OCR Text |
Show O.SJUTHOeiTiES BELDKHIOB Cartoonist Guilty of Aiding 'Red' Propaganda, Later Evidence Shows. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. Robert Minor, American newspaper cartoonist, who way detained hv American military authorities authori-ties in France on chutges of being connected con-nected with plans of German SparLioista j to circulate ljtshp ik literature among i AmorU-un troopn. whs released because ot j insufficient evidence to warrant his trial. I the senate was informed lo-iay by S"cre- i larv Baker. V:'ile recommending I lie rcit-ase, tne judge advnca'te of the A. K. F.. 'Mr. Baker , bairi, expressed the opinion that Minor, was (Tjilrv. Since the release of the cartoonist, car-toonist, the secretary added, evidence lias I been obta ined cnnnecLinsr him with the preparation of CuOO pamphlets which '-vero to he circulated amom; Americnn soidi-rs on the Rhine. Minor acted, Mr. Maker t-nid. at th request of Meta Filip, a German PpartacisL leader. i 'ha ri;es aair.si Minor, who was i r-rested r-rested in 1 aris by Dritlsh officials and turned over to tho American authorities, authori-ties, were based, Mr. -taker said, on information in-formation ob;;:-ned by a noncommissioned j ofti'-er of tho military intelligence service , who was sent to iMisseldorf to invest'.- j pate p'a ns to circulate Bolshevik literature litera-ture anions the Ani-ricau :r.xps. i'pon heinp arrested Minor made a gr-nerai denial of th charges. "Shortly a f' er Elinor whs re 'cased." ' Secretary" Tiak-T sair in concluding his I letter. "import;mt additional informaiion was octal m d as to Ins connection wit .i -th" proi;ii.':) ruia panmh.let in question. j "An inteliiscnce aent sent to Puessl-i dorf from Coidenjs was told by the he:id of t'r.e con.-orn wii.cli actually printed these pamnhlets that Mir.or was the- mar' who h-on!it t '-e copy to h::n, obtati.ed i es: i mates for t c.e prim i up of the sam- : a "ud who ;i'tua;;y '.hr;-c;ed that t.-ey he: ) prlpfed. T'.us ' in forma tion was cor-' Iro.-ora.ed by another (lernian in the o:"- j ! :ice of t":ie printing fst.ihdshmnt. j "In the tr.onth of March, an inrhicerc-- . I a-nt who was s:a: ioricd in T'eriin, and, was supposed to he a Spartae;st. v.;i " toid bv Mi-'O" th.-.t tee time was ripe fc: j I (hp ?;',r---:idinL: o: Sp.i.r;ao!? prop.ar..";a |