The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-12-28


Angeles Tines" building wss blovu
ir9 S.;h ioss ~ q lives. tie fed
era authorities ~ lud.susro8s frs,
Considered the poss iatli'y of n7osecu
toEs To- Illegal interstate ,asrses-
o: dynamite and nliroslrce- ou
passenger trs!2s Or'ie T. 1feAisn!.
ia coafessloa. ostslned after H.
~ d;he McNatasra 3ro'hess bad aeea
arrested implicated others .. having
ae'sa'J o~FrAed yvgsosYe. = 49,
eases o1 ;ra.as u - having entered
RIO . consp.racf Thas indicated. ia
vsiic' A'tofaeH Charles ". MHlers
opinion. The necessity Tor sranc
ia-1 .rTes,i sA,ion. Indianapolis va
~ 5ezdcusr-ers o. John Nc
Nfna-a. seer@iasy % The ron work
ers .sa-oa. and he po.n- a. ~h.eh
b. As charged The coasp.-aey vas
catered .ato and from which The
explosives were carried
Ano,hcr coincidence vas -4t ,ae
ir.si cesan OF October 1919. the
second anniversary u the Times
explosion The federa. srsnd jun
after segers. months Investigation
returned indictments against q I'm
ion .sbor officials Before ne De
fease began Is case ,his nanlber had |
oeen -edueed 20 4 on accosa, 81
various el.nin4tious.
A. ;hs motive sor ,he crimes |
charged me government referred 70 |
the s.r.ge asalns, apsoyets 6J ron
sa'oa ia5o- consisting ., Bridge
yiada;. and 5ane.ng eontraccors Who
r+,u,a.aed al opea sh0ya policy.
enp.o; Ing worgmed regardless oF
~he,he- hey gefonged 20 ne union
-or no.. ms ss-ye re7tr has bsen
raued of ! I, rzs alleged Ia. q
warfare waged ~ the union spread
All over the eoenrry 'unth Violence
vas resor,ed 70. or. IS vas stated
picse.gag spread 70 s.uggtng, sIug
giug 10 dynan;te ana dynamite =
aitro;.yeerln
Mcnamara. a. ,he headquarters o.
tie union II Indianapolis. although
late named by witnesses as the
active perpetrator OF ne explosions
was then unsAs pected b. The con
tractors. But tbe advent OF Nc
.,ian;xa! ard James b NcNamata.
brother Of the UNION secretary. a.
regularly h.fed dynAmiters. worEihs
anaer John is direction. ana. g.
Nolan gal chrses =-.th Nockin's
leadership. he explosions became 50
5old as 10 arouse suspicion ;hat they
were the work Of an o-gahlzsd band
Detectives already had been work
ins on the case when the killing of
q people Il Los Angeles by a bomb
set of at o'clock in me morning.
showed that The desperation Of the
dynamiters had reached the murder
stage.
The witnesses came from almost
sye-y cry Dozens Of them we're
brought from the Pacific coast to
remain, on ,he stand only a few
minutes A curly headed dinple
checked girl. sarbed IN a PIN dress
was called from North Randall, o.
10 point out in .he court room Peter
!. SMITH and George ~(NipEer5 An
derson. OF Cleveland, as men she saw !
going Up a lonelg $50 with 6oT
shortly before an explosion at North
Randall. A mechanic came from
Hawaii to tel 0! oyerhearing certain
OF the defendants discuss proposed
explosions in Detroit An engineer
came from Panama 20 recount his
experiences with Hockin. Men who
drove livery wagons. check boys in
railway stations. who cared for sur
cases. filled With Internal machines.
hotel clerks who booked" the Nc
Namaras and McManigat Tor rooms
detectives, stenogr4phers. 1contraetors
who suffered from explosions ami
telephone operators, all related
piecemeal their srowfedge OF me DE-
fendants conYersations or move
nent3, which the government unde'
-ook 10 weave into completed story
10 sho@ At once the individual guilt
of each. and the collective guilt Of
all the defendants
one BY one The defendants heard
ne charges repeated against them.
Not a Blow to Union Labor
Charles " miller. federal distrIcS
attorney, who prosecuted the dyna-
mite cases said after the verdict was
given:
This conviction is not a blow to
inlon labor but distinct service 20
abor. In that II rids labor of the
tgrna OF such men within It's organ
cation"
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