November 11, 1914
BERKMAN HELD IN $1,000.
Girl Comrades of Anarchist Choose Jail to Freedom.
New York, Nov. 10—Alexander Berkman, Anarchist, today waived
examination before Magistrate Simms in the Essex Market Court and was held for
trial. He told the court he appeared as his own counsel and said he was fully
informed of his rights.Berkman, with four others, was arrested yesterday morning, charged with interfering with Policeman Wagner and permitting the escape of a prisoner. He is out on $1,000 bail.
“Helen of Troy,” Helen Goldblatt, her sister Lillian Goldblatt, and Abraham Blecker refused to pay $10 fine and were sent to the island for ten days.
