New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-26
10YS SOFTEN ORDEAL OF
CHRISTMAS BOMB TRIAL
nefendantS Gaze on TrlnketS of
Their Young as They Hear
Ardent Plea for Conviction.
KERN AGAIN ATTACKED
gov Much Money Does 1t
Take for a United States Sen
ator to Accuse Steel Trust7"
Asks Federal Attorney.

,,1ierapolis. Dec 25.-Christmas at the
.i,.r,roite conspiracy" trial found the
,1.,,. mon accused of completely in the
w.vsmara plots listening to attacks
.,,or themselves by Charles w. Miller,
~. limited States Attorney. Toys,
hitch children Of the defendants trun-
noa into the Federal Building, and
s,,igs OF holly in the seats Of men
.s.,qed with dynamiting were the only
outward signs of the holiday Judge
anderson insisted on holding court be-
o.rse Of his desire to release the Jury.
once only was Christmas mentioned
,.foro the jury. That was when Mr.
miller referred to an explosion which
orns Z Mechanical said ne had caused
{, an iron plant at Los Angeles on De-
,snber %, 1910. and which. the govern
r,spt alleges, Olaf a. Tveitmoe of san
rrancisco. acknowledged in a letter to
II Mcnamara as "a Christmas present
n the Pacific Coast"
Mr. Miller detailed to the jury the
story Of "The Los Angeles Times" eX-
nlosion and again censured Senator John
W Kern. who had argued for the de-
fence. The federal attorney said
senator Kern has said that in the
strike Of the irOnWOrkeTs' union against
open shop contractors il would not have
been TO the advantage of these men to
blow up jobs. Senator Kern said the
Jobs were those OF the Steel Trust. and il
would not hurt the steel Trust, with its
millions 20 damage their property.
Think Of United States Senator maxi
ing q statement like that In a court OF
Justice How much money does il take
10 induce a United States Senator to
make statements like that?
With q United States Senator as COun-
sci, these defendants a month after this
trial began published in the union maya
zine an article calling the trial a farce.
lThey described a trial in the federal
leourt as q farce. After referring TO the
Indictment of these men they published
this:
Then began the farce Of a trial. a
trial in which the Steel Trust masquer-
ladies' as the government"
And vet. when I offered to give twenty
minutes Of my time so that any Of these
lawyers might get up and say two OF
their clients were not guilty, no one re-
|sponded. Not lawyer dared TO say two
|of the defendants were innocent
The cases Of the forty officials will go
to the jury within thirty-siX hours. pos
stly sooner. At the close of the argu-
|ments. either tomorrow night or FRI
day morning. Judge Anderson will In
struet the jury which is to be asked to
return a separate verdict for each de-
PENDANT Verdicts viii not be returned
IN less than n day, 1t is thought. There
are twenty-six counts against each de-
PENDANT. twenty-five Of which provide a
maximum penalty of eighteen months
Imprisonment and one a maximum i'm
prisonment Of two years. The govern
ment contends that the penalties for the
offences charged are cumulative in the
discretion Of the .court-or a total pos
sible penalty Of thirty-nine and one-half
years.
The room in the Federal Building in
which the jurors have been kept under
guard for almost three months was made
ready to-day for the mass Of exhibits
10 be turned over to the jury for refer
snce These exhibits include revolvers,
shoiguns, pieces Of Internal machines
and clOckwork attachments used ny
Ortie T. McManigal and the Mcnamara
brothers on their dynamiting eXpedi-
tons, as well as mass Of letters written
by many of the defendants.