The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-04-02
M0ST'S SUCCESSOR
man Of CALM
DEMEANOR
Little to Suggest Deeds Of Viol.
ence in Berkman the
Anarchist,

Annotated Press to The Evening Times.
Pittsburg, Pa, April 2.-There is
nothing in the appearance Of Alex
ander Berkmann to suggest the high
priest of anarchy. The late Johann
Most, with his unkempt beard and
hair and his uninvitings countenance,
was so far as appearance went the
typical mountaineering anarchist as
pictured in the public press. But Berk-
mann is of an entirely different APP
pearance. He impresses the casual
observer as quiet inoffensive man
and about the last person in the world
to be given to deeds of violence.
But those who have had an oppor-
tunity of studying Berkmann during
his confinement in prison declare that
he is a fitting successor to Herr Most
as the fountain-head of anarchfstic
propaganda in America. He is not
of the same noisy, clustering type as
Most, but beneath his quiet exterior
he is believed to conceal more per-
sonal daring and an even deeper hat
red of the existing social fabric. He
has been an exemplary prisoner dur
ing the fourteen years he has been
behind prison walls, and has studied
increasingly. He has perfected him
self in several languages, French Ital
ian and the Slavonic, and is prepared
to make an active campaign in favor
of the red flag. 1t has been said that
he is now an advocate of education
instead Of an apostle of force But
those who have closely studied the
man declare that he will leave prison
as much OF an anarchist as he was on
the day he shot Henry C. Prick, and
an anarchist of the same type he was
then. Mr.. Frick evidently shares this
opinion. When the man is released
one of the best detective agencies in
the world will take up his trail, and
until he or Mr.. Prick dies, Berkmann
never will be left unmatched. 1t will
cost Mr. Frick $4,000 a year.
1t was during the excitement Incl
dent to the Homestead strike that
Berkmann attempted the life of Mr..
Frick in the latter's offices in this
city. The would-be assassin shot him
twice, once in the neck and in the
back, and then endeavored to complete
his work with a dagger. The men
who came to his rescue would doubt
less have killed the anarchist, had not
Mr.. Frick with admirable self-posses-
sion directed them not to hurt him.
The crime was committed July %,
1892. Berkmann was sent to the
Riverside penitentiary and his term
expired last year. He was then trans
ferred to the workhouse to serve
year on a charge of carrying concealed
weapons.
Though the public at large had
never heard of Berkmann prior to his
assault upon Mr.. Frick he had been
for some time previously a conspic-
uous figure among the anarchistic
groups in this country. He is Rus
sian Jew. After coming to this coun-
try he worked for time for Herr
Most, then editor Of the Freihelt in
New York, and later came to Pitts
burg and attempted to organize a
group of anarchists here. 1t is also
understood that he helped spread the
| doctrine Of anarchy in Paterson, where
| the plot for the murder of the King
| of Italy was Matched. Afterward he
! devoted his time to going about the
| country organizing groups" whose
object was to exterminate anarchists.
While working in Elizabeth, N. j.,
Berkmann formed the acquaintance Of
| Pinkert, the Australian anarchist, and
| joined the deadly band, known as
"Pinkert's Group" 1t was this band
which sent Berkman to Pittsburg with
| the especial mission of killing Mr..
| Frick, who was much hated at that
! time as result of his connection with
| the Homestead strike.
A Brown country girl recently sent
| fifty cents to Chicago advertiser for
recipe to whiten and keep the hands
soft. She received the following reply:
f., Soak them three time a day in dish