Cologne, 16 February. Yesterday, Mr. Gladbach, deputy to the dissolved National Assembly, appeared before the examining magistrate of the local regional court.

No. 224, 17 February 1849
Neue Rheinische Zeitung.

The investigation against him and the other deputies covers five different points. Gladbach was in particular asked: whether he had taken part in the decision on tax refusal; whether he had circulated calls for its implementation, and to whom he had sent them; and finally: who among the deputies had been especially active in this!

Gladbach naturally refused most emphatically any judicial statement on matters relating to his activity as a deputy.

We are curious to see whether they will dare to bring such a monstrous trial before a Rhenish jury.

We take this opportunity to note that, as we hear from a good source, Mr. Aldenhoven has accepted the election in Neuss and renounced the one in the districts of Mülheim and Cologne (district). In that case a new election will take place in Deutz – probably on the 22nd inst. We repeat: the honour of the two districts demands that they now send Gladbach to Berlin, and with the greatest possible majority.

Gladbach, one of the most talented, most resolute tax refusers, unassailable even by the most shameless counter-revolution, must not be missing from the chamber at any price. We call upon all liberal-minded electors to vote for Gladbach, and for no other.