The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-09
The BOAST OF AN ANARCHIST.
LETTER FROM MCQUEEN, WHO
WAS CONVICTED IN PATERSON.
He Declares That He Jumped Bail Fur
nished by = Capitalist" His Lawyers
Father, land Our Comrades Could Not
BE Compelled to Make the Bail Good"

PATERSON, Oct. s.-William Mcqueen,
the anarchist who was convicted ofrloting
in the silk and dye house strike and was
sentenced to serve five years in States
prison, but who jumped his bail, has been
heard from. He has written letter.
When Mcqueen and Grossman skipped
their bail bond there was prophecy that
it would be impossible for an Anarchist to
keep quiet if there was an opportunity TO
seek glory from the fraternity When
Geyer and Grossman were committed to
jail, Lawyer Geyer, their counsel, entered
into negotiations with the anarchist leaders
with view to secure their release. There
was contract agreement for security for
the bondsman from the Anarchists, Gross
man and Mcqueen We're convicted and
sentence OF five years was passed on each.
Lawyer Geyer advised an appeal. Philip
Geyer, the bondsman, the lawyers father,
qualified as bondsman in $1,000 for
each. Lawyer Geyer forgot to protect
the $1,000 with back bail bonds as before.
Mcqueen and Grossman were released.
Afterward they failed to answer sum-
monses for new trial. Bondsman Geyer
presented a petition for lenity in de-
faulting on his $4,000.
Geyer had to pay 5000 into court. with
three months allowance, to secure time
to send detectives after the defaulters.
MCQUEEN avows that the Anarchists
here have knowledge Of their whereabouts.
The committee Of defence to which Mcqueen
refers IN his letter were members Of the
Paterson group. Lawyer Geyer in the
negotiations COR the contract agreement
knows the personality of the defence COM
mittee, who, it is said, may be indicted
for conspiracy
The disco very of Bondsman Geyer OF the
whereabouts Of Mcqueen was due to Mar
Gus Edestein, a jeweller at SO Main street
in this city Edelsten, while in New York,
came across a paper, the Workingmdn 8
Friend, publseh nd in Hebrew. from London
nd Paris. Edelstein saw in this paper the
letter Of Mcqueen referring to his flight
from this city and secured a translation
of it for Lawyer Geyer. The letter was
in answer to charges made against Mcqueen
by an Anarchist editor of New York. The
translation of the letter is as follows:
The Freeuorkers Voice. edited by $. Jan
ovsky. has been filled these last two weeks with
articles about Rudolph Grossnan and my
Sentence under the law of New. Jersey. and
prison. My Jewish comrades Will surely
remember the articles published in that paper.
and as a number know me personally they
in The FreenOrkera Voice are true or not.
Editor Janoysky says that We ran away
and our comrades lost q lot of money in con
sequence This compels me to answer. II
ia not necessary 10 call Janovsky liar, All
that | want is that all my comrades shall
know whether the charge Is true or not, =,
and had served several weeks in prison, several
of our friends tried hard TO get us out on
bail A number OF our comrades. most of
them n,r !'h Iawver, Geyer, back bali ~ ~
VI This meant tina they would have TO provide
security for sl3. 900 ba and some of our COM
rr"ssfnl, and we were, released from prison
ON ball until trial should begin, They wanted
sio 900 from each, The contract for the back
| SSnii was made through Lawyer -, OF
New York and this contract was made binding
until we appeared in court for trial
After we were sentenced we appealed in
S oerv' TO yet new bail The Judge ASKED se5O
FOR each Philip Geyer bailed us out the
second time. but this, time he forgot to pro-
| hoil furnished by a capitalist, and our COM
r naiI could not be compelled this time to
mI Wben I and Grossman did not. appear for
| s.ntance Philip Ceyer lost the bail and no one
eIss IN not sure that Editor Janovsky
knew ali this If he did. he forgot to let the
| raaders of his paper know about it.
| Now n few words as to the reasons why we
| lsft America. Several months before our
sentenoe on the Goth Of June tho defence
| COMMITTEES discovered that Grossman had
RIM away. They received letter from him
| in which he stated that he would rather
commit suicide than serve five years In
~ GTossman's idea Of committing suicide
| did moi strike liz as the truth. but after the
| defence committee failed to receive any
| Information from him rs to his wyherea bouts.
then tho comrades in Paterson decided that
| il would not be proper that ] should so TO
| prison and Grossnan go free; 80 II was De,
| cided by the defence committee that should
| je0ye America. On June ~ four days before
| tho fnal trial. they sent m" Rwnv.
This Is real statement of the fncts. ]
| hone that my comrades will read this and
compare It with Janovsky's article bin min X
| me u is not pleasant to have scoundrels in
! the party. but am compelled to answer.
/ II Ia not proper that one cOmrade shall blame
/ another without reason for II, and especially
| when the man attacked IL sought by the police.
| and il not able to answer
| To this end ] wanted to answer Editor
! Janovsky: he don't need to take my word
| for H. II he wants tn find out all the par-
| tic,iars he should write 20 the secretary OF
| the Paterson defence committee. which
will prove that my words are true, ne every one
| will admit that the defence commute" VIII
| tell the truth. Yours for the SoCinliat Revolu'
| ton, WILLIAM MCQUEEN.