The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-04-02
AFTER ANARCHISTS
NEW YORK POLICE LOOKING FOR
AccoMPLIcEs OF sATUR-
DAYS BOMB THRoWER.
ALEXANDER BERKMAN IS UNDER ARREST
Department Suspects Man Who At
tempted to XIII Henry c. Frick Of
Completely In Saturdays Demonstra-
tion-PoIce of other Cities to Co
operate In Running Down Reds.

New York, Mar. 31.-Alexander
Berkman, the anarchist leader who
served long term in prison for an
attempt to assassinate Henry G. Frick,
was taken into custody by the police
here Monday. He was taken to Belle
vue hospital Monday afternoon and
confronted with Selig Silverstein, the
man who Is charged with having
thrown the bomb at the Union Square
meeting last Saturday.
Two detectives were said Monday to
have gone from New York to some I'M
named city in the northern part of this
state to search for members of an an
archist group who fled from this city,
after the bomb explosion on Saturday.
Detectives also are reported to be
searching for the haunts Of anarchists
in Paterson, N. j., and it is reported
that the police departments of Chi
cago, Denver New Orleans and San
Francisco have been asked to cooper
ate with the New York police in their
efforts to discover any accomplice Of
Silverstein.
The detention of Berkman was
brought about through the finding in
Silverstein's rooms in Brooklyn Of
card bearing Berkmans signature.
This card certified to Silverstein's
membership in the Anarchist Fedora
ton Union" 1t bore the signature,
Alexander Berkman."
The police say that Berkman, when
shown the signature at police head
quarters Monday, acknowledged that it
was his.
Silverstein, who was frightfully in
jured by the explosion Of the bomb
Saturday, was reported to have made
considerable progress toward recovery
Monday. The physicians at Bellevue
said that unless some unfavorable de-
velopment comes they believe he may
recover. He is being closely guarded
in the prison ward at the hospital
Berkman's visit to the hospital
where he was confronted with Silver
stein failed to bring any show of re-
cognition on the part of the two men.
When Berkman was arraigned be-
fore Magistrate Droege in the Jeffer-
son Market police court, detective
asked that he be held for As hours on
an affidavit which made no specific
complaint against him. The magis-
trate said he would hold Berkman on
ly if the detective had some definite
charge to make and as he had none
Berkman was paroled on his promise
to appear again if desired.
The letters found in Silverstein's
home which were signed Alexander
Berkman, treasurer were appeals for
funds for the defense of Deplau and
Weinberg, who were arrested at the
time of the clash between the police
and an assemblage of the unemployed
lin Philadelphia.
Police Commissioner Bingham, in
speaking of the disorders growing out
of Saturdays meeting Of unemployed,
said he wanted it understood that it is
his intention to deal with an iron hand
in all cases Of riot or disorder
81 have received no complaints of
brutality on the part of the police
said the commissioner when he was
asked if any complaints of that nature
had reached him. THE police were not
brutal. They did mighty WELL"
He was told that Robert Hunter, the
Socialist leader who had intended to
address the meeting Saturday, had
complained in a published statement
that the police had used him in a bru-
tai manner.
'Mr. Robert Hunter wants to behave
was the commissioners re-
ply, "and if he doesn't behave himself
he will be sorry for it. will stand for
no incitations to riot or disorder and
will suppress them with an iron hand.
When | hear of all this trouble caused
by a lot of windbags want them to
know that i will not stand for IL Il"