Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-04
Officials at Los Angeles Expeci
Finale Equal to McNemara
Trial.
NAME OF MAYOR IN CASE
Socialist Hastens to Deny Tha
He Gave Any Information to
State or Federal All
thorities.

Los Angeles. Cal. Dec sl.--It was re-
norted to-day that Anton Johnannsen,
one OF the labor leaders indicted oy' TIE
federal grand Jury. had departed for San
Francisco to hold a conference with labor
leaders
Olaf f. rvettmoe. socrc.nry-t,easurer
Of the California state building trades
council and J. b. Munsoy Of Salt Lake
City. secretary ana finance agent of tho
International Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers, intended 10 re-
main here until after their arraignment.
set for Tuesday.
The charge against the three labor
leaders Is the general one of conspiracy
to transport dynamite In viola ton OF the
federal interstate commerce laws Tho
true bills under which the men were
taken prisoners were but part of
packet containing an unknown number
of indictments
Federal officers and county officials. ac-
cording to limitations. expect a finale
to this case equally as startling as that
OF the Mcnamara trial and similar in
nature.
The name OF J. Stitt Wilson. mayor OF
berkeley. was brought into the case to-
day by the publication of statement
from F. r. Mills. manager Of detec-
tive agency here, in which he declares
that Wilson gave the original informa-
ton that caused rigid investigation OF
Johannsens action.
NO HELP FROM LABOR LEADERS
Oscar Lawler, special government
prosecutor. dictated a statement to be
given out after the first arrest The
statement says.
'Notwths landing the emphatic pro-
testations on the part of certain So
called labor leaders OF opposition to the
dynamiting practices INDUCED in by the
McNamaras not one Of them has lifted
hand to aid the officers of the law in
their efforts to discover the truth On
the contrary. there has been exhibited
a decided disposition to impede such
efforts.
| The name OF organized labor has been
| prostituted by a band of criminals, and
it seems to those conducting the investiga-
| ton that unless labor leaders. who assert
that they were deceived by the McNa-
maras. publicly demand from the latter
and all others full and complete exposi-
ton OF every detail OF their dastardly
| operations. whoever may be implicated
| thereby. and thus demonstrate a genuine
| respect for the laws which have been SO
| ruthlessly violated doubts as TO the good
faith OF such assertions are amply just-
| fed.
The aid OF District Attorney Freder-
icks and his assistonts as we'll as that OF
Mr.. McLaren OF the Burns forces has
been invaluable and lie most deeply appre-
ciated."
DENIAL OF AID BY SOCIALIST.
San Francisco. Cal. Dec. 3.-E. A.
lClancey. the labor leader indicted in
Los Angeles in connection with the al
LEGGED dynanhting conspiracy. filed a
surety company bond for $500 to-day
and the United States deputy marshal,
who had stood guard at the mans bed
side since last night took his depar
ture.
A report that Clancy had made q
confession duplicating labor leaders was
said by Mrs. Clancy to be absolutely
withou, foundation and all rot
J. Stitt Wilson. the socialist mayor OF
Berkeley. in a public speech denied alb
solutely that anything that he had said
or done conveyed to the State or federal
authorities or to private detective
agencies information duplicating any
person in the Los Angeles Times dyna-
hitting outrage.