The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-10
JAIL TERMS
 AND FINE FOR
 INTIMIDATION

| INTIMIDATION STRIKING PLUMBERS SENT
 ENCED TO 90 DAYS WITH PEN
 ALTY OF $50 ATTACHED.
 STRIKEBREAKER KENNEDY
 TELLS STORY OF ATTEMPT TO
 KIDNAP HIM-CASES GO UP ON APPEAL. l New Haven, Aug 10.-In a trial fea-
 tured by a legal contest that was | epirited from the beginning and at | times bitter, and in which a final ef- fort was made by the state to secure ] from P. F. OMeara, president of the 1 Trades Council, the names of other plumbers alleged to have been impli- cated in alleged actions against non street, the son of a we'll known mas | ter plumber, and James Shevlin. of 1 Maltby place, were sentenced to three months in jail and fined $50 each, by Judge Samuel E. Hoyt, in the city Lefty court yesterday afternoon. James ! Finnigan of George and Temple streets, were discharged by Judge l Hoyt, who decided that there was no evidence of intimidation on their part l Clerkin and Shevlin both appealed I their cases to the court of common pleas under bonds of $500 each, fur nished by Peter J. McNerney. shev- l lin and Clerkin were found guilty on 1 the second count, which involved threatening and intimidating Joseph J. Kennedy of 4S6 Crown street, an l employe of William F. Keane, mas ter plumber of Broadway. There were l four counts against the men, following and mocking of Kennedy, threatening and .intfmidating, threatening and put ting in fear, injury to private prop erty and assault.
 | Attorneys David E. Fitzgerald and Edward P. O'Meara appeared for the plumbers under arrest while Attorney Jacob P. Goodhart represented the master plumbers. City Attorney John 1 R. Booth was assisted by Assistant 1 City Attorney Rocco Ierardi. Tn sum ming up, Attorney Goodhart declared the case in question to be the most ag- gravated one that ever came before a lacal court. He said it could not be compared to the McGee case of McLa- gon Foundry fame.
 There is no comparison between this case and the McGee case; this case is far worse," he said. "McGee was. simply an individual who took it upon himself to coerce and intimidate l men, al0ne. This sort of thing has got to stop in this town These threats of We'll get you are we'll known; to the public. We heard these words what they mean. These plumbers talked about killing the complainant. They even threatened him with a knife aid would have ripped his over alls to ribbons if he had not accom- panied them. We have had enough of this sort of thing. If this sort of thing extends it will be disastrous. It is guerrilla warfare. We will have to show right here that mans right to work will be protected as long as he behaves himself"
 Attorney Fitzgerald scathingly re- tack and also for the comparison of the case to the McGee case. He char acterized Kennedy's statements to be pure fabvications and. in short, lie from the start. He said the whole thing was ridiculous.
 An interesting situation arose in the case late in the afternoon when Pat rick F. O'Meara, president of the Trades Council, was called to the stand by Attorney Goodhart, who at- tempted to force the local labor man to tell who the other plumbers were
 
 Clerkin when Kennedy was alleged to have been kidnapped" O'Meara swore he did not know, directly con- tradicting Kennedy, the complainant. The battle between the opposing coun- sel at this point waxed to such heatl ed point that Judge Hoyt was forced to& call a halt. He did this repeatedly 1 before the case was finally closed.
 Kennedy's Story.
 %Lo oud Io first witness called by the State. told a remarkable story on the stand. With | the assistance of City Attorney John | R. Booth, the adventure in which he l was involved and which resulted In the arrest of the four striking plum | bers was carefully rehearsed. The l most important testimony given by Kennedy related to the trouble in the l Bishop street house where he had been doing some work for Keane & Sons. | He said that while working there, near l noon time, with two of his helpers, | about eight men came into the shop. | He recognized Clerkin and Shevlin 1 among the crowd.
 sfOne of them grabbed me by the l arm and told me I would have to get 1 out Another suggested that should | be brought to the house of Patrick 1 OMeara. One of them, stout fellow | in a blue suit-I didn't know who he | was-made a motion as if to draw | a. knife He said: Take your over | alls off now, or I'll cut them to rib | bons on you I removed my over | alls and I was taken by the crowd ! and placed on car. I objected but it made no difference. One of them l hadr taken my tools. I couldn't see a policeman or I would have called | to him. was taken to the house | of Patrick O'Meara, the president of | the Trades council, and OMeara came out and said: Well. I'm glad to see you going, Joe.'
 T was then hustled onto trolley car again and was taken to Light house Point. They then took me to Savin Rock on a boat. When we got near the baseball grounds I spied Po- liceman French and I told him I was | being taken away against my will. The policeman then made them give me my tools. One of them then asked | me to have a drink and asked me what I was going to do about it.
 Threatened to Kill Him.
 ssWhen we had reached the baseball | grounds I remarked to two of the men that they were brave bunch to tackle one man. I said that I might have a chance to lick one of them, but I could not lick eight of them. I told them they would have to kill me before they got through. One of them said: Well If it comes to that we'll kill you, that's all
 "After the trouble at Savin Rock l