Bio: Horner, August – Indicted
on Espionage Act (1918)
Transcriber:
stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Horner
---------Source: Baraboo Weekly News, Baraboo, Wis. (19 Dec 1918)
August Horner, a farmer near Owen, Wisconsin, indicted by the Grand Jury at La
Crosse for violating the espionage act, was arrested and gave $5,000 bonds to
appear for arraignment, announced by the United States Marshal’s office at
Madison.
He is alleged to have said, “To hell with the boys over there. They have no
business over there. If they stayed here they wouldn’t need any sugar.”
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