The chronicle=news., 1912-12-28
80 C0NSPIRA10RS
ARE FOUND GUILTY
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only charges under which they coulc
be prosecuted by the federal GOV
ernment were conspiracy and lille
gal transportation OF explosives. Bu'
the court ruled that evidence as u
violence was competent as ho~inp
a motive.
Il am not ready 10 believe that or
ganiz~sl labor yet stands for th'
things that have be"1 shown here.
was one Of Judsc And-raoa's state
rn"hts 10 tn" Jury.
Not Trial Of Labor Unions
| This Is not a iFitl OF labor uLIoD-
but OF union officials accused ol
wrong doing"
About thirty wives. with almost
as many children. are separated IRON
their husbands by the vcrdicts. While
the seen" was b.!n. enacted In III.
lcour, room. the year old son Of
William Z. Bernhard, Of Cincinnati
on. OF tn. dc@indants. was playing
In the lobby with red painted toy
engine which he had received fo'
Chris,mas. lie had becom. the pc,
o! tn. federal building and could
no, understand when told his father
was going away.
Almost the entire staff OF exccu.
tive officials OF IN. Iron Workers
union was convicted. The only Of.
ficials not on trial were J. T.. Mc.
Cleary Of Cleveland. now secretary
and Ed i.n~iS. San Francisco. u
member of the .N".utir" beard.
District Attorney Speak.
| Charles ". Miller. tn. United
States district attorney who nros--
cu'"d Tor the government. said:
4 Nothing els. could have been ex-
fs"c'.d. Tn. cvidenc. o! u nation.
wide conspiracy which began In 10.
cal ,!urk!nxs and assaults on non.
union wofkn-n ana grew becSu-
local authorities failed to prosecute.
h-cam. finally N boi! that dynamite
was :esortcsi 70.
I laftoE the federal laws 10 csrryius
'Ess~ deadly explosives on pHss-ns ger
ra!us because they never dreamed OF
prosecution.
THAT WAS what smboldepcd Nc.
Samafa. the secretary OF the un!oo
to get az appropriation Of $1,000 4
mouth so that the work OF dessSuc-
t.on u.Rbt - carried on sysfena'.
icalfy. Il was what msde hin bold
enough to s-ud bis brother. Jamss
IN. Mcnamara TO blow up oo& only
the tns Angeles Timez baiiding. but
also plot TO blow up the whole city
OF los Aneses.
VIII Deaefit Uhioa Labor.
"Thls prosecution will be y beue.
sit 10 organized labor. Il will pusg.
Il of the rough ssetie1 The whole
United States owes debt OF grasl.
inds TO that jury"
The foreman OF the jury was Frank
Dare. New Lisbon. Ind. n retired
farmer. All the other jurors were
farmers or country merchants.
steets are Throaeed.
Immense crowds assembled 10 tho
streets about the federal building
when tho verdicts were bcinx re-.
turned. ana when the prisoners were
brought ont. each handcufHed be.
tween two depusits the street became
so cioExcd that police had to force
the people hack.
As they emerged handcuffed on
tho top steps Of the building with
gray haired Frank Ryan. his face
group Of prisoners stood between two
colossal marble statutes representa-
liberty and justice. The scene was
bathed II n golden winter sunlight
,The crowds ooked up but were al.
lent.
Silence too. attended the prisoners,
as In tile almost n half block long
they marched. linked to their guards
toward the Marion county jail. Poo.
pc looked from upper parts OF build
inSs rom the windows of street car,
and IRON the sidewalks. but there
was no demonstration. For five
blocks the prisoners thus marched
through streets TO reach the Jail In
the southeastern section OF the city
Tho only request by counsel for
the defense after the verdicts were
read was by W. y. Harding. who
asked that the jury be polled. The
Judge replied that it would take toe
much time to poll each juror on each
count against each defendant, ana
the matter was passed.
Sentences Fixed Monday
Any motions by the defense will
be made Monday morning. when sen.
teuces are TO be Imposed. William
Michael J. Cunnane, said no Mt
tempt 10 get bail would be made to
day. as he believed II would be use
less. He said however. that an ap
lpcal on a writ OF error would BE-
ma1a Mondny and that hall npnfi n 1