New-York tribune., 1920-01-13
Palmer Agents
Comb City in
New RED Raid
Bomb Squad Aids in Round
Up of Fresh Suspects;
Ellis Island Now Holds
564; Silence Strike OFF
Detroit Sends IS More
Transport Edellyn Said To
Be Scheduled as Next
ssArk" for Undesirables

A "mopping up" party of forty De-
partment of Justice agents, reinforced
by members of the police bomb squad,
combed every borough in the greater
city last night fer alien "Reds" who
had eluded the Federal net spread in
recent raids.
Armed with deportation warrants,
the operatives and detectives,I the lat
ter in command of Sergeant James ].
Gegan, left the Department of Justice
headquarters in the Park Row Build
ing in groups Of three or four shortly
before s o'clock Three army auto
mobiles were held in readiness for
emergency calls at headquarters.
The "Reds" were brought to the
Park Row Building for examination as
rapidly as they we're aDprehended and
arrangements made for their deten-
ton pending their removal to Ellis
Island.
Nine men and one woman had been
arrested up to II p. m. Among them
was John Derkine, of SIG East Eight
ieth Street, said formerly to have been
secretary of the Communist party in
New York. He was arrested by Agent
John S. Gillies and ordered held for
Ellis Island after he had been ques-
toned by Charles Scully, the Depart
ment of Justice officer in charge.
Raids Had Definite Objectives
1t was explained by William J. Flynn
chief of government agents, that last
nights sortie differed from the raids
that have been conducted in that the
authorities knew exactly who they
wanted and, in general, had fairly ac-
curate idea as to where they would get
them.
Ellis Island hustled with activity yes
terday when thirty-fve "Reds" arrived
from Detroit to be held at the island
until they are deported. These radicals
were arrested in raids last November
and it is understood that hearings in
their cases have been completed.
The Detroit "Reds" were to have
been deported on the transport Buford,
which is carrying 249 anarchists back
to Soviet Russia, but train connections
prevented their boarding the "Ark.'
Byron H. Uni, Acting Commis ssioner of
immigration, said last night no date
has been fixed for sending another
shipment of "Reds" overseas 1t was
rumored that the army transport Edel-
lyn will be used in deporting the next
batch of anarchists.
Total at Island Now 564
The arrival of the Detroit anarchists
increased the total number Of Reds"
now being held at the immigration sta
tion to 564, including the twenty-four
men arrested in the New York district
in the November raids and sos taken
in this months roundup. Of the
twenty-four held-over cases eight are
I. w. WIS of various nationalities
Hearings in the cases of the radicals
are being conducted every day, accord
ing to the Ellis Island authorities The
rumored "silence" strike was short
lived, the officials say, and all men are
answering questions when summoned
before boards of inquiry
The bail of $4,000 each in which
Peter Bianki, Naum Stephanuk,
Michael Kravchuck, Arthur Ketzes
and Ethel Bernstein were held
on indictments charging them with
criminal anarchy was dismissed yester-
day by Justice Barlow S. Weeks. These
five radicals were among those deported
on the Buford. If any of the five re-
turn to America they will be subject
to five years. imprisonment by the Fed
eral Court for unlawfully entering the
country.