The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-11
DID NOT ADVISE IT
EMMA GOLDMAN DENIES COMPLICI-
TY WITH CZoLGosZ.
ANARCHIST QUEEN NABBED.
SHE SAYS CzoLGosZ ACTED ON HIS
OWN RESPONSIBILITY.

President of the Country LIS nm In
Only slightIy--She Is Held for Con-
spiracy to xiii the President--WiIi
Demand an Early Hearing, While
the Government viii Ask for More
Time.
Chicago. Sept. 1O-Emma Goldman,
the anarchist queen, under whose red
banner Leon Czolgosz claims he stands,
whose words he claims fired his heart
and his brain to attempt the assassI-
nation of the President, was arrested
here shortly before noon to-day.
She disclaimed all but the slightest
acquaintance with the Presidents as
sailant; she denied absolutely that she
or anarchists she knew were implicated
in any plot to kill the President. She
said she believed Czoigosz acted en-
tirely on his own responsibility, and
that he never claimed to have been in
spired by her, as he is quoted as af-
firming.
The President. she averred, with a
yawn, was an insignificant being to
her. mere human atom whose life OF
death was a matter of supreme indif-
ference to her or to any anarchist.
Czolgosz's act was foolish. yet she de-
clared it probably had it's 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 Cleve,
land, 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 me-
tropolis and up to to-day in Chicago
afforded her much amusement. She told
in sentences punctuated with laughter
of her capture to-day. In her CONVEX
sation with reporters-and she talked
with them at length twice during the
day---the excitement she was iaboring
under was suppressed and only once
did she break down completely. That
was when Capt. Schuettler led her
from the office of Chief of Police
O'Neill to the cab which was wait
ing to convey her to the womens an
mex at the Harrison street police sta
ton: For moment she became a wo-
man pure and simple and cried In a
moment, however, this exhibition OF
distress was over and when she put
her foot on the step to mount into the
carriage she was again Emma Gold
man, the high priestess of anarchy"
as she has been styled by her follow
ers.
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 zone rea-
son and another, until the police she
had derided so much had taken the
matter in their own hands.
"CzOlgosz Is Fool"
What did you think when you
heard that an attempt to kill the Presi-
dent had been nader" the woman
was asked.
With wave of her hands, she an
swered. disdainfully:
II thought, oh the foolr'
The prisoners manner had been
growing more and more excited, al
though she made an evident effort to
control herself In this she finally sue
ceeded and launched into a discourse
on the teachings of anarchy. She de-
clared that anarchy did not teach men
to do the act which has made Czol-
gosz despised and hated the world over.
we work against the system, and
education is our watchword," she said.
1T was early last July when 1 came
to Chicago to visit the Isaaks family"
she continued. in answer to interroga-
tions concerning her whereabouts re-
Gently. "On the night of July IL
Isaaks was out of the house. The bell
rang and went to the door The man,
whom / learn through the newspapers
was Czolgosz, stood there. He wanted
to see me. l was about to catch the
Nickel Plate train, as Mr.. Isaaks'
daughter and / were about to go to
Rochester Hewent alone to the Rock
Island depot, where he met us. but
was so busy taking leave of my friends
that I scarcely noticed him. 1t was
not a time when one would make new
friends. At the depot / had the few
words with him of which / have told
That was all there ever was between
u.s."
II am an anarchists student of
socialism; but nothing in anything I
ever said to Leon Czolgosz knowingly
would have led him to do the act which
startled everybody Friday"
Not even in your lectures? He saws
your words set his brain on fire." ask
ed the interviewer.
Misconstrued Her Words.
Am accountable because some
crackbrained person put a wrong con-
struction on my words? Leon czol-
gosz, 1 am convinced, planned the deed
unaided and entirely alone. There is
no anarchist ring which would help
him. There may be anarchists who
would murder. but there are also men
in every walk of life who sometimes
feel the impulse to kill ] do not know
surely, but / think Czolgosz was one of
those downtrodden men who see all the
misery which the rich inflict upon the
poor; who think of 1t, who brood over
it, and then, in despair resolve to
strike great blow, as they think, for
the good of their fellowmen. But that
is not anarchy. Czolgosz (the woman
pronounced the name with the greatest
ease)-Czolgosz may have been in
spired by me; but If he was. he took
the wrong way of showing it,"
The anarchistic lecturer wore a white
shirt waist of fine material, a dark
blue cheviot skirt, patent leather boots
and a straw hat encircled by a dotted
veil. She took a chair in the middle
of the room and faced the little group
of inquisitors with an air of confidence.
Beside her sat Capt. Schuettler, broad
shouldered and quiet. In front of her
were the chief of police and Mayor
Harrison. Capt. Colleran stood back in
corner with Fire Chief Musham.
When the interS1aw w-as- over Capt.
Colleran, chief Of detectives, served a
warrant on Miss Goldman, charging
her with conspiracy TO murder the
President. The warrant was sworn TO