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Charles "Taze" Russellites arrested in 1918...
Charles "Taze" Russellites arrested in 1918...
Item # 716178
May 10, 1918
THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 10, 1918
* Clayton J. Woodworth & other Russellites arrested
* Opposition to World War I - WWI
* Pastor Charles Taze Russell followers
* Founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses
The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "Arrest More Russellites" with subhead. (see images) They would go on trial and be found guilty of sedition the following month.
Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper. Rare as such.
Complete with 22 pages, a little irregular along the spine, nice condition.
Note: In 1918, Clayton J. Woodworth, a prominent member of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (later known as Jehovah’s Witnesses), was arrested along with seven other directors of the organization. On May 7, 1918, the U.S. Department of Justice issued arrest warrants for Woodworth and his colleagues, charging them with violating the Espionage Act of 1917. They were accused of "unlawfully, feloniously and willfully causing insubordination, disloyalty and refusal of duty" within the U.S. military during World War I .
Category: The 20th Century
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