Claim

Claim 939

The indictment alleged a conspiracy between Frohwerk and Carl Gleeser, publishers of the Missouri Staats Zeitung, to violate the Espionage Act of June 15, 1917.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: The indictment alleged a conspiracy between Frohwerk and Carl Gleeser, publishers of the Missouri Staats Zeitung, to violate the Espionage Act of June 15, 1917.
Field: action
Value: Indictment charged conspiracy over Missouri Staats-Zeitung articles
About: incident 1918-us-espionage-act-conviction-of-editor-frohwerk
Source: Frohwerk v. United States, 249 U.S. 204 (1919)
Publisher: Frohwerk v. United States, 249 U.S. 204 (1919)
Method: court record
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 1919-03-10

Quotation from the source

a conspiracy between the plaintiff in error and one Carl Gleeser, they then being engaged in the preparation and publication of a newspaper, the Missouri Staats Zeitung, to violate the Espionage Act of June 15, 1917