The New York herald., 1920-01-03


Raids were conducted in New York
Baltimore. Boston. Buffalo. Chicago
Cleveland. Denver, Des Moines, Detroit
Grand Rapids. Hartford. Indianapolis
Jacksonville, Kansas City. Los Angeles
Louisville. Milwaukee. Newark, Omaha
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Portland. Me-.
Portland, Ore; Providence, San Francisco
Scranton. Spokane, st. Louis, st. Paul
Springfield. Mass; Syracuse, Toledo and
Trenton and numerous small cities.
The object of the raids, Francis Garvan
Assistant Attorney General, said, was to
obtain for submission to the Department
OF Labor cases for deportation OF "a very
large number OF our most dangerous
anarchists and radical agitators Agents
OF the department, he added. went out
prepared to catch the radicals with the
goods on"
Before midnight reports from all over
tho country indicated that the raids
had been 4 great success. Hundreds OF
the reds" are in custody and on their
way TO Ellis Island for deportation. The
dangerous aliens from all sections are be-
ing brought 70 New FORK on special trains
under heavy guard. Most of tho aliens in
the metropolitan district were moved 10
the immigration station late at night or
carly this morning after being interrogated
by operatives Of the Department Of Justice.
Those reds" held for deportation were
taken 10 Police Headquarters. where they
were locked UP for the night. They will
be removed TO ellis Island carly this
morning. All prisoners locked up in
Police Headquarters were accused Of being
Communists.
Ono OF the men arrested in a raid was
Julius Codkind, n collector OF taxes IN
the Brooklyn office OF the Department of
Finance of New York city. lie Is Sec
retary OF the English Harlem brach of
the Communist party. When questioned
by federal agents, Codkind was quoted
as saying
"I believe IN the destruction Of the gov
ernment of the United States by .or1e
and violence"
He was turned over TO Detective Cor
nelius Browne, OF the Bomb Squad, who
will prefer a charge OF criminal anarchy
against him
One of the prisoners locked UP in Police
Headquarters was Harry NJ. Winitsky.
a lawyer, Of No. 1919 Simpson street the
Bronx, we'll known in radical circles.
Winltsky demanded loudly that Dudley
Field Malone be summoned forthwith 10
act as his lawyer. but the Secret Service
agents had him locked up with instruc-
tions that no one be allowed to communi-
cate with him during the night.
AT midnight MIR. Flynn said that the
raids had been great success. or the
500 warrants TO be SERVED W New York
city he said zoo had been served.
This Is the cracking OF the backbone
OF the Communist movement in the United
states" he said. I'VE expect TO get all
the persons for whom warrants have been
issued
Al half past twelve o'clock this morn
ing. eso reds" he'd been arrested and held
for deportation, among them fourteen
women. one woman Is Molie Perlman.
twenty-five years old, an avowed revolu-
tlonist. who when examined by Joseph
Baker. of the Secret Service. said that
sbo wanted 10 70 back to Russia. but
wanted 80 go Of her own volition. Baker
wrote a recommendation that she be de-
ported
In the go arresterd were fifty women.
but all except fourteen of them were re-
leased.
on the Regular Meeting Night
Friday being the regular meeting night
of the Communist organization, hundreds
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