Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1912-01-02
TvElTMoE, JoHANNsEN AND
MUNsEY WILL NOT BE AR
RAIeNED UNTIL JAN. f2
DARROW TO DEFEND THEM
MAN WHO REPRESENTED NINA.
MARAs WILL ASSIST THEIR
ALLEGED coNFEDERATEs
BURNS GETS Big REWARDS
MAN WHO SOLVED DYNAMITE
PLOT WILL RECEIVE OVER
$4,000 IN CALIFORNIA

Los Angeles, Jan. 2-Olaf Tvei
moe, Anton Johannsen and ]. E. Nun
sey, the labor leaders indicted by h
federal grand jury last SATURDAY
were arraigned in the United State
district court and obtained a della
until January IL before entering thei
pleas.
With the new year holiday past th,
federal grand jury resumed today in
vestigation of the alleged dynamite
conspiracy. Olaf A. Tveitmoe. Anton
Johannsen and ]. E. Munsey, three OF
the labor leaders indicted Saturday
were scheduled to appear in court foi
arraignment and possibly to enter
pleas, but the latter procedure was
uncertain. Their Attorney, Job Har.
Nriman, declared himself reluctant to
make public his probable action.
That the legal counsel to aid Har.
riman in the defense of the labor
leaders might be named today in con.
nection with the mems arraignnaent
was possibility. It was reported
that Clarence S. barrow and LeComp-
te Davis, both of whom defended the
Mcnamara brothers, would take part
in the present case.
Several witnesses were waiting to
appear before the grand jury today
What effect the sudden departure for
Indianapolis last night of Ortie Nc.
Manigal, confessed accomplice of the
McNamaras, would have upon the
grand jury's investigation here was
problematica1.
The men annaunced they had re-
tanned Attorneys Job Hartman and
LeCompte Davis Hartman sad that
his client wished to go to San Fran.
cisco to confer with fellow officials
of organized labor before entering
their pleas and asked for a ten days
delay. District Attorney I. A. Nc
Cormick representing the govern
ment, offered no objection and Judge
Wellborn set Friday, January 12 as
the day the three labor leaders must
again appear in court.
Both Hartman and Davis said 1t
had not been decided whether the de-
fense would interpose demurrer.
When asked whether Clarence S. Oar.
row would be associated with the de
fense. Davis declined to answer.
The indictment against the labor
leaders was made public Immediately
after their arraignment. 1t contained
four counts, all relating to a general
alleged conspiracy charging that they
had conspired to ship explosives from
indianapolis and also from other
points unknown to the jurors, in vic
lation of federal statutes. Attached
to the indictment was a letter al
legged to have been written by r 81
Clancy, one of those indicted. 1t was
said to have been addressed to J. ].
Mcnamara at Indianapolis and read
as follows:
Dear Sir and Brother:
Il have been here five days now
and they have started here the
greatest strike any part of the coun-
try has had in a long time. All the
shopmen of the Union Iron Works
and Baker Iron Works, Lelewellyn
Iron works are quitting and we ale
about to start new local here. The
structural men on the outside are
coming in great numbers, IA of them
from one job is coming up tonight, |
all the machinists. molders, pattern |
makers are out and they are
helping each other fine. The state
building trades council have a man
here, A. Johannsen. He used to be
with the woodworkers in Chicago, also
Stewart Reid. of Chicago. Now, Joe,
what we want here is Hockin. The