, 1901-09-11
+" EMMA" IS IN JAIL
ANARCHIST INSPIRATION OF
WOULD-BE ASSASSIN
BEHIND BARS.
Arrested in Chicago and Held on a
Warrant Charging Her With Con-
spiracy to A%ssassinate President
Mckinley-Says She Met Czol-
gosz Only Once and Knows Moth
inc Of Him-Two Views of Law.

9osz only Once n Knows Moth
ing Of Him-Two Views of Law.
Description OF Emma Goldman: Be-
tween 80 and 90 years ulu, ABOUT o
leet Z OF d Inches nlgn, pale complex
ion, thin Features, ana weight ABOUT
14U. She has Ilghtlsh brown hair,
slightly roman nose, Jewish cast OF
~countenance and rather full nps. Sne
is dressy and stylish in appearance
and wears spectacles.
Chicago, Sept. l1.-Emma Goldman,
the high priesless OF anarchy, whose
speeches urned to fire the bra.c o.
Leon Czoigosz, the would-be assassin
OF the president, was arrested here
shortly before noon yesterday.
Her MANNER was dehant as sne was
taken to the office of the chief of po-
lice, but she disclaimed all knowledge
OF Czolgosz and his crime, save that
she admitted having met him here Jul
ly IL.
DO you know that your words are
what Czolgosz claims stirred him to
shoot the PRESIDENT" she was asked.
Il do not; l never advocated violence.
l scarcely knew the man. l was leav-
ing for Rochester, via Buffalo, when
Czolgosz had a few words with me. He
said he had heard me lecture at some
memorial hall in Cleveland last May
and that he wanted 10 know me. He
said he knew | vas In Chicago and
looked ne up. l 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 a shrug Of the shoulders,
Il guessed that from what the news
papers say"
What did you think when you
heard that al attempt to kill the presi-
dent had beef made?" the woman was
asked.
With a wave of her hands and an
other shrug Of the shoulders, she re-
piled disdainfully: Il thought-oh, the
fool"
The prisoners manner thus far had
oeen growing more and more excited,
although 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 Czolgosz
despised and hated the world over.
we work against the system and
education is our watchword," she said.
ut was early last July when l came
to Chicago to visit the Isaak family"
she continued in answer to interroga-
lions concerning her whereabouts re-
Gently.
"On the night of July IL Mr.. Isaak
was out Of the house. The bell rang and
l went to the door. The man who, /
learn through the newspapers, was
Czolgosz, stood there. He said he
wanted to e me. l was about to
catch the Nickel Plate train, as l and
Isaak's daughter were about to
go to Rochester. He went to the Rock
Island depot with us, but l was SO busy
taking leave Of my friends that
scarcely noticed him. 1t was not a
time when one would want to make
new friends. At the depot l had a few
words with him Of which I have told.
That was all there ever was between
US.
Il am al anarchists student of So
GEOLOGY, but nothing in anything l aver
said to Leon Czolgosz knowingly could
have led him to do the act which start.
led everybody Friday"
Not even in your lectures?" she
asked. He says your words set
his brain on fire."
Am l accountable because some
c~rack-brained 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 anarchists who
would murder, but there are also men
in every walk of life who sometimes
feel the impulse to kill. l do not
know surely, but l think Czolgosz was
one OF those downtrodden men who
see all the misery which the rich in
fict upon the poor, who think of 1t.
who brood over 1t, and then. In de-
spair, resolve to strike a great blow,
as they think, for the good Of their
fellowmen. But that is not anarchy
"Cxolgosz"-the Russian woman
pronounced the name with the great
est ease-"Csolsoss may have been in
spired by me, but II he was he took
the wrong way Of showing It."
The police IN not entirely satisfied
with Miss Goldnsan's story. When
Captain sch1etler and Detective Hertx
discovered her at the home OF a
Norris at s0s shefield avenue. she de-
MED her identity.
Hello, Miss Goldman" said the cap
tain, n he entered the parlor. Are
you glad to zee ms!"
I'm not Miss Goldman; I'm a swed-
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