The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-09
WAGON WHEAT
Hig hest Market Price.
ARCADE MILLS.
HAS FAITH in BOMBS.
Emma Goldman Tells the Jurors She
Is an Anarchist.

4 NEW YORK, Oct. S.-Emma Goldman is
on trial for melting a mob by her incendi-
ary utterances. She believes in bombs as a
means of redeeming society. On the stand
yesterday she said she detested all laws,
and that in her conception of an ideal
state people would get along without them.
When court opened ex-Mayor A. Oakley
Hall got on the record the statement that
his client had gone to the Union-square
meeting simply to tell the starving people
how to get bread, and that they had a
right to take it wherever they could find
it," Then Assistant District Attorney Nc
Intyre had his turn. Miss Goldman told
him that she was an atheist. His next
question was very gingerly put; How old
are your She answered, twenty-five -
and Mr.. Mcintyre looked surprised. She
said she was a native of Russia, and came
to this country eight years ago with her
parents, going to Rochester to live. She
came came to this city five years ago Her rela-
tempted the life of II. G. Frick, the Car
negie mill manager at Homestead, she re-
fused to reveal. The witness said she was
married, but also refused to make known
hef husbands name.
Miss Goldman's deep-rooted hatred of
the law of the land came out with the
next answer.
Are you an Anarchist?'
Yes
What do you understand anarchy to
"A total absence of law 1 understand by
anarchy the right to live unreStrained by
any law. 1 recognize no law but the moral
law"
do you submit to and honor the laws
passed by this government"
Il do not honor any law"
Where do you live now?" absentmind-
edly asked the public prosecutor.
In the Tombs. snapped out Miss Gold
man, and Mr.. Mcintyre subsided.
or hAr 20
discontinue. and when he asked her why
she did not go TO some other country as
long as the laws of this did not suit her,
she replied: II don't care TO go to heaven
She denied, in answer to further ques-
tions that she had advised her Union
square hearers to use force to get the
bread they needed, but she said She had
advised them TO defend themselves against
to the Haymarket riot in Chicago. The
bombs, she declared, were on that occa-
sion thrown by the police. who resorted
to such desperate ends to make a case
against the Anarchists.
What do Anarchits want with dynamite
bombs?" asked Mr.. Mcintyre.
which is impending"
would you use bombs?" asked the dis
trict attorney. Miss Goldman answered.
II cannot tell what would do. l may not
live to see the day of the battle Then
Mr.: Mcintyre took another tack
DO you think that the Anarchists will be
justified in using bombS?
81 do" Then she went on to explain that
despite this feeling she does not believe In
homicide unless in self-defense Before
leaving the stand she asked and received
permission to make a statement 10 the
jury. II want to say" she said, that in
making my speech i only intended TO use
the right of free speech granted to every
one by the United States Constitution
In his summing up lawyer Hall compared
detective Jacobs, who during the trial had
coached the district attorney. TO Satan in
MiltonS Paradise Lost" The case was
adjourned until Monday morning..