The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-21

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PArpAsos, y 4, Juns N rhla clty has
risen In W. wrath saaina, Tho much fshars,
and lfh IL poaalbls I, VII mahs ,hcss wrIteps
who havs characterized N ~ - hoshei N
anarchy : and everything elaN that Ia had,
ray dear fur their published utterancas,
In Obedience n tina resolution NJ The Com.
mon Council, Guy Attorney stal,sr IL icoh-
ing ~ the Law n libel, and he thinks the city
will have 4 fair chanoe 20 win In a suit against
any publication that has alander~i tho
name of Patterson Mayor johnson sent
this letter yesterday 10 ths publishers 81
Golfers Wcekiv.
'GESTLENEN' In your issue n juns -.
iOOe. In tho article Anarchists In America
written by B~roughton Brandenburg, I find
these statements;
| have seen the past few months with my
own eyes large gatherings In Paterson. where
CIolsosl was Cheered as a mart VI. and Ger.
tain OF our living great cursed with hate and
promised such a death az era me to President
Mckinley. The situation Ia 40 bad that the
Secret Service has emphasized It's advice 90
President Roosevelt, members Of the Cabinet
''N INV hl'h " uiohN hV utobtA
tours that would take them through Pater-
son. n. j.
AS Mayor OF q community that suffers
sorely from such ISLANDERS and on behalf Of
the people Of this city I desire TO enter
protest against sioh publication.
You must certainly DO aware Of the ir-
reparable harm which comes to any COM
munity through the publication OF state
ments like those quoted above. Paterson
has suffered much from the venom which
has inspired false and malicious stories OF
this kind In sensational New York newspa-
psrs which make no effort TO ascertain the
truth. The reputation of a great city has
been blasted, but the evil results which
have followed these attacks are ninimlsed
by comparison with the harm wrought by
their appearance In a reputable puhhca.
ton. When Golfers Weekly publishes sto-
Hes of this kind they are believed and
great injustice Ia done to Paterson.
y want to assure you that there IL no
warrant in fact for the publication Of tho
sta quoted above. Paterson doe
not deserve the stigma OF anarchy which
has been created by the ina ginative work
OF tho newspaper and ma ga zine writers.
There are no organized groups Of anarchists
in our city, they do not hold public meetings
to utter threats and glorify assassins and
there 10 no city where President Roosevelt
could visit with greater safety.
you surely van 10 be fair. and In this
belief 7 have submitted the facts In thus
making protest on behalf OF the people OF
Patterson
Paterson y hard luck seems to date from
the Bosschieter murder, in October, 1900.
As Will be remembered, this young girl was
drugged by fou Of the gay men about town,
taken In a cab to a lonely spot and assaulted.
She was then put back into the cab and
driven to town, where IL was discovered that
she was dead. The men who had assaulted
her drove back to the lonely spot with the
body and threw it on the ground so that the
back Of her head struck a stone, the inten-
ton being to create the impression that she
had been killed by a fall. The cabman
tinal lily told the whole story to the authorities.
and the four men were sent to State Prison
for long terms.
This murder gave Paterson an unen-
yiable fame. 1t was held up day after day
in the newspapers as the most immoral
town in the country, and its inhabitants
were ieered wherever they went. A letter
addressed to He'll which was dropped in the
Passaic post Office about that time was de-
livered at Paterson. The Presidential cam
paign was on, and whenever a Paterson
marching club went out Of town to take part
In the rarades it's members were Missed and
hooted and saluted with:
Here come the MoAlistere. Have you
got your knockout drops with your
McAlister was the ringleader in the
assault upon the Bosschieter girl. He and
two of his companions got thirty years each
The other one got fifteen years.
Paterson was just getting over the scandal
of this case when the big fire came that
swept away ths business portion Of the
city. entailing the loss OF millions. That
was in February, 1902, and a few months
later the city was badly damaged by foods.
In July, 1908, a tornado swept the city,
killing several persons and doing q large
amount Of damage to property. This was
followed by another food a few months
later, and again the whole lower part OF the
town was inundated, causing a shutdown
in the mills and much damage to factories
and residences.
When tho assassin Of King Humbert OF
Italy was caught cable messag es from the
other side declared that the plot was Matched
by Bresoi and his associate anarchists In
Paterson. As a matter Of fact Bresci lived
in Hoboken, and the people of Paterson
declare that he never was in this city.
But the story spread, and Paterson, which
contained a few Of the loudest mouthed
Of all the anarchists in this country, began
to be looked upon as the headquarters of
dynamiters and bomb throwers.
Then came the silk strike riots, in which
MaoQueen and G~rossman, two notorious
anarchists and advocates OF the bomb and
the torch, were the leaders. The fact that
they led the riots added greatly to the bad
name Of Paterson, and the city was looked
upon all over tina world as the Matching
ground for plots against kings, emperors
and other persons in high station. Every
time an attempt was made upon the life Of a
ruler abroad the cables brought us the news
that the anarchists Of Paterson had got
busy again.
The article in Golfers, the officials Of the
city say, WAS the last straw, and it was then
determined to make an effort to stop what
they characterize as the cruel, unjust and
wholly unwarrsnted SANDER Of the fair
name OF the city. They consider that the