Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-09-13

the PRESIDENT she was asked.
II do not. never advocated violence.
scarcely knew the man. ] was leaving
for Rochester via Buffalo when Czolgosz
had a few words with me. He said he
had heard me lecture at some memorial
han in Cleveland last May and that he
wanted to know me. He said he knew
was I'm Chicago and looked me up. l
scarcely remember anything about him.
save that his complexion was light"
Then hov do you know that this man
Is the one who tried TO kiII the president p
"Oh, i guessed that from what the news
papers say"
what did you think when you heard
that an attempt to kill the president nad
been nader" the woman was asked.
With a wave of her hands and another
shrug of the shoulders she replied dis-
painfully:
'I thought that-oh. the fooi!'' The
prisoner thus far had been growing more
and more excited, although she made an
evident effort to control herself. IN this
she finally succeeded and launched into a
She declared that anarchy did not teach
men to do the act which has made Czol-
gosz despised and hated the world over.
1--WE work against the system and edu-
cation is our watchword," she said.
1T was early last July when I came to
"
continued in answer to an Interrogation
concerning her whereabouts recently. On
the night Of July II Mr.. Isaaks was out Of
the house. l went to the door and the
man whom / learn through the newspa-
pers was CzolgOsz, stood there. He said
he wanted to see me. / was about to
catch the Nickel Plate train, as and Mr..
Isaaks daughter were ABOUT to go to Ro-
chester He went to the Rock Island de-
pot with US, but l was so busy taking
leave of my friends that I scarcely notic-
ed him. 1t was not a time when one
would want to make new friends. At the
depot had the few words with him Of
which I have told. That was all there
was between us. I am an anarchists
student of sociology-but nothing in any
thing 1 ever said to Leon Czolgosz know
ingly would have led him to do the act
which startled everybody Friday"
: mot even in your lectures?" she was
asked.
HE says your words set his brain on
fire."
"Am I accountable because some crack
Drained person placed wrong construc-
ton on my words2
Leon Czolgosz. I am convinced, plan
ned the deed unaided and entirely alone.
There is no anarchist ring which would
help them. There may be anarchists who
would murder, but there are also persons
in every walk of life who sometimes feel
the impulse to kill. 1 do not know sure
" but I think Czolg0sz was one Of those
down-trodden men who see all the misery
Which the rich infiict upon the poor, who
think of It. who brood over 1t, and then IN
despair resolve to strike a great blow, as
they think, for the good of their fellow
man. But that is not anarchy.
'sCzoIgosz," the Russian woman pro-
nounced the name with the greatest ease
-"Czolgosz may have been inspired by
me, but If he was. he took the wrong
way of showing it,"
when Captain Sehuettler and Detective
Hertz discovered her at the home Of one
Norris at 9OS Sheffield avenue, she denied
her identity.
SeHeno Miss Goldman" said the cap
tain, as he entered the parlor.
Are you glad to see me?''
ct am not Miss Goldman. I'm a Swed-
fish woman and my name is Lena Lar
son." answered the anarchist, endeavor-
ing to initiate a Swedish dialect.
IAN right; 1 speak Swedish myself"
said the police officer, as he poured out
a few quo ~tions in the Morse tongue.
Miss Goldman did not answer him, at
fecting to misunderstood.
Detective Hertz meanwhile had discov-
cred a penholder with the name Emma
Goldman" engraved on IT.
what does this mean?" asked Captain
Schuettler, holding the INSCRIBED holder
cit means that the game is up" she
said. She then admitted her identity full
" and accompanied the officers The
woman was hurried to the police chiefs
Office.
Her appearance tailed with the de-
scription sent out by the Associated
Press yesterday
During the talk which followed Miss
Goldman detailed as best she could rec
ollect her movements since last July.
She went from Chicago to Buffalo; ac-
companied by Miss Isaak, the daughter
of the alleged anarchist editor under ar
rest here In Buffalo they stopped two
DAYS and then proceeded to Rochester,
where they stopped at the home of Miss
GoIdman's sister, Mrs. Hochstein, of 213
Joseph street Here they visited little
more than five weeks.
The only incident of it was short visit