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The Importance of Journalists and Activists
Reporter Dillard Stokes was called a spy by powerful members of Congress. He ultimately would be honored for his work on this story with one of the most prestigious awards in newspaper journalism. There were other journalists too, like Henry Hoke who first noticed the weird envelope stuffing assembly line that the sedition defendants had formed during the trial. The Blackmail pamphlet when it comes out becomes a sort of explosive source material.