Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-01
ANARCHIST HONEYMOON
Romantic Wooing of Emma
Goldman and Berkman.
DO NOT BELIEVE IN MARRIAGE
Queen of Reds, Who Loves H. C..
Tricks Would BE Assassin, Says
True Spiritual Love Is the Basis of
Their Living Together r. Berkman
Tells why He Shot Frick-WOuId
He Again Attack HINT

Il He Again Attack Hint
The unconventional love of two an
archists. the billing and cooling of Alex
ander Berkman and Emma Goldman
has been seen daily recently in the
parks and In the haunts of the reds
in Chicago, says a special dispatch to
the New York World.
To the report that she had married
Berkman Miss Goldman entered Wig
orous denial I'VE anarchists do not
believe in marriage" she said. Mar
riage means government, and govern
Inent means force. We don't want it,"
Sitting hand in hand in Lincoln park
the smitten pair admitted they were
living together and deeply in love with
each other. Even the sparrows, If they
could see that.
The basis of our living together?"
said Miss Goldman. 1T is a true, spir-
itual love that still leaves free scope
for individuality. That means compan-
ionship. But whenever one anarchist
ceases to love another more than any
one else in the world then he is free
to go his way
I Emma visited me twice while l was
/ in prison. said Berkman, as he smiled
4 upon her lovingly. The first time was
i after | had been there two months.
4 She came as my sister. Then for ten
/ years | had no visitor They kept me
| ia solitary confinement. But two
months ago Emma came to see me-
| I've known Berkman since 1889. and
| ] love him. said Emma frankly. She
| refers to him always as Berkman. He
| calls her Emma.
| Berkman. whose face has good color
| despite his years of confinement, glow
| ed as he said:
The love of one anarchist for an
other is the most beautiful love there
| is"
1T is queer said Ber1man later,
his large, dark eyes aglow, that we
| anarchists, who don't believe in gov
| errors, call Emma Goldman the queen
| OF the anarchists She is that
Both Anarchist Goldman and An
archist Berkman chuckled with glee as
| they ridiculed the blindness of the Chi
cago police Berkman said that he in-
tends to publish a book, relating his
experiences during fourteen years Of
Imprisonment. Its title will be ITO
He'll and Back"
When asked how many anarchists
there are in Chicago Miss Goldman
said, "Oh. thousands
Three or four thousandT g.
yes, fully that many, 1 should
judge"
I'll tell you something about my
visit to Tricks office that has never
Il o1-
was a coward. He played possum, or
| would have got him.
ut was at 2:30 on the afternoon of
July %. 1892, that went into his office
In the Carnegie building in Fifth ave
nue.. Pittsburg. 1 had sent my card in
there several times before When |
shot at Frick the bullet grazed his
neck, and he dropped on the floor. He
feigned being dead. But Leishman,
now the minister to Turkey, who was
there in the office with Frick was a
brave man. He jumped at me. and the
scuffie followed. When the crowd
came in Frick quit playing possum
and yelled. He's murdered me-
Asked why he had attempted to do
away with Prick, Berkman gave re-
ply, and this was taken down carefully |
IN writing. He said:
I'll tell you in nutshell. AS an |
anarchist 1 am opposed to force. An |
anarchist is against the government |
because government is essentially |
force. 1t might seem paradoxical for |
me to believe that and yet use force. |
But when an anarchist uses force it |
is from a choice of the lesser of two |
evils in order to benefit humanity.
"Now, this was in the Homestead |
strike. Prick had brought in armed |
guards against the state law-the Pink |
ertons. He had refused to arbitrate |
He was mean and cruel. Therefore l |
decided 1t was necessary to remove |
him.
did a band of anarchists send |
your was asked.
NO" answered Berkman az hope
you will publish a statement showing
the absurdity of that old idea that |
anarchists draw lots and delegate one
another when it becomes necessary to
remove some one. We believe in in
dividuality. / thought / was a good |
one for this work because / was not
connected with the strikers, being a
in New York"
would you make another attack
like that on Prick now that you have
been imprisoned so long?"
II am still an anarchist; will always
be one 1t would depend on circum-
stances"
Berkman accuses the Pennsylvania
of doubling up charges
against him unconstitutionally and says
Warden Wright tried to starve him,
out of friendship for Prick.
Put it down In writing" he said,
"that l received twenty-five years
when / should have received only
seven, and that they gave me just as
little credit for good conduct as they
could"