Records
Daily Kennebec journal — 1918-07-01 (Eugene Debs Espionage Act (arrest))
Front-page coverage of Debs' arrest under the Espionage Act
Debs Indicted (Espionage Act, 1918)
Contemporary coverage of Eugene V. Debs's 1918 indictment under the Espionage Act for the Canton, Ohio anti-war speech.
Eugene V. Debs — Canton Speech (1918)
Debs's June 16, 1918 antiwar speech and trial record under the Espionage Act. Debs is the foundational U.S. Espionage Act political prisoner (10-year sentence, Atlanta federal pen); he ran for president from prison in 1920.
Evening star — 1918-08-18 (IWW Chicago Case (Haywood et al. conviction))
Front-page report on guilty verdict for Haywood and 100 IWW defendants
Harrisburg telegraph — 1918-09-14 (Eugene Debs Espionage Act (sentencing))
Day-of report on Debs sentenced to 10 years federal prison
New-York tribune — 1918-06-17 (Eugene Debs Espionage Act (Canton speech))
NY Tribune coverage of Debs' Canton anti-war speech
Pine Bluff daily graphic — 1918-08-18 (IWW Chicago Case (Haywood et al. conviction))
Front-page coverage of the IWW Chicago trial verdict
Richmond times-dispatch — 1918-06-17 (Eugene Debs Espionage Act (Canton speech))
Front-page report on Debs' Canton, Ohio anti-war speech
The IWW Bogey (Debs, 1918)
Eugene V. Debs's defense of the IWW against wartime persecution, written in 1918.
The Milwaukee leader — 1918-07-01 (Eugene Debs Espionage Act (arrest))
Front-page report (Debs' own Socialist paper) on his arrest
The Washington herald — 1918-09-15 (Eugene Debs Espionage Act (sentencing))
Front-page report on Debs' 10-year prison sentence