The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-26
BLRKlL1N, PEUKERT, GOLDMAN
Hunting Tn tho Assassin's Friends Here
Chief O'Marn Comes from Pitt.burGh.

Hunting I'm tho Assassln's Friends Here
Chief O'Marn Comes from Pittsburgh.
Superintendent O'AIara. Chief OF the Pitts
burgh police. reached New York. with his two
daughters. yesterday morning. He called on
Chief Inspector Steers Mt Police Headquarters
yesterday Afternoon n. He brought with him a
photograph Of Alexander Berkman. After
looking at it both Inspector Steers and Ser
Eeant Bird agreed that 1t was n fac simile Of
The SUNS picture OF Berkman. printed yes
terCay morning.
Superintendent O'Mara Is tall and thin with
n brown Iaoustache. dark hair md sharp gray
eyes. He loft Police Headquarters about l 80
o'clock and went to a cottage he has at Bath
Beach. He will be back to-day to see Inspector
Steers again. One of the objects Of Superin-
tendent O'Mara's visit is to have his youngest
daughters eyes examined by New York ocu-
list.
Inspector Ste gro says he does not believe
that Berkman had accomplices in a conspiracy
to kill Mr.. Frick. but he has detailed his de-
tectives to sift the matter thoroughly and find
out il there is any ono in the city who know Of
Berkman's Llans.
was born in kurland. formerly a German but
now russian province, adjoining the prov
German is tho language spoken commonly by
the people. 1t was tho language used in the
courts OF law and N Legal A69nt
that tho legal language Of these provinces
should DO Russ ian. and that all court proceed
ings should be IN Russian.
This aroused resentment and q fine crop OF
Anarchists sprang up; Among them was Miss
when she got to this country. She fell in at
once with the Anarchist coteries here. md be-
t aIf
et 10 one 'c could ind Miss Goldman yesterday.
1t is believed shn is gone out OF town.
Berknan, 1t was stated yesterday. was n
contributor 10 a paper called The, anarSH;si.
published by Carl Masur.. at ;'l5 East Forty
fourth street. and about eight weeks ago wrote
an article Tor It 2n bom nl; ,hr9Wlng;
a fo op scme ts hu where
the Anarchists there claimed his acquaintance.
though there are more Anarchists to tho
York.
Philip Mai keens a aloon Mt 445, Elizabeth
archists are in the habit or meeting. Mai
said to tho reporter that if Berkman had ever
been resident of Elizabeth lie would have
-" About fourteen daTs ago" he continued.
"a p man and woIn ansTssrnG the description
they were in search Of Both spoke Ger
beeve it was Bcrkman." broke in MATS
wife. 81" He looked exactly like the picture in
TIE snM both Bot !, OF them talked about the
Charles Rclncardt has ball at 7o7, and 700
EIizabeth avenue. where hc says the Anar.
them about six months ago because he would
not .ivo them two pi ctures The pictures were
alleged portraits Of Wendell Phillips and +.
I.asa e. lie cou ID not say what they wanted
the pictures for. but they have boycotted him
ever since.
AS TO peukert." he said. Il know him well.
He Is one Of them and the most rahid Anar-
chistiI ever saw. He calls hmselfan autonolnist
and wants to set the whole country on fire
| and raise Cal generally Mi the time" Peu-
kert. h" snid. was employed in the tool de-
partment Of the Singer sowing machine fac
tory. Peukert il the head Of the Autonon list
party Of Anarchists of which BeIkman is a
member
Henry Pfarrer. superintendent of this de-
partment OF the factory. said that If Berk m ali
had worked there it must have been under an
assumed name.
As to the mnn you call Peukcrt" he said.
"the man wor ks here. but he Is called Conrad
| Benker. He is the same man undoubtedly.
as, he is, the leader Of a group of Anar.
chists called the Autonomists, | believe and
though he is n good worker enough he is the
| widest ANARCHIST j ever saw or knew Hu
gets personally the largest mail in the fac.
tory. big. queer looking letters. mostly from
on them. though 1 am not well posted on
such things"