Arrest Warrant issued in association with the August 1922 underground convention of the Communist Party America, held at a summer resort outside of Bridgman, in Lake Township, Berrien County, Michigan. This warrant names persons not arrested in the original raid on the convention.Those named in the warrant (some names misspelled or pseudonyms unidentified) include: "Arthur E. Albright" [Bertram D. Wolfe], "Ella Albright" [Ella Wolfe], Israel Amter, Phillip Aronberg, Henry Askeli, Alex Bail, M. Backal, John Ballam, Eugene Bechtold, Max Bedacht, M. Berson, Ella Reeve Bloor, J. Brahdy, Walter Bronstrup, Earl Browder,  William F. Dunne, Charles Erikson, "J. Fisher" [George Ashkenuzi], William Z. Foster, Alex E. Georgian, Ben Gitlow, John Greisinger, Benjamin Grefenson, Caleb Harrison, Abram Jakira, "H. Johnson," Ludwig E. Katterfeld, Charles Krumbein, Cyril Lambkin, Max Lerner, Edward I. Lindgren, "Arnold Losovsky" [A. Lozovsky=Solomon Dridzo], Jay Lovestone, Elmer McMillan, John Mihelic, Robert Minor, Seth Nordling, Thomas J. O'Flaherty, Edgar Owens, Joseph Pogany ["John Pepper"], "Sarah Purcell," Boris Reinstein, William E. Reynolds, C.E. Ruthenberg, Rebecca Sackarow [Sakharov], Gus A. Schulenberg, Rose Pastor Stokes, Thomas R. Sullivan, Norman H. Tallentire, Alfred Wagenknecht, William Weinstone, James Wilenkin, Harry Winitsky, and Joseph Zack. A host of "John Does" were also included with this group of named persons.Compressing this list of subjects for readability leaves us with:===================================To the Sheriff or any Constable of said County: Greeting.Whereas, George C. Bridgman, has this day made complaint in writing and on oath, to me, Ray W. Davis, a Justice of the Peace of the City of St. Joseph, in said County, that heretofore towit: on the 20th day of August A.D. 1922, at the Township of Lake in the county aforesaid, [THE ACCUSED] did by word of mouth and writing, advocate and teach the duty, necessity, and propriety of crime, sabotage, violence, and other unlawful methods of terrorism, as a means of accomplishing industrial and political reform, contrary to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the people of the State of MichiganAnd the said George C. Bridgman, upon oath as aforesaid further says: That heretofore towit, on the 21st day of August, A.D. 1922, at the Township of Lake, and in the county and state aforesaid, [THE ACCUSED] did print, publish, edit issue and knowingly circulate, sell, distribute, and publicly display books, papers, documents, and written matter containing and advocating, advising and teaching, the doctrines that industrial and political reform should be brought about by crime, sabotage, violence, and other unlawful methods of terrorism, contrary to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the People of the State of Michigan. And the said George C. Bridgman, upon oath as aforesaid, further says:That heretofore towit, on the 21st day of August, A. D. 1922, at the Township of Lake, and the county and state aforesaid, [THE ACCUSED] did openly, wilfully and deliberately justify by word of mouth and writing the commission, and the attempt to commit crime, sabotage, violence, and other unlawful means of terrorism, with intent to exemplify, spread and advocate, the propriety of the doctrines of criminal syndicalism, contrary to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the People of the State of Michigan. And the said George C. Bridgman, upon oath as aforesaid further says: That heretofore towit, on the 21st day of August, A. D. 1922, at the Township of Lake, and in the county and state aforesaid, [THE ACCUSED] did voluntarily assemble with a certain society, group, and assemblage of persons, towit, the Communist Party of America, formed to teach and advocate the doctrines of criminal syndicalism, contrary to the form of the Statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of The People of the State of Michigan. AND WHEREAS, on examination, on oath of the said George C. Bridgman by me, the said Justice of the Peace, it appears to me, the said Justice of the Peace, that said offense has been committed, and there is just cause to suspect the said [ACCUSED] to have been guilty thereof; therefore, IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, you, and each of you, are hereby commanded forthwith to arrest said [ACCUSED] and bring them before me, the said Justice of the Peace, to be dealt with according to law. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL, at the City of St. Joseph, in said county, on the 16th day of October, A.D. 1922. Justice of the Peace. I hereby certify that the within and foregoing is a true and compared copy of the original warrant on file in the case of The People vs. C. E. Ruthenberg et. al.. Defendants, and of the whole thereof. Justice of the Peace. ===================================Original of this document resides in the collection of Tim Davenport, Corvallis, Oregon. Scanned, digitally edited, and posted to Internet Archive by him, Nov. 6, 2020.Public domain.