The sun., 1902-11-21
SURE She Is AN ANARCHIST,
OPINION OF A POLICE OFFICIAL
REGARDING MRS. DEXHEIMER
He Finds Records OF suicide Corresponding
With Those OF Anarchists as Men.
toned In Her stOry-Captain Usher's
Precinct Contains l.OOO Anarchists.

He Finds Records OF Suicide COrrespOnding
With Those Of Anarchists as Men.
toned In Her story-Captain Usher's
| Precinct Contains .OOO Anarchists.
| Two elderly men who said they were
detectives, but who explained that they
were not connected with the Hoboken
police force. loitered yesterday In the
vicinity Of the home OF Mrs. Lena Dex-
heimer. the German woman who confided
to her pastor that she had been full
fedged Anarchist, The tenants Of the
fve-story double tenement In which Mrs
Dexheimer resides with her husband and
six children in Willow avenue. Hoboken.
spoke in high terms Of her when the de-
tectives questioned them. They declared
that she was truthful woman SO far as
they knew. and that she was perfectly
sane and intelligent They all said they
believed the story she had told OF an an
archistic plot hatched at Paterson meeting
which she says she attended with a man
named Wehler. The detectives made an
effort to get some information as to the
whereabouts Of Wehler but Mrs. Dex-
heimer told them that she had been ad-
vised by her pastor, the Rev. Charles L.
Mead, to say nothing further about An
archists unless she was certain that the
Information was to be used by the officers
Of the United States Secret Service
Bureau
You may be newspaper reporters for
all l know" said Mr.. Dexheimer. 'and
as have been overrun with reporters
for the past two days l must decline to
talk any further to you"
Chief of Police Donovan OF Hoboken
yesterday ordered Detective Sergeant
Kerrigan to drop further investigation
of the case. Kerrigan returned to the
police station and handed in a report which
told in detail how he had been assigned
to the case by Police Captain Tanning,
who, at the request of the Rev. Mr.. Mead
had sent him TO guard the woman Chief
Donovan declared that he did not believe
the Anarchist story. He supplemented
this by saying that there was not one An
archist residing in Hoboken.
Police Captain Usher of West Hoboken
smiled broadly when he heard what Chief
Donovan had said.
"Of course. remarked Capt. Usher, Il
am not police officer in Hoboken. but |
am Captain Of West Hoboken police pre-
! cnct which j believe has at least a thou
sand Anarchists living in it. | have had
them under surveillance ever since found
that Gaetano Bresci. who assassnated the
| King of Italy, resided here with his wife
| She has moved away from here and be-
| lieve she is now living in Pennsylvania
| where understand she is being supported
| by fund raised by the Anarchists through
out the world. | was told that this fund
was raised especially for the purpose Of
supporting the child Of Bresci, which was
| born shortly after Bresci was arrested in
| Italy for the murder of the King. II is
my belief from what knowledge | POSSESS
OF Anarchists that Mrs. Dexhemer told
| a truthful story. So far a. her being a
visitor or friend at Mrs Bresci's house /
cannot say But Mrs. Bresci had great
many women Anarchists around her all
| the time. One of these was a tall blonde
| woman who now resides at Hackensack
Another was handsome black-syed young
| woman who has resided with Mrs. Bresci
ever since Bresci went to Italy to kill the
King It's all we'll enough for people to
| make light OF stories about Anarchists,
| but II they knew that there are thousands
| OF them in New York, Brooklyn, Hoboken
and Paterson they would not consider il
surprising for a woman Anarchist who
| had joined church to get up at Methodist
meeting and in her religious enthusiasm
admit that she had been an Anarchist for
| almost twenty years.
| A police Official VINO has taken the trouble
to see whether he could verify the story
told by Mrs. Dexheimcr said
| Il thoroughly believe the woman's story
In the first place she said she had gone 10
| her pastor year ago and turned over
| threatening letters which she had received
| Her pastor says this is true. and that he
| turned copies OF the letters over to the
Secret Service men. H. adds that she
| furnished to him copy of the Anarchists
| secret code. Now how could that woman
got Possession Of the code unless she was
| an Anarchist? So far her story is verified
| Now she says that a meeting of Anarchists
was held in Paterson at which plot was