The sun., 1919-03-14
4 RED CHIEFS
OF j. s. SOVIET
HELD FOR TRIAL
Red Book of the BOlSheviki
Reveals Programme of
Violence.
RAID PRISONERS FREED
Destruction of "Religion,
Government and Capitalism
Is the Aim.
RAID PRISONERS FREED


men and a woman arrested at the
American Soviet" at 1913 East Fifteenth
street, had leisure yesterday to reflect
upon the disagreeable activity of Ser
geant Jim Gegan of the Bomb Squad in
absorbing the Russian language. Largely
due to Sergeant Jims polyglot talent
tho police and the District Attorneys Of
flee not only got evidence sufficient to
prosecute the four prisoners, but obtained
also information in black and white
which shows on its face that a Bolshevlst
society, with chief and headquarters in
New York, with 900 members in New
York and 5000 in the United States and
Canada and with a secret understanding
with the /. w. w. and other fire and
sword organizations, has been plotting
the otherthrow by violence of the Gov
eminent of the United States.
If the facts are as stated by Alexander
Rorke, Assistant District Attorney, and
by Sergeant Gegan, there has been no
heavier blow struck at Red International
ism in this country rhsp was delivered
when the police fell upon the whispering
Russians Wednesday night.
Red Book of Sovicts Seized.
Far more important than the capture
of Molly Steiner, a girl of 81, already
under conviction by the Federal courts
for violating the espionage act, and the
arrest of Peter Bianky professed chief
of The Federated Uniens of Russian
Workers in the United States and Can
ada together with his active aids, Mar
Gus Ordowsky and Arthur Kettles, was
the seizure and translation OF the Little
Red Book Of the Soviets in this country
"a secret memorandum of the destruc-
tive plans Of the society and an indis-
pensablc pass for every member. This
pocket gospel of anarchy had been
guarded so rigidly that neither Federal.
state or city authorities had more than
an inkling of it's savage tenets and il re-
veals, along with a bushel basket full Of
literature" check books, membership
lists, pamphlets and other documents,
that there is actually existing I'm the
United States and Canada, in the form
of compactly organized soviets, we'll
financed. definite plan to overthrow the
Government precisely as was done in
Russia.
Rorke and Gegan had been waiting for
Russians known to frequent thS rooms at
1873 Eas Fifteenth street This is an in
tcrestinG establishment. 1t is devoted.
its habitues state blandly. TO the study Of
mathematics. mechanics, languages and
literature Rorke and GegRn say that
this statement is an impudent lie-that
the only purpose of its educational re-
sources (Which are scant is 10 teach
ignorant men that the United States Gov
ernment may be successfully attacked
with machine guns.
Headquarters for AGitators.
Here Bianky maintained his Office as
secretary-treasurer of the Federation
of Unions of Russian Workers in the
United States and Canada" as he took
IN cash with the case and celebrity of a
receiving teller. Here he published his
Bread and Freedom" From this place
RgitatOrs were despatched to the indus
trial centres of New England to preach
IN Russian the doctrines OF red revolution.
From this headquarters ran invisible
strings which connected many similar
Eoviets in the East, the middle West
the Northwest and in Canada. From 1t,
too flowed secret messages of coopera-
ton with the l. w. w. and other organi-
Nations banded under the flag of chaos
TO 1t In steady streams flowed cash to
support tho propaganda. TO prepare for
revolution and the amount o: money
which has been extracted from the dis
ciples seems to be extraordinary, thou
sands and thousands of dollars.
Three weeks ago Rorke and Gegan
planned to raid the place. The signals
had been giving. The patrol wagons
were ready. Lines were even drawn in
the streets. But the expected crowd
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was gossiped about. many of the mem
bers wanted to hear the Little Grand
mother who was speaking elsewhere
about good Russians under the oppres-
sion OF bad. On Wednesday night. how
ever, the raid was made swiftly and
thoroughly. With twenty-seven men OF
the Bomb Squad and his own assistant
Detective Jim Mccoy. and with the sup
port of Police Captain James H. Post