The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-09
HER MOST GROWLS
ANARCHIST REVIEWS HIS LIFE AND
Is SATISFIED.

SumminK Up His Work In New York City
: He IL Inclined 20 Believe That He HsI
Helped the Cause AlonK-Bus He WI
Quit tho Big City Because the Pole
: Let Him Contemp tuousIy Alone, an,
That Pains Him-Bis Reason For Be
ing an Anarchist-What He ReaIl,
Thinks.
New York, Sept. S.-New York I
ABOUT to lose. through lack Of apprecia
ton. Herr Johann Most, the apostle Of
anarchy to America, SO called, whom
Buffalo will gratuitously acquire. Hi;
social creed is betrayed by his NAL
formed head, his why, grizzled hair
cropped 10 stubble. his asymmetrical
jaws, deformity that a bushy beard
and mustache do not conceal, and mis-
constant expression Of malignant dis
| content.
| You are Of the rr-r-rich! cath to the
rich. Down with private property! It's
history is the history Of all human suf-
|
! 10 the reporter.
Herr Most was born in Augsburg, a
small provincial town in Germany, fifty
| one years ago. His father was a poor
| fellow; shust a-a-what you Gala gof-
| eminent clerk. Oh, poor-very poor
Later he became the sexton of a GEM
etery. Johann's mother died when ne
was baby, and ne had no other rela-
tives. NO" ne says bitterly; mot a
sister, nor a brother nor an onkle, nor
! an aunt-nobody.'' When he left the
public school, at very early age, he
was apprenticed 10 book binder, IN
ii of necessity in an itinerant way, in
France, Belgium, Italy, Austria, and
Switzerland, until, in 1867, he became
interested in what he is pleased to call
THE workingman's movement" and he
began the practice Of anarchy as a pro-
fession.
After public professions of his faith, he
devoted himself TO the propagation of
the anarchistic gospel. Wherever he
followed his mission, through continent
tai Europe and. indeed, even in England
he underwnt process Of drastic dis
couragement He guesses the aggre-
gate Of his terms of penal servitude to
be nine years. STILL" he says, II am
an anarchist
Herr Most came to America in 1882.
He has edited the Freiheit, in New York
unmolested, save for two brief terms on
BlackwelPS island, since his arrival.
Concerning these incidents, ne says:
why, why vas it? Ha, Ha, Once for
that 1 said, If a policeman Strike TO
right, strike to left One year Of life
did that me cost. Second, for that
vas said toto a speech make vas IL
did not make. 1t vas conspiracy. For
three years and one-haR did L fight: blu.
all, it vas to no use-no use"'
Herr Most confesses to the anarchistic |
instinct; it became violently active in |
him suddenly, when ne was a mere boy. |
The mans face puppies with passion at |
the recollection Of the incident that fired |
il, and the story, as he tells ii, is spat-
tered with oaths and angry gesticula |
tons. 81 had a master" he says, "ein |
tyrant, he vas. 1 thirteen years but old |
vas, and worked hard. One day he |
Elm mussigganger CALLED me. Elm mus
dat is an idle fellow. Vas? |
I Elm mussigganger? 1 pencil and paper
got, and sa. myself down. 1 wrote vat
that week did do-vat you call sum-
mary. l put it in his hand. There
1 said, 'das list vat dis vat dis week did
make from me. 1 am no idle fellow
He caught me by the throat-here-here"
Herr Most clutched his throat in so vio-
lent illustration that Wis words Of gut
teral, broken English were hardly dis
as they came from between
mis- clenched teeth-"here-dis way. All
ne said, "a boy tell me what I from him
TO me dat?" And he cursed
me- and ne struck me, and ne kicked me
and from me beat the very blood. Ha!'
Herr Most's voice sank suddenly from
he passion pitch 10 an angry growl-
L from then vas an anarchist"
Herr Most is an habitue Of half doz-
IN German saloons on the east side, and
nay be found al one or the other at al
most any hour Of the afternoon, seated
alone at an isolated table, with a goblet
# red wine before him. To find him
me enters one Of the places ne frequents
md questions the barkeeper.
HAS Herr Most been here?"
The man looks at the clock, then: at 4
S not his time yet He will be here al |
tx o'clock Just now he Is at" and he
James the saloon where the anarchist is
likely TO be.
Herr Most was sitting in one OF these .
faces one day this week, at a table in ! :
he rear OF the long, ow room. He was
ardly visible from the entrance because ,
{ the dense clouds Of smoke Ia hung ,
n the air between. He was in earnest .
onversa tion and 50 passionate were his :
rords that they drew the players from I
he noisy game Of pool 70 his side to
stem. Now and then as ne spoke. .
assing fit Of rage would bring the blood ,
, the roots Of his hair that fringes his Z
arrow forehead and blur his word G
-ith the German accent. !
anarchy he exclaimed. What is Il? ,
hey say il means chaos. All. Colt, ;
ia: is nonsense. L is society withou; .
llsrs, without laws. without masters. /,
-ithout serfs-in which efery man his 6
est for all does, and no man is COM a
ellei 10 do 80. That is truth. An :.
rely, Il the solution Of al is-the end 9
: all. For fifteen years haf been here |.
New York. and now I am going away. a
hat I haf accomplished I do not know. 7
Ehat man knows that of himself? Did r
pinoza? How then, ;ell me. can I say? 9
hat written much; hat more spoken. n
ID I haf suffered What more would .
1u haf? l am but one. Fifteen years n
90 l came - this country. What was s
Iere OF anarchy in New York then? r