Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1899 — KRUGER FINDS A PLOT. [ARTICLE]

KRUGER FINDS A PLOT.

Seven Me* Declared to Be Workinß Up * Bevotntion. Severn men, nearly all of whom are fornser- British officers, were arrested at Johannesburg on the charge of high treason against the Transvaal republic. Further warrants have been issued, many prominrat use* being involved in the alleged conspiracy. According to the authorities, incriminating documents were found on the prisoners, showing that they are enreESng men to cause a rebellion. Two thousand men are said to have been enlisted. It is asserted that the officers arrested were also preparing to organize a corps in Natal, the British colony between the Orange Free State and the Indian ocean, to assist the projected movement at Johannesburg.