The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-17
TODEsi VIOLET ANARCHISTS.
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,trr.bIs'a do not t-iieve In marriage
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w,isI mvanlf 10 matrimony I would cease
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,.so ,r.o that aha and Berhman had agreed
II Two rrihcr for two years. ~ had been
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u ,ot found satisfactory. Even this ar
rnsemcn' would paFtaks too much Of the
rotrre n \ concession TO the form Of law
p.tkm,n corroborated her at every point.
THAT marriage story " said he, 'rrminds
ma NJ the history Of ireland q man was
writing He had a chapter on 'Snales In
ireland. but the heading was all there was
10 it,
Rerkman declared that II the circum-
stances under which he shot II. c. Frick
we're 10 arise again and no was convinced
that violence would greatly benefit man
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ganda Of deed. .
,brase that anarchists employ to describe
shooting, stabbing, bomb throwing and
other pleasant diversions that society calls
murder.
The man who tried to kill Mr.. Friok IL a.
mild a hammered anarchist al ever hurled
a bomb. He seems to be in good health.
His head Is bald and he stoops a trihe, but
his voice, though gentle. is vital, and the
clear brown eyes behind his unrimmed
glasses are keen and shrewd. He wears q
bristly brown mustache, and smokes the
cigarettes Of Russia, whence he came about
sixteen years ago.
u am going to settle down In some quiet
Mace be said in excellent English. mo,
won't tell where, but not far away. There
am going to write a book about my prison
life. | shall call it To He'll and Back
They tried to kill him in prison." put in
Miss Goldman. -Once after he wal put
in prison | called on one Of the prison oom-
missioners. He told me that Berkman
ought to nave been hanged and that they
would see to it in the prison that he never
got out alive
4 was in solitary confinement in my cell
for six years" added Berkman, and for
ten years I was never allowed to go to the
prison yard for exercise, though all the
other prisoners were permitted to 60 there.
| was a shadow when I got out. ] have
gained ten pounds since then
Despite his statement about the 'propa-
eanda of deed" as related to Mr.. FFick,
Berkman is not quite the same kind OF an
anarchist he was when he shot MI. FIick.
There must be a revolution in peoples
minds" he said, before there can be q
social revolution. Anarchy means the total
absence Of restraint as applied to every
phase of human ~lfe-political and economic
a. we'll as regards the sexual relations and
all other fields Of human activity. Anarchy
has nothing to do with force or violence.
In fact, anarchy, as it is, is opposed to
violence. But there occasionally comes
a time when anarchy finds 1t necessary
to resort to violence in order to. remedy
conditions that can't be remedied by any
other means. That is propaganda by deed
sYes." interjected Miss Goldman, Hand
1t is always individual. True anarchists
never act in concert. No move is ever
decided on among them by. vote. They
believe in cooperation but not IN centralza-
'My original sentence continued Berk-
man. swas for
Bang! Rattlety bang!'
1t was only a waiter dropping a tray
downstairs, but one nervous reporter
nearly jumped out Of his shoes,
MY original sentence Berkman went
on placidly, was for twenty-one years,
twenty years in the penitentiary for shoot
ing Frick and one year in the workhouse
for carrying a concealed weapon"
and not carrying a weapon!' cried Miss
Goldman, scornfully.
It was the passage of a Communication law
that enabled Berkman to leave prison with
nearly seven years Of his sentence unserved.
The prison officials said that he was a model
prisoner, not one complaint having been
made against him.
4 fooled the Pittsburg police he said,
50 that the local papers made fun OF them.
They lost track of me before / had been out
Of prison half an hour the only dis
guse l adopted was to buy a new hat,
frck detectives followed me everywhere.
went on my recent trip and they are fol-
lowing me yet. But it doesn't matter to
me. I've served my time and your society
has no further claim on me-
What is your feeling toward MIR. Frtck?'
asked a reporter.
-Ihave no hard feeling toward Mr.. Frick,
no feeling Of any kind. I never did have.
never saw him until the day / shot him,
and | never have seen him since. j made
atrip from New York to get a photograph
o. him so that when l went TO shoot him
would be sure to recognize him"
Berkman reverted to the conditions OF his
Prison existence. They were cruel in the
extreme, he said. AS an example OF their
heartlessness. he instanced the fact that
he Was not allowed to reada copy Of Mother
IEorh, the anarchist publication, edited
by Miss Goldman. However, he survived
mis- deprivation.
The anarchist told Of receiving a letter
while in prison from Prince Kropatkin.
This letter was addressed to alexander
berkman, political prisoner The last "
words of the address were stricken out, he
eid, and this Endorsement added: we q
ho.poEtical prisoners in this country"
10 an inquiry as to whether Berkman's
i position among the local anarchists was
. be like that occupied by the late Herr
most, Miss Goldman replied:
berknan and Most are very different.
most understood only the German language
snd his influence, was limited almost en-
Melyito the German element. Then Most
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