New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
BOMB JURORS STILL OUT
Court Meets at $50 A. NJ. To-
day to Hear VerdiCtS.
MAY TAKE EVEN LONGER
Fifteen Hours of Deliberation
Fail to Bring Findings-Ton
of Exhibits Removed.

indianapolis. Dec. 27.-Fifteen hours OF
deliberation by the jury in the dynamite
conspiracy" cases had failed to result
in the return OF any vtrdicts up to to-
night Judge Anderson after converting
court to receive reports from the jurors.
ordered an adjournment until $50 a. NJ.
tomorrow, with the understanding that
the verdicts. should they be found. would
not bc returned until that time.
While government officials expressed
confidence that the jury would report to-
morrow. attorneys Tor tho defence
thought IL might require longer time.
There are twenty-six offences charged
against each 81 the defendants and Jhe
jury may ballot on each charge as 90 each
defendant. making e total of loo charges
'hus 10 be- disposed Of
All the deliberations of the Jurors are
conducted in room near their living
quarters ON the tuiri floor Of the federal
building. which IL reached by a private
stairway. cut Of from the rest OF the
building ON the same floor at another
end Of the building are the quarters Of
the confessed dynamitcrs. Ortic r. Nc
Manigal and Edward Clark. who APP
pearcd AZ witnesses for the government
That there may be mo- basis for the re-
ports ds 90 the jury's progress every ap-
proach leading 10 lis quarters rs guarded.
a 81. f.r A.. e
nciJls. headed by Frank NJ Ryan. prcsi-
dent Of the ironworkers' union. who are
charged with completely in the McNa-
mara dynamite plots 10 destroy the
property of open shop contractors.
were assembled iu the courtroom. IN *
pcctation that their fate would be made
known
Crowds OF women and other spectators
who had been permitted iu court or in
the Hobbies for the last three months were
prevented by guards from even approach
inE the courtroom, so that only those who
had business in connection with the trial
or were relatives Of the defendants wer,
present These included tine wives ano
children Of about thirty OF the men OF
trial
The sessions Of the court were brief
Al $50 a. m the defendants occupied
their accustomed three rows Of seats be-
hind the lawyers table. Four defendants
were brought in az prisoners from the
county jail These were Edward Smytho
and James T. Ray, Peoria. H. Herbert
= Hockin. accused as the lago OF the
conspiracy" and John r.. Butler. Buffalo
yice-prcsidcnt of the ironworkers' union
all Of whom were taken In custody be
cause their bonds We're set aside Smyth,
two months Butler was ordered impris-
oucd after he had testified in his OWL
behalf that hc knew nothing Of any 81 O1
month appropriated out of the unions
funds 10 be used by John J. Mcnamara
the secretary. for dynamite.
rs a final token that the trial had ended
50 far AZ testimony was concerned bailins
Ing and removed almost ton OF revol-
yers. guns. alarm clocks. pieces of *
ploded bombs, ntroglycerine carrying
cases and articles shattered by dynamite
which the government had introduced as
exhibits. Part of the exhibits were
weapons taken from the Mcnamara
brothers and MECHANICAL AT the time OF
their arrests.
Thirty-fvc minutes after converting
Judge Anderson adjourned court until
after noon. I'm the afternoon court recon
vcned only again to adjourn after Il brief
u9ft