Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-31
PRESIDENT FRANK RYAN is
GIVEN LONGEST SENTENCE
Continued From Page u

crimes were all committed In the name
or organized labor. I will not believe
that organized labor approves OF such
practices. "a
ANY organization that approves and
adopth the methods of these detend'
ants is an outlaw and will meet the
fate which outlaws have met since
civilized society began.
The evidence shows some OF these
defendants to be guilty of murder, put
they are not charged here with that
crime; this court cannot punish them
for 1t, nor should 1t be influenced by
such consideration in fixing the mea'
sure of punishment for the crimes
charged.
| '"The certainty Of punishment, not
| it's severity. is the important consider
alton in the administration or the
/ criminal justice. Such punishment
should be melted out as shall warn
others that even if they desire to &C,
complish lawful ends they must not
violate the law in the attempt to real
lie them. Keeping these consldera'
lions in view. the court must repress
! that Indignation which every law
abiding citizen naturally feels at the
crimes which the evidence In THIS case
discloses in addition to those FOR whicn
the defendants have been found gully
and as near as may be possible, con-
fine the punishment within its proper
scope"
! Began Dynamiting.
Referring to the iron workers strike
which began in 1905 and which the
government charged was the motive
which prompted John J. Mcnamara to
use dynamite as a weapon Judge An
derson said the strike was attended
by picketing, then by smuggling and
riots. He added: g..
But in 1906 a campaign by dyna-
mite was inaugurated and beginning
with explosions in the east and ex-
tending from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, continued until the arrest of the
McNamaras and McManigal In
April 1911.
1.-THE evidence in this case shows
that almost one hundred explosions.
damaging and destroying structures IN
process of erection by, and machinery
OF open shop concerns took place cul-
,minating on the first day OF October,
INV
Angeles Times building and the muir
der Of twenty-one people Every one
of these explosions was upon the work
Of open shops concerns and not an ex-
plosion is shown to have taken place
upon any closed shop Job. Since the
arrest Of the McNamaras and McMani-
gal, these explosions have ceased.
This system Of destruction was
not carried on for revenge or in obedi-
ence to any human passion. but for the
deliberate purpose, by vertable
reign of terror to enforce compliance
with the demands Of the iron workers
upon the open and closed shop ques-
ton"
should Face Murder Trial.
Tveitmoe and Clancy Of San Fran
cisco and Munsey Of Salt Lake City
were repeatedly charged by the dis
trict attorney during the trial with hav-
ling committed graver crimes than
those upon which they were being
tried.
"Tveitmoe. the man who paid the
dynamiters for the work on the Pa
cilc coast, who asked for more ex-
plosions even after the twenty-one
persons were killed ought not to have
been here on trial for dynamiting. He
ought to be there on the coast on trial
for murder" was one Of District At
torney Miller's statements in the
court record. $50 ought Clancy. and
SO ought Munsey, the man who for two
weeks harbored James B. Mcnamara
| in Salt Lake City. These men ought
to be in San Quentin prison In Cali
fornia along with the McNamaras
right now"
At the federal building where the
prisoners were permitted to eat out or
lunch baskets with their wives, 1t was
said by u. S. Marshal Schmidt that
the men would be taken back to the
county Jail temporarily to be put IN
readiness for their transportation to
I,eayenworth. The route Of the train
and the time of it's departure from
INDIANAPOLIS are to be kept secret.
Motions Overruled.
Motions for arrest of Judgment in
! behalf of all the men also were over
| ruled
AS soon as court convened few
! minutes after 10 a. m. District Attor'
new Miller rose from his seat
IF the court pleases. the govern
ment asks for judgments on the YER
diets" he said.
Chester H. Krum, counsel for the
prisoners, then addressed the court
1--WE ask in behalf of all Of the thirty
eight men found guilty that the YER
diets be set aside
THAT motion will be overruled,'
! said the court.
The motions for arrest of judgment
| we're likewise disposed Of.
Turning toward the prisoners, Judge
Anderson said: :,
ut has been much more difficult
than we expected to arrive at the de-
gree of guilt in each Of your cases
Have any Of you anything to say why
sentence should not be pronounced
against you?"
Farrell Pleads for Self.
Silence greeted this question unit
Patrick F. Farrell stepped before the
| Judge.
"Your honor" said Farrell, II have
something to say in my behalf
Some things have been said in youl