The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-01-01

shop question; that in said month. the
International declared general strike
against the American Bridge Com
pany; and that this strike has never
been settled.
If you find from the evidence tat
In order to carry out the purposes Of
the International, the defendants, or
two or more Of them. entered into a
conspiracy 10 destroy with dynamite
or nitro-glycerine the property of the
American Bridge Company and other
open shop concerns, or the structures
which they were erecting in various
states Of the Union. and il you find
such conspiracy to destroy sucn prop
erty included, as a necessary step in
the accomplishment Of such destruc-
tion. the unlawful transportation Of
dynamite and vSSo-glycerine upon the
vehicles VI common casr,ers engaged
st the time In the transportation Sf
passengers from a place in one State
to place or places In another, or 9TH
er States Of the United States; and
IL you further find. that such destruc-
ton OF property was accomplished by
explosions Of dynamite and nitro-gly-
cerine In various places throughout
the United states. and that the dyna-
mite and nitro-glycerine. with which
such explosions were produced were
az a matter Of fact transported from
State to State upon the vehicles of
common carriers. engaged at the time
In the carrying Of passengers as
averred, then you will be authorized to
find that a conspiracy was formed to
transport dynamite and ntiro-glyce-
rine unlawfully. as charged in the in
dictment."
Calling attention to the charges Of
illegal transportation, the Court said:
"You may find the defendants guilty
upon all Of the counts Of the indict-
ment upon which they are now upon
trial, II you are satisfied beyond a
reasonable doubt that the proofs Jus
tify 1t. Or you may find the defend
ants guilty upon any one or more Of
the counts Of the indictment and not
guilty upon the others. You may find
any defendant guilty or not guilty.
or you may find one or more of them
guilty and the others not guilty. Be-
fore you can find any Of the defend
ants guilty you must be satisfied Of his
guilt In manner and form az charged
In someone Of the counts Of the In
dictment upon which they are on trial,
beyond q reasonable doubt"
OF McManigal and Edward Clark.
Cincinnati. both Of whom pleaded
guilty and testified for the Govern
ment. the Court said their testimony
SHOULD be received with csdtion and
scrutinised with care" and added:
The witness, William J. Burns.
while on ."e witness stand. detailed a
conversation that he had With the de-
fendant, Hockin. In which he made
statements to Hockin about the de-
fendant, Tveitmoe. having been in
prison and bsving a prison rcord.
Such statements made by Burns are
not to be considered by you in any
way In determining the guilt or in
nocence Of the defendant, Tveitmoe,
as to the charges laid in this indict-
ment."
Judge Anderson concluded:
Carefully weigh all the evidence in
the case. and from it, under the rules
of law. which I have given you, de-
termine the guilt or innocence Of the
defendants. With you and not with
the Court rests the responsibility of
finding and determining the facts. The
views Of the Court on questions of
fact are not controlling upon you. You
have nothing to do with the case ex-
cept to determine the single question
OF the guilt or innocence Of the de-
fendants. IL you should return a
verdict Of guilty. the measure Of pun
ishment to be inflicted upon the de-
PENDANTS is committed to the Court" "
The testimony of Burns about
Tveitmoe, referred to by the Court,
was that Burns had numerous CONVEX
sations with iiOckin shortly after the
Los Angeles Times explosion and that
Burns related to Hockin how he en-
pected TveltmOe would "blow him
up" because he (Burns) had obtain
ed photograph Of Tveitmoe in the
garb OF Minnesota penitentiary
prisoner and had published it in a
San Francisco newspaper.
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