Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-15
Robert Minor Holding United
States Passport, is Merely
Informed That Charges Are.
Extremely Grave,
FRENCH DETECTIVES
MAKE THE ARREST
Held in Military Prison For a
Time, After Being Taken In
to PerShing'S LineSi Now
Has Officers Quarters,
by Lincoln Eyre.
(Staff Correspondent OF the AlhuQucr-
que journal and New York WORLDLY
CnnNrIphf 1N1N hN tho prnse DnhliSh
Especial cable Dispatch.)


Paris, July 14.-From one of the
friends of Robert Minor, the socialist
illustrator and correspondent whc
has been under military arrest and
is now freed, the following details OF
his experiences are obtained:
Minor was arrested by French de-
tectivcs on June s, at his hotel in
Paris. No explanation of his arrest
was youchsafed him by the police, who
briefly questioned him and seemed
gratified when he admitted having
been in Dusseldorf
Asked why he had first said he had
come to Paris direct from Berlin, Mi
nor replied such was the truth, for he
had returned to Berlin from Dussel-
dorf in February.
He was taken. under French escort
by train to the American military
prison in Coblenz, where his doughboy
guards at first persisted in talking to
him in German. After some days he
was removed from mis- cell and given
officers quarters in house adjoin-
ing the prison. He also was permitted
to go~for walk daily accompanied
by an officer.
His repeated requests to be informed
of the charge against him merely
elected the response that the case was
of an extremely grave character.
While he was told he might have Mill
tary counsel, he never was afforded
opportunity, according to his friend,
to consult with any legal adviser, mill
itary or civilian, and he was indeed
kept altogether incommunicado. Until
he reached Paris he was not aware
that friends here had arranged for a
lawyer to represent him at his trial.
on July 3 Colonel RuCker, who had
been in charge of the case, said to
Minor according to his friend.
The charges will not be pressed at
this time, and you are at liberty to re-
turn to Paris and to go anywhere else
you please"
There was no explanation of the ar
rest, and Minor learned nothing of the
charges against him. The next day he
took a train for Paris
He has affirmed his complete ignor~
ance of a Bolshevist plot of any kim
in Dusseldorf, and he insists that his
controlled that city when he was there
in February were limited to such as
any newspaper man would have had
with the authorities of any munich
paltty in which he was engaged in
gathering news. He had no informa-
tion concerning the trial Of his alleged
fellow cOnspirators by Il British court
martial in Cologne.
He makes no denial of his ad-
vanced radicalism, but he declares
that he does not favor Bolshevism,
regarding its leaders as too dictato-
rial. In regard to stories that he had
incurred Nne displeasure of the
French government by comforting with
reds at strike meetings in Paris, my
informant said Minor never had heard
from anyone that he was under sus-
picion by tne French. He says he
talked with socialist leaders here, but
made no speeches and did nothing
otherwise to stir up the labor ele-
ments.
He has an American passport,
which i5 vsed for the trip home
ward. He says he has no reason to-
suppose he will not he able to leave
France whenever he is ready to sail.