild rumor was in circulation durin
the day that several friends of Bergman
I arrived in Pittsburg from Chicago las
night, armed with dynamite bombs an
{ cartridges, and that an attempt would b
made to pass some of the explosives int
: the prisoner The Jail authorities do nc
take much stock in the story but will
Z very careful to allow no one to see him,
A telegram from New York stated thu
. Aaron Stamm, companion and country
man of Bergman, came to Pittsburg wit
him and is supposed to have been impl
Gated with him in the plot to remov
$ Chairman Frick. Bergman, when que
!. toned by Warden McAleese regarding tn
t matter, cmphatically denied that he la
4 any accomplish and said that he came her
a alone.
4 The police say that they have locate
y the man in Long Branch who sent the tw
packages, supposed to contain money, I
: Bergman.
When Knob was searched at the static
# there was found in his pocket an illustrate
e paper containing a picture of MIR. Fricl
: He is badly scared, and has Cohtradicte
r. his former statement that he took Beri
:, man to the Carnegie offices.