Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-08-23
Is EMMA GOLDMAN IN TOWN
Woman Arrives Wednesday Suspected Of
Of Being the High Priestsss of Anarchy.
CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH POINT THAT WAY
Coming of President Roosevelt Makes
Her arrival Significant ~ the
suspicions should Prove
Correct.


anarchism, is believed to be in Omaha.
She Is supposed to have arrived in this
city Wednesday and rented rooms in the
Martls block at sixteenth and Webster
streets woman whom the police believe
answers Emma Goldman's description came
from Chicago Wednesday, bringing several
trunks and considerable household goods
with her and is occupying rooms In the
Martis block. Circumstances surrounding
the woman and her presence here have led
the police to keep her under close sur
veillence and II is expected that early this
morning she will be taken into custody and
an Investigation as to her identity and
mission. If 1t proves to he the Goldman
woman, made.
The fact that President Roosevelt is to
be in Omaha within a month makes the re-
motest possibility OF Emma Goldman's
presence Of supreme interest and the
police are determined to know before this
day Is over whether the woman under
suspicion is the one from whom the
wretched assassin Of President Mckinley
said he drew his murderous inspiration or
not Chief Donahue is in thorough touch
with what seem to be significant circum-
stances and while he nor any Of his men
pretend to pass sentence as yet upon the
portunity Of getting at the facts in the
case.
Goes by Name of Gibson.
reporter for The Bee called at the
rooms occupied by the woman whom the
police fear is Emma Goldman yesterday
afternoon. He learned from other tenants
in the house that she was known as Mrs.
Gibson. The reporter knocked on the
door number of times, but was unable to
arouse any one within, or at least elicit
any response.
The effort was abandoned until evening,
when at about $3.50 he called again. Be-
fore renewing his effort at obtaining ad-
mission to the rooms he learned from a
woman occupying adjoining apartments
that man had called frequently at Mrs.
Gibspn's" rooms and had given a certain
rap. He put this rap into execution and
promptly voice asked, ''Who is there?"
But the woman insisted that she had re-
tired fer the night and could not be seen.
Within few minutes a telegraph mes
senger boy appeared with a message and
the woman came to the door. The message
was from Chicago, but she professed not to
know anything about its author.
To reporter for The Bee she said her
name was Mary Gibson and that she had
| come from Chicago with her son, who. she
said, was in South Omaha. She professed
to be unable to read or write and had the
messenger boy sign the receipt blank for
the telegram.
sis your name Emma Goldmanf'' was
asked.
mo; why do you ask me that?" was the
quick response. II don't know any Emma
Goldman; who is she? My name is Mary
Gibson-Mrs. Gibson It amt Goldman, or
Golding or Golden, and I don't know any
body by that name"
Mrs Gibson" is quick and decisive in
her speech, but betrays a slight foreign
accent. She appeared somewhat annoyed
when questioned as to her identity and
insisted that she was none other than mrs.
| Gibson"
Keeps Away from Police.
Detective Henry Dunn made several visits
to the, rooms during yesterday afternoon,
but says he was unable to see MRS. Glib
son." although her neighbors insisted she
was inside at the time.
The police claim that two letters and a
paper were delivered to Mrs. Gibson"
Thursday having come through the mail
from Chicago. addressed Emma Goldman -
II is said that Mrs. Gibson" showed signs
Of Illustration when the letters were handed
to her and said:
''oh, yes, these want to be redirected and
forwarded to Chicago"
And with that she effaced the Omaha
address and wrote that of Chicago, but
declined to give the mail back to the car
rier, saying she would attend to the mall
ing herself. She kept the letters and
paper.
In addition to this suspicious incident the
| police claim that two OF the boxes in
which Mrs. Gibson's" goods came be-
trayed the name OF Emma Goldman on the
outside. Some Of the force believe, In view
OF these facts, that the woman's mission
here is not a secret one, else she would
have exercised greater precaution in con,
cealing her identity.
Remains in Rooms.
Tenants in the nat where MRS. Gibson
is living say she is seldom seen outside of
her rooms, and that she has formed no
acquaintance in the building as yet When
she arrived she is said to have been we'll
dressed. Her appearance is that Of a
woman 40 or As years OF age. Her face
bears some resemblance to the BertilIon
photographs in the policies possession, but
none who has seen her has yet ventured a
positive opinion as to the real identity.
MRS. Gibson" has dark deeply set eyes.
| dark hair, high cheekbones and a very
| prominent chin. and a swarthy complexion.
She appears far more intelligent than the
| average woman who can neither read nor