The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-01
FIFTY ONE men
FACING CHARGES
Little PIs-Eyed MoManlsaI Creates
Much Curiosity When He Is
Brought Into the Court
room.
FAMILIES ARE THERE
/ -.---
Opening Of the Dynamite Conspiracy
Case Proves to be Regular
! Family Re-
union.
FAMILIES ARE THERE

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FEDERAL COURTROOM. INDIAN
APOLIS, Ind. Oct. With the dis
missal by the government Of the
dynamite conspiracy charges against
three Of the fifty-one defendants, and
Ortte McManigal's plea of guilty, the
trial OF the structural iron workers
was launched In the United States
district court today and In less than
an hour the selection of a jury was
| under way.
ton Of the defense to set aside the
consolidation of the cases, and when
District Attorney Miller elected to
f try on 55 counts, eliminating As, the
court sustained the governments mo-
| tion to re-consolldate. Both sides an
out incident of any kind, not thrill
nor ripple, the wholesale trial was
begun.
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i FEDERAL COURT ROOM IN
i iDIANAPOLIS Ind, Oct. 1.--When a
small, squat man, with we'll rounded
body and little pig-like eyes. today
4 was led by two deputy marshals be-
3 fore Judge Anderson in the United
States district court, the half hundred
defendants in the dynamiting cases,
! ranged in two long rows across the
courtroom, eyed him with curious in
terest. more than with suspicion.
1t was Ortie McManigal, the inform
er. the man who brought about the
downfall of the McNamaras and the
Indictment of structural iron workers
in every part of the country, and 1t
was the first time that many of his
victims had seen the man.
| Gray haired elderly women. appre-
: hensive younger women, and laughing
: chattering children made up the bulk
/ bf the limited audience that the small
t courtroom would allow, when the
) trial opened Their were the mothers,
( wives and little ones of some of the
!. defendants. r. H Houlihan Of Chicago
and many others Of the fifty-one ac-
r cused men were accompanied to In
( dianapolis by their entire families.
3 1t was planned by Judge Anderson
!. to first arraign McManigal and Eu
: gene A. Clancy and Olaf Tveitmoe, OF
San Francisco, who had not before
had opportunity to plead. The selec
ton of the jury was then to begin
), unless some delay tactics were inter
posed and up to the opening of thu
court both the defense and the gov
ernment refused to admit that an.
delay moves were contemplated. Sc
cret men were guarding McManigal
, together with six deputy marshall
l. and twelve special bailiffs. The fifty
one defendants, their twenty-five law
D. yers, the small army of newspaper
A. men, the regular court attaches an
the 100 talesmen left room in th
q little courtroom for less than 10
4 spectators and the bailiffs admitte'
IS only as many as could be seated. Al
h hour before court opened, the corr
h doris of the federal building wer
le crowded. There were labor men II
indianapolis from all parts of tn
lie country, anxious to hear the proceed
e. ings.
hi One Pleaded Guilty.
m Federal. COURTROOM, INDIAN
" APOLIS, Oct 1.-When the fifty-on
er dynamite conspiracy cases We're cal
C. ed in the United States district cour
at 9:30 today, Judge Anderson SUI
{ tanned at once a motion by Attorne
Hoyey of the defense. setting asid
fr the order of consideration made las
ar March. This, it appeared, would mea
ar that each of the half hundred defen'
ar ants would have separate hearin
ar instead of being tried in a body, b,
it was said that District Attorne
ar Miller would move another consolid
ar ton on come other grounds.
Hovey then said that the defen'
ry would require additional time to pr
pare separate demurrers to the fift
one indictments and the court he
the request in allegiance while ort
mr. McManfgal was arraigned.
ar McManigal, surrounded by half
ar dozen deputy marshals, then was Il
iyto the courtroom by the judge's p
yate door and placed in chair ne
the bench in full view of the defen
0. ants, who eyed him intently. The