The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-10-01
Long Legal Battle
is Expected



was granted.
District Attorney Q. w. Miller then
matte & motion that all the defendants
be tried as in one case tn order to
facilitate procedure This was grant
ed The work Of selecting jury then
began.
The 54 defendants were arrested on
charges Of conspiracy In the indlct-
ments returned BY the federal grand
jury, AZ violations Of the law are
shown All the defendants are alleg
ed to have conspired 70 bring about
these violations,
Other indictments III addition to the
general conspiracy Indictment on
which the arrests were made, charge
the defendants with transporting nj
troglycerin, Others charge them with
aiding and abetting Ortie McManigal
In the unlawful transportation OF nj
troglycerin. Another charges the de-
PENDANTS with carrying dynamite and
another with aiding and abetting Nc.
Manigal in the transportation Of dyn-
amite j. j Mcnamara is also named
as carrier Of dynamite. In drawing
the 30 dynamite indictments District
"a
Attorney Miller endeavored to cover
every possible phase of the dynamite
cases which accounts for the fact that
in many Instances the same alleged
transactions are the basis for differ
ent charges.
The federal grand jury convened
here November z, 1911 -Four hundred
witnesses from various parts Of the
country were examined On Febru-
airy 6, 1912, indictments were secretly
returned and writs were issued and
sent to United States marshals in the
districts where the indicted men lived.
simultaneously all over the country,
the defendants were taken into Gus.
tody by United States marshals. The
only man indicted who was not found,
was McCray, and, according to in.
formation in possession Of the govern
ment he died in West Virginia before
the grand jury convened
That the present trial will last not
less than three months and may pos
sibly be in progress for six months or
more, was the declaration Of District
Attorney Miller, who is in charge Of
the case for the government. Ac.
cordlng to some Of the attorneys for
tho defense, however, the trials may
last six or seven months at least.
Seven hundred witnesses have been
snmnoned The government has sub
po naed 400 already and the defense,
rtarly thar rumber. It is probable
that It's the ease progresses, Others Will
te called.
The trial Las called forth a great
ai1ay Of legal talent. w N. Harding,
an Indianapolis attorney, is chief coun.
SCI Tor the defense, but nearly every
defendant Is represented by an attor-
ney United States Senator John w.
Kern Of Inaiano is one Of the defense
counsel.
District Attorney Miller is assisted
BY Assistant r.strict Attorney Chas.
". Nichols and Special Assistant
James w. Noel.
IN the general conspiracy indict-
mems Ortis + McManlgal and ]. B.
Mcnamara are emerged with actually
carrying explosives from one state to
another in violation Of the law on AL
different occasions The government
charges that tla 54 men named in the
had knowledge OF this lille.
gal transp rtation and wers a part qf
the conspiracy Il sets forth the acts
IA furtheranse CT the conspiracy each
trip Mechanical and Mcnamara made
beiag set out with the dates and the
trains on which they travelled.