The Springfield "Repub! an" of the 2nd of November says:
York supreme court throws a curious Tight The liberation of John Most by theNew
upon the whole episode in which he was the central figure. Most's paper, on the! day President McKinley was shot, published an article on " Murder against Murder" which was considered a direct inci ment to assassination. and because of it the editor was arrested and sentenced to! a year's imprisonment by the New York! city justice. Most was able to show that! the article was a reprint of an old piece of writing 50 years old which had been in print many times without causing anyone's arrest. He claimed, at any rate. that he did not preach assassination, and the supreme court has given him the benefit of the doubt by ordering his release under bonds of $1,500. Of that tribunal it can; at least be said that it has displayed no trace of hysteria concerning anarchists, Beware of worthless imitations snd sub- ' yet no one can justly censure the police or ship which existed so long between the two 1 the lower court for dealing with Most as: countries. they did. The article contained some very questionable doctrine, even if it did not preach assassination outright.
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