The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-28

II ever any or your Jurors Is Drawn
for jury duty again in this court, all
that you served in this trial and you
will be excused said the judge in dis
charging the jurors.
IT want to express publicly the
thanks due you from the community
for your faithfulness to your duty. You
have been here away from families for
three months and from your friends
and not one word of complaint has
been heard from any of you"
When the jury had left the room
Judge Anderson ordered court adjourn
ed until 10 o'clock Monday morning.
hesitate when the judge announced his
discharge. He passed in front of the
others and his face showed he did
not know whether to laugh or cry.
Herman Seiffert, of Milwaukee, waited
until his name was called by Marshal
Schmidt.
Wives Can See Them.
After about half of the prisoners had
been led away Marshal Schmidt
brought smiles to the faces of those
who remained by announcing the wives
of the prisoners would be permitted to
visit them tomorrow in Jail. He asked
that the word be passed to the prison
ers who already had been led away.
Kline, formerly an officer of the Car
penterS' union in Detroit, and TVett-
moe, secretary of the California Build
ing Trades council, are the only men
convicted who were not members OF
the Iron Workers union.
Referring to Kline, who was then on
the stand i'll his own behalf, Judge An
derson said:
His connection with the cons piracy
was as white as the driven snow as
compared with that Of some Of the
others
Tveitnoe, Clancy and Munsey did
not testify in their own behalf. Tveit-
moe often was referred to by the dis
trict attorney as 1.-The paymaster of
the Pacific coast" and was directly
charged with furnishing aid to David
Captain and NJ. A. Schmidt indicted on
murder charges as accompltceS of Jas.
3. Mcnamara and having gotten Mrs.
Caplan out of California SO she could
not be used in prosecutions there.
Tveitmoe twrild his hat on his
cane as he waited his turn to be led
aw ay to Jail. He smiled as he march
ed up to Marshal Schmidt and was
placed in charge of a city detective.
Ryan looked neither to the right nor
left as he came forward.
"On the job" responded Edward
Smythe of Peoria, Ill, when he was
asked to step forward and his florid
round face was wreathed in smiles.
J. E. Munsey, alias Jack Bright,
of Salt Lake City walked out of the
court room with cigarette in his
mouth.
The prisoners were held in line in
the corridor, which had been cleared,
and each handcuffed to a bailiff.
Marshal Schmidt and Superintendent
of Police Martin J. Hyland led the
march to the Marion county Jail. The
thirty eight prisoners were placed in
the section of Jail reserved for charges
of the federal government, which is on
the second floor of the building on
the south side.
Believed Them Innocent.
Indianapolis, Dec. 2S.-"It was
great surprise to u.s." said Attorney
Harding for the defense. I'VE strug-
gled through this long trial in the pre-
sumption that all these men were in
nocent. There were more than a
dozen of us attorneys. We talked to
each defendant long and earnestly
and we believed from what they told
US they were innocent.
Ryan and the others declared
again and again they were in absolute
ignorance of McNamara's damnable
dynamiting.
THE government was we'll prepared
never has been trial of such magni-
tude in which the prosecution was SO
thoroughly prepared.
"Our hope now is to secure as light
sentences as possible. We believe on
Monday some of the men will be
given only short terms as the court
intimated some weeks ago it had not
been shown that they all were equally
guilty.
What motions as to appeals we in
tend to make will be offered Monday.
The court is bound to recognize our
appeal to the United States appeals
appeals, but the bonds may be so
heavy the prisoners cannot furnish
them. In that case they of course will
have to remain in JAIL
Fate of McNIanigaI.
Ortie E. Mechanical, the confessed
ness for the government, naming nu-
merouS men as having assisted him
in causing explosions, and Edward
Clark, Cincinnati, who pleaded guilty
at the opening of the trial here, re-
main to be disposed of.
Clark probably will be sentenced
with the others on Monday. He con-
fessed to blowing up bridge at Day
ton, Ohio.
McManigal has been here in custody
of a deputy marshal of Los Angeles
county, California, as a "loan" to the
federal prosecution. He probably will
will be returned to Los Angeles coun-
ty there to await sentence on his plea
of blowing up an iron works.
Since the trial began on October 1, !
eight defendants had been dismissed
on the ground that no cases existed
against them. At the opening of the
trial those discharged were Patrick
Ryan, Chicago; ]. w. Irwin, Peoria,
ILL.,, and Andrew J. Kavanaugh,
Springfield, Ill.
On December when the govern |
Lent rested it's case, the following
were discharged: John R. Carroll, |
Syracuse, N. Y; Moulton H. Davis, !
West Chester, Pa; William K Benson,
Detroit, and Sturgeon p. Meadows, (
indianapolis, December IT, Clarence
2: Dowd, Rochester, N Y, formerly
of Detroit. was discharged on motion !
Of the defense.
Prepared to Appeal.