The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-14
CENSUS OF REDS
Police Commissioner Murphy Is
sues an Order.
Starts Movement to Discover
All the Anarchists.
TO STAMP 1T OUT.
Concerted Move Against Anar-
chy to Be Made.
An Interview With the Leader,
Herr Most.
TO STAMP 1T OUT.

New York. Sept. 14=An anarchists
must leave America The nat has gone
forth by the police of the great cities
of the United states and Canada tnat
there is no room on this continent for
persons who are not in sympathy with
its free Institutions and its recognized
forms of government
This decision is but another move in
the giant police hunt for anarchists
Now a census is being taken OF all
the disciples of that murderous cult
They are to be expelled under existing
laws and where they do not reach IL IS
intended to make il so uncomfortable
Tor the reds that they will be glad TO
seek a country where they may escape
the espionage that win be exercised
over them in America from this time
on
Commissioner Of Police Michael c.
Murphy inaugurated the movement IN
New York. Similar action was taken
in every other city The order by Com
missioner Murphy is as follows:
ITO All Commanding Officers Of All
Precincts in All Boroughs.
You are hereby directed to make a
police census of all male and female
anarchists residing in the boundaries
of your command
This must be done with the greatest
caution, SO that the names of innocent
persons shall not be confused or mixed
with those of pronounced anarchists
This should be done as speedily as
possible, and as secretly as the nature
OF the investigation viii warrant.
Tt is possible that after these people
discover that a census is being made of
them they viii move to other quarters
1t viii be your duty to discover
where they move to and when they
moved from their former habitatiOns.
Forward the census when COM
pleted to this Office, when your report
viii be verified by a more critical in
Quiry-
MICHAEL c. MURPHY.
Commissioner and Chief or Police"
This order means a war of extermina-
ton for anarchy. Commissioner Murphy
in explaining the motives which led to
its issuance. said
we have reached the determination
that no anarchist shall live in New
York If we can help it, Our determined
purpose is to drive anarchy out Of New
York City.
THE time for an order such as I
have issued is ripe, and l hope it viii
result in driving all anarchists from
our shores.
Life viii be made so uncomfortable
for the reds that they viii leave of their
own accord if we do not find means of
disposing Of them before that time
IneSe measures may seem harsh, but
for men who preach murder and pillage
no punishment can be too severe
Ny call for police census is only
a preliminary step Soon as the records
are sent IN they VIII be- turned over to
the detective bureau for investigation.s
Movements of exactly the same char
acter were begun all over the country
,
that inaugurated by Commissioner
Murphy. they had the same end in view.
The police programme generally is to
make the country too hot to hold them.
As result of the stringent edicts
against anarchy and the suspicion un-
der which all anarchists rest since the
confession OF CzOlgOSz that he was led
to his crime by anarchistic motives all
the followers of the red flag in New
York have been under cover
Even Herr Most has changed his
headquarters and is now safe in Jail |
no longer does he talk SeditiOn and J
drink beer at No SO Gold street
Most SCOTS at the belief that Emma /
Goldman Is responsible for the crime of /
the wretch now Imprisoned at Buff3 Io |
lie evidently regards it as a greater /
glory than she IS entitled to- Likewise /
ne hurls defiance at the order of Com /
missioner Murphy against anarchists.
and declares they cannot be driven out 1
Of the country He said.
w hat good come of arrestine Emma 1
Goldman What has she to do with the 4
attempt TO assassinate the PRESIDENT J
she IS harmless creature who never 4
talks about anything but free love and 4
makes wild harangues. She il ~ /
harmless Is she is blatant
mo real anarchist pays any attan- 1
ton to her rawlings She could not lead 1
. Pr Docy- W nat can the government do I
with herr They have caught nothing
but woman with a long and unbridled /
tongue
This order by Commissioner Murphy
IS All nonsense. How can the police tell /
when a man is an anarchists He does
not wear any badge and is not brand
Cd I ne police might as we'll jump into
the ar and try to catch birds"
Part of Herr Most's bitterness
against Emma Goldman is the fact that
she beat him several years ago. and /
scared him as badly as he was at the
time the police dragged him out from
under a bed
Despite the talk Of Herr Most the
{ anarchists are scared by the arrest of
Emma Goldman. and those who can
II II aseed from their hiding places an.
nounce that she cannot be- held.
Justus Schwab. who conducts a sa-
loon and an anarchists Headquarters
at % First street was found AZ his /
saloon he mad evidently received word
from the Queen of the Anarchists since /
the letter he claims was mailed to him
IN st Louis on the day that Czoleosz
fred on the president
Emma Goldman gave herself up to
the Chicago police" he declared vasta,- /
day Il knew she intended to 40 If
she would have gone to Buffalo had it
not been for the hue and cry raised
against anarchy and its followers
she feared she would be insulte1 by
the police of that city. and therefore
she preferred to surrender herself to the
Chicago authorities
action She knows that thew cannot
10 anything with her There is IA
,harge under which she can be held
she + attending to her business Of sell
ne books and has net violated the
avs"
Mrs. Schwab. however was no4 :,
guarded IN speaking Of the arrest. say
ng.
What do they want her for? She
peaks only the truth and cannot be
0lamed II action follows her words
Philip scherer. who was also in the