Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-06
LEADER IS ARRESTED
At Soviet EMBASSY"
Gregory Wcinst n, Editor OF Radi-
cal Newspaper, Said to BE Power
bchind Movement.
IS CLOSE FRIEND OF rRoTzIl,
\. ?rchcnsion Is PortcntouS a.id
May Lead % Further Startling De-
velopmcnts, Is Hint OF Federal
Agents.
ny AuGIfsrIN L.AnnY

NEW YORK. Jan. 5.-Uncie San's
long arm reached out today ana svipped
the master mind .: tho "Rcd' move
mcnt In America
- GIr;esory Weiny,en, an !noTensir.c
partmen: Of Justice agents at the
,:,,S,ri 3ovie. embassy. ~ the hea4auarters OF
bassador from Soviet Russia
Tho closest PAL OF Trotzky when
IN? latter was in America. the chief
aid OF Martens and the power behind
Martens. Federal agents say. Vein
stein. was bundled into an army auto
mobile and rushed TO ;hn Ellis Island
who feared radicals mere might at
tempt 10 release him.
Takes Arrest CoollS.
Wcinstcir took his arrest with the
was learned he had been arrested in
Russia undcr the old Czarlstlc regime.
sent TO Siberia for life ana escaped
to this country after killing two
guards with tho heel OF his. prison
broke Siberian Jail is fact vcuchcd
for by his counsel.
~. so, is Is noting M,nss, mere than wha:
his e desk 0 Wai, st second @@ Iezs1 @ a.
The slight stuttor IN his speech was
The seedv little man arose exchanged
his. reading spectacies for another pair.
Pocket. pe,e " One US an ' old edition tio ~ -
the Eible and the o.he- wa was !Schopcn-
hauer's studies IN Icssimism."
~ Am Ready"
II am ready" nc said quietly
The only reason VIC have not az
have no, got tho goods. on him" to
S alSn G tie m.x
OF Justice agents in New York. This
man WeinsteIn is the coolest bird I've
little out. OF him; AIyway, It's a
him under lock and key. This raid
fo- months"
Division Superintendent Lamb hintcd
there might he "an interesting out
cial staT left for Washington directly
after. Wcinstein had been seized and
Red. Ina paperS and dosuments found in
At Ellis 'ia isiana 'onnns"eT'; tonighs Weins,cin
Deputy Immisration commissioner nG"s:iEeP' rRi III
who refused TO let him communicate
with. the 1000 other anarchists. Boil
shcvis;s and Socialists held .here pend
ing deportation proceedings.
WeinStein is philosopher. He cares
little who,hcr the government depor,s
hin him OF, OF whether ls he gets 70 Russia of
moro Reds" held ON Ellis Island. II
once get government assurance thar
II is 10 Soviet, and not White Russia
10 which he vii! be. sent. Tomorrow. J..
! Shan bail him out fo- $1,000 pending
trial.
Tie has not the siigh,es, worry
ahout what will happen to him IN Rus
sia. Trotzky. is his dearest friend. and
l1e ie Mn nine. too, knows him we'll. lie un-
ooubtcdty will be given place high
IN the Soviet government
,, Lived In Attic.
"hcn TrotZkN was in New York
n Inc - East side. T-o,zky's wife and
ccniidTen were provided for by his
.Eiends. The two radicals wcrc insep-
asapie, both working on the Sovv Mir.
,,nt ,nc Knssian newspaper. When Trotzkr
,c!t Io7 Russia, Weinstcin succeeded
him s editor
iEecht that often they shared meal
rom the same plate. Once when they
ran out or cigarettes. they took turns
al :. .s,mokinE clay pipe.
mos. As Tor Tor Weins,ein himself lie Is tho
you eveT saw reclnsc.. ever buried
IN ms books. he made few intimate
ar!shds. lie never had a sweetheart,
ana l doubt II ne eve. wanted one.
ar MarX IS his God and he reads
he's over blue"
Rccht said that In the case of Eu-
Iene Ncwall; editor of the Hungarian
1aiiS paper here, and also arrested to-
day, there would DC a fight agaInst