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Pelley Released on $15,000 Bond in Indianapolis

April 13, 1942
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William Dudley Pelley, leader of the Silver Shirts and publisher of anti-Semitic magazines, provided $15,000 cash bond yesterdays and was released from Marion County jail, where he had been held since Sunday on a charge of sedition.

Pelley was arrested last Saturday by FBI agents at Darien, Conn, and was brought here the following day. He was charged under the 1917 Espionage Act with distributing false statements intended to harm the United States and “promote the success of our enemies.”

The statements allegedly were contained in a magazine, The Galilean, published by Pelley at Noblesville, Ind. The magazine suspended publication several weeks ago after it was barred from the mails.

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