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liances cooperation and mutual aid IN
! opRosltion to existing institutions and
authority" -
In reply to ono such exposition aft
er Berkman's conviction in New York
Tor opposing the draft, the United
states attorney said to the court:
The court should know that thia
man who now claims to be for uni-
versal peace and says he - akains,
the use Of violence, IN 1892 went into
Mr. Frick's once Gin PittsburEh) and
srfed to shoot him down without CIV
ing MS victim an opportunity to de-
fend himself. He shot him in the
back as he would . dog"
! The first terrorist act in America -
Is the way Berkman described his At
tack on Frick in his book. "Prison
Memoirs OF an Anarchist."
Berkman's last hour Of freedom IN
this country expired early this month
IN New York city while Henry Cav
Flick was being buried in Pittsburgh
ana mourned as q public benefactor.
MIS- Goldman - Years Oh1,
Emma Goldman Is - years old and
Berkman 50. ehe was born In Kov-
no. Russia, and In early childhood
removed with her parents to East
Prussia. When Is years old She
came to the United States ana start-
ed working in clothing factories IN
Rochester. N. 7.
Recently asked who her relatives
were. Miss Goldman replied: Il
have children all over tho United
States"
In 1887 when1 years old, she was
married in Rochester to Jacob A.
kersner. who came from Russia in
1882 and was naturalized two years
/ later. In 1903 his citizenship was re-
voked because he was not Fl when
years in the United States. The mar
riage ceremony was performed by a
schochet-a slayer Of animals for
kosher meat. Two years Later the
hersners were divorced by a rabbi.
according to the Jewish rite. Kers-
ner seems then to have passed out of
Miss Goldman's life entirely. for an
nouncement in court during the final
iight against deportation that he had
1t was on a claim that. marriage to
MIN made her q citizen that her legal
efforts to remain in this country w.re a
based.
They can't keep me out" she said
in 1907 when there was talk Of de-
porting her. II don't believe they
would be foolish enough to try. Ny
1ather Is an American citizen. mar
ried an American citizen"
Her father came to the United
States in 1886, one year after her ar
rival. and was naturalized at Roch.
ester when his daughter wep "a year.
old.
Conceals His History.
Fer association with Berkman he.
gan 20 years ago in New York. 9th
or than he is SO years old and came
from Russia he seems to have
concealed his prior history pretty
we'll. When he was released from
the western Pennsylvania prison aft
er serving his time Tor shooting Mr.,
Frick. there We're reports that he
had married Miss Goldman in New
JERSEY. but the marriage was never
recorded and at their triaT for OBJ
were single.
II represent the devil" said Miss
Goldman at one of her meetings II
am an apostle upholding glorious
freedom. the apostle standing out
AGAINST law and order and decency
and morality. am for the devil
"'hn leads the way to- the absolute
Welding up TO all the emotions here
end now. Women are the slaves OF
little laws and conventions THEY'LL
learn 70 break the laws some day.
B"rknlan and Miss Goldman made
their headquarters in New York
where their magazines were pub