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Show SOCIALIST LEADER CHARGED WITH SENDING OBSCENE LIT-ERATURE LIT-ERATURE THROUGH MAIL Terro Haute, Ind., Jan. 26 Eugene C. Debs, Soclnllst cnndldato for president pres-ident of tho United States In tho last election, was arreBted hero today on nn indictment returned against him In tho fedornl court for the district of Kansas. Debs wns charged with obstructing Justice Debs wrote nn expose, of nllcged conditions In tho Fort Leavenworth prison for tho Appeal to Reason, which caused a government Investigation. Investi-gation. Tho mntter printed In tho Appeal wns considered obscene by federal grand Jury nnd action was brought agalns tho editors for sending send-ing It through tho mails. Tho witnesses in this case, it Is alleged, al-leged, Mr. Deb-, encouraged to leave tho Jurisdiction of tho court Debs brands tho Indictment ob nn effort to ruin the Appeal to Reason. Tho arrest was mado by federal ofllcers from IndlanapollB. The warrant war-rant was served In Debs' oillco and ho accompanied the ofllcers to tho oillco of a U. S. commissioner for his appeoranco nt the Muy term of tho United States court of tho Third Kansas district. Dobs Issued n statement nftcr his .irrest declaring that ho would fight the case to tho limit, that ho would employ no counsel, but tell his story to tho Jury. "Tho federal prosecutor In Kansas," Kan-sas," ho sold, "hired an cx-convlct, It seems, to come to me nnd plead for flnanclnl aid, so that ho could go tc parts unknown and start llfo anew! I promised him tho means he pleaded for, and now I am Indicted upon tho chnrgo of having attompted to Induco a witness to lcavo tho Jurisdiction of tho court. I promlso that If this case comes to trial thero will be somo interesting in-teresting developments bofora It becomes be-comes to a c.oso." |