The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-01
SPECIAL TRAIN CARRYING THiR-
TY.THREE nnMAlcTEp
TAKES DEPARTURE.
TAKE LEAVE OF FRIENDS
Wives of soon-to- Be Penitentiary In
mates Not Permitted to Take the
Trip-Each Prisoner Has Guard,
but Is Not Burdened With Handouts
Communication Not Allowed.

indianapolis, Dec. 21,--With the de-
parturc today of tho special train bear
ing the 33 convicted dynamite conspir
ators TO the federal prison at Leaven-
Worth, Kan, the scenes of activity in
the famous case shifted The next
move here will como Thursday morning
when United states District Judge An.
derson viii rule on the motions of tho
defense for a writ of supersedeas anl
Of error.
Judge Seaman of the circuit court Of
appa1is Will be here Thursday and has
announced that he viii consider an ap-
real fn rWrits to prevent the incarcera
ton III leavcnworth prison of the 33
men who yesterday were given sen
:ences ranging from one year and ono
day to seven years.
The wives and relatives, after waving
the prisoners goodbye as they marched
to the special train at 12'lO this after
noon, returned to their hotels prcpara-
ary to packing for their lonely home
ward journey.
J. =. McHlery, cleveland. acting Sec
ret1ry treasurer OF the 1utCrna 'onaI
Association of Bridge ana Structural
IronWoHk crs. of which - of the pris-
oners arc officers or former Of f'icers.
AID Edward Lewis, san Francisco, eN-
o@utive board member, the only two
officials Of the union out Of custody,
sud this afternoon that efforts worl
be made to take care Of the wives ana
farn9ltes Of the prisoners McClery
said official action 10 supply aid
a t,.,,,
Of the organization, Neither Mould
htakc any reply when asked when and
Wfere the convention would be Held
In SecIuson on Train.
Unless United States Marshal
Schmidt. in charge Of the prisoners.
changes his mind. nothing viii ha
known of the happenings on the train,
now known as the dynamters' special.
until LeaVcnWorth Is reached.
Marshal schmidt gave out word that
the doors would be locked all of the
time and that no opportunity would be
given the newspaper correspondents
aboard to file their stories with tele-
graph companies.
When the prisoners at l2 o'clock
Were marched from the county Jail to
the train, which was waiting on sid.
ing nearby, the smiles faded from their
faces. Even big Ed" ISmythe Of
Peoria, ILL.,, called the "wag of tho
bunch who always had a smile,
barely noticed his friends on the short
| march. Many women, including wives
OF the convicted ironWoriSors, tried to
cheer the men as they walked to tho
train, but foW OF the mon had the cour-
age to return the greeting.
Code of Rules.
| Just before the start for the train
was made. Marshal schmidt called so
! deputies together and outlined to them
the code of rules" that would govern
| tie officers on the trip.
This is no picnic party" said tho
marshal, ut Is my duty to deliver tho
prisoners at Fort LcaVcnworth prison
| and ! intend to do so. | do not expect
trouble although the men did not get
they should. we can't take any
chances. however,
| mo man must do a thing that VIII
reflect Oh this movement, that Will do
tract from the grandeur the govern
ment has shown in melting out justice.
! do not believe any man among you
viii show the yellow feather, should
action be demanded
| NO nippcrs are to bo used. l want
tn treat these prisoners like men, as