The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-27
ANARCHIST BERKMAN MISSING
FAILED TO KEEP DATE FOR
LECTURE IN CLEVELAND.

Emma Col man Very Much Alarmed Talk
OF Kidnapping. Active work In Russia
and Suicide Detectives Once En-
ploye by H.. e. Frick Smile at story.
Emma Goldman and certain Of her follow
ers on the lower East Side we're a good deal
alarmed last night over reports from Cleve-
land that Alexander Berkman. who is tell
ing his prison experiences in Western social
istio centres. dropped out Of sight there on
Wednesday night. Miss Goldman. who has
been a faithful partner and admirer Of Berk-
man since he got out Of jail in Pittsburg
after serving fourteen years for trying 10
kill Henry G. Erick. sent kilograms TO Column
bus, Cleveland. P~ittsburg. Buffalo Inc Roch-
ester during the day in an effort to get trace
Of him but heard nothing.
Berkman left here two weeks & on a
lecture trip. He went TO Pittsburg early
in the week and talked to a crowd Of his
adherents there on Monday night. In the
audience were policemen. private detec-
tives andSecret Service men who were ready
to act il Berkman ~overstepped himself.
His lecture was a calm recital Of his prison
life and nothing out Of the way happened.
He went to Cleveland on Tuesday and
talked there that night. He was registered
for a lecture in another part Of the city the
next night.
According to the word received here by
Miss Goldman, Berkman disappeared some
time between Tuesday and Wednesday
nights. The Cleveland anarchists waited
until yesterday before sending out any
queries about him. thinking that he would
show up. As soon as they notified Miss
Goldman she wired Columbus, where b.
was slated for Thursday night, and Buffalo,
where b was scheduled to DO last night.
She also sent word to Berkman's sister In
Rochester. Nothing had been heard from
him at any OF those points, and by lSst
night she became thoroughly alarmed.
Miss Goldnan was seen last night wneh
street, where she In known a. Miss Smith.
She was laboring under great excitement.
but would not express any opinion as TO
what has happened to berkman. Among
some Of the reds on the East Side IL was
freely limited that Berkman may have
decided 70 jump over TO Russia to do q
little active work. Whom she Was asked
about thie theory she pT1oked up her =
and asked:
who told you anything about Russial
I don't believe Abeck would 20 there ithou
stopping here TO see me first"
Among Miss Goldman intimates II was
said last night that aha thinks In has either
been kidnapped by detectives employed
by PenryC q. Frick or has committed suicide.
They say that BeThman grOws very gloomy
and pessimistic at times, n has often been
heard 20 Oonaidsr killing himself. He Int
tho kind Of a man TO 60 on m a spree, they
say.
PTrrsBuRa, Oct. 2a.-Onicials 81 the
Perkins Union Detective Agency refused
70 get excited to-day when they IoaTned
that Alexander Berkman. the Anarchist,
had d-isappearel. In fact. they smiled
broadly IA though they considered u a good
Joke. The Perkins agency was employed
by N. e. Prick 10 watch Berkman after
he left the WoFkhouse here. and they were
also employed by the United states Gov
enmant o. so hat Berkman did not get
some tins agn IL vas announced that
Berkman was TO make q speech IN Fast
Cleveland ON Wednesday night. He failed
W appear az h place appointed. and h.