The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-13
HIGH PRlESTtSS OF ANARCHY" IN THE
CLUTCHES OF THE LAW.
TALKS FREELY TO REPORTERS
All but the Slightest Ac-
qualntance With Czolgosz Declares
the residents Lie or Death Mat
ter OF Indifference to Her-Declares
That His Assaflant Acted Entirely on
His Own Responsibility-She Breaks
Down, but Quickly Receivers.

chicago, September 10.-Emma Gold
man, the anarchist queen, under whose
red banner Leon Gzolgosz claims he
STANDS. whose words he claims fired his
heart and brain to attempt the assassi-
nation of the president, was arrested
here shortly before noon today
She disclaimed all but the slightest
acquaintance with the presidents as
sailant; she denied absolutely that she.
or any anarchists she knew were i'm
plicated in any plot to kill the pfesi-
dent. She SAID she believed Czolgosz
acted entirely on his own responsibility
and that ne never claimed to have been
inspired by her, as he is quoted as af-
firming.
The president, she averred, with a
yawn, was an insignificant being
to her-a mere human atom whose
life or death were matters of
supreme indifference to her or
TO any anarchist ColgosZ's act
was foolish, yet she declared it proba-
bly, had its Inspiration in the misery
which the Pole had seen about him.
violence. she said, was not a tenet in
the faith Of the anarchist, and she had
not advocated it in Cleveland where
Czolgosz has said he heard her, nor
elsewhere.
Miss Goldman arrived here Saturday
| morning from st. Louis. Her immunity
| from arrest while in the Missouri
| metropolis and up to today in Chicago
| afforded her much amusement. She
| told, in sentences punctured with
| laughter, o. her capture today. In her
| conversation with reporters-and she
/ wit of
| ing the cay-tbe excitement she was
| laborlng under was suppressed, and
| only once did she break down complete
| ly. That was when Captain Schuettler
| led her from the office of Chief OF Po-
| lice O'Nelil to the cab which was wait
| ing to convey her to the women'S an
| mex at the Harrison street police sta
| ton. For a moment she became a wo-
| man pure and simple and cried In a
| moment, however. this exhibition of
| distress was ever and when she put
| her foot On the step to mount into the
carriage she was again Emma Gold
ansSthe high priestess of anarchy
| as he has been styled by her followers.
| she said her purpose in coming here
| has been to assist the anarchists who
| were arrested here several days ago.
| She had intended to give herself up to
| the police but delayed it, for one rea-
| son and another until the police she
matter in their own hands.
| Miss Goldman's manner was defiant
| as she was led into the Office OF Chief
of Police O'Neill, but she disclaimed
| all knowledge of CZolgosz and his
| crime, admitting only that she met him
| here July 18th.
| DO you know that your words are
what Czolgosz claims stirred him to
| shoot the president?' she was asked.
| Il do not: never advocated violence
| scarcely knew the man. 1 was leav-
ing for Rochester via Buffalo when
CZolgosz had d few words with me. He
said he had heard me lecture at some
memorial hall in Cleveland last May
and that ne wanted to know me. He
said he knew I was in Chicago and
looked me up. I scarcely remember
anything about him save that his COM
plexion was light
Then how do you know that this
man is the one who tried to kill the
president?'
oh" with (. shrug of the shoulders
Il guessed that from what the news
papers say
. What did you think when you heard
, that an attempt to kill the presiden
had been made?" The woman wa!
!. asked.
|. With a wave of her hands and an
other shrug of the shoulders she an
swered disdainfully: Il thought, Oh, tn
fool"
The prisoners manner had been grow
ing more and more excited. although
she made an evident effort to contro
| herself. In this she finally sICceede,
and launched into a discourse on tn
| teachings Of anarchy. She declared
that anarchy did not teach men to d
the act which has made Czolgosz de
spised and hated the world over.
cit was early last July when I cam
/ ~; -;-;+ %I,4 he 70 i1v-i
| she continued, in answer to interroga
| tions concerning her whereabouts re
Gently. "On the night of July 18th
Isaaks was out of the house. The bel
rang and I went to the door. In
man, who I learn through the news
papers was Czolgosz. stood there. III
| wanted to see me. I was about Z
: catch the Nickel Plate train as am
Mr.. Isaaks' daughter were about to g
, to Rochester. He went alone to tn
| Rock Island depot where he me US Du
I was so busy taking leave OF m,
| friends that scarcely noticed him.
, was not a time when one would wan
to make new friends. At the depot
had the few words with him Of which
have told. That was all that ever wa
| between u.s."
II am an anarchist-a student o
! socialism; but. nothing in anything
, | ever said to Leon Czo1gosz knowingl
would have led him to do the act whicl
, | startled everybody Friday.
!, Not even in your lectures? He say
: YOUR words set his brain on fire" aske
the interviewer.
= Am accountable because som
crack brain person put wrong con
. struction on my words? Leon Czolgoss
: 1 am convinced, planned the deed uIl
! aided and entirely alone. There Is =
= anarchist ring which would help hin
4 | There may be anarchists who wc'-
: murder, but there are also men In ever
! walk Of life who sometimes feel the Inn
pulse to kill. do not know surely, bu