The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-12-25
old CRIMINALSSAIL
FROM ELLIS ISLAND
AT LAST THE U. S. GOVERNMENT
STARTS DEPORTING ANARCH-
ISTS-24e SAILED FRIDAY

the Soviet-sailcd before dawn today
with a cargo of anarchists, commun-
lists and radicals banned from Amcrl-
ca for conspiring against the govern
ment. The ships destination was md
den in sealed orders, but the 249 pas
sengers it carried expect to be landed
at some far northern port giving ac-
cess to Soviet Russia
"Long live the revolution in Amer
/. ica," was chanted defantly by the
motley crowd on the decks of the
steelgray troopship as she churned
her way past the Statue of Liberty
Now and then they cursed in chorus
at the United States and men who had
2 cut short their propaganda here. Not
until the Buford steamed out Of the
narrows between forts Hamilton and
Wadsworth did the din cease. Over
their heads, whipping in the wind, the
stars and stripes fioated from the
masthead.
The autocrats of all the Russians
on the transport were Alexander
Berkman and Emma Goldman, his
boon companion for thirty years. With
: them were PAS men and two women
Ethel Bernstein and Dora Lipkln.
None knew where they would debark
and even Capt. G. A. Hitchcock, COM
mander of the veteran transport, was
no better off. At daybreak tomorrow
.rol. Hilston, commanding the troops
board as guards, will hand the
Upper his instructions. Only a few
kgh officials of the war and labor
epartments krow the ships destina-
|tion.
The voyage will last eighteen days,
unless it is prolonged by unfavorable
weather. The presumption is that the
Buford will land at Hange, Helsing-
fors or .Abo in Finland, which are
connected by rail with Bielo-Osporoff
On the Russian frontier. 1t was init
mated in official quarters that ar
rangements have been made with the
Finnish government to permit the
passage of the Russians through that
country.
The transfer from Ellis Island to
the Buford of agitatorS who have
preached death and destruction was
an event unique in the annals Of this
nation. Seized in raids in all parts Of
the country, they were Hnobilized here
for deportation. An elaborate screen
of secrecy was thrown about the pre-
parations for sending them away
It was in the darkest hours of night
that an army ting drew up to the dock
at the immigration station to take
aboard the undesirable for the seven
mile journey down the bay to the Bu-
ford. Two dozen soldiers, armed with
ribes, and as many immigration in
spectors carrying night sticks, patroll-
ed the shores of Ellis Island and un-
til tug arrived at Sis. The Reds
were marched single file between two
, lines of guards from the immigration
barracks to the boat landing, each
carrying his OF her baggage. A score
of agents of the Department of Just
ice circulated among the Russians
waiting to begin their long journey.
These agents and the soldier guards
on the island went on board the tug
with the deportees and took them to
the transport.
A revenue cutter and two other
army tugs formed an escort for the
Reds and one tug lay alongside while
they were being transferred to the
Buford to prevent attempts by those
reluctant to leave to swim the half
mile to the shore of Staten Island.
While all the anarchists had pro-
fessed joy at the thought of leturn-
ing to Russia a few of them wept and
most of them seemed downcast as
they stepped or board the tug for the
grimjourney through the darkness of
the harbor to the troop ship. Their
was cold and biting wind blowing
as6they huddled on deck. Good by
America" sobbed Miss Bernstein as
the tug plowed past the Statue OF
Liberty with her lighted torch held
proudly aloft. The girl was leaving
behind Samuel Lipman, her fiance,
facing a twenty-year term in the At
lanta penitentiary for violation of the
espionage law.
Berkman was defiant to the last and
threatened secret service men as he
sfepned from the soil of the United