The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-28
Defendants Summoned Twice

Twice today the 40 labor union off cials, headed by Frank M. Ryan, pres ident of the iron workers union, who are charged with complicity in the Me- Namara dynamite plots to destroy the property of 'open shop" contractors, were assembled in the courtroom in ex- pectation that their fate at the hands of the jury would be made known. -- Crowds of women and other spec tators who had been permitted in court or the Hobbies for the last three months were prevented by guards from even approaching the courtroom, so that only those who had business in connection with the trial or were relatives of the defendants were present. These in cluded the wives and children of about 30 of the men on trial.
 The sessions of court were brief. At 9:50 a. m. the defendants occupied their accustomed three rows of seats behind the lawyers table, Four. defendants were brought in as prisoners from the county jail
 These were Edward Smythe and James E. Ray, Peoria, Ill, Herbert $. Hockin, accused as the "Iago" of the conspiracy. and John T. Butler, Buffalo. vice president of the iron workers union, all of whom were taken in custody because their bonds were set aside. Smythe and Ray have been in custody for almost two months. Butler was ordered imprisoned after he had testified in his own behalf that he knew nothing of any 5000 a month appro- priation of the unions funds to be used by John J. McNamara. the secretary, for dynamite.
 As 8 final toke en that the trial had ended, so far as testimony was con- cerned, bailiffs entered while the de- fendants were waiting and removed al most ton of revolvers, guns, alarm clocks, pieces of exploded bombs, nitro glycerin, carrying cases and articles shattered by dynamite which the gov ernment had introduced as exhibitions. Part of the exhibits were weapons taken from the McNamara brothers and McManigal at the time of their arrests
 Thirty-five minutes after converting court Judge Anderson adjourned court until afternoon. The afternoon court reconvened only again to adjourn af- ter brief wait
 The Defendants
 The defendants are Frank M Ryan, president of the International Associa- ton of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers; John T. Butler, Buffalo vice president; Herbert s. Hocxin, former secretary; olaf A. Tveitmoe. San Fran cisco, secretary of the California build : ing trades council: Eugene A. Clan cey. San Francisco; Phillip A. Cooley. New Orleansi Michael J. Young, Frank ]. Higgins, Boston; J. E. Munsey, Salt Lake City, Utah; Frank c. Webb, Pat | ick r. Farrell, New York; John H. Barry, Paul J. Morrin, St. Louis; Henry ". Legleitner, Denver; Charles N Beum, Minneapolis; Herman C. Seiffert. Milwaukee,; Michael J. Cunnane, Phila- delphia. William E. Reddin. Milwau- kee; Richard H. Houlihan, James st,ooney. James II. Coughlin, William Shupee. Chicago; Edward Smythe. James F.. Ray. Peoria, ILL; Murray L. Pennell, Springfield, H.; Daniel Buck ley, Danveport, la; William c. Born hardt, Cincinnati; Milford Bert Brown. Kansas City. Mo; William j.. Mccain. Kansas City, Mo; Frank K. Painter. Omaha; Peter J. smith, George Ander- son, Cleveland; Michael J. Hannon, Scranton. Pa. Edward l.. Phillips, syracuse, N. Y.,; Charles Wachtmeister, Frank J. Murphy. Detroit; Frederick J. Mooney, Duluth; Ernest c. ". Basey, Frederick sherman, Indianapolis; Hi- ram R. Kline; Muncie, Ind, former organizer for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Jolners.
 All except Tveitmoe and Kline are connected with the iron workers union Clancy, Webb, Legleitner. Farrell, Cooley Young and Beum are present or past members of the iron workers. executive board and as such they arc charged with appropriating 5000 to enable John J. McNamara, then secre- tary, 10 pay expenses of dynamiting squads