The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-31

we, Inc jury, find the defendants, |
FRANK M. Ryan, Herbert S. Hockin.
eugene A. Clancy, John L. Butler,
Michael J. Young, Hy. W. Legleitner,
Philip A. Cooley, Frank c.. Webb,
olaf A. Tveitmoe, Jack Bright, alias
;. r.. Munsey, edward Smythe. Peter
j. Smith, George Anderson, Michael
). Cunnane. William r. Reddin. John
~. Barry, Paul j. Morrin, Ernest G.
W.. Basey, Fred Sherman, Murray L.
Pehnen., Michael J. Harmon, William
Hernhardt, edward f.. Phillips. Fred
Mooney, Charles N. Beum, w. Bert
Srown, Frank K. Painter, Patrick F..
tarrell, William j. Mccain, James
''OOney, Richard II. HOulihan, Will
liam Shupe. James Coughlin, Frank J..
higgins, James E. Ray, Chares Wach-
n,eister. Frank J.. Murphy, Hiram
Kline, guilty as charged in the indict-
ment, and the defendants Daniel
Buckley, Herman G. Seiffert, not gull
* as charged in the Indictment.
FRANK DARE,
"FOreman."
Indianapolis, Ind. Dec. 2S.-lt was
!" scene blended with tragedy that con
frOnted those who week after week
sat through the historic ''dynam mite
conspiracy trials.
Now it was a baby crying from the
YEA Of the court room, where the
wives and children Of the defendants
sat; now It was the heavy voice of a
man seated in the witness chair and
defending himself against the charges
If a nationwide conspiracy. in which
officials Of union labor were deeply
concerned. Witnesses from near and
far came and went. but those whose
fate rested with the jury remained
there, listening to the accusations and
10 the Oft-rdpeated story Of the kill
ina Of II people in the Los Angeles
~"fincs' explosion.
The court room itself seemed a fit
ting setting for that SOmDre story.
Surrounded by great marble pillars,
with the daylight shut out by heavy
curtains, and the judge installed be-
fore an categorical painting Of Justice,
ahat court room day after day echoed
the stories of violence, Of the disCOv-
cry Of burnt fuses and bursted in
t"lnal machines. Of midnight visits
by mysterious men in alleys, in empty
houses, in lonely country roads, or on
the tops of buildings.
The vision of a dark spectre with a
bomb under his arm became a fani-
liar image in the minds of those who
listened. Back of the ratings, amid
She spectators, sat the relatives Of the
defendants. Three rows deep across
she room were the defendants. Among
The score Of attorneys sat perhaps the
most picturesque defendant, massive
Il Obill. ~ III III III o.
Studicusly occupied, now c~opiously
hlinG his notebook when the testimony
was exciting; now, when the trial
tagged. buryins his spectacled nose IN
"a Latin version of Omar khayyam
40 was Olaf A.. TVeitmoe, Of San
Francisco.
Another man toward whom the
eyes Of the spectators often strayeC
was Herbert S. IIockin. He sat apart
between bailiffs, during much Of the
trial, for he had been branded by the
court as "a man who could not be
trusted b. an one 1t was HOckir
who was named az having promoted
Ii ~6ynamitinS business; it Wa.
I'ockin who was accused OF 'holdln
out on the pay of the ynamlter
it was he who was said to have cause
II quarrel IN the ranks Of the Nc
Nanlaras and McManigal, and it va
he who finally was charged with be
trayinS for his own gain those Wit
whom he once associated. and Will
whom he was affiliated in the iroI
workers union.
t~frav-haired and old beyond hi
wears sat Frank NJ. Ryan, presiden
sf The Iron Workers union, by Nlrtu'
.f which office he was a leader II
national labor circles. with a seat II
tho ~cnuDcils Of the American Fedora
ton of Labor.
McManigal, the self-confcssed dy11a
mjtor. for weeks occupied the wit
ness stand, relating. calmly. decisive
" and without any apparent concer'
for himself a narrative Of Nlolenc
seldom eQualled
And what were the ~antecedcnts o
Uhis trial?
Back in the summer of 190o dyns
mite Was found at New Haven, conn
on n lob on which n~On-uniOn work
rlcn were employed. Later the FRO
Workers union called a strike on stN
.ral contractors, and the strike be
came general. That was the besif
ming, according TO the government
and it spread until McNamara. organ
lied a "dynamiting crew AltoGetht
100 explosions occurred, those at IL
Angeles being among the number
Two striking coincidence attehoe
she trial.
one was that on October !. 1"l
exactly one year after the Los ~