New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-09-04
LOCAL SPITE WORK
SHOWS ITS HAND
ARREST OF EDITOR FOLLOWS
MANY UNSUCCESSFUL
EFFORTS
OFFENDING ARTICLE PUBLISHED
BY PAPERS ALL OVER
: COUNTRY i

COUNTRY s,
7 Last Thursday morning Deputy United
States Marshall Jos. Buisson appeared
at the office Of Capt. Albert Steinhauser,
editor and publisher of the New Ulm
Post, and placed Mr.. Steinhauser under
arrest for publishing an article in the
New Ulm Post on July 5th of this
year, which article it is claimed was in
violation of the Espionage Act. On
being arraigned before u. S. Com
missioner Whaley Thursday evening
about 10 o'clock, Mr.. Steinhauser plead
ed mot guilty, waived examination
and bail was fixed in the sum Of $4,000.
On account of the lateness of the hour,
no attempt was made to secure bondsmen
and Mr.. Steinhauser spent the night in
the Ramsey County jail. Friday Charles
Weschke and Louis Betz Of St. Paul and
J. E.. Wachsmuth Of Minneapolis went
on his bond and Mr.. Steinhauser re-
turned to New Ulm The case will
come up at the October term of the
~. S. District Court at Mankato.
Charge Defined H. "
According to the warrant, the words
used in the article were INTENDED to
bring the United States government
into contempt, scorn, contumelX and
disrepute.' The warrant alleged three
counts in all; the, other two setting
forth. that the words used intended
to. bring the army and also the navy into
contempt, scorn, contumely and dis
repute." The warrant stated also that
it had been issued at the request of
Alfred Jacques, U. S. District Attorney
for the State Of Minnesota, who had
ssyfesn to the criminal complaint before
Samuel Whaley, u. S. Commissioner.
Not Taken Into Custody
When arrested, Mr.. Steinhauser, was
engaged in preparing the weeks issue
Of the Post for publication. The deputy
marshall notified him of the situation
and asked him to be ready to 60 to St.
Paul on the afternoon train. The
officer then left for Sleepy Eye where he
had other business and Mr.. Steinhauser
completed his work on the Post. The
afternoon train was nearly two hours
late and this delayed their arrival in
St. Paul where he was to appear that
same evening before the Federal Of
ficials. ..r.s H.. g., ~. ~
- Bail Fixed at $4,000 -
Immediately upon their arrival in
St. Paul Mr.. Steinhauser was arraigned
before Commissioner Whaley. He
waived the reading Of the warrant,
waived examination and upon the sug-
gestion of District Attorney Jaques his
bail bond was fixed at $4,000. AS Mr..
Steinhauser was not ready to furnish
the bail bond he was remanded to the
Ramsey County Jail where he spent the
night. Ats o'clock Friday afternoon
he appeared before Commissioner Whaley
again and was released from custody
after Chas. Weschke and Louis Betz
of st: Paul and J. e. Wachsmuth of
Minheapolis had signed his recognizance
foY his appearance at the October
term Of the District Court at Man
kato.
Boiler Plate" Matter
The article in question Is headed
American Liberty Ridiculed in Ger
many. It quotes from the following
German newspapers: Lokal-Anzeiger,
vossische Zeitung, Weser Zeitung, Kol-
nische Zeitung, K0lnische Volkszeitung
and also quotes from an Amsterdam
telegram to the London Central News.
It was not written by the editor and
publisher of the Post but was what is
known in newspaper language as boiler
plate furnished weekly to the New Ulm
Post by The German Press & Plate Co.
of Davenport, Iowa. 1t does not con-
tain the publishers own opinion, but
purports to be the expression Of news
papers in Germany and was made
public in this country by one Of the
news agencies and published by great
number Of daily newspapers in the
United States fully week before it
found its way into the plate matter
which is furnished every week by the
German Press & Plate Co. as resume
of the weeks war news
Local Talent Busy
About a week before the arrest Of
Mr.. Steinhauser secret service man
from the Department Of Justice called
ct the office soff. the New Uln Post and
asked for several issues Of the paper.
He had orders to find q copy Of the