The Sentinel=record., 1913-01-04
SURETY OF s1,1oo,ooo REQUIRED TO SECURE FREEDOM DURING
 REVIEW OF CASE.
$7O,OOO AS RYAN'S BOND
Double This Value Must be Filed in Order to Make Bonds Good-Hock- in Will Not Seek His Release
 on Bond.

Chicago, Jan 3-Bonds aggregat- ing $1,100,000 must be given if the thirty-two of the thirty-three labor leaders convicted of conspiracy to transport dynamite are to take ad- vantage of the granting of a writ of supersedeas hy the United States cir cult court of appeals in this city to- day
 Whether this amount can be obtain ed was admitted by counsel for the defendants to be a matter of doubt but they expressed the belief that al least some Of it could be procured enough to accomplish the liberty of President Frank NJ. Ryan and a few others until decision has been reach ed on an appeal for the filing of which the court allowed sixty days.
 The decision involves only 32 of the B men now in the Leavenworth penitentiary. as Herbert s. Hoekin, designated among his fellow prison CTS as the "informer" will not appeal.
 The individual bonds required would be-
 Seventy thousand dollars, Frank NJ. Ryan. Chicago.
 Sixty thousand dollars, John T. But Ter, Buffalo, Olai T Tveitmoe, San Francisco; l. F. Munsey. Salt Lake City. Utah; Eugene A. Clancy San r'raneiseo. Phillip A Cooley New Orleans; Frank C. Webb, New York Michael J Young, Boston.
 Forty thousand dollars, John H. Bar ry. St Louis; Peter J. Smith, Cleve- land
 Thirty thousand dollars, Murry L. Pennell Springfield, Ill., Milford Bert Brown. Kausas City; Paul J. Morrin, St Louis; Henry w. Legleitner, Den yer; Charles N Beum, Minneapolis; ; Edward Smythe. Peoria, H.; Geo. An derson, Clveland; Michael | Hannon, Scranton Pa; Ernest G. w. Massey, indianapolis: Michael l. Cunnane Philadelphia: Wm J. Mccain, Kansas City Wm. R. Reddin. Milwaukee. Twenty thousand dollars, Richard H. Houlihan, Chicago: Frank J. Hig- gins, Boston; Frank K. Painter, Oma- ha Fred Sherman, Indianapolis.
 Ten thousand dollars, Wm. s. shupe, Chicago: James E. Ray Peor- ia. IT,: Wm c. Bernhardt Cincinnati; Frank E. Phillips, Syracuse, N. Y.; Chas Wachmeister. Detroit; Fred J. Mooney, Duluth Minn.
 Judge Baker and Seamen heard the arguments and the decision was giv- en orally by Judge Baker. He took occasion to intimate that undue haste was manifested al Indianapolis, in committing the defendants to prison.
 The writ was issued largely on the roint raised by the defense that the iron workers were convicted of con tinuing offense, a conspiracy to com init offenses continually
 Tn fixing the amount of bail the court was influenced by the fact that the offenses involved are not extra ditaDle Judge Anderson, who pre- sided over the trial court at Indiana polls was authorized to pass on the suitability and adequacy of any bonds offered. District Attorney Miller of Indianapolis, who represented the gov ernment at today's proceedings stated that the bonds of surety companies urobably would be acceptable but that 'he surety must schedule property twice the amount of the bond.
 X basis of s11.000 for each years 1 sentence was used by the court in fix 1 iug the amount of the bonds. As Ryan was sentenced 10 serve seven years his bond was fixed at $70,000 and the same ratio was preserved throughout for the other convicted men. Judge Baker said in commenting on tie errors alleged by the defense the trial court
 DIn this case the writ of error is an absolute right. writ of super cedeas is not an absolute right Il has been the practice of federal crim | inal prosecution, however, to allow writs of supersedeas so as to release prisoners on bail until the case is l finally decided on review. While the 1 judgment of the trial court presum ably is correct. yet there is a possi biUty of substantial erroT-error SC great that a conviction shousd not be sustained For that reason defend ants loald not be subjected to the ignominy of incarceration while theil case are being reviewed and wrfts O.
 snpersedeas should issue when 1t 1. shown that they are asked for ill gooC faith and not on frivlous grounds oi
 merely to delay the progress Of jus l tice.
 The chief error assigned in thii l case Is that the defendants were tries