Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-13
SPEECH IS
BROUGHT { INTO
CONSPIRACY F..
HEARING
IrOnworker Asked II he Ap.
proved Milwaukee Social
lists Charge That MCNam1
aras Were Kidnapped.
COURT RULES AGAINST <
DEFENDANTS PROTEST.
GHy LEASED Wire to Evening Hesaldl

[Hy LEASED Wlre 10 Evening HeValdh
indianapolis. Dec. t3.---Whether he
approved OF II speech by Emil SeideI
or Milwaukee. in which Seldsl de-
nounccd the courts for the arrest ok
John J. Mcnamara az q kidnapping"
and whether he approved OF the pros
test against the kidnapping" aont 10
samuel CiOmperN pr0adent OF the
American Federation Of Labor, were
questions asked Paul J. NOFrin OF
81. Louis, u defendant at tho "dynS-
mite conspiracy" trial today.
Objection was offerOd by counsel
for the forty. one defendants but tho
court held that Morrln had attempted
tU show ne was net In accord with
the officials of tho International tlSBos
citation OF Bridge and Structural iron
Workers, who, II haa been shown,
expended thousands OF dollars for tho
destruction OF life and properly"
The speech OF Seidel, referred 20
by the government, was delivered 81
the Iron work"ra' convention Ia Mile
wHukec september IL, fivo months
after MCNamara'B arrest and while he
was confined In Jail Rt Los Angelica
MOrrin was present ~ a delegate.
"bld You soc Mayor ssiSsl ISsfc- g
Ryan, tho President, ana did You ape
prove of SeiderB speech dcnonpotng
the courts and branding McNar1arn@
arrest ~ u kidnaping?"a asked District
Attorney Charles w. Miller.
IL heard II but l can't say ap-
proved of IT. answered Morrin.
You dld not protest against that
speech. dad you"
mo"
did you approve Of tho resolution
| offered by Vice President John r.
Butler of Bul'alo and directed 10
President GomperB Of the American
Federation of Labor. denounelnR Mo-
Namara's arrest a. kidnaplng and
saying that he had bean splriied 10
California ana deprived Of the llher-
ties due an American citl9anH"
81 voted for ~ eald Mor9in.
Did you vote for the resolution ex-
pressing confidence In McNemaPh
after he wRs held for the murder OF
nf twonty -nne persons In Los AnGe-
lcs?"
Yes, voted for H. thought
| Mcnamara was innocent"
Morrln testified that three weeks
nnc- the work OF an open shop"
contractor ut Mount Vernon. Ill. was
blown up In April, 1910, he was In
structod by John !. McNamara, than
secretary ~ the Iron Workers Inter-
national union, to unionixe tho mon.
lie said he found a reward was Of
fered for the dynamiter 0nd no so
wrote ~ Mcnamara.
Explaining tho phrase, aerial per-
formnncoH." Morrin said ne used II In
reference not to explosions but the
"mon being up In tho air" whether
they were TO get work.
Ortlo E. McManrGaI confessed to
causing the Mount Vernon explosion.
Previously Frank NJ. Ryan, president
OF the union, had written to Nc
NHmara, "MOrrln can take care Qt
Mount Vernon" but Ryan deuied It
concerned dynamltlng.
Morrln Hnld after MeNA mnras arr
rest ho assisted in raising a defense
tund. He said he arranged 10 have
u moving picture show representing 3
Mcnamara as being kidnapped" by
the authorities,
MOrrin testified that at the Roehaa-
tor. N. Y, convention of the iron
| Workers. three days before the Los
| Angeles explosion, he attempted but
failed Ia have passed n Teeo lution foT
tho publication OF the "a AlSndItuTeH
knowing that $1,000 had been
given 10 Olnf A. TveItmoo OF San
| Francisco 90 holm out the Los Angelica
strike. and that thousands OF dollars
had been spent without an account
inR. still whom ~ Samarl was arrest
I'd you believed him innooent7" Nor
rim whh asked In cross examination.
~ did" said MorrIn.
Counsel for tho defense objected "a
this line Of inquiry, but the court
held II had been shown that thou.
sands or dollars OF tho Iron Workers