New-York tribune., 1901-09-13
JOHN MOST ARRESTED.
COMPLAINT BASED on EDITORIAL IN
HIS NEWSPAPER CALLING FOR
MURDER OF DESPOTS.

MURDER OF DESPOTS.
John Most the anarchist and editor of the
anarchistic organ Die Freiheit." was arrested
last nigt in a saloon at No. 90 Gold-st,
where he has a letter box. Most had
drunk glass of beer and had called for
another when Central Office Detectives Krauch
and Fernesen stepped forward and told him
he was under arrest. Most protested voluby.
but the detectives paid attention to his OBJ
jeCtions He at taken to Police HGsd-
quarters and locked up as a suspicious person
He not allowed TO receive any callers or
make any statement, Captain Titus declaring
that he would not allow Most to pose as
martyr for those who sympathize with him and
his principles
The complaint against Most. which covers
five and a half typewrtten pages. is based on
and quotes in full editorial which Most
printed in the "FreiAeit' on September {. When
Captain Titus was seen last night after the ar
rest Of Most he held a copy of the newspaper
in his hands.
There is a place on North Brother Island
for those suffering from smallpox and conta-
gious diseases. and other places for those who
are insane and those murderously inclined. and
Ne believe we car find place for men who
publish such articles this" he said. AS he
spoke he waved the newspaper.
II was q o'clock when Most was arrested. and
$50 o'clock when he arrived at Police Head
aeartc~s. Captain Titus said that when Most
was taken TO headquarters he protested that
he had committed no crime, and that all that
had appeared in his newspaper was simply
opinions in a new guise that had been printed
and reprinted and voiced thousands of times in
the last nifty years The offensive editorial Is
in part follows;
The greatest of all follies In the world is the be-
lief that there can be a crime OF any sort against
despots and their aCcomplices. SUCH BELIEF IS IN
itself "A crime. Despots are outlaws: they are IN
human shape what the tiger is among bensts-to
spare them is crime. As despots make use or
everything treachery, poison murder; etcTso
the crime directed against them is not merely
right is also the duty of every one who has the
glory If it is successful II is only with regard
morality against beasts is annihiIation The laws
Of despots are nothing more than DEGREES of the
punishment nothing but murder No man can be
criminal against their laws: against their mur-
ator OF mankind. In all conflicts between reaction
is the assailant Revolution is nothing but defence
allowed: q is a duty toward society when IL Is
directed against a professional, murderer
everywhere personally. There can be absolutely
no GK'us" r. they are & aGai1 ~ he snared n & dGe
the camp Of the ruling possessors OF power from
the people carry out the sentence. The road OF
humanity leads over the peaks OF harbarity. That
reaction. We cannot get around IT, since will
not give up the future. If we wish to attain the
the life OF peoples we must wish the death of
their enemies If We wish for humanity, we are
Obliged 70 wish for murd
We say Murder the murderers Save humanity
by blood and steel. poison and dynamite"
Most lives at No 37.1 Fifteenth-st Brooklyn
| and is ffty-fve years old He has been arrest
ed several times result Of his radical utter
ances. which. it has been charged tend in
cite violence According to the Police Head
quarters records he was arrested in 1856 for
making inflammatory speeches at No "a Sew
enth-ave. Recorder Smyth sentenced him to
one years Imprisonment and TO pay a fine of
$500. In 1887 he was again arrested at the
sumo place, and charged with being the
of an unlawful assembly and melting to vio-
ence. He found guilty by Judge Cowing
and sentenced to years imprisonment.
When he sentenced Judge Cowing told him
that when he again secured liberty he might
better employ his talents than by teaching
anarchy. In 1891 Most was again arrested but
not convicted.
Captain Titus spent several hours at Police
Headquarters last night. which is contrary to
his usual custom. When asked If he expected
more anarchists to be brought in he did
ply in the affirmative. but smiled and said ne did
not know. He did intend. he said. however, to
stay at headquarters until a late hour.
The saloon at No. 50 Gold-st. was in darkness
last night. Repeated knocks on the door of the
hallway adjoining the saloon finally caused
window and ask what wanted. She said
she knew nothing about Most or the character
of the people who visited his office or the
saloon. The proprietor of the saloon is Herman
Kohls The woman whose head had appeared
at the window put out the lights in her rooms
after she was questioned but lighted them
again in few minutes. a nearby saloonkeeper
said that meetings We're held on Tuesday and
Friday nights in the building in which Most's
newspaper is edited. AS many hundred
men and women. the saloonkeeper said. at
tended the meetings.
Most will be arraigned to-day in the Centre-st.
court. Captain Titus refused TO what the
technical charge against him would be. When
asked about this he sad We'll. we've got him
on this" pointing to the article published in
Die Freheit." Captain Titus said Mosts
rest was not in connection with reported con-
spiracy charges against CzolgOsz in Buffalo.
No one was permitted to s>e Most last night.
Reporters thrOnged the building at headquar-
ters and pleaded with Captain Titus for a chance
TO talk to Most. but such requests were all de-
MED.