The Forrest City times., 1913-01-03
CONvICT|ONS IN
DYNAMITE CASE
JhIriy-eight Men Convicted and
Two Acquitted in Govern
ment Case.
WIVES OF MEN HYSTERiCAl
Conviction Outerowth of Mcnamara
Case in Los AngeIes--erlef
~ History of Trials.
WIVES OF MEN HYSTERICAl
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4 government, with stern and decisive
4sWiftness, took into its possession 3S
union labor officials convicted of con
Il spiracy of promoting explosions on
n nondnion work throughout the land,
n of aiding in the destruction which
brought loss of life at Los Angeles,
# Cal, and of carrying on a reign of
terror declared to be unparalleled in
n the history of the country
u Almost the entire executive staff of
Il the International Association of Bridge
II and Structural Iron Workers was con
n victed. Only two officials of that
III union now remain out of Jail
At the head of the list of those con.
S victed stands Frank NJ. Ryan, the
president.
1t was of this union, with 10000
members, that John j. Mcnamara
was secretary treasurer, while he con,
Quoted the dynamiting. out of which
the present convictions grew
The convictions, coming on a scale
1 unprecedented in federal court, were
an aftermath of the killing of q per.
sons in the blowing up the Los An.
geles Times building on October /,
1910. Mcnamara and his brother
James b., the Times dynamiter, are
convicts in Calofrnia.
Each prisoner was handcuffed
/ Immediately after the courtroom was
cleared of spectators, and between
deputy marshals they were marched
five blocks through the streets in a
brilliant winter sunlight to the county
Jail.
The prisoners, each visible TO the
others through the bars, were various
ly cast down or cheerful. Some pro.
fessed to take the jury's verdict in
light spirit, while disappointment
plainly was written across the coun
tenance. of others Marshall Shmldt
at once placed extra guards about the
Jail to prevent demonstrations by the
crowds.
Outside the Jail there was enacted a
scene in which JOY played no part. It
had to do with the wives. sisters and
children of the defendants.
The verdict delivered in the sombre
courtroom in so brief a time struck
first silence and then hysterical sob
bing among the women, who, for
months, had hoped for a different re.
suit. Some of the women attempted
to climb over the railing which sepa-
rated them from that part of the room
where the defendants sat Arms ap.
pealinsly were stretched forth. Mrs
Frank Higgins, Boston, tainted rs she
he saw her husband led away The
children OF others began to cry, but
the orders of the court were inexor.
able.
Sentences Pronounced.
Two men each were given four
years, twelve men each were given
three years. four men each were given
two years, six men each were given
one year and one day, and six men
including Edward Clark, Cincinnati, a
dYnamiter, who confessed were al
lowed their liberty on suspension sen.
tepCes.
Elimination of those who received
suspended sentences, left 33 who are
to go TO Leavenworth, where the
shortest sentence will be one year and
one day,
History of Case.
October /, 1911, government author
tiles. exactly one year after the Los
Angeles Times explosion, for the first
time considered the possibility of fed
eral prosecution for illegal transporta-
ticn of explosives.
February G, 1912, federal grand jury
returns indictments against "a labor
union officials.
February Ia, most of the defendants
scattered over the country arrested