Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1893 — TO PROSECUTE THE A. P. A. [ARTICLE]

TO PROSECUTE THE A. P. A.

Charges of Conspiracy Mada Against Members of the Order in Botthlo. Seventy-five citizens of Buffalo are under charges of conspiracy, which will be presented to the next grand jury when it meets on the 2)th Inst Allot them are alleged to bo members of the American Protectlev Association—the antl-Catholle secret society which lately has taken root In Buffalo. The society has established several branches there, and already bas a newspaper organ. The case will ho in the nature of a test to obtain an opinion from the court whether this society comes within the scope of criminal conspiracy and its literature under the ban of the law, as a matter tending to incite riot.