Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-23
RAPS RED RAIDS
Boston Arrests Called
Lawless Proceeding
Judge Andersen in u. s. District
Court Grants Writs of Eabeas
Corpus 70 g Alien Radicals Being
Reid for ceporation-To Recucs
Amount Of Bail

Boston. April .2-Wr3ts Of nabeas cor
PTS were granted by the United States
district court today 10 q alien radicals
VINO have heaa ordered depurted IS VI
desiraples- This action was taken By
Judge George ". Anderson after ne
had declared that the arrest Of radical
suspects ana their detention without
warrants to- TWO weeks was lawiess
proceeding anu thai the roundup Of
radicals by department Of Justice and
immigration agents Seams 70 have been
carried out on theorv Of hang arsr and
1T afterwards
The wits were made refur1abie next
Saturday, al which time the ccur- an
nouncsd. bail Of the L persons iavol 81
VIII De Te1uced from amounts now So
100 n some cases % $3.50 each. Judge
Anderson explained thai II wolld prob
ably De sIxe weeks before he would be
able 70 return d iecisioa IN The peti1ions
10 prevent deportation. and probably six
months before fnaI action could be
taken On an appeal.
William Collyer Of Wellesley, WING
with mis- wife. Mrs amy CoIlye- s he
principal figure n the group awaiting
deportation. announced that ne did not
Wish freedom Of bail CoIlye- ana MS
wife now are al liberty under sle.ouo
bonds. lie toid The court he preferred
20 return 10 the barracks Al Deer Island
where the radicals have been he'd De-
cause The United States having taken
our means Of livelihood. II does not
seem 70 too much 20 ask that Il pay cur
board for while" CoIlyer said ne ana
MS wife had sl2oo between them.
The courts expression Of opinion re-
gardicg the procedure Of federal agents
n eEscttng the roundup of last Jauu-
airy came during the testimony of Ivan
Eyrlchuk. VINO was ar-est ed III a Com-
u1I1nlsi rnee.ng here. X developed that
although Eyracauk was arrested On
January . TIE warrant for MS detention
was issued By telegraph on January q.
When Judge Anderson remarked that
the case appeared 10 have been CON-
ducted On ne theor- hang drst AMI
Try afterward." Assistant United States
Attorney Louis Goldberg asserted that
proceedings 4 the form followed by he
federal agents were sanctioned by the
supreme court n cases involving he
immigration avs. Il an familiar with
those q e. rrpiiei Judge Anderson. y
wish Won would snow me one case n
whira The department Of --stics has the
authorttv 10 arrest persons and hold
them for Two weeks without warrants.
a more !aw}ess proceeaing Is hard %
conceive. Talk ABOUT Ane-ic aniLarian-
what we need = Ane--cauizaIion of
these who carr oc such proceedings. I
can hardy sit q. ne ben 4 as IN Amer
lcan citizen and restrain my indiEna-
ton I visw with horror suc1 proceed
ings as ms
Robert VI. vaIkenburE. IN agent Of
the department Of justice who testified
thar ne ND detained persons without
having a warrant. was asked ~ ne
cour- # that was his notion Of liberty
under the law Atto-nes- Goldberg IN
ter ectesi that the agent vos acting m
der orders from Washington. 10 which
Judge Anderson replied. Amy citizen
with ! knowledge Of AMIR, arisrn
should resign when given such insrr71c-
tons.