New-York tribune., 1920-01-03

? Forty agents of the Department Of
Justice, assisted by seventy-ftvc police-
men in civilian clothes, conducted tho
raids in greater New York. They were
directed by William j. Flynn, chief Of
the departments bureau OF ilvestiga--
ton; George r. Lamb, local superin-
tendent of the bureau, and Charles F.
Scully, head of the Federal bomb squad.
Four Hundred Arrested Here
Within an hour after the raiders had
left Mr. Flynn's Office at Is Park Row
in army trucks and automobiles they
reported that. out of 800 for whom
warrants had been issued 400 had been
taken into custody. Mr.. Flynn said the
number taken into custody would ex-
ceed 800 before the roundup was COM
pleted.
Conspicuous among those taken in
the raids was man who said he was a.
city employee and that he believed in
the Overthrow of the government by
force.s
He gave his name as Julius Codkind.
Of 1883 East Ninety seventh Street.
Brooklyn, and declared he worked in
the bureau Of collections of the De-
partment of Assessments and Arrears.
in Brooklyn His association with the
Communist party began yesterday, he
declared, when he was elected secre-
tary of the Harlem branch of the Or
ganization.
According to Federal agents els
man asserted: II was born in the.
United States. / believe in the over
throw of this government by force. II
necessary. l believe the time soon
will come when the whole United
States will be under Bolshevik rule
Mr.. Flynn said the man will be held
for the state authorities.
All night long, the process Of ques-
tioning and sorting out the captives
went on at the Office of the Depart
ment of Justice. Early to-day fifty
four men had been locked up at Police
Headquarters. 1t is understood that
most of these will be sent to Ellis
Island this morning.
Looking over the heads Of the motle1
crowd jammed into the Offices Of the
Department Of Justice at midnight Mr.
Flynn said, "This is the breaking .,
the backbone Of radicalism in America,
Green light was, the prevailing color
in the office. 1t came from q gigantic
radium bulb used in photography. Il
was the first thing THAT popped into
the eyes of the startled inen and womeB
as they struggled out of the elevator.
w omen Age0 10 10 oV
Sixty to sixteen were the ages given
by the women temporarily made pris-
oners. Just before midnight six old
women, some of them with white hair.
appeared among the file escorted in by
agents. Men, women and girls, and
with them all the paraphernalia taken
from the places where they were found,
were crowded into the elevator and
! quickly carried upward.
! The paraphernalia consisted of red
banners, books, papers and large framed
portraits of Marx, Trotzky, Bebel and
other radical leaders.
| One hundred, or about 90 per cent Of
those detained. were released after
they had been examined in Mr.. Flynn's
office. 1t was found there was no evil
dence on which to hold them.
Many Destroyed Cards
| Some of those taken are declared 70
have destroyed their membership
cards in the Communist party while
the government agents were entering
| instances, it was said. the cards were
found crumpled up in shoes. Innings
of coats and other places of conceal
ment. -
These cards. when identified as be-
longing to the persons who held them.
were taken as sufficient evidence TO
warrant deportation or criminal an-
archy proceedings against those who
held them
| Plans FOR the raids had been in
preparation for more than = month.
Printed instructions sent from Wash
ingtcn were read to each raider. These
| specified that no violence was to be
used.
| Squads OF agents were sent to each
place designated for raid SO that
/ all the raids would take place simul-
| each squad walked into tho place ay-
1 pointed for its scene Of action. All
the occupants Of tho place were lined
/ up against wall and searched. They
ware then escorts1 to an army truck
and taken to the Department Of JUS
tfee Aesdauextex& in Park Row.
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