Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-30
SENTENCE is
PRONOUNCED
ON 38 MEN
President Ryan of Ironwork-
ers Union Gets 7 Years.
Others Vary to One Year
ALL MOTIONS DENIED
Appeal viii bs Taken to
United States District
Court in Chicago.
Special By ggeed Press wtro.


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indianapolis, Dec. 30:-Seven
years at hard labor in the federal
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kans.,
was the hardest penalty imposed by
Judge Albert Anderson today on the
thirty-eight noted labor leaders,
branded felons by jury, in the
dynamite conspiracy case. This was
the punishment meted out to Frank
M. Ryan, president OF the Interna-
tional Association of Bridge and
Structural ronworkers, and was one
, year more than was given to the
.aier men who were considered
S5an' lieutenants in destroying the
vSSrX of the American Bridge Com
'pany throughout the country. Six
men got off with suspension Of SEN
tence, while the penalties imposed
on the others ranged from one year
and one day imprisonment to the
sentence imposed on Ryan.
The chief sentences other than
that imposed on Ryan was six years,
the penalty fixed In the cases OF
John T. Butler, of Buffalo; Vice
President Eugene Clancy, Of San
Francisco; Olaf A. Tvietmoe, secre-
tary OF the California Building
Trades Council, of San Francisco;
Herbert Hockin, former secretary OF
the Ironworkers OF Detroit; Frank
e. Webb, New York; Patrick Cooley,
New Orleans; Michael j. Young,
vice president, Boston; and J. e.
Munsey, organizer. Salt Lake City,
alleged to have been the man who
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Namara following the destruction OF
the Los Angeles Times building.
Four years in the penitentiary
swas the fate of John H. Barry, of
st. Louis, and Peter J. Smith, of
Cleveland, district organizers. Three
years was the penalty that was given
Charles M. Beum, Indianapolis;
Murray M. Pennell, Springfield, Ill. i;
Edward Smith, Peoria, ILL.,; Henry
w. Legleitner, Denver, Col: George,
better known as "Nipper" Anderson,
of Cleveland; Ernest f. w. Basey,
Indianapolis; ]. w. Moran, St
Louis; William D. Ridden, Milwan-
kee: Michael Harmon, Scranton, Pa. (;
William F. Mccain and Wilfert
Brown, both Of Kansas City. Two
years imprisonment was ordered in
the cases of Frank ]. Higgins, OF
Boston; Frank R. Painter, Omaha;
Richard H. Houlihan, Chicago, and
Frank Sherman, Indianapolis; one
year and one day was the penalty
for William T. Berhardt, Cincin-
natl; James e. Ray, Peoria; William
Shoupe, Chicago; Edward Phillipa,
Syracuse; Charles Wachmeister, De-
troit. Sentence was suspended on
Patrick F. Farrell, New York; James
Cooney, Chicago; James H. Cough
lin, Chicago; Frank Murphy, De-
troit: Hiram Cline, Muncie, Ind,
and Edward Clark, Cincinnati.
In sentencing the men, Judge
Anderson read a typewriter state
ment which said In part:
1.-TWO of the defendants In this
case, McManigal and Clark, have
pleaded guilty and testified to their
participation in and knowledge of
the conspiracy and It's execution. The
principal of these is McManigal.
whose story as testified to on the
witness stand, was given in such
manner as to of itself carry convic-
tion OF its truth"
District Attorney Miller moved
the court to pass Judgment and SEN
tence on the verdict OF guilty against
the thirty-eight Men. Attorney
Krom, for the defense, asked for a
new trial and was denied. His mo-
tion to stay Judgment was also over
ruled. Judge Anderson asked ii any
Of the defendants wished to speak
in their own behalf. He waited
silently a moment, but no defendant
arose. He repeated his request.
There was dramatic silence In the
room. He then asked P. Farrell, of
New York, one of the prisoners, to
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