Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-28
Senator Kern Announces
Appeal to Higher Fed
eraI Court.
SCENE A DRAMATIC ONE
Wives Of Men Weep When Jury
Reports FindingS-To Hear
Sentence Monday.

indianapolis, Dec. 2S-Thirty-eight
labor union officials today were found
guilty of completely in the Mcnamara
dynamite plots. including the wreck
ing OF the Los Angeles Times.
President Ryan OF the International
Association OF Structural Ironworkers
is among those convicted. He with the
others was accused of using union
funds to destroy property of contract
ors who refused to recognize the un-
ion Two Of the defendants, Daniel
Buckley of Davenport, Iowa, and Her
man ]. Seiffert Of Milwaukee, were
found not guilty. Those found guilty
are:
FRANK NJ. RYAN, president of the
International Association of Bridge
and Structural Ironworkers.
JOHN T. BUTLER of Buffalo, vice
president.
HERBERT S. HOCKIN, former sec
rotary and formerly of Detroit.
OLAF A. TVEITMOE of San Fran
cisco.
EUGENE A. CLANCY of San Fran
cisco.
PHILLIP A. COOLEY of New Or
leans
MICHAEL J. YOUNG Of Boston.
FRANK J. HIGGINS OF Boston.
J. Z. MUNSEY of Salt Lake City.
HENRY w. LEGLEITNER of Den
yer.
CHARLES N. DEUM of Minneapo-
lis
FRANK G. WEBB Of New York.
PATRICK +. FARRELL of New
York
JOHN H. BARRY of st. Louis.
PAUL j. MORRIN OF st. Louis.
MICHAEL ]. CUNNAN Of Philadel-
phs
JAMES COONEY OF Chicago.
WILLIAM SHUPE Of Chicago.
JAMES f. RAY OF Peoria.
WILFORD BERT BROWN of Kan
sas City.
FRANK X. PAINTER OF Omaha.
GEORGE ANDERSON OF Cleveland
EDWARD E. PHILLIPS of Syra
cuse. N. Y.
FRANK ]. MURPHY OF Detroit.
ERNEST G. w. BASEY Of Indian
Rpolis
HIRAM r. KLINE OF Muncie, Ind.
WILLIAM Z. REDDIN Of Milwau
kee.
RICHARD H. HoULIHAN of Chi
cago
JAMES II. COUGHLIN OF Chicago.
EDWARD SMITHE OF Peoria.
MURRAY l.. PENNELL Of Spring
field. ILL.,
WILLIAM c. BERNHARDT of Gin
cinnati.
WILLIAM J. MCAIN of Kansa
City.
PETER ]. SMITH OF Cleveland.
MICHAEL ]. HARMON OF Scrar
ton, Pa.
CHARLES wACHTMEIsTER c
Detroit.
FRED ]. MOONEY Of Duluth.
FRED SHERMAN of indianapolis.
GUILTY OF ALL COUNTS.
The verdicts were brought in at !
o'clock. All those adjudged guilt
were found guilty on all counts charl
ed in the indictments. The jury an
the court adjourned until 10 Monda.
at which time sentence will be in
posed. Seiffert and Buckley were di
charged from custody. After JudG
Anderson cleared the courtroom OF a
spectators and the families of the d
fendents the SS prisoners we're take
in custody by deputy United. STATE
marshal and special detectives an
taken to the Marion county jail. II
conviction OF Olaf Tvietmoe an
Eugene Clancy. OF San Francisco al
j. r.. Munsey of Salt Lake, sustaint
tine governments charges that tht
aided in plotting the Los Angeles e
plcsion where 21 persons were kille
and assisted in the escape OF James
Mcnamara from the scene.
AIDED MeNAMARAs.
BY its verdict the jury also sustai
charges that the McNamara brother
now in prison in California, were aid'
in the nationwide dynamite plots
almost all the executive officials OF q
lrouworkers union and that TN
knowingly carried on a conspiracy (
years by causing explosives to
transported on passenger trains.
head OF a union OF $4,000 nembel
President Ryan once sat in the cou
Cils Of the American Federation OF
Dor
Tvietmoe was charged not only vi
employing two men to assist in bio
ing up the Los Angeles Times, but