The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-11

Charged with peonage and conspir.
acy to commit peonage twelve per-
sons were indicted yesterday by the
United States grand jury. The in
dictments are principally against the
employees of the Jackson Lumber
Company, of Lockhart, Ala, and also
the manager Of the company, w. S.
Harlan, and are the result of an in
vestigation which has been pursued
by the United States grand jury for
the past four days into conditions
which are alleged to have existed at
the camps Of that company scme
months since. The grand jury re-
turned the indictments about
o'clock in the afternoon, and at a
time when some of the parties indict-
ed were in the court room, having
been summoned to Pensacola as wit
Eesses.
or the twelve persons indicted
some are charged with peonage and
others with conspiracy to commit
peonage. Upon the latter charge
Manager W. S Harlan has been In
dicted upon two counts, while w. s.
Gallagher, the woods foreman, pre-
viously arrested and held to await the
term of court, has been indicted upon
two charges Of peonage and one or
conspiracy.
1t is alleged In the indictments that
some of the employees OF the conf
pany crossed the Florida and Alabama
state line and in Walton county ar
rested, detained and returned against
their will former employees Of the
Jackson Lumber Company to the COM
pany's plant at Lockhart, Ala, COM
pelling them to work out debt al
legged to be due the said company.
Five Separate indictments.
Five separate indictments were re-
turned. These jointly indicted one
dozen persons, and against some oe
them there are from two TO three
charges. either of peon2ge or conSpir-
acv. Three of these returns Charge
neon ge and two others conspiracy 10
commit peonage.
The First Return.
| The first indictment charges
Robert Gallagher, Oscar Sander and
John Atwell, deputy sherin, WITH
having committed peonage In Walton
county on July 81, 1906, by arresun8
one John Doe and one Richard Roe,
| their correct names being unknown
IN the iury), with intent to compel
them TO return to the plant oil the
| Jackson Lumber Company and work
out q debt claimed to be due the said
company, and further that theJ did
compel the said Joe Doe and Richard
lRoe TO accompany them to the place
OF business of the company, against
1.-THE peace and dignity Of the United
Estates.
The Second Indictment.
| Another indictment charges Robert
Gallagher, Walter f. Grace and Oscar
Sander with having on July 18th, In
Walton county. Fla, arrested one
. Frederick Mihaly. with intent to re-
: turn the said Mihaly to a condition
of peonage and to compel him 10
work out an alleged debt claimed 70
he due the Jackson Lumber Com
nanv. and that they did compel him
/, to return to the companys place OF
business, and did there beat ana hT
treat him.
The Third Peona9e Sase'
The third indictment charges JED
Howell. C. c. Hilton and g. ~
/, Huggins with having committed peoE'
GO in Walton county on July oath Of
: aTresting one Rudolf Lanninger ans
! compelling him to return to the place
of business of the Jackson LumbeS
( Company to work out claim alleged
= to be due.
2 A Sweeping Indictment.
81 A sweeping indictment is the one
? Charging the following with consplrs-
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