Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-17


Atlantic garden on the BoweiY, first
met Most and his followers one even
ing in that resort After Most had been
arrested charged with melting riot and
sent to BlackwelI's Island Schrank be
came one OF his staunch supporters and
often made Socialist addresses in Tom
kins Square park.
Living in East Tenth street. between
Avenues G and b. there are still few
people who remember Schrank and his
strange ways. When he arrived in
East Tenth street he was without funds
Schrank went to live with his uncle
He made such a good impression that
he was given a job collecting rents
from property situated in the Dry Dock
section.
After FIammang's children grew up
and went into business for themselves
Schrank practically took charge of his
uncle's financial affairs. At that time
there was a saloon underneath the ten
ement kept by Frederick Durwanger.
The saloon was patronized mostly by q
foreign element. Schrank saw the OPP
portunity TO make money out of the
saloon and he urged his uncle to buy
the place.
Schrank Gets the Saloon.
F1ammang refused After arguing with
his uncle for two years, Schrank won him
over, and the saloon was bought in the
early part of 1900 Schrsnk went to work
in the place as bartender. and later be-
came the manager The excise records
giving the names of the owners Of the
saloons in the Union Market police pre-
cinct show that the license for the saloon
was changed from the name of Flsmnang
to that Of John Schrank on April 90,
905 The number of the certificate was
1855
One report had 1t yesterday that
Schrank was a follower of Emtla Gold
man. 1t was also reported that he had
often visited the home of Emma Goldman,
which is at 210 East Thirteenth street,
less than ten minutes walk from the
Tenth street house
When q reporter asked Miss Goldman
whether she knew Schrani, she replied
II never heard OF Schrank until his
name was mentioned in the newspapers.
never saw the man, and TO say that
he was a friend of mine would not be
fair"
Along Avenue and around St. Marks
place, it is said that Schrank often re-
quested residents OF that neighborhood to
accompany him to meetings at which
Miss Goldman spoke.
Tried to Erect Most Monument.
There Is story af1oat to the effect
that not so very long ago Schrank sought
TO raise some funds with which 10 build
a monument to Johann MOST
About eight years ago Schranks name
appeared in the papers here In connection
with the General Slocum disaster At the
headquarters Of the Slocum Survivors as
ISOLATION he was recalled az the man who,
on June is, 1904. identified the body of
his sweetheart who was one of the thou
sand or more who died when the excur-
sion steamer burned in the East river.
Schrank's sweetheart was Miss Elsie
Ziegler, a nineteen year old German girl,
who lived in the tenement house in East
Tenth street where Schrank had lodgings.
When her own brother failed to Identify
the body, Schrank was able TO do so.
He was completely unnerved after this
experience.
Efforts to find out something OF Schrank
from survivors of the Slocrm disaster
proved truitless. But it was said that
many a man had lost his mind when
he faced the bodies of his loved ones in
the morgue. and that possibly the shock
to Schrank, when he saw his sweetheart
among the dead, unbalanced him.
When Schrank was questioned in Mil
waukee about Miss Zeigler he said
"She went down on the General Slocum,
and / have never felt right since. Her
mother, her sster-in-law and her niece
all died with her, and ] have never felt
right since that shock
Have you ever had another sweet
heart?' he was asked.
"No. that would not be right to Elsie
Schrank replied = when she died, I
thought Of suicide, and did not know how
could live without her. / never had
another sweetheart
Arrested as Pedder.
According to Patrolman Michael Shay.
attached to the Union Market police sta
ton, Schrank was arrested in January OF
this year for peddling from a pushcart
without license. Shay said he had
served summons on Schrank
Schrank grew very excited. Shay said.
and told the policeman that he would not
obey the summons Shay said Schrsnk
failed to appear the next day, when his
case was called in the Essex Market
court, and the case was dropped
Mrs Margaret Dasekind. OF 27e East
Tenth street said that she had known
Schrank well Mrs Dasekind conducts
an undertaking Establishment left her BY
her husband According 10 her Schrank
was brought here from Germany by his
uncle. Dominick Flammang
When / arst got to know Schrsnk,"