The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-26
TRIAL OF ALLEGED
DYNAM|TERS TO
END SOON
Cases of 40 Union Officials to
the Jury Tomorrow
40 DEFENDANTS INVOLVED
Jury Will Be Asked to Return Sepa-
rate Verdict for Each Re-
spondent.

indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 26.-The
cases of the 40 labor union officials,
accused OF promoting the Mcnamara
dynalai;.ng plots in the irUnwork
ers' strike against employers o.
nonunion labor, will go to the jury
at indianapolis within SO hours. or
possibly sooner. At the close OF
all argument tonight or tomorrow
morning, Federal Judge Albert b.
Anderson will instruct the Jury
Il Is understood the courts outline
OF the law as to what testimony
shall be applied 70 certain defend
ants will require about an hour
The jurors then viii retue to de-
hberate as to the men who, heaoed
by Frank NJ Ryan, president of tie
International association D bridge
and structural ironwOTkers, were
taken to Indianapolis three months
aeo from cities scattered troIa Bos-
ton 10 Los Angeles to figure as de-
PENDANTS in what ID said TO he the
mtst important trial of its kind ever
held IN a federal court. The jury, to
be asbCu TO return a sepal ate verdict
tor Zach defendant, is comp 'sed en-
tirely OF farmers or merchants from
rIial districts of Indiana.
The fact that the Jury must vote on
each defendant after considering the
testimony the court holds applicable
20 him, is the basis for a belief that
verdIcrs will not be returned in less
than day. There are 20 counts
against each defendant, 20 Of which
provide a maximum penalty of lS|
months Imprisonment and one which
pioyid,s a maximum imprisf nment
o. two years. The government con-
tends that the penalties for The Of
lenses charged are cumulative in the
discretion of the court-or total
possible penalty of 1914 yeas.
The room in the federal building in
which the jurors have been kept I'M
der guard for almost three months
yesterday was made ready for the
mass of exhibits TO be turned over
for reference during the jury's delib-
erations. These exhibits include re-
volvers. shotguns. pieces of infer
nal machines and clockwork attach
ments used by Critic e. Mechanical
and the Mcnamara brothers on their
dynamitingf expeditions; and let |
tiers written by Olaf A. Tveitmoe and |
Eugene A. Clancy of San Francisco, |
and J. +. Munsey of Salt Lake City, !
who are charged with completely IN !
the Lost Angeles Times explosion. |
Bundles of other letters in which |
Frank c. Webb of New York, Philip |
a. Cooley of New Orleans, John T. |
Butler of Buffalo and dozens of busi- |
ness agents of the iron workers I'M
ion are accused of directing explos.
ions on nonunion jobs, also are to be
placed with the jury
District Attorney Charles w. Mil |
lers argument to the jury yesterday
was devoted largely to reviewing
confession as a third
dynamiter. The district attorney
the confession had bee.
in every important de-
tail Once only was Christmas men
toned before the jury that was when
District Attorney Miller referred to
an explosion which McManigal said
he caused in an ironworks plant at
Los Angeles. on December %. 1910.
and which the government alleges
Tveitmoe acknowledged in letter to
]. J. McNamar as "a Christmas
present to the Pacific coast"
Mr.. Miller also detailed to the jury
the story of the Los Angeles Times
explosion and again referred to Sena-
ton John w. Kern, who had argued
before the jury for the defense. Sen
ator Kern has said that in the strike
Of the ironworkers' union against
Open-shop contractors it would not
have been to the advantage of these
men to blow up jobs" said Mr. Mil
Ter. Senator Kern said the Jobs
were those of the steel trust, and il
would not hurt the steel trust with
its millions TO damage their property
Think of a United States senator
making a statement like that in a
court of justice. How much money
does il take to induce United
States senator to make statements
like that?"
with a United States Sena-
ator as counsel, Continu-
ed Mr.. Miller. these de-
PENDANTS. a month after the trial be
gan. published in the union magazine
an article calling the trial a farce
They described a trial in the federal
court as a farce. Listen to this AZ
ter referring to the Indictment OF
these men they published this:
Then began the farce of a trial, a
trial in which the steel strust mas
querades as the government" And
yet when offered to give 20 minutes
Of my time so that any Of these law
yers might get up and say two of
their clients we're not guilty. not one
responded. Not a lawyer dared to
say two OF the defendants were in
nocent"