Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-26
Governments Attorney Is Ex-
pected to Close Argument To-
night or Friday Morning.
Anxious TO End Trial,
EACH DEFENDANT HAS
INDEPENDENT HEARING
Charge By Judge Anderson.
Presumed to Consume About
One Hour, Then Panel win.
Begin Consideration,
my Mornlnx Journal special leased wire, !,


(Isy Marning JoMrUai Sper'ai t.~Rsed wire,
indianapolis, Dec. 25.-rhe cases OF
The forty union officials accused OK
promoting the Mcnamara dynamiuns
plots In the Iron Workers striKo
against employers OF nom union iapor'
will 10 to the jury within thirty-iive
hours or possibly sooner At the close
Of ali argument tomorrow night. or
on Friday morning, Federal Judge An
derson will instruct the jury.
II is understood the court instruo-
tons viii outline as 10 the law ana as
TO what testimony shall be applicd 10
certain defendants and VIII require
about one hour. The jurors then VIII
retire to deliberate AS to the men,
headed by Frank NJ. Ryan, presiden.
of the International Association Oh
bridge and structural Iron workers,
were brought here three months ago
from cities scattered rpm Boston 70
Los Angeles to figure as defendants ~
what IL said To be the most Important
trial of It's kind over held in fcderni
court
The Jury to be asked to return q
separate verdict for each defendant
s composed Of farmers or merchants
from rural districts OF Indiana.
The fact that the jury must vote on
ench defendant, after considering the
testimony the court holds applicnpie
10 him. is the basis for d belief that
verdict, viii not be returned In less
than a day. There are twcnty-six
counts against each defendant. twenty
rive OF which provide u maximum peA-
atty OF eighteen months imprisonmeAt
and one which provides a maximum
imprisonment of two years.
The government contends that mo
penalties for the offenscs charged hro
cumulative in the discretion of the
court, or Il total possible penalty or
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 'ouay
was made ready for the mass or exhi-
hits to be turned over for reference
during the iury's deliberations
These exhibits include revolvers,
shut guns pieces or Internal machines
and clock work attachments used by
oftlc ~ MNMhi'E"' "''' ~
mara brothers on their dynami''ns eA
petitions and letters written py o'al
A. Tvcitmoe and Eugene A. clancy
san Francisco, and ]. Z. Mnnsey. Sa't
Lake city, who are charged with COM
pliclty in the Los Angeles Iiiues cx-
plcaiop. Hnndlcs OF other letters. IN
which Frank G. webb, of New YORK.
Phillip 4. Cooley, Of New orleans,
John T. Butler Buffalo. and uozehH ..
busincss agents or the iron workers
uniof are accused OF directing expio-
s!ons on non-union Jobs, also are "
be placed with the jury.
District Attorney Charles w. Mill
lers argument to the jury Today was
devoted largely to reviewing McMahi>
pnl's confession as hired dynamiter.
The district attorney maintained tne
confession had been corroporateu ~
every important detail
Christmas al the dynamite con-
spracy" trial today found tho iorty
mon. accused of completely In the NC
Namarn plois listening to attacks
upon themselves by District Attorney
Miller.
Tovs which some Of the defendants
children had trundled into the federat
building and sprigs OF holly IN tno
coats of men charged with dynamite
ing were the only outward tokens os
Christmas.
once only was Christmas mentioned
before the jury. That was when pis-
irlct Attorney MILLER referred 10 an
explosion which Ortie IL. McManigat
said he caused in an iron works plant
ut Los Angeles on December IS. 19los
ana which the government alleges