The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-18
John T. Butler Charged by
 Judge Anderson With Deliberate Perjury
CASE GOES TO JURY
 IN ABOUT EIGHT DAYS
Defense Rests and Four Days Are Assigned Each Side for Argu- ments, Which Begin Today.
 Criticises Defendants

Indianapolis. Ind, December T.--John T. Butler. Buffalo. N. Y. vice president of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, tonight vas locked in jail after his bond of Sl0000 had been increased to S15,oOO, and after the court had said he committed perjury in testifying in his own behalf, as 1 defendant in the dynamite conspiracy trial.
 Next to President Frank NJ. Ryan, Bnt- Ter is highest in office in a labor union of 12.000 members and with Ryan he is charged as being one of forty officials who conspired 10 promote dynamite eX- plosions including the wreckage of the Los Angeles Times building. At the conclusion ofthe days session in which both the prosecution and the de- fense rested their cases. with the pios- pect that the trial will be placed in the hands of the jury in eight days, Federal Judge Albert B. Anderson delivered from the bench a scathing arraignment of what he termed "a display that has taken place here in the last two weeks" Scathing Criticism
 
 son, referring to the stories of violence, riots, assaults and dynamtings related on the witness stand, T don't believe, and if did, I would not have any hope Tor this country, that organized labor stands for the things that have been shown here.
 This man, Butler, took the stand today and swore to things he knew were not true. and everybody here knew he was committing perjury. There are few people in this country who must be told that the law is the law and if there IS any gentleman in this court room who feels that the shoe fits him, let him put it on. l have never seen display such as has taken place here in the last TWO weeks and have been a lawyer and on the bench for the last 3i years. Judge Anderson remarks were made after the jury had been retired for the day and after Clarence E. Dowd, Roches- ter, N. Y., formerly organizer for the International Association of Mschinists in Detroit had been discharged. leaving forty men whose cases are to go to the jury.
 Butler earlier in the day. entered gen. eral denial that he knew of any dyna- mite plots. Particularly he denied knowl- edge that the union appropriated sl,000 d month to John J. McNamara. which the government charged was used to delray expenses of the dynamiters. Check books in which the stubs recorded payments to McNamara while Butler was meni- Der of the executive board, were pro- l duced
 Do you mean 10 say that $1, 900 month was paid out of the unions funds and | you never heard of it?' Butler vas | asked
 T never heard of it's being used for | carrying on explosions.'' he replied. Made No Investigation I "were you interested enough h the unions welfare to investigate after the McNamaras were taken. to. Los Angeles | charged with the murder of 2l persons? ?' l .I made no investigation" 1 Butler said that the only 5000 check he knew of was one payable to Olaf A Tveitmoe. San Fra ncisco, as the iron workers contribution 10 the Los An geles strike fund.
 | District Attorney Miller then arose in lcourt and charged that Butler nGd been on drunk for two weeks nd ithat since being in court he had -x- lpressed a wish to be in Canada.
 This man Butler has committed de- Iliberate. wilful and malicious perjury,' said District Attorney Miller. He
 
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