Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-09-13
ARREST EMMA GOLDMAN
Charged With Conspiracy to Assas-
sinate the President

Chicago. Sept. 11.-Enma Goldman,
the high priestess of anarchy, whose
speeches turned to fire the brain OF
Leon Czolgosz, the would-be assassin
of the president, was arrested here
shortly before noon yesterday.
Her manner was defiant as she was
led into the office of the chief OF
police, but she disclaimed all know
ledge of Czolgosz and his crime, save
that she admitted having met him
here July II.
DO you know that your words are
what Czolgosz claims stirred him TO
shoot the president?' she was asked.
II do not; | never advocated Vlo-
lence. / scarcely knew the man. l
was leaving for Rochester via Buffalo
when Czolgosz had a few words with
me. He said he had heard me lee
ture in Cleveland last May and that
ne wanted to know me. He said he
knew 1 was in Chicago and looked
me up. / scarcely remember anything
about him except his complexion
was light"
''Then how do you know that this
man is the one who tried to kill the
president?'' ..s...
oh with shrug of the Shout
der, Il guessed that from what the
newspapers say
"What did you think when you
heard that an attempt to kill the
president had been made?" the wo-
man was asked.
With a wave of her hand and shrug
of shoulders she replied disdainfully.
II thought, % the fool: o the fool
The prisoners manner had thus
far been growing more and more eX-
cited, although she made an evident
| effort to control herself. In this she
| finally succeeded, and launched into
a discourse on the teachings of an
archy. She declared that anarchy did
not teach men to do the act which
has made Czolgosz despised and hat
| ed the world over.
eve work against the system. an
educational doctrine said she.
ct was early last July when l
came to Chicago to visit the Isaaks
| family" she continued in answer to
! interrogations concerning her where
| abouts recently. ION the night Of
July - Mr.. Isaaks was out of the
| house. The bell rang and l went to
| the door. The man whom I learn
| through the newspapers was Cool
gosz stood there. He said he wanted
to see me. l was just about to
! catch the Nicl1le Plate train, as I and
Mr.. Isaaks' daughter We're about to
! go to Rochester. He went to the
Rock Island depot with us, but I was
SO busy taking leave Of my friends
that 1 scarcely noticed him. 1t was
not a time when one would want to
talk to new friends. At the depot
l had the few words with him of
which / have been told. That was
all there ever was between us.
81 am an anarchist, a student of
sociology, but nothing in anything |
have ever said to Leon CZolgosz
knowingly could have led him to this
act or anyone else"
Not even in your lecturcs?'' she
was asked. ''He says your words set
his brain on fire"
Am I accountable because some
crackbrained person puts a wrong
construction on my words? Leon
Czolgosz, l am convinced, planned
| the deed unaided and entirely alone.
There is no anarchist ring which
would help him. There may be an
| archists who would murder, but they
are found in every walk of life, who
sometimes feel the impulse to kill.
[ do not know surely, but 7 think
Czolgosz was one of those downtrod-
den people who see all the misery
that is possible and think of it and
brood over it until it affects their
minds. But that is not anarchy"