The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-12-19
9TH SIDES REST
!. / IN BOMB TRIAL
gadge Will Allow Eight Days for
". Argument.
NE DEFENDANT IS FREED
Sorty Men. Now Await Verdict Of Jury
- -. p. Butler Held on In
WI creased Bond for
Perjury.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 1s.-Sensa.
lions marked the close of the evidence
In the dynamite conspiracy cases here.
The defense closed Unexpectedly a
full day in advance of the predicted
time The government then followed
by closing it's case without rebuttal.
The preliminary motions for dis
missal of all defendants followed and
Chester Krum, of counsel for the de-
tense, made motion that the govern
ment be made to elect on what charges
the case against the two defendants
he represented should go to the jury.
Judge Albert B. Anderson took the
motion under Amusement to report
during the argument
Eight Days for Argument.
Four days were allowed each side
by the court for arguing the case.
Nine of the doubtful ten" defend
ants did not take the stand in their
own behalf. These we're: Olaf A.
TVeitmoe and Eugene A. Clancy of
San Francisco, J. R. Munsey of Salt
Lake, Herbert S. Hockin of Indianapo-
lis, Edward Smyth and James e. Ray
Of Peoria. w. J. Mccain, Kansas City;
Frank C. Webb, New York, and Philip
A Cooley, New Orleans.
Clarence e. Dowd defendant from
Rochester, N. Y, was discharged by
the court. All motions for dismissal
On behalf of the other defendants were
"verruled. Forty men now await the
verdict of the jury.
Charge Butler With Perjury.
F. Butler, vice-president of the
Iron Workers association, was taken
into custody by the United States mar
shal on failure to provide additional
bond. On the motion OF District At
torney Miller, his bond was raised
from $4,000 to $4,000 by the court.
The district attorney said Butler was
On protracted drunk before the trial
began, that he believed Butler had
been drunk and not sick, for the last
two weeks during which he absented
himself from the trial, accused him
of. wilful perjury and said it was not
fair to Buffers attorneys who are on
Egsbond, to ask them to continue as
his bondsmen.
Butler swone to what he knew was
not true said Judge Anderson, just
before declaring his bond raised.
Everybody in this courtroom knows
he is guilty of wilful perjury. He
swore to things in the forenoon, which
he took back in the afternoon law
means anything. some men will have
to, feel it's heavy hand"
Court Is Csustic.
The courts sxcoriation of Butler was
extremely calstic The latter spent
many hours on the stand in his own
behalf, and the cross-examination came
TO an abrupt end when the district at.
torney remarked: 20. I don't think
I care to carry this thing any further"
Butler was stubborn and excited and
the court was forced to caution him to
answer questions numerous times.
II am not yet ready to believe that
organized labor stands for things as
shown here In this evidence" said the
court, preliminary to discharging
Dowd. II will relieve the Jurors of
the responsibility of returning a yer.
dict against a man | do not think
guilty. | do not believe the evidence
Is sufficient to warrant a conviction
and punishment in this mans case"
Dowd walked over to the district at.
torney and extending his hand. said:
Il. hope there are no harder feelings
on your part than there are on mine T."
Miller instantly grasped his hand and
assured him there we're not.