Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-10-02
DYNAMITE TRIAL
FINALLY STARTS
FORTY SIN UNION MEN PLACED
On TRIAL FOR \ DYNAMITE
CONSPIRACY.
NJ MANI al plead GUILTY
Many Tali-mcn Were Disqualified BE-
cause thcy Believed the De-
PENDANTS Were Guilty.

INDlANAPOLlS, Ind, oct L.
Lines on which jury win be chosen
for the trial of 46 defendants, accus-
ed of completely In widespread dy-
/ Mantle conspiracy against employers
/ OF non-union labor, were indicted to-
/ day In the examination Of talismen.
The trial was begun before Judge
/ Fred J. Anderson and the original
number of "a men indicted, headed
by Frank NJ. Ryan, president Of the
Bridge and Structural Workers. was
reduced to iG, the government with
drew the charges against three On,
another defendant was absent because
Of q broken leg. Ortie McManigal
pleaded guilty and one defendant
was mot found"
John j. and James B. Mcnamara.
serving terms in prison in California
also were reported mot found"
No sooner were the preliminary
motions ended than Judge Anderson
said "call a jury" The court had
stated that the sessions Of the trial
would be at least 81 hours daily.
Summonscs have been prepared for
from 300 to 400 Witnesses. 1t was
believed jury would be completed
in a week.
Talismcn were examined by Senator
John W. Kern and William n. Hard
ing, for the defense, and by District
Attorney Charles w. Miller, for the
government
j. NJ. Hatfield. farmer and coun-
try school teacher, was excused be-
cause he said he had an opinion that
the defendants were guilty. Where
did you get that opinion?'
"From the newspapers read ac-
counts of the Mcnamara trials at Los
Angeles, and that "A grand jury at
Indianapolis had indicted these men,
This convinced me they were guilty.
"You know, don't you, that these
defendants were indicted jointly with
tn McNamara's?"
Convinced of Cunt.
yes 1t would take evidence TO
overcome my belief"
you say you read about the blow
ing up of the Los Angeles Times
building the pleas Of guilty Of the
McNamaras. the confession Of Mo
Manigal, and you concluded they were
all Jointly guilty in carrying eXplos-
ives on passenger trains2'
Yes sir, that is my belief, and It
would take evidence to remove that
impression" Hatfield said.
Much OF the questioning was devot-
ed to whether the tallsmen ever had
had relations with union labor or
were prejudiced for or against it,
Former Banker John Burgess, New
Castle, Indiana, was asked whether
william j. Burns, a detective who ar
rested McMangal and the McNamaras
was at present employed by the Amer
lean Bankers association. Burgess
said he did not know.
one man was excused because he
had sons who were members Of labor
unions.
"Did you ever read McManigars
confession in which he implicated
these defendants as being associated
with him in carry ing dynamite and
nitro -glycerine about the country"
Charles w. Johnson, a farmer, was
asked.
"Yes, | read It, and that together |
with the fact that the grand jury
found indictments here convinced mo
these men are guilty" he answered
James II. Hurst, another farmer, |
said "the government wouldn't have
to introduce evidence for me that the |
men are guilty l am convinced al !
ready"
Ten more talismen were excused |
after expressing simialr opinions
Attorney Harding explained to the
that the governments charg-
es were not that the men caused the
explosions. but only that they Illegal
ly transported explosives. |