The chronicle=news., 1912-12-30
DYNAMITE CoNSPIR-
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pleaded one prisoner. hut he was In
terrupted by the court.
Arrangements for taking the pris-
oners 10 i.eavcnworth on n special
train already had been done.
Before Judge Anderson passed sem
tencc. he said he desired to read "a
statement. lie then reviewed iha
history OF tho dynamite conspiracy
ns well as the .ridcnc" Introduced.
and said:
This scnem. or campaign Of dy-
Mantle was entered into and carried
on throughout the country from III"
Atlantic TO the Pacific.
The eyidenc. disclosed nn appal-
ling list OF crimes In addition TO
those charges in IN. indictments.
These crimes were Nil committee In
the name Of Organized Labor. ! viii
not believe that organized labor AZ.
proves OF such practices.
Any organization thar approves
aud adopts the methods OF thcs. de-
PENDANTS II an outlaw and viii meet
the fate which outlaws have met
since civilized society began.
The evidence shows some of th"s.'
defendants To b" guilty OF murder.
but they are not charged here with
that crime: this court cannot punish
them for II. nor should II he intiu.n-
ccd by such consideration In fixing
the measure OF punishment for III.
crimes charged.
The certainty OF punishment. not
It's severity. IL the important consid-
Grafton In tn. administration OF
crimina, justice. such punishment
should lie meicd out ns shall warn
Others that even II they desire To ne
complish lawful ends. they must not
violai" tn" law In the attempt to
r'aiiz. them. Keeping these cons!d-
crations In view the court must re-
press that Indignation which every
law abiding citizen naturally feels
NJ the crimes which tn. evidcnc" In
this ease discioscs la addition TO
;hos. for which the defendants have
been found guilty. and IN near NJ
may h. possible, conIinc the punish
mcnt within Its prop"r scope"
Referring tn tn" iron Workers
strike which began In 1905 and
which tn. government charged war
the motive which prompted John !.
Mcnamara TO use dynamite Us u
weapon. Ju,!g. Anderson said the
strike was attended by p!cketing.
then hy siuSginEs and riots. u" add
ed: -.
'Rut In 1905 "a campaign by dyna-
mite WIS inaugurat"d and beginning
with explosions In the east and cx-
tending from the Atlantic to tho Pa
eific. continued until the arrest OF
the McNamnras and Mechanical in
April. 1911.
THE cyidcnc. In this case shows
that alnios, one hundred explosions.
dana xing and destroying structures
In process Of erection by and machin-
cry OF. open shop concerns took
place. eliminating on the first day
OF October. 1910. In the destruction
OF tn" los Angeles Times building
and the murder OF twenty-onc pco-
pie. Every one OF those explosions
was upon the work OF open shop con-
Germs and no explosion IL shown TO
have taken place upon any closed
shop job. Since the arrest OF the
McNnmaras and McManigal. these
explosions have ceased.
This system Of destruction was
not carried on for revenge or obc-
dience to any other human passion,
but for the deliberate purpose. by
vcritablc reign OF terror TO enforce
compliance with the demands OF the
Iron Workers upon the open and
closed shop question"
Tvcitmoc and Clancy OF San Fran
cisco and Munsey of Salt Lake City.
were repeatedly charged by tho dis
trict attorney during the trial with
having committed graver crimes
than those upon which they were
being tried.
"Tvci,moc. the man who paid the
dynamitcrs for the work on the Paci-
iic coast, who asked for more eN-
plosions even after the twcnty.onc
persons were killed. ought not to
be here FOR dynami,ing. lie ought
to be out there on the coast on trial
FOR murder" was one OF District At
Miller's statements In the
court record. so ought Clancy and
80 ought Munscy, the man who for
two weeks hurborcd j. b. Mcnamara
In Salt Lake City. These men ought
TO he in San Quentin prison In Cali
iornta along with the McNamnras
right now"
AT the federal building where the
prisoners were permitted TO eat out
of lunch baskets with their wives. 1t
was said by United States Marshal
Schmidt that the men would be TAX
en- back to the county jail tempo
rarily to be put in readiness for their
tra ansportation to Leavenworth. The
route to be taken and the time OF its
departure from indianapolis are to
he kept secret.
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