Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-28


confronted tnuw who Wrck aftrr
week su through the histurt, "dlm-
mite conspiracy" trirls
Now II Waa u hnby crying from the
rear "t the court room. W'trrr the
wives and children of the defendants
sat, nov II VITA the heavy VOICE uf "a
nnn seated IN the witness chair and
defending himself against the rhIrgrH
ct uuiiuu- wide conspiracy In which
uihDiu| ~ union labor V,Ir deeply
concerned. Witnesses from near and
itI ,tWc ana went, but those whose
late rested with ia" luIN remained
lh,rr. listening To tho uuDumtiuus and
lu ~" oft repeated stur, uf the Kill
,ug 1t twonty.onc p'uplr IN the Los
\ngohs Times cNpl, .uu
The court room itself soomcd q ~ .
ting setting for that rumhrc story.
surrounded by ErrnL marble pillars.
with tho daylight shut out by hcav%
curtains, and tho judge Installed he
furo nn ailcguricid painting ot Jus
| ticc, that court room day after day
Irchrcd the surIv" II violence, Of the
discovery ~ Eurnt fuses and hursted
] Internal machines. of midnight visits
hv mysterious men ir nllcya. IN empty
| houses. In lonely country runds. or on
III" tops .Of buildings.
The vision ~ u dark aprctrr with n
homh under his arm became famll-
lur Image In tho minds nf those whO
| liStcnod Back uf the ratings. amid
tho spectators nat the relatives ol
the dcfcndants Three rows deeI
/ Il. ia -
| Among the score ot ntturnoya sat ucs,
hapS IN" most picturesque defendant
massiV" In bulld, turid IN complexion
nlWdyH SIudioualy occupied. now
ruplously iilling hIR notebook when
the testimony was exciting: now
when the trial Jagged, buryiug hit
Hpcctacird nusc IN II Latin vcrHion al
| omar lihaySHm. lie wHa Olur a
! rvritmn" at San Francisco.
| Another man toward whom the
eyes of the spectators often Htrnyet
was IIprhrrt : HuCkiu. lie Htt apart
hctworn huilinH. during much Of th'
| trial, for hr had been branded hl
tho court uH ~ man who could no
he trusted hN anyone" n Was liuCklI
who wuH named aH having promoted
the dynamllIuE husiurW II was ilurk
In who Wiu accused or holding out
ou the pay ol ia" dynnInttcrs, II wa
hr who wIs said 10 hav" caused
luuaTrcl IN th" ruulH nf the Mo Ma
mnrda aud NJ, Munlgnl and It was h
who finally wuH charged with -"
trnylng for hI. own gain those wit
when h. once associated, and Wit
whom he wlH affiliated IN the irn
Workers union,
Gray haired aud old beyond M
yraW sat Frank VI Ryan, pToHld"n
OF tho iron workers. union, by Niriu
Iuf which nillc" hr wnH u leader IN nh
| tlunal Hhur riTrl,H, With a seat I
the councils at lh" American Fedora
ton nf Labor,
i MrMunlpul. the mlr confessed dl
ndmltrr. fur weeks occupied the All
Ines. muud, relating rdlml,, dcCisivCl
aud wiih"ut any apparent concern Il
, hmH"lr q uarrnily" ~ violence ~"
dom "uunll"d
And what were ~" anturrd"ntH {
this trnl'
lLirk IN the summer ui lHh" dNn'
mite WAS found ai Now Haven, tout
on u inb on which n0u.unlnn worl
u men wcrr rmpluSrd Later the ir'
workers. union called ~ STRIKE ON ~
cral contractors. ana the strike h
u came general THAT waH the bcBi
ming, according Ia the BnvclnmuI
ana II Hpr"nd until MCNHmaTu Orga
Icd u "dynamitinK crew" AltOgot
= go I0n explosions occurred; those
T. Los Angeles bning among tho nuT
" bor
=, TWn Nriking condolences attHndI
=, Ia" trul
y, on" wuV that on October I. i9l
oxtrilN one pcuT after tho Los a
, grlcH ..r,ou building waH blown
with "a logs at twenty one llvos, Il
!, federal uuihurlti"a at lndinnapo
=. nrN considered the pU"1lbllity of pro
a crutiOns tor Illegal Interstate Hhi
mrnt ni dynamit" aud nitruglycer
on passenger trHin", OIiio II, McMu
~ lgaIH confession, ,utninod after
and the McNamara brothers had he
ARRESTED. implicated others as hnvi
' actually carried explosives Ia ~
eases On trains, ar aH having enter
into conspiracy, ThA Indicated,
District Attorney Charles w, Mile
oplnlOn. the necessity Tor ara
W Jury investigation. indianapolis "
D The headquarters or John j. Men
:" mara. secretary of the Iron worke
!" union, and tho point az which, II "
pr charged, the conspiracy was enter
Into and from which tho OxplOsl'
were carried.
Another coincidence WIS that
lc trial began on october /, lYtg,
u second anniversary OF the Times
u ploSlon, The federal grand jury, af
0f several months investigation, Tetul
~ cd indictments against fifty-four =
u, lon labor officials. Before tho defer
began Its case this ppm6eE hAq u