The Calumet news., 1912-12-28

derson.
I'VE have" said tho foreman. ris
ing from his seat. His voice was lik'
whisper. but IL echoed throughou
the court room.
Sobbing women were heard from ;
part Of the room, where the wives
OF the defendants sat. A bundle o
white papers were passed from th'
jurybox To Clerk Butler on thoss
papers were written liberty oi
Imprisonment for many more mer
than are usually tried by a jury.
| Silence restored, save for the rustl'
1 ing of papers. which the clerk trembl-
| ingly held In his hands and which he
| proceeded 10 read The first name
was Ryan
! Guilty" the clerk read. I'VE find
the defendant. Ryan. guilty as charged
In the Indictments.
All who could see him looked al
Ryan, a gray haired man of 81. and
appearing Older. a man who travelled
for the union so much he said he had
no home, and save for two grown sons
llad no famlly.
81 have a furnished room in Chi
cago" was his description OF his home.
Gentlemen OF the jury. is that your
verdict?" and the answer from each
juror was: 1T is"
Then began the further reading of
the brief message. which pronounced
one BY one, the fate of the other de-
PENDANTS.
Many Families Separated.
The men were not charged with ac-
tually causing the explosion. The on
ly charges under which they could be
prosecuted were conspiracy and ille-
gal transportation Of explosives. But
the court ruled evidence as TO Vio-
lence as competent, as showing mo-
lie.
II am not ready to believe that or
ganized labor yet stands for the
things that have been shown here"
was one of Judge Andersons state
ments to the jury.
About thirty wives, and almost as
many children are separated from the
husbands and fathers by the verdicts.
Almost the entire STAFF of executive
officials of the Iron Workers union
have b" convicted. The only officials
not on trial were Secretary McGlory
Of Cleveland and Ed. Lewis of san
Francisco, a member of the executive
board. District Attorney Miller said:
Nothing else could be expected.
nv. a
spracy. which began in local slug
gngs and assaults S-en non-union
workmen and grew because the local
authorities failed To prosecute, be-
came finally so bold that dynamite
was resorted to. This prosecution will
be Il benefit to organized labor. II
will purge il of rough tactics. The
whole United States owes "a debt of
gratitude to the jury"
The foreman of the jury was Frank
Dare. a retired farmer. All the other
Jurors are farmers or merchants.
Immense crowds assembled about
the federal building when the verdicts
were being returned and when the
prisoners were being brought out,
handcuffed. For five blocks the pris-
oners marched the streets to the jail.
Big Surprise to Defense.
Buckley did not hesitate when the
judge announced his discharge He
passed In front of the others and his
face showed he did not know whether
To laugh or cry.
1T was a great surprise to u.s." said
Attorney Harding for the defense.
I'VE struggled through the long tri-
al on the presumption all the men
were innocent. There were more than
@ dozen of us attorneys. Ryan and
the others declared again and again
they were in absolute J. ignorance of
the McNamaras' damnable dynamit
ings. our hope now is to procure
as light sentences as possible"
Tvietmoe, often referred to by the
district attorney as the "paymaster of
the Pacific coast" twiri-d his hat on
his cane as he waited his turn To be
led To Jail
"On the Job" responded Edward
Smythe Of Peoria. when asked To step
lbi WdIu, iiiN luNf NffUtH'u III
Ortio McManigal. the confessed dy-
namite:, who was the chief witness
Tor the government aud Edward Clark
IF Cincinnati, who pleaded guilty at
the opening of the trial, remain "a
be disposed OF.
Since the opening of the trial on
October /, eight defendants have been
dismiss on the ground there were
no cases against them. The discharg
ed are:
Patrick Ryan, Chicago; j. w. lr-
win. Peoria: Andrew Kavanaugh
Springfield. ILL.,; John Carroll Sgra-
lcuse. n. Y; Moulton Davis, West
Chester. Pa; william X. Benson. De-
troit; Spurgeon Meadows. Indiana
polis and Clarence Dowd. Roches-
ter formerly of Detroit The latter
was discharged on motion Of the de-
fCnse
Scene Blended With Tragedy.
" was a scene blended with tragedy
that confronted those who week after
week sat through the historic "dyni-
mite conspiracy" trials.
Now IL was baby crying from the
rear Of the court room. whore the