New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-20
.BLAMES M'NAMARAS
. AND M'MANIGAL FOR ALL
Krum Tells Jury in Dynamite
Trial That Labor Unions Had
No Part in Crimes.
HOCKIN CALLED "IAGO'
Noel Says He Never Told Same
Story Twice and Was One
of Originators of
Outrages.

Iudianapolis Dec Bon the McNa- !
mara brothers and Ortie II. Mechanical /
the confessed dvnamiters" who In the /
name Of labor unions committed crimes
against which civilization revolts, but in |
which labor unions took no part, Chester !
IT, Erum. arguing to the jury in the !
dynamite conspiracy" trial to-day, rested /
the responsibility for the series Of eN-
ploslons which the forty defendants are !
charged with having caused.
Mr.. krum, associated with Senator John !
W. Kern as counsel for the defence, told /
the jurors the government had failed to ,
show that Frank NJ. Ryan, president, and /
other officials OF the ironworkers' union !
had violated the federal statute PROHIBIT |
| ing the carrying Of explosives on passen- I
ger trains and that the government had |
J based its charges chiefly on the admis- ,
| sious Of the dynamiters.
The defence's counsel attacked the con- |
fession Of McManisal as given on the F,
stand because this same MECHANICAL is |
an admitted thief, who testified in court /
that he stole l,a0 pounds Of dynamite |
and hid 1t In the shed Of his unsuspect- |
| ing father at Tifiin, Ohio MI krum |
said:
| 1t is not within the power OF the fcdcral !
government 10 prosecute FOR acts OF IN
| limitation committed against employers
! Of non-union labor These defendants are
| charged with cOnsplrins 10 carry pro-
! hiDittd explosives, against the federal
| laws, ana IL has not been shown that they
| did 80 cOuspire or that they met together
! specifically with Il view Vi violating that
| law.
II has been charged here that local
|
| to do their duty in cOnnec ton with these
| explosions, byt that does not empower
! the federal government ~ prosecute for
| those offences.
| Ii is natural that you Jurors. who have
| heard the stories repeated here. should
| have feelings OF horror and Indignation.
| DO We condemn the acts OF the dynd-
| mlters? The government has character
! tied James Il. Mcnamara, the destroyer
! Of human life at Los Angeles, as "a dcgen-
/ crate. What In the name OF God shall
| We call John J. Mcnamara? IL he isn't a
| paTdnOlac there never was one. Think OF
| how in the name OF union labor he di-
| rected the crime which hurled human BE-
| ings ana property all into one red burial
| We regret that any such condition could
! have been brought about IN Il civilized
! community.
! When Mr.. Krum told the jury tina; the
statute OF limitations had run against
some Of the acts charged Judge Anderson
] interrupted MN, bdyllo. 4 GU ten tiat 10
the jury and / shall instruct the jury IL
Is not the law"
Stories which the government charges
! Herbert S. Iockiu told while acting as
the Iago OF the dynamite conspiracy
were related by Special Assistant District
Attorney James ". Noel in cout!nWug
his argument 10 the jury this afternoon.
lie said.
! Iu hctraying al with whom he had to
/ deal Hoehlr never told the same story
. twice. Stlll this man, the ldgo OF the
/ conspiracy. whispering d different story
tors of tna scheme To blow up uon-uu!ou
! jobs with dynamite. lie was ambitious and
! wanted 10 get out OF the way thOs" who
I gal aud J. u. Mcnamara had complained
| that llockiu was Withholding part OF the
! I'M Zee allowed for each explosion. The
I df uauitrrs Were about to ditch him. 30
uocklu decided 10 botray them.
Mr. Noel declared that the testimony az
Thomas Taggert. Democratic national
committeeman. amounted 70 nothing.
!. -. Frederlcks. District Attorney OF
Los Angeles County. started for Los
Angeles tonight to prepare for the sec
Ond trial Of Clarence barrow on a Jury
brlbing charge which H. set FOR Janu-
airy I.