New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-06
POLICE FIND BODY
OF BERG IN RUINS
Berkman Plans Public Fu-
neral in Union Square
Next Saturday.
SHERIFF INCREASES
ROCKEFELLER GUARD
Three Hundred Anarchists Go.
ing to Tarrytown
To-day.

After twenty-four hours Of search
'ng in the ruins Of the disnantled
tenement house AZ 1926 Lexington av..
near 102d St, where the anarchist
bomb explosion occurred on Saturday
morning, police and iiremen yesterday
found the body Of Charles d. Berg.
the missing member of the anarchist
group which shared an apartment on
the sixth foor. The body was found
under a mass of loosened brick and
plaster.
This establishes the fact that Mi
ctael Auspenti, otherwise known as
mike Murphy" was the only one Of
the four mon in the fiat where the
explosion occurred who escaped with
his life. murphy" is believed to be
in hiding somewhere in this city. and
alarm for his arrest
He is described as about twenty
four years old, feet 4 inches in
height, smooth face. with brown eyes
and black hair, slightly mixed with
gray. lie sustained a scalp wound in
the explosion and is probably wearing
a bandage. When last seen he wore
dark blue coat and gray trousers.
Alexander Berkman said late last
night that he had made arrangements
to have the bodies Of the three agita-
tors removed to the morgue Of an un-
dertaker in the vicinity of the city's
morgue as soon as the autopsies. to be
made by coroner's physician Leblanc
this afternoon, are completed.
He said a public funeral in Union
Square would be held under the au-
spices of the Anti-Militarists Associa-
ton. the Free Speech League. the
Mother Earth Association and the Fran
cisco Ferrer Modern School Associa-
ton.
Berkman plans to have the three
bodies escorted Saturday from the un-
dertaking parlors by the members Of
the four societies and other sympa-
thizers TO Union Square, where the
hearses will be gathered around tenn
porary platform and eulogies Of the
dead men pronounced by himself and
Leonard Abbott, and probably also by
Becky" Edelson and Charles Plunkett.
The tragedy. which cost four lives,
, will not interfere with the trial to-
day in Tarrytown Of the ten anar-
chists, or !. ". W. members, who
were arrested there during the "free
speech" agitation several weeks ago.
Tarrytown officials yesterday con-
ferred with Assistant District Attorney
Deuel. here. and it was decided to pro-
ceed with the trial. Arthur Caron and
Charles d. Berg, two Of the men killed
in the explosion. were among those to
be arraigncd. Sheriff Doyle, Of West
chester County. will take precautions
TO prevent an /. W. ". demonstration
during the trial.
To frustrate any attempt OF the I. ".
". TO invade John d. Rockefeller's
country estate here, Sheriff Doyle post
ed special deputies around the place to-
day.
Rockefeller Guard Increased.
They were instructed to drive away
any suspicious looking characters that
appeared and to arrest any who resist
ed SO guarded is Mr.. Rockefeller that
many OF the four hundred employees Of
the estate were held up at the gates to-
day. Watch is being kept at the larry
town station on the Hudson River Rail
road and at the Pocantico Hills depot,
on the Putnam Railroad, for disturbers
Despite the precautions taken by the
Sheriff, John d. Rockefeller went to
church yesterday morning at Pecan
tico Hills. He motored TO church. but
insisted on walking back to his estate,
accompanied only by his superinten-
dent. He met several neiehbors on the
way and stopped and chatted with them
during the half-mile walk home.
Meanwhile, the I. W. W. leaders plan
70 be at the trial to-day in force, al
though they admit their reception By
the townspcople might be hostile.
Alexander Berkmsn yesterday init
mated that the bomb that killed the
tenement by agents Of John D. Rookie
feller.
Find Press in Ruins.
Near the spot where Berger's mutt
lated remains were found the police
uncovered small hand printing press
and quantity OF type. The press was
probably used by Caron. Hansen. Ber-
ger and Murphy for printing handbills
and other literature. A quantity of
paper suitable for this purpose was
also discovered in the ruins, as were
several hundred circulars. rudely
Irinted. which denounced the larry
town authorities for the methods used
in putting down the recent free
speech" demonstrations.
During the afternoon Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Deuel. visited the East
104th 81. police station, and shortly
aftcrward detectives we're sent 20 bring
before him Miss Eleanor Fitzgerald. OF
the staff Of Mother Earth" from the
Offices at a West 10th st. Miss
Louisa Berger. half-sister OF Carl
Hansen. one OF the dead anarchists.
who kept house for her half-brothcr
and his companions at the Lexington
av fat, WAS also summoned before Mr..
Deuel.
The Berger woman was shown the
magazine revolver and cartridges found
IN the ruins, as well as blackjack
and two dry cell electric batteries. She
cenied vehemently having ever seen
any Of the articles and insisted that
they were not the property Of her half
brother or "the other boys" Miss
Fitzgerald was questioned closely
about Auspenti. or Murphy" but she
insisted that she had no idea where
he was