The sun., 1919-08-13
INDICT EDITOR
AS ANARCHIST
Gustave AlOnen, Publisher of
"Red" Magazine, Hit by
Grand Jury.
is FIRST ACTION HERE
Papers Returned in Quick
Time; Prosecution to BE
Under Law Of 1902.
rs FIRST ACTION HERE

Swedish extraction. living at $50 Cauld-
well avenue, The Bronx, was indicted
late yesterday afternoon by the ex-
traordinary Grand Jury and charged
with criminal anarchy. This indict-
ment, the first returned by the special
body the selection of which before Jus
tice Barlow s. Weeks was completed
at noon yesterday, was handed down
to the court Just three hours after the
evidence against Alonen was pre-
sented to the jurors by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Alexander I. Rorke.
Alonen is charged with a violation
Of sections 100 and 161 of the penal
law relating to the advocacy of crimi-
| nal anarchy in this State. Though
/ these sections became law in 1902, be-
ing introduced as q result of the as
ssssination OF President Mckinley, the
indictment just found against Alonen,
according to Mr.. Rorke, is the first OBJ
tanned under the law in this county.
It Is charged in the indictment that
Alonen as editor of Luokkotdisteln, a
magazine printed in the Finnish Ian
guage, caused the publication and dis
semination Of doctrines advocating the
overthrow of organized government
| through mob violence.
As the court had been kept In session
by Justice Weeks to receive the Grand
Jury after their deliberations for the
day had been finished, the accused Red"
editor was brought In at 80 o'clock last
night and arraigned.
| Defended by Woman.
Miss Ross Weiss, a lawyer of Al West
Forty-second street. who had been as
| signed temporarily to the defiance of the
prisoner by the Civil Liberties bureau,
entered a plea of not guilty for Alonen
and argued for n reduction Of bail
which had been set at s25, 900 by Justice
| Weeks The court deferred action on
I this request
| Alonen was then remanded to the
Tombs to await trial The maximum
4 penalty upon conviction for criminal an
archy is Imprisonment for ten years and
$1,000 fine.
Aionen, together with three others
was arrested last Friday by bomb squad
detectives following a raid on the Cald.
well avenue place, which was alleged by
the police to have been the distribution
station for Red literature of a very
incendiary type. He was held in $25,.
900 for the Grand Jury by Magistrate
Blau. and bail for two OF the other.
was set at $1,000.
Though no indictment has been or
dered against either of these two. whc
were said to have been publishers o.
the magazine. 1t Is understood that ar
indictment has been filed against an
other man associated with Alonen, ant
that the arrest of this man has beer
ordered.
Two Jurors Excused.
OF the eighteen men selected tenta
lively as Jurors Monday two, J. Samue
Smoot, a director OF the Burns Goa
, Company, and Paul A. Meyer were ex
cused from serving by Justice Weeks.
: The jurors chosen yesterday to com
Q plete the special inquisitorial body were
Henry Osterweiss, Hotel Endicott; Johl
/ ]. Cuskley. real estate, 321 Madison ave
D nue. Charles r. Berwin, hardware. n
Reade street; Alexander Warendorfi
1 florist, 325 Fifth avenue: Wilson Potter
( architect, 22 East Seventeenth street
a Lawrence w. Mack, life insurance,
Madison aveune; Charles H. August
1
street John w. Brice, real estate. 10
, East Ninety-sixth street. and Herber
. @. Einstein. Broker. 20 Broad street
Raymond F. Almiral, an architect of 4
/. East Forty-sixth street, was made fore
a man.
Justice Weeks in his charge to tn
jury said that the investigation of Grim
inal anarchy will be It's principal duty
No question of timidity or a fear o
consequences to themselves, he stated
|, must influence their investigation an
!. their voting on indictments.
Referring to other matters which ma,
|, have to be put before the special Gram
= Jury later, Justice Weeks said he woul
make a specific charge with regar
= thereto An unusual procedure was tn
appointment by Justice Weeks Of a war
: den Tor the Grand Jury. James A. Nc
!. Namara, one Of the Supreme Court at
= tendants, was named for this post b.
the court. The work OF hearing evidenc
= dealing with the criminal and seditiou
activities of ultra radicals will be re
y sumed this morning by the special Gran
Jurors.