New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-02
OPINIONS OF GUILT
HAMPER BOMB TRIAL
Prejudice DisquaIifieS ProspeC-
tive Jurors in Cases of as
Labor Defendants.
THREE MEN ARE LET GO
frtie Mechanical Grins as He
Alone Pleads Guilty--Fed-
eral Court Orders All To
Be Tried Together.

indianapolis. oct. I.-PTeiud'ce against
,,e defendants hampered the selection OF
,urv IN the cases OF the forty-slx men
accused Of completely in n widespread
Svrsmite conspiracy against employers OF
,on.union labor. Some Of the veniremen
ssId they were already convinced Of the
spnt o: those under charges.
The trial was begun before Federal
Judge A. 2. Anderson, and the original
number Of flfty-four men indicted. headed
nv Frank NJ. Ryan. president OF the In
.srnational Association OF Bridge and
structural Iron Workers, was reduced
70 forty-six The government withdrew
the charges against three men, Daniel
Brophy. OF Brooklyn, a former member
az the iron workers executive board. was
absent because Of a broken leg. Ortie
2 McManigal pleaded guilty and another
defendant was reported not found
NcManigars plea qualified him as wit
ness for the state.
John J. and james y. Mcnamara, serv-
Ing terms In a prison In California, also
we're reported mot found" Those dis
missed through lack Of evidence were
J. " Irwin Peoria. ILL.,; Andrew !. hav-
sraugh, Springfield. ILL.,. and Patrick ii.
pysn Chicago. All had been connected
with the iron workers union.
Eugene A. Clancy and Olaf A Tyiet-
moe. Of San Francisco. pleaded not guilty.
An the other defendants at their arraign-
ment last March had pleaded not guilty.
A motion for a separate trial for each
vy0pttnY
10 ret aside the order consolidating the
cases, made on behalf OF the Defendants
was sustained This separated the va
-,ous indictments, but left the defendants
10 be tried together.
McManigal. who is about forty years
old, short, chubby and florid, entered the
courtroom grinning. He closely scru-
tinized one by one. the men with whom.
be asserts. ne once WAS associated, but
against whom he now is prose
cutting witness Not sign OF recognition
other than McManigal's inscrutable grim
oassed between him and any OF them.
The scene was dramatic rs McManigai
took the stand to plead. All the windows
Of the courtroom had been curtained to
exclude outside annoyance, and the pad
ding on the walls. provided TO deaden
noise seemed TO Intensity the silence.
More then half the space IN the court
room was taken up by the defendants.
yerlrernen were examined by Senator
John W. Kern and William y. Harding
for the defence and by District Attorney
Charles W. Miller for the government.
J. NJ Hatfield. q farmer and country
school teacher was excused because he
said he had an opinion that the defend
ants were guilty
'rwhere did you get that opinion
From the NEWSPAPERS. I read the &C.
counts Of the Mcnamara trials az Los
Angeles. and that the grand Jury al In
6ianapolis had indicted these men. This
convinced me they were guilty"
you know. don't you, that these de-
PENDANTS were indicted jointly with the
McNamaras?"
eyes, II would take evidence to over
come my opinion"
You say you read about the blowing
% Of the Los Angeles Times Building,
the pleas Of guilty Of the McNamaras and
the confession of McManigal and you con-
eluded they were all Jointly guilty In
carrying explosives oil passenger trains?"
"Yes, sir. that IS my belief and It
would take evidence TO remove that I'm
preston" Hatfield said.
Many Of the questions were devoted 10
whether the talesmen ever had relations
with union labor or were preiudiced for
CT against H.
A. 49, 90
Newcastle, IND, was asked whether VIII
Ian J. Burns. the detective who arrested
NcManigal and the McNemaras was at
present employed by the American Bank
srs Association Burgess said ne did not
know
One man was excused because he had
sons who were members OF labor unions.
Summonses have been prepared for 800
10 ~ Witnesses II ~ believed that a
Jury will be completed in a week.