Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-28

: The following were found guilty:
Frank N. Ryan. president Of the
International Association OF Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers; Joia
T. Butler. Buffalo. vice-president:
Herbert S. Hockin. former secretary
and formerly of Detroit: Olaf A
Tx eitmoe. San Francisco, secretary
sof the California Building Trades
Council; Eugene A. Clancy, San
Francisco; Philip A. Cooley. New
Orleans. Michael J. Young. Boston:
Frank ]. Higgins. Boston; Z.
N MhRseys Salt Lake City, Utah Trad
G. Webb. New York: Patrick +.
Brown, New York; John Fl. Barry.
St Louis; Paul ]. 1forrin, st. Louis.
Henry w. Leigleitner, Denpers
Charles N Beum, Minneapolis: WIli-
lam e. Reddin, Milwaukee,; Michael
J Cunnane, Philadelphia; Richard
H. Houlihan, Chicago: James CooneS4
Chicago; James A. Coughlin, Chica-
go; William Shupe, Chicago; Ed-
ward smythe, Peoria, Ill; James e.
Ray, Peoria, III: Murray L. PennelL
Springfield. ILL.,: William c. Bernz
hardt, Cincinnati; Wilford Bern
Brown, Kansas City, No.; William J.
Mccain, Kansas City, No.; Frank K.
Painter. Omaha; Peter ]. Smith,
Cleveland; George Anderson, Cleve-
land; Michael J. Harmon, Scranton.
Pa. Edward f. Phillips, Syraeuss.
n. Y; Charles Wachtmeister. De-
troit; Frank J. Murphy, Defroif.
Fred ]. Mooney. Duluth. Ernest G.
W Basey. Indianapolis; Fred gher-
man, Indianapolis; Hiram r.
Kline. Muncie. Ind, former organ
izer for the United brotherhood Ut
Carpenters and Joiners.
The conviction of Olaf A. Tveitmos
and Eugene A. Clancy. Of san Fran
cisco. and J. Z. Munsey. OF salt Laixa
City. sustained the governmenfa
charges that they aided in plotting
the Los Angeles explosion, in which
twenty-one persons were Killed ana
assisted in the escape Of James B.
Mcnamara in his flight from the
scene of that crime.
BY its verdict the jury also sus-
tained the charges thar the McNa-
mara brothers now in prison in cali
ifornia were aided in the nation-
wide dynamite plots by almost an fhs
executive officials Of .he iron work
ers' union, and that they knowingly
carried on the conspiracy for years
by causing explosives 10 be trans
ported on passenger trains.
Ryan Once In a. F. of L. Councils.
A. 4ho l-.,7 - - ,..s,,s
members President Ryan once sat
n the councils of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor.
Tveitmoe. of San Francisco. was
charged with not only supplying two
men to assist in blowing up the Les
Angeles Times building. but also with
having asked for more explosions on
the Pacific coast. He is secretary ef
the California Building Trades Coun-
Gil. an editor and recognized leader
in labor circles on the coast
Also at the head Of those found
guilty is Herbert S. Hoclxin. called
the Iago OF the conspiracy" because
he was charged with first Initiatine
Ortie E. McManigal as hired dyna-
inter and then with beraying all the
dynamiters to promote his own anbI-
ton 1t was he who. once secretary
of the international Union, ',whis-
pered into the ear of detective Burns
the names of the Los Angeles Times
dynamiters.
John 7. Butler. vice. president of
the ironworkers. also was convicted.
being branded by the court as a .perz
jurer.s after he had denied that Me-
Namara was drawing $1,000 month
TO pay for dynamiting.
An almost tragic scene took piAre
in the court room in the few minutes
following the end of the trial.
As United Statee Marshal Edward
Schmidt ordered the prisoners. one he
one. to step before the court the wives
Of a score of the men in the rear oE
the room leaned pitifully over The
railings. calling for their husbands.
Mrs. Frank J. Higgins. Of Boston.
leaned far over the railing and ao'-
lapsed. She had been crying hsslefs
ically.
Another disposition was shown 81
Mrs John II. Barry. of ST. IoaIt
With a smile. she threw Haf nfMt