The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-04
HERD IS FINED
S. ON TOPPING
U. S. charge
Keep Young Worker
Busy in Several Courts

Peter Herd, with four charges
placed against him, was fined
SIS and costs yesterday in the
Racine Avenue police court on
charges of conspiracy to over
throw the United States gov
eminent, melting to riot, OBJ
structing traffic and disorderly
conduct"
The fine was presumably
placed on the obstructing traf-
fic charge as there is no known
city ordinance allowing a fine
of five dollars for conspiracy
to overthrow the government"
Charges Of stool Pigeon.
The charge was placed by Agent
Comerford, stool pigeon for the Mill
! tary Intelligence Bureau, and by
city detective.
The detective showed George Maur-
err, who represented Comrade Herd
in court, letter which he said was
signed by the chief of police, order
ing that all future street meetings
conducted by the Workers Party on
the corner of Sawyer and Lawrence
streets, where Herd was arrested
three weeks ago, must be broken up
by the police force.
The Workers Party will assert its
right to speak on the street corners
of Chicago along with the other poll
tical parties, and an open air mass
meeting was arranged for that cor
ner for last night, at which Peter
Herd, "Bilr' Kruse, Paul Cline, Karl
Reeve and others were scheduled to
speak.
Judge overrules Maurer.
George Maurer made a motion of
error against the judges decision in
the Racine court yesterday, but the
Judge over-ruled Maurer. Attorney
/. E. Ferguson, has been placed in
charge Of the case and will probably
take the matter to a higher court.
Sure Keep This comrade Busy.
Charged with talking against the
government" Peter Herd was also
hailed to the 18th street police court
last night, after being arrested at
Workers Party open air meeting at
the corner Of 62nd and Halsted street.
Comrade Herd was scheduled to APP
pear yesterday morning in the 18th
street court, but could not appear,
on account Of the Racine court
charge. The talking against the gov
eminent" charge was consequently
postponed until this morning. Man
uel Gomez represented Comrade Herd
in the 18th street court yesterday.
Herd was talking against United
States entrance into Chinese or Japa-
nese affairs, and was showing the
large crowd that had assembled that
the American capitalists are trying to
work up a war in Japan in order to
dominate the Pacific Ocean and
wrest Pacific and Asiatic markets
from the Japanese.
The police, evidently believing that
the capitalists and profiteers are iden-
tical to the government, took the
speech against brutal capitalistic in
PREVENTION In China as a personal in
suit and handled Comrade Herd ac-
cordingly, placing two charges against
him. The second charge was OBJ
structing traffic. The police, unable
to prove anything against Herd from
his speech, snatched copies Of the
DAILY WORKER.
Declare DAILY WORKER Treason
able.
They read the paper, and declared
1t reasonable. After Herd was taken
to the station house, a German COM
rade went on selling the DAILY
WORKER to the increasing crowd,
and completely sold out within few
minutes.
Herd was kept waiting in the Ra-
cine avenue court for several hours
yesterday. The judge had not put
in an appearance and no witnesses ap
peared against him until late hour
Herd was arrested on the corner O,
Sawyer and Lawrence streets, three
weeks ago and his case was postpon.
ed until yesterday to allow the police
time to cook up few witnesses.
Comrade Herd is out on bail after the
latest arrest Thursdav ni0ht