St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-01-04
Cooley Gets Six Years in Leavenworth
Prison. Convicted Men Sing as
They March Back to Prison.

/. keep in absolute secrecy the depart.
ure end route of the train. It wal
slnderstood no efforts would be made
| To tcke the train out before tomor
| row.
Less than twenty. minutes was re-
Quired by the court In the work 81
actually imposing sentences al.
! though for an hour and half before
! that time, Judge Anderson invited
each prisoner to step. up and talk
with him, as to his degree OF guilt
In Alphabetical Order.
The scene was unusual. The pris-
oners had been arranged three rows
deep, each seated in alphabetical ar
rangement. In front sat . dozen at-
torneys for the defense, whose mo-
tions for setting aside the verdicts
| and for arrests of judgment all were
overruled. Behind. in the rear. shut
on by a railing, were the relatives OF
the prisoners. There were several
hundred persons In the room, but
one voice only was heard at . time
That was the judges voice, or the
voice Of the prisoner who stepped
forward to plead for mercy.
Judge Anderson said his reason
for wanting to talk to some Of the
men was that he believed some evi
dence might have been brought on,
In the trial which was omitted.
Six Step Forward.
IF there is anyone of you whf
has anything to say why sentence
should not be pronounced, he may
step forward" said the court. For
The invitation was repeated. Final
ly six men arose and stepped for.
ward one by one. The six men were
Patrick F. Farrell. James Cooney
James COughlin, William C. Bern
hardt. Frank j. Murphy and Hiram
Kline.
OF these six. all but Bernhardt pro-
cured liberty, through suspended sen.
tences.
Bernhardt, in pleading his cause
began: II hope God may strike me
4 dead
But here the court interrupted
''Sit down. You know you are gull
ty."
Bernhardt's sentence, as imposed
later, was one year and one day.
Do you think dynamiting i~
right !? Was asked Of each prisoner
who pleaded. The answer was In
variably mo, your HONOR Each
prisoner disclaimed any KNOWLEDGE of
the dynamite plots
Just as Frank ]. Murphy, of De-
troit, was called, Judge Anderson an
nounced his purpose in questioning
the man. =
Lacked Proper Defense.
Il am doing SO because l don't
believe you had the defense you
ought to have had" said the Judge.
That's why l am questioning you.
You don't have to answer any ques-
tions IL you feel the answer will pre-
judice your case.'
Murphy was asked whether he had
not been arrested in July, 1911, after
prisoner replied he had been ac-
quilted.
do you believe a man ought to
be sentenced il he is found guilty.
"Yes, do"
Not Guilty as Others.
District Attorney Miller said: II
believe Murphy is guilty. but not
so guilty as some of the others"
Hiram r. Kline, Munice, Ind, .
former organizer for the carpenters
union, was called.
Kline explained 800 bill he was
accused of paying to Charles Wacht-
meister as part Of q fund to be used
for blowing up building in Detroit.
The prisoner asserted the money had
nothing to do with any proposed ex-
plosions. The district attorney said
this evidence ought to have been
brought out ON the stand.
Opposed Dynamiting.
sYour honor" said Patrick F. Far
rell, II have something to cay in
my behalf"
Some things might have been
said in your behalf that were not
| said, 2 interrupted the court. lis 1t
fact that you were not in sympathy
with the dynamiting campaign?"
THAT is = fact, your honor" re-
spOnded Farrell. In 1907 voted
against 4 resolution to continue the
strike Of the iron workers. never
have been in sympathy with dynamit.
Ing
0lICAl y 0(IlOA ia III Au6 " ACOk
certain officials In the iron workers
union might be construed two ways
said District Attorney Miller.
'."Then we take the innocent way,
said Judge Anderson. II have been
ON the bench ten years and have
never sentenced man believed in
lnocent:."
Least Guilty of All.
''This man Farrell is one of the
least guilty Of them all and had ht
had proper legal advise he might
have been found not guilty. said Mr.
Miller
Farrell ig of New York and once
was IN Executive Board member oi
the Iron Workers Union. He wa
| told to resume his seat.
James Cooney, Chicago next ap
peared before the court.
Cooney was questioned whether h
had written any letters about dyna
mite plots. He said he never had
and Mr.. Miller said no letters ol
Cooney's hac been introduced be
cause there were none Of importance
| why should Ortie E. McNanjga
testify falsely against your" asket
I the court.
IT don't know why he should
answered. Cooney.
! A9ainst violence.
do you believe that organixe b
labor has the right to resort to VIC
3onee In it, strikees'' asked the cossxl