As von Bethmann had promised, he worked throughout the remainder of the evening and deep into the night, coordinating with the appropriate departments to ensure that the conspirators among the Reichstag—and their affiliated party members—were arrested before they could organize a full-scale revolt.
This marked the final death knell for the SDP, now officially banned as a political extremist organization deemed seditious and revolutionary in nature. Evidence gathered during raids on the party's headquarters—and from the homes of its members—was more than enough to justify their arrest under charges of conspiracy against the Reich.
Other parties that had aligned themselves with the so-called "moderate bloc" were also investigated. Officers armed with warrants seized any materials that could lead to the identification and capture of additional revolutionaries.
