The Bismarck tribune., 1919-04-11
MR.. KATE! O'HARE
FEARS WE WILL
SEE E REVOLUTION
Believes Wife's Conviction Will
Stir Up Enemies of
x Country to Revolt
Is WOMAN AND A MOTHER
Socialist Lecturer Declares She's
Human Even Tho She is
Wild-Eyed AgitatOr

Wild-Eyed AgitatOr
Following a. farewell tour Of some
of the leading cities Of the east and
middle west, Mrs. Kate O'Hare, wo-
man radical leader, convicted Of vio-
lation of the espionage law, has ar
rived in Fargo to surrender herself to
the United States authorities, ana
upon the issuance Of the warrant OF
commitment will be taken to the fed
eral prison at Jefferson City, Mo.
On q mandate handed down by the
United States Circuit Court OF Ap-
peals and which affirms the decision
Of the lower court, Mrs. O'Hare was
given 80 days from the time OF tae
filing of the order to present herself
TO the federal authorities. The time
expires at midnight on Saturday,
April .12. Her early arrival in Fargo,
she said this afternoon, was for the
purpose of getting some needed rest.
She stated she would call on Judge
Charles F. Amidon some time today
or tomorrow. 81
Mrs Kate O'Hare, who was sem
fenced on Dec. IA, 1877, by the Hon.
j
to serve five years in the federal prl-
son at Jefferson City, Mo-, following
a sensational trial held at Bismarck,
arrived in Fargo on Wednesday even
ing. She is accompanied by her hus-
band, Frank P. O'Hare, business
man of St. Louis, and their daughter,
Miss Kathleen O'Hare, | years old
No Trouble.
There will be no ructfon in Mrs.
O'Hares going to prison" said her
husband. Mrs. O'Hare will enter
upon her five-year, term of imprison-
ment very quietly and feels that she
can stay in prison as long as the ad-
ministration can afford to keep her
there. All she demands is that con-
gress and the administration make an
investigation of the facts leading up
to her arrest at Devils Lake, N. D., on
4 July 20, 1917 and In face of these
facts il the administration can afford
4 to keep her, she Is willing to stay In
regard to the verdict of the higher
court. nothing else could have been
expected as i the court records Will
show that the evidence collected ny
Prof. w. E. Zuech in his investiga-
tion Of the; case were never presented
to the Jury. and the higher court can
nOtt 10 back OF any jury verdict
s,'- Court sof Final Appeal.
The struggle for Mrs. O'Hare'sN free
dom is just beginning. according TO
her husband. He declared this after
noon that she will be imprisoned but
that he will be on the outside and on
advice of counsel he waited until the
final act of the United States SUI
Dreme court in this particular case
had beer registered before he started
to make the big fight for her free
dom.
"The court of last resort in this
case now is the American people and
they will be Informed of the facts" J"
said Mr.. O'Hare. Il am prepared to
carry her fight to the people of the
United States and let them pass on
the injustice. of the conviction and
Imprisonment of an innocent woman.
The people will be informed of the
conspiracy at Bowman. N. D., and
that those who perfected this con-
spiracy, unfortunately for them, have
not concealed their tracks. The fight
for the freedom of Mrs. O'Hare will
he made by an immense number OF
friends, many Of whom. are not So
cialists. No one ever thought Mrs.
O'Hare would 60 to prison. Now that
she is actually facing a term in the
federal penitentiary, the people are
awakening and from all hands there
come support and promises. She is
not requesting pardon, because she
cannot do that when she is not
guilty"
Predict Revolution.
In the farewell speech that Mrs.
O'Hare gave at St. Louis early this
month and which she gave at other
points on her trip, she predicted that
social and Industrial revolution will
sweep the United States and Europe,
despite the prosecution of the social
lists and other radical leaders. She is
said to have declared in that speech
that she violated no law.
Don't think that I don't feel for my
children" she is quoted as saying In
one of the press reports. My heart
Is almost breaking because Of them.
/ may be q wild.eyed agitatOr, but |
am . woman and q mother also. But
my brave husband, with whom have
livod for II years, and my chfldDen
are made of the same fighting stock
as myself. They would rather see
me behind prison bars than have me
q coward when my country needed me
most Of ALL
loft 81. Louis in March.
Mrs. O'Hare left st. Louis in March
and according to hsf husband deliv-
cred farewell addresses in New York,
Buffalo, Milwaukee, Chicago and Min
neapolis.
Very Tired.
Mrs. O'Hare said to visitors 1t the
hotel this morning that she was very
tired and nervous following her
speechmaking tour Of the east and
the middle west. Her husband said
that ever since her conviction, Mrs.
O'Hare has been preparing herself to
continue welfare work and that dur
ing the last 20 months she has been
making . thorough study Of psychol-
,0gy and criminology and that she in
tends to devote her time in the fed
eral prison to . scientific psycholog-
ical survey Of the prison population.
II this effort" said her husband.
''she has been promised cooperation
and assistance. "Her work will be
done ON the same basis rs psyche
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