Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-12-31


neys. The jury Is composed of seve
farmers, two retired farmers, on
country bank president, a grocer, an
a retired grain dealer, all Of whom
live In rural districts of indianapolis
The scene just before the appointe'
time for the courts converting was In
tensely dramatic
Tveitmoe In Center Of Room.
Easily the most picturesque defend
ant both because of his prominence a.
labor leader on the Pacific coast ant
because Of his studious habits, Olaf A
Ive1tmoe, of San Francisco, sat in the
: very middle of the court room, his hal
IN one hand and his cane in the other
| IVeltmoe had been known as the lit
erary parsonage Of the trial, because
or his persistent reading of poetry
during the testimony about dynamite
plots
Ryan, the head of union of $4,000
members, sat in the last row of the
defendants seats, having changed his
position from a point near table
once occupied by Senator J. w. Kern,
his counsel. In front of him was To-
Gated j. A. Munsey, of Salt Lake City,
accused by the government of having
| assisted IN the escape of James B.
Mcnamara while the latter was fleeing
from the scene of the Los Angeles ex-
p.osion.
Among the business agents of the
iron workers union brought from
many cities was Herman G. Seiffert,
Milwaukee. Seiffert's part in the con-
sp1racy, as charged by the government,
was placed while he was acting as
business agent for four days during
| the illness of William e. Reddin, also
on trial.
Back near the jury box, surrounded
by bailiffs, were four defendants who
for weeks have been kept In Jail be-
cause their bonds had been set aside
| Confronting all those in court. high
above the judges desk and illumin-
ated by the soft glow of electric lights
hung huge allegorical painting rep
resent1ng justice which the defendants
had looked upon week after week as
they heard stories Of violence, as
saults. riots and dynamtors related
from the witness stand.
Miller Makes Statement.
Charles W. Miller, the United States
district attorney who prosecuted the
case for the government, said:
Nothing else could have been ex-
pected. The evidence of a nation wide
conspiracy which began in local slug.
glngs and assaults on non-union work
men and grew because local authorities
failed to prosecute became finally so
bold that dynamite was resorted to.
The dynamiters grew bold in violat-
Ing the federal laws in carrying these
deadly explosives on passenger trains
because they never dreamed of prose- |
cution.
THAT was what emboldened Nc |
Namara, the secretary Of the union, to
get an appropriation of 81, 1000 month !,
so that the work Of destruction might |
be done Systematically 1t was what !,
made him bold enough to send his
brother, James B. Mcnamara, to blow
up not only the Los Angeles Times
building. but also plot to blow up the
whole city Of Los Angeles.
This prosecution will be a benefit |
to good labor. 1t will purge it of the
rough tactics. The whole United States
owes debt Of gratitude to that jury"
The foreman of the jury was Frank
Dare, New Lisbon. retired farmer.
All the other Jurors we're farmers or
country merchants.
Prisoners Between Deputies.
Immense crowds assembled In the
streets about the federal building when
the verdicts were being returned and
when the prisoners were brought out,
each handcuffed between two deputies,
the street became so clogged that po-
lice had to force the people back
AS they emerged handcuffed on the
top, steps of the building with gray
q Frov II h l.
with care, in their lead, the group of
marble statues representing liberty
8 golden winter sunlight. The crowds
looked up, but were silent.
Silence. too. attended the prisoners
as in file almost half block long
they marched toward the Marion coun-
ty Jail. People looked from upper parts
Of the buildings. from the windows of
street cars and from the sidewalks,
but there was no demonstration. For
five blocks the prisoners thus marched
through the streets to reach the Jail
in the southeastern section of the
city.
Jury Not PoIled.
The only request by counsel for the
O6lSIudutS dILeT tHe VeTQlCtS were
read was by w. N. Harding, who asked
that the jury be polled. The Judge re-
piled that it would take too much time
to poll each Juror on each count against
each defendant and the matter was
passed.
Any motions by the defense will be
made Monday morning when sentences
are to be imposed. William A. Gray of
counsel for Michael J.
Cunnane. said no attempt to get bail
would be made today as he believed
it would be useless
He said, however, that an appeal, on
a writ of error would be made Monday ,
and that bail pending the hearing of .
the appeals, would be asked.
Buckeyes Friends Happy.
Davenport, Dec. 2S.-The seven men
and three women all in humble cir
who mortgaged their
homes to raise money to provide ,
Daniel Buckley's bond. we're jubilant
over the vindication Of their belief in y
his honesty, when they learned he was