New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-24
CHILD IN BOMB APPEAL
Convict Boy: Spare Father to
Family. Jury Is Told.
GUILTY LETTERS DENIED
Indifference of Prisoners to
Seized Union Records In
voked by Counsel.

indianapolis. Dec. 23.-Georgic Bern
hardt. four years old. who was playing
in the lobby of the Federal Building with
a toy engine, was made a subject Of
comment in the argument for the defence
before the jury in the trial of the alleged
dynamite conspirators to-day.
Tho boy is the son Of William z. Bern
hardt. Of Cincinnati. one Of the forty
defendants accused of aiding the McNd-
maras so blow up non-union jobs. The
wives OF about thirty defendants, with
almost a. many children. have been sit
ting through the trial for almost three
months While the boys parents were lis
tening 10 the denial Of the charges or
dynamitng. the lad was romping through
the lobby with an early supply OF Christ
mas presents.
IF. after this long trial. YOU must con-
Wet somebody argued William y. Hard
ing. attorney don't convict william
Bernhard. for he is an industrious iron
worker. and has a wife to support. lie
has worked hard all his life and has
raised a family Blowing up non-union
jobs at night or rcsorting TO violence In
a strike is not characteristic OF a man
who raises a family. But. ] say. il you
must convict somebody by the name of
Bernhardt. convict his little boy Send
the little boy to the pcnltentiary lie
might stand it, but Bcrnhardt. with
wife. could not"
Speaking for all the defendants. Mr..
Harding referred TO letters taken from
the international headquarters OF the
ironwOrkcrs I'm indianapolis. upon which
the government charges a dynamite con
spiracy was directed through tho mails.
Mr.. Harding said that the letters re-
manned in the headquarters for six
months after John j. Mcnamara. the
secretary, had been locked up at Los An
seles, and none Of the writer's OF the
letters ever went TO Indianapolis 10 re-
cover them. adding:
Why. after Mcnamara was arrested
charged with dynamitiug. didn't these
men rush 20 indianapolis TO recover their
Letters The natural move Of guilty
man would he 10 destroy evidence of his
guilt But these mon did not attempt
TO regain the letters. which remained In
McNamara's Office unmolested until the
government took possession Of them.
Nh Harding also said that the gov
eminent had a telephone hidden under
President Frank VI. Ryans desk at the
unions offices for three months. and had
not produced I'm evidence any information
secured through that instrument
ORGANIZED labor never did. and never
will, approve Of a nationwide reign OF
Violence and terrorism such as has been
charged here" asserted Clifford :. Langs-
dale. in his argument to the jury. lie
spoke particularly in behalf OF W. Bert
Brown and William j. Mccain. Of Kansas
city, Mo. both of whom are charged
with having guilty knowledge Of IN OK
ploSion on a bridge in construction across
the Missouri River Or,io l.. McMan.-
gal confessed that he blew up the wor"
in August, 1910. after James y. McNamara
had visited Kansas city. The attorney
said:
il has been shown by the government
that James p. Mcnamara was IN salt
Lake City. blowing UP hotel there. at
the time II was charged he was In kansas
city talking TO Brown and Mccain. lie
was too busy causing explosions else
where 10 have been IN Kansas city.
The attorney attacked the testimony OF
a Kansas city barber. who had said that
Mcnamara and Brown had invited him
10 become dynamter. Offering him good
pay il he would go TO Los Angeles to
blow up the whole town" MI LanSs-
dale said that IL had been shown that
the barber did not 1--we at the places In
Kansas City where he had said he lived
The term twilight committee" alleged
by the prosecution to have meant "dyna-
mite committee and used in letters by
John j. Mcnamara. was said by Daniel
V. Howell. attorney for the defence. 10
have been simply a joke
Senator John W. Kern said that hc
would speak tomorrow in defence OF
Herbert :. HocKin and Of Eugene \.
Clancy and Olaf A. Tveitmoe, Of san
Francisco. When Senator Kern con
cludes the government is to begin an
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