The Mena weekly star., 1908-04-02

New York, Mar. 31.-AlexandeI Berkman, the anarchist leader Who served a long term in prison for an attempt to assassinate Henry C. FrlcK 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 un' named city in the northern part of tnls 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 a card bearing Berkman's signature. This card certified to Silverstein's 8 membership in the Anarchist Fedora tion Union" It bore the signature, A narlyro
 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 Jefeer- son Market police court, a 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 in Philadelphia.
 Police Commissioner Bingham, in speaking of the disorders growing out of Saturdays meeting of unemployed said he wanted it understood that 1t is his intention to deal with an iron hand in all cases of riot or disorder.
 "I 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 we'll"
 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 bru- tai manner
 "Mr. Robert Hunter wants to behave himself" was the commissioners re- ply, land 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 I hear of all this trouble caused by lot of windbags I want them to know that will not stand for it."