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Name: Louis.C. Steffer Age/DoB: abt. 1872 County of Conviction: Fergus Judicial District: 10th Case No.: 1116 Date of Conviction: Information filed June 30, 1918 Sentence: $200 fine |
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Allegations: That on June 30, 1918,
in Big Spring township, Steffer allegedly stated that "There are a bunch
of sons-of-bitches running the government, getting great big salaries that we
have to pay for and they don't know more than you or I know. We have no
business sending soldiers to France, we have no business in the war and
should tend to our own business.
It is a rich man's war and after the war two or three men will have
all the money." Case Details: Found guilty after jury trial. Personal Information: Born in Minnesota. Lived near Winifred. Married to Pauline B. Steffer. Had at least one child, Luvella E. Steffer, born abt. 1910, who died in Spokane, Wash., in 1980. Louis died in 1957, probably in Spokane and is buried there in Fairmount Memorial Park.
Revised 3/29/06 |
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