Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-02
MAY Be RENAMED flour GIVEN LIBERTY
Chance for De Lacy Judge Dynamite Conspiracy Trial
of Juvenile Court. Charges Not Sustained.
MAKES REPLY TO CHARGES IHOCKIN QUITS UNION RANKS
Accompanies Attorney General to Alleged Organizer McNama
the White House. Crew" Resigns From Ironworkers.
POSTMASTER FOR DALLAS OTHER CASES NOT AFFECTED
District
to
Dynamite Conspiracy" Trial
Charges Not Sustained.
HOCKIN QUITS UNION RANKS
Alleged Organizer of "McNamaa
Crew" Resigns From Ironworkers.
OTHER CASES NOT AFFECTED
District Attorney Explains Dis
charge of Quartet Of Defendants
as Government Rests.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. December a.
Four Of the forty five defendants In
the dynamite conspiracy" trial were
discharged by the government today on
the ground that the charges against
them had not been sustained
Herbert =. Hockin, named by witt
nesses the man who organized the
Mcnamara dynamite crew" and later
became "A spy i'm the ranks of the union
against Ortie T. McManigal and others.
to-day resigned as Sc retary-treasurcr
of the International Association Of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers.
John T. McClory of Cleveland was ap-
pointed his successor.
The dismissal of the cases. leaving
forty-one labor union officials still on
trial. came when Charles w. Miller.
United States district attorney. an
nounced that the governments evidence
was all presented and that the govern
ment rested Its case.
Four Defendants Dismissed.
Mr. Miller then moved the dismissal OF
defendants as follows:
William Benson, East Galloway. y. Y.
former president OF the Detroit Fedora
ton of Labor.
Moulton III. Davis West Chester. Pa.
former member OF the executive board OF
the International Association Of Bridge
and Structural Ironworkers.
John r. Carroll. Syracuse. y. Y. for
mer official local ironworkers' union.
Spurgeon p, Meadows. indianapolis.
Ind, business agent of the local council
of the International Brotherhood OF Car
penters and Joiners.
The government said its release or
these defendants did not affect the merits
| of the remaining cases.
ed statements of Olaf A. Tveiimoe. said
| District Attorney Miller. addressing the
court. 'the government has no desire to
punish any innocent defendants We have
concluded that while Carroll. Benson and
| Meadows might have had guilty knowl-
edge of conspiracy Illegally TO trans
port explosives. the evidence is not con-
elusive. Benson, since his leadership a
union official at Detroit, had retired to a
| farm and is no longer connected with Q
union.
Reason for Davis Discharge.
I'm the case of Davis the evidence is
conclusive that he is guilty as a con-
spirator. His letters as an executive
| board member of the ironworkers union
show he knew of the dynamite plots.
| There is only one reason We ask his dis
charge. 1t is that he retired from tho
union in 1901 and has taken no part in
| 1t since"
Davis formerly was of Philadelphia.
Benson. besides being head Of the Detroit
| federation. also was connected with the
steamfitters union.
Motions by the defense for the dismissal
of Michael J. Cunnane Of Philadelphia.
Clarence O'Dowd of Rochester. y. V.
formerly of Detroit; John III. Barry. st.
Louis; James +. Ray. Peoria; Murray l..
Pennell Springfield, ILL.,; Frederick
Money, Duluth. and other defendants.
were overruled.
II will say that at the end of the trial
I will listen to motions as to few more
entertained now" said Judge a. B.
Anderson.
Frank NJ Ryan, president of the IRON
workers union, was then called as the
first witness for the defense
Ryan at Headquarters Seldom.
Ryan is charged with promoting a dy-
| Mantle conspiracy by writing letters as
president of the ironworkers' union and
by appropriating as executive board
member money with which John J. Nc
Namara bought explosives.
Ryan testified he became president OF
the union in 1905, succeeding Frank
Buchanan, now a member of Congress
Mcnamara, until after his arrest IS a
dynamiter remained the unions Sec
retary-treas the witness said.
In line with the defenses contention
that Mcnamara alone knew the unions
funds were being used for dynamiting
non union jobs. Ryan said he visited
the union headquarters at Indanapolis
only about two days each month