Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-06
Police Seek Michael Murphy.
Only One of Party to Es-
cape With Life.
FREE SPEECH ADVOCATES
PLAN A PUBLIC FUNERAL
Say Enemy Sent Internal Machine
and That Victims Were Mar.
tyrs to Cause.

NEW YORK. July s-Michael Murphy
nineteen years old. the only member o,
the group Of free speech advocates who
escaped with his life from the fatal ex-
piosion Saturday morning that wrecked
the tenement at 1926 Lexington avenue
is being sought by every policeman and
detective In New York today as the one
person most likely TO know the real story
OF what occurred In the little fiat
Murphy disappeared after being in the
hands of the police before they were
aware of the Identity OF the victims OF
the explosion. He visited a nearby police
station. was given clothes to replace his
own. which were torn to bits. and Their
dropped out Of sight
Just what charge could he placed
against Murphy. the police say, they DE-
not know but II Is believed he might h
cause OF the explosion and perhaps cx-
pain why alarm clocks and other thing:
used in the making of bombs were KEEP
In the Berger apartments.
Denies knowledge of Bomb.
Louise Berger. stepsster of Carl Han
sen. one of the dead men. who lived in
the fat where the explosion occurred. re-
mains firm in her first story that she
knew nothing about what happened
prior to the explosion. and denied thai
she knew explosives were kept in hel
rooms.
Miss Berger. Alexander Berkman AND
other leaders of the free speech move
ment. with which Caron. Hansen and
Berg. the victims of the explosion, were
identified. told the police that they he
lieved the men were killed by bomt
sent to Caron by an enemy. They de
clared the three men were martyrs to
cause. and as such they proposed tt
honor them in death with public fu
neral service in Union Square.
Berkman said that number Of organi
zations were already making plans tt
hold an impressive public funeral mex
dead would be pronounced by himself
and Leonard Abbott. Rebecca Edelsor
and Charles Plunkett will also delive
addresses If they are free at the time
Berkman said the bodies of the three
men would be cremated.
Not Member of I. W. w.
John ]. Ettor. an Industrial Workers o
the World organizer. said today tina
I. w W. and that that organization di'
not approve Of his methods of verbal at
| tacks on John y. Rockefeller. 5r.
| Tarrytown.
Following the inquest into the explo
sion today Berkman will put in claim
| for the bodies of the three men. The bod!
| of Mrs. Marie Chavez. an innocent VIC
| tim. was at the morgue yesterday. bu
will be taken by relatives. Her LITTLE
daughter is being cared for by the Chill
| drens Aid Society
Tarrytown Trial Postponed.
TARRYTowN. N. Y. July 6.-Nine FREE
speech advocates. most Of them identified
with the Industrial Workers OF TIL
World. and all Of them associates of thu
four victims OF Saturdays premature bomi
explosion in New York. came to larry
town today to face trial on charges grow
ing out of the demonstrations some week!
ago against John D. Rockefeller and his
son. whose estate is near here. Perhap.
800 sympathizers of the defendants cam,
with them from New York. but at thu
request of their counsel the trials wer,
put over for two weeks on the GROUND
that needed witnesses were absent
The townspeople of the village received
the presence of the throng silently ant
permitted them to pass through tn
streets unmolested.