The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-10-05
CHARGED WITH TREASON.


all the N mbsrs Of the Advisory Com
mittee for Treason Against this State.
A new and startling move against the
Homestead strikers was executed Saturday
when County Detective Harry Beltzhoover
went before Chief Justice Paxson, of the
Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania, about to
sit in Pittsburg, and made an information
against all the members of the Advisory
Board, charging them with treason against
the State. Warrants were at once issued and
placed In the hands of the Sheriff of ALE.
gheny county.
The information made by Mr. Deltzhoover
reads as follows:
Conmonweo,,N ~ Pennsylvania
Versus
David II. shannon. John ncI,uckie. David Lynch
hsns Elmer E. aSfs yor nsnT ysG YARD
Nv: Brown, George Champene, Isaac ciitehlow.
Soy Spss SSy a'Sf sSae SlS'a Sas Rsaa.
Millian Mc oinbs. John Durkc.. Patrick fagan.
Miller isSI % joan arTs nfi@ kyi1Y heSP SH
sqn nsrn solS, dnT Hugh sr aS, Wsm T. Rob
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County OF
Allegheny.
Before me, the subscriber, Edward II.
Paxson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania and ex-otiicio Justice Of the
Court OF Oyer and Termin'r OF Allegheny
county, and u Justice OF the Pc 'ce in and
| for the county Of Allegheny, In the State of
| Pennsylvania, personally came Harry .tz-
| hoover, county lie ectiye, who upon oath
administered according to law, deposeth and
| says that heretofore, to-wit. on or about the
| first dav OF July. A. u. 1892, the defendants
above named. beng inhabitants of and resi-
dents within the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and under protection OF the
| laws of the Commonwealth OF Penn.
| sylvania, and owing allegiance and H.
| deity to the said Commonwealth of Penn
| sylvunia, not weighing the duty OF their
| said allie giance, but wickediy devisi 4 aud
| intending 'he peace and tranquility of the
! said Common wealth TO disturb aud stir,
move and excite iiisurrection, rebellion and
| war aga INST the said Commonwealth of
| Pennsylvania. did at the borough nf Home
stead and in the township OF Mifilin. both
within the county of Allegheny and State Of
| State of Pennsylvania md beyond the
borders of said State, unlawfully, falsely,
| malicously and traitorously compass, I'M
agine and intend To- raise aud levy war, in-
surrection and rebellion against the Com
| monwe,lth of Pennsylvania; and in order
| to fulfill and bring into effect the said COM
| passings. imaginations and intentions Of
| them the said defendants afterwards, to- wit
on the lst day of July, A. u. 1892, aud ut
divers other times ut the borough OF Home
stead and In the township of Miffiin. with a
| great multitude of persons. numbering
hundreds, armed aud srrayed In warlike
| manner, that Is to say with guns revolveis,
| cannons. swords. knives, clubs and other
| wnrlike weapons rs well offensive as de-
iensive. being then and there unlawfully,
malcio,isly and traiorously assembled and
gathered together, did falsely and traitor
ously join aud assemble themselves together
against the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania. and then and there with force and
arms did falsely aud traitorousy and in I,
hostile and warlike manner, array and dis
pose themselves against the said Common
wealth of Pennsylvania and did ordan,
| prepaie and levy war against the said Com
monwcalth of Pennsylvania to the end, that
| its Constitution, laws and authority were
deiied, resisted and averted by the said de.
PENDANTS aud their armed allies, contrary Ia
the duty of allegiance and fidelity of the
said defendants
All of which this der onent states upon in.
formation received and believed by him.
and he therefore prays that n warrant may
issue and the aforesaid defendants may he
arrested and held to answer this charge OF
treason against tho Commonwealth Of Penn.
sylvania.
THE LAW FOR 1T.
The law under which the proceeding IL
brought is tn Grimes net of 1869. There
are said TO have been number of prosecu'
tons under the same act. The hrst section
of 1t reads as follows.
"If any person, owing allegiance to TIE
Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania, shall levy
war against the same, or shall adhere to the
enemies thereof, giving them aid and cJm
tort within the state or elsewhere, and
all be thereof convicted, ON confession in
| open court or on the testimony of two wit
| ne-ses to the same overt act OF the treason
| whereof he shall stand indicted, such per
SON shall ON conviction be adjudged guilty
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