Show DEBS ARRESTED li- li f i FREED FREEDON ON BOND Socialist Candidate for President dent 1 nt Charged With Spiriting II Away Witnesses Iv Terre Haute Ind md Jan 1 E. I-E. E. E V. V Debs socialist candidate for President lt ot of tho the United States In tn the last electron elec eloc- tron tIOn tion wa was arrested hern herA today on an Indictment d returned against him In the federal court for the Third district of ot I Kansas He lIc Is la charged with obstructing obstruct obstruct- ing n ng Justice Debs Dabs an nfl expose of or alleged conditions con can In Iii the Fort Leavenworth orth prison Zor tor or the tho Appeal to Reason which caused n a w government Io investigation In Matter printed in tho Appeal was considered ered obscene b by the tho federal grind grand jur jury and action was brou brought ht against tho editors edt edi tors tor s for sending It through tho the mails molls Witnesses lu in this case it in Is alleged Sir Mr Debs Dabs encouraged to leave tho the jut ju- ju t of ot tho the court Dobs Debs bran brands s sI i the indictment as an effort to ruin ihn Annd tn nn r n Tho Tue warrant was as served in Debs Debs' of- of rico and ho he accompanied the officers I tp 10 tho the office of a a. United States com com- l 21 where ho furnished 1000 bond for tor his appearance at the Ia 1 May j form torm term of ot the United States court of ot the Third Kansas district Deb Debs issued a a. statement declaring that ho would fight tight tho the case caso to the thc and that ho he would employ no counsel but tell his stor story to the Jury jur- Tho federal prosecutor In Kansas he said laid hired d an nn ex- ex convict ex-convict It seems L Ito to to come como to mo me and plead for financial 1 wild so that ho could go to parts unknown unknown un- un known and start life anew I promised J lm the means ho he pleaded for and now J t i nm am Indicted upon tho the charge chargo of h hayIng having hay hav v. v ing ing- ng attempted to Induce a witness to leave the Jurisdiction of ot the court I promise that If Jr this caSe caso comes to trial there thero will be some sorno Interesting developments develop elop ments before It com comes s to a n. close |