The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-31
'ANARCHISf f
 IS ARRESTED
 - t Secretary of Organization Suspected of Plot.
 ---s--- WAS LATER TURNED LOOSE Couldn't Prove His Connection With Bomb Throwing. aerkmsa Was Taken Before s,issr-sein, The mssisen scuare Bomb-Thrower But ro,ics couid Ds.ee,er Ne
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WAS LATER TURNED LOOSE

1 New York. March 30--Effofts of the police to connect Seiig Siiversteln. the l Union Souare bomb-thrower. with the I groups of anarchists have been suc- I eessful, but thus far they have been unable to prove that his ensatiohai act of saturday was prompted tn any way by the associates.
 These developments occurred today l after the arrest of Alex Berkman. the leader and companion of Emma Gold man. who served twelve and half l years In prison for shooting Henry C. Prick. the Pittsburg capitalist. The detectives showed when Berkman was arraIgned in court that sifverstein 1 held a card Of membership in the An l archists Federated Union. of which | Berkman is Secretary. and the card was signed by Berkman, but their at tenipts to show that Berkman knew ] Siiverstein,. or that he and his friends 1 in any direct way melted the bomb | throwing. was for the time futile. The I police asked Magistrate Drocge, before | whom Bcrkman was arraigned, to hold ! the anarchist for foyty-eight hours as 1 a suspicious person. but in the ah- sence of any definite charge the mag istrate refused their request The magistrate paroiad Berkman on hts own recognizance. the latter promising to appear whenever wanted.
 Berknian was taken into custody early today on the strength Iof the card and a couple of circular letters found in silversteiu.s apartments. all of which bore Berkman's signature The letters were written in Hebrew and wesA requests for contributions for the defense of two anarchists re gently arrested in Philadelphia charged with rinting there
 Derkmaa Expected Arrest.
 Rerkman was arrested while In the oface of Mother Earth. an anarchist newspaper. at No, 10 East Thtrteentb Street. Berkman declared that he expected arrest and hed Rlyen up soFas locturinR appointments in anticipation thoreef. He wlilInGly acnompanied the detectives to police headquarters. where. tIpon his arrival, h6 was closely. lut1aationed by Inspector McCanerty. Afterwards he was lined np with a crowd of other prisonefs go thss the detectives might take . lock at him.
 This man admits that he shot Henry e. rrictxe. and that he served twelve years for it," said the Inspector, tac- ing the anarchist
 "The shooting of Frieke was per sonal matter" ,repiied Berkman. The true anarchist does not believe in vio- lence He believes In working oy peaceful means
 Have you any pamphlets or DOCKS on inc snbtect?' asked the inspector.
 AYes but none of them counsel vio- lenee do not believe in that"
 This" said the inspector. turning to inc detective. lis a case of mlsdirected intelligence. This man has used his ability, in the wrong direction' "On that I take Issue with you, am swercd Berkman coolly.
 Faces silverstein.
 After admitting that he signed the membership card found in Slverstein's possession. Berkrnan was taken to the hospital to confront Stlyerstein. but there was nothing in the meeting to indicate that the two ever met before 1
 Berkman said that he had never seen l Silyersteln and the latter. who lay | blindfolded on his cot because of the | injuries to his eyes from the explosion | said after he heard Berkman's voice In | conversation. that he did not know the | man.
 In court. before Magistrate Droege | psroled him, Berkman made a brief l statement.
 q am the secretary of the union," | he said in reference to the cards and | letters that were introduced, 'and my | name was used In the letters that were | sent out. The letters were only ap- | peals for funds. We are always solic- | iting money. We need money for the | families of the men who were killed in | Philadelphia. and for the men who are | to be tried here. remained at my house SO that the police could arrest l me. for ] wanted to have this thing | cleared up at once and have, a chance | to prove my innocenee."
 Then Lieutenant Waransky, one of the ofiicers who made the arrest. said that there were several para graphs fin Mother Earth.v of which Berkman and | Emma Goldman are the editors. which pointed to the use of violence against II that he did not counsel violence
 T was arrested because have been arrested befcre." said he T am per secuted"
 Selig Snverstein. the bomb thrower. though said to be a sufferer from or ganic disease of the heart. is likely to survive the terrible injuries he suf- | fered in the explosion. The physicians in attendance announced today that a piece of the bomb he threw had hesn extracted from near his right ear cav fly. It passed through his -iRht eye and lodged fin his skull. directly back of the ear.
 If silverstein recovers he win be placed on trial for murder in the first degree for killing Ignatz Hildebrand. who, It now appears, was an innocent bystander. attracted to Union Square Park only bv curiosity
 The alertness of the police toward and sociaiistic manifesto tionb was evidenced today when they arrested Michael Dumas. said to be . former Paterson. ~. J.. silk weaver for pa sting socialistie prOpaganda on letter boxes. In court Dumas denied that he was an anarchist and said he was opposed to violence in every form He was held. nevertheless, in $500 ball for further examination.
 
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