The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31
Declares Some Men Were Guilty of Graver Crimes
 Than Charged
EXPLOSIONS ALL ON
 OPEN SHOP WORK
Jurist Says Government Case Proven Not Only by Testimony of Mc- Manigal But by Letters and
 Papers of the Union

Judge Anderson's statement, afterS oN- nouncing sentence in the d. Aite cases, in which he stated that 'tae evil dence shows some of these defendants to be guilty of murder" was read by him from the bench. The statement in full follows:
 Tn 1905, there was a contest on be- tween the American Bridge company, a concern engaged in the erection Of structural iron. and the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, of which association all but two Ae defendants in this case are members, over the open and closed shop question, the bridge company hav- ing declared it's purpose to conduct it's affairs on the open shop basis In Au- gust, 1905, the International association declared a geenral strike against the bridge company throughout the United States, and this later was extended to all open shop concerns in any way con- nected or allied with or subsidiary to the bridge company. This strike has never been settled.
 Dynamiting Begun
 'In the early period of it's existence the strike was attended with the usual incidents of picketing. slugging and rioting; but in 1906, camaign by dyna- mite was inaugurated and beginning with explosions in the east and extend ing from the Atlantic to the Pucitic continuing until the arrest of the Me Namaras and McManigal, in April, 9s1l. the evidence in this case show that almost 100 explosions. damaging and destroying structures in process ot erection by, and machinery of open shop concerns took place, eliminating on the first day of October, 1910. in tho destruction of the Los Angeles Times building, and the murder of 21 people Every one of these explosions was upon the work of open shop concerns, and no explosion Is shown to have taken place upon any cloged- shop job. since fhe arrest of the MdNamaras and McMan- igal, these explosions have ceased.
 This system of destruction was not carried on for revenge or in obedionce to any other human passion, out for the deliberate purpose, by avertable reign of terror to enforce compliance with the demands of the Iron Workers upon the open and closed shop ques- ton.
 For number of years the Interna- tional has published an official journal, known as the Bridgemen's Magazine. The constitution of the International requires that the secretary treasurer shall make monthly reports of all received and expended, and published the same in the official journal. Early in the conspiracy the defendant Ryan, president of the International. wrote letter to J. J. McNamara, the secretary advising that from that time until the strike was over, this provision of the constitution be not observed. AlcNa- mar, by letter, called the presidents attention to the fact that this was in violation of the constitution but that he would lay the matter before the executive board.
 Discontinued Publication
 "In February, 1906, the executive board resolved to omit the publication of expenditures and recapitulation un til further instructions are given The monthly financial report shall consist of the receipts alone Notice of -his official action was published in the Bridgemen's Magazine each month, down to the present time.
 Letters of the various defendants. and records of the assocation, and other proofs, demonstrate beyond question that each member of the executive board was a party to this scheme, or plan, for violation of the constitution of the association, and knew the purpose and object of it.
 Tt is further shown by the undoubt- able proof of papers and records of the International association, that the dyna- mite and nitroglycerin, the batteries, clocks and caps out of which, with viz orous devtry. the internal machines were contriyed, and the work of setting the explosions were all paid for out oI the funds of the international associa- tion; and that these funds were drawn from the association upon cheeks signed by the secretary-treasurer, John J. Mo- Namara, and by the president, the de- fendant, Frank NJ. Ryan.
 1.-TWO of the defendants in this case McManigal and Clark, have pleaded guilty, and testified to their participa- ton in and knowledge of the conspiracy and it's execution. The principal of these is McManigal, whose story, as testified to upon the witness stand, was given in such manner as to of itself carry con- viction of it's truth. But in addition to this, his testimony is corroborated by letters of various of the defendants, by the records of banks, telegraph coni- panies express companies, telephone companies, and of the United States poStofficeS, by hotel registers, ana otnsr facts and circumstances which leave no doubt as to the truth of his testi- nony, both in substance and detail.
 This scheme or campaign of dyna- mite was entered into and carried on throughout the country from the At lantic to the Pacific. and necessarily in- volved the illegal transportation of dy- namite and nitroglycerin, upon the ye- hicles and cars of common carriers, car
 e.. Many more than the 9 transportations charged in the indictment have been proved in this case.
 Illustrative Incident
 'The attitude of mind of the dcfend- ants toward the law is illustradted by sn incident that took place with the de- fendant Hockn. The uncontradicted evidence shows that the defendant Hook in. at one time during the life of the conspiracy sought to purchase nitrogly- cerin from certain witness for the