Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1902 — COL. ARTHUR LYNCH ARRESTED [ARTICLE]

COL. ARTHUR LYNCH ARRESTED

Ks-Boer Officer Mnde Prisoner Upoi Ilia Landing in Engluml. Col. Arthur Lynch, who fought with the Boers In South Africa and who in November last was elected to represent (Inlway in th House of Commons, was arrested Wednesday morning on his ar rival in England from Dieppe, France. Col. Lynch, who was accompanied by his wife, was taken to London and was afterward taken to tlie Bow street police station. Subsequently Col. Lyncli was arraigned nt the Bow street police court on the charge of high treason uud was remnuded after formal evidence of hit arrest had been presented. Col. Lynch announced In Paris that he would return to Euglnd and take his ■eat in Parliament. He believed that tlie conclusion of the Boer war and • lie liberal amnesty terms granted the burghers would insure his pardon and immunity from nrrest. He was warned, however, that British detectives were watching to arrest him us soon as he set foot on English soil.