Dear INLAWREN-Listers: At 03:39 AM 1/10/2003 -0800, Teresa wrote: >Hi list, >... > >The signature looks like; > >E. T. Dibss (The surname doesn't look right to me when typed) >... Teresa's document seems to have been signed by the Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs. There is a web site dedicated to preserving his memory at <http://www.eugenevdebs.com/>. If you click on "personal history" there, you'll see a lengthy biography of Debs which includes the following: "1907-1912—Named Associate Editor of the Appeal to Reason published in Girard, Kan. He was paid the then fabulous salary of $100 per week. The weekly magazine achieved a circulation of several hundred thousand due to the powerful writing of Debs..." It would seem that Mr. Knight was heavily involved in the Socialist movement, whose existence often provoked violence and controversy. You should be able to find out more about that movement by following up some of the links on the Debs site. Chuck Carey Anaheim, CA