Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-12
RELEASED ON BONDS OF $4,000.
Vice President Howard, Secretary
Keleher and Director Rogers
Treated Likewise.
THE GRAND JURY'S QUICK WORK.
But a Short Time Occupied In TAX
ing Evidence and Returning
an Indictment.

80 $500
jury, after receiving the instructions Of
United States Judge Grosscup, returned
indictments against Eugene V. Debs,
president of the American Railway
president; Sylvester Keleher, secretary,
and l.. w. Rogers, one Of its directors,
and shortly thereafter the four men
were arrested. They are charged with
conspiracy to commit an unlawful act,
that is, to block the progress of the
United States mails. Joined in the in
dictment with the four leaders of the
Railway union was James Marvin, the
Rock Island striker who threw the
switch which derailed a mail train at
Blue Island on the light Of June 30.
Debs, Howard, Keleher and Rogers
were taken into the Office Of District
Attorney Milchrist Immediately after
their arrest and after a few hours de-
tention were released on bail by Judge
Grosscup,
Their Bonds Being $4,000 Each.
The federal grand jury spent but q
short time on the case of Debs and the
other leaders of the strike. The case
against them for conspiracy had been
prepared some days ago by Attorneys
Milchrist and Walker and the grand
jury had not been at work two hours
when the indictment was ready tc be
presented in court. 1t was based on
some of the public utterances of Debs
and the other leaders and this was
clinched by the original orders in writ
ing, sent out by Debs, directing men on
the different railways to quit their
work, and thus stopping the running of
mail trains. A large number of tele-
grams sent by Debs and from his head
quarters, giving directions which ex-
tended the blockade OF the trains, We're
submitted to the grand jury by E. NJ.
Milford, manager of the Western
Union Telegraph company, under a
subpoena issued by the United States
court, Judge Grosscup
Overriding the Company's Protest
that the messages were privileged docu-
ments and exempt from seizure. MIR.
milford had left the grand jury room
but a few minutes when the grand jury
filed out and walked into Judge Gross
cups court. Foreman Sanborn handed
to the court the Indictment, which was
at once taken to the office of the dis
trict attorney and Marshal Arnold and
a deputy were sent out with warrants.
Shortly before 5 o'clock Marshal Arnold
returned with President Debs as a
prisoner. Debs was taken into Mr..
Milchrist's private office. He was ac-
companied by Theodore Debs, his
brother, who was with him when the
arrest was made. There were in the
Office when the head of the A. r. u.
arrived as a prisoner, Edwin Walker
and Mr.. Milchrist and these were soon
Joined by Judge Grosscup, who had
been sent for to take bail. Debs sent
his brother out to look for bondsmen,
and while waiting for his friends to ap-
pear sat with the judge, the two at
torneys for the government and the
marshal who had arrested him, while
the door of the Office
Wa Locked to All Corners.
1t was not long until Deputy Logan ap-
peared with keleher, the secretary.
In a short time Theodore Debs returned
with Attorney L.. Ell. Bisbee, who had
been retained to defend the prisoners.
A few minutes after, at o o'clock, Dep
uty Logan appeared with Director
Rogers and Vice President Howard.
The latter was the only one of the four
whose face bore traces of & or re-
sentiment as he was taken into the back
room. The others took their arrest
calmly. 1t was after 1850 o'clock be-
fore Clerk Burnham appeared and the
bail bond was legally accepted. The
bondsmen are Alderman William Fitz-
gerald. who qualified to the sum of
$3.50, 600, and William Shakel, who
qualified for $50, 900, the bonds being in
the sum Of $40, 900 each. 1t was some
time later when the formality of sign
ing was completed and the indicted
ones left the building in company with
their bondsmen.