The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-01-02
DYNAM|TERS WERE
kDJUDGED GUILTY
TWO ARE INNOCENT
Dynamite Plotters Are
Convicted After a
Long Trial.
SHOWS COLLISION
SHOWS COLLISION
Governments Charges Were
Sustained in Conviction
of the SO Men.

guilty oil cOmpllclty IN the MCNAMARA
dynamite plots. which included the
wrecking of the Los Angeles Times
building.
Frank Ryan, president of Inter
ternational Association OF Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers. John II.
those convicted. He with others, was
accused Of using the unions funds
to destroy the property OF contrac-
tors who refused TO recognize the
union.
Tho Two defendants found not
guilty were Seiffert and. Buckley. The
following were found guilty:
Frank M. Ryan. preslednt of Inter
national Association Of Bridge and
Structural lrcn Workers, John T..
Butler Buffalo. vice president; Her.
bert s. Hockin, former secretary aud
formerly of Detroit; Olaf A. Tveit-
moe San Fra1icisco, secretary OF Cali
fornla Building Trades Council;
Eugene A. Clancy, San Francisco;
Philip A.. Cooley, New Orleans:
Michael j. Young, Boston: Frank j.
Higgins. Boston; ]. u. Munsey. Salt
Lake City; Frank G. Webb. New
York; Patrick f. Farrell, New York;
John II. Barry, st. Louis: Paul j.
MOrrin. st. Louis; Henry w. Leg]cit-
ner. Denver; Charles II. Beum. Min
neapolis; William 10. Reddin. Milwau-
kee; Michael j. Cunnanc, Philadcl-
phia; Richard III. Houlihan, James A..
Coughliti, james Cooney, William
Shupe all OF Chicago. Edward Smythe
anL. James y Ray. Peoria, Ill, Muir
ray l.. Pennell. Springfield, H.; Will
liam C. Bernhardt. Cincinnati; Will
ford Bert Brown and William j. Nc
Cain. Kansas City, Mo-; Frank r..
Painter, Omaha; ePter j. Smith.
Cleveland; George Anderson. Cleve-
land; Micheal J.. Hannef. Scranton,
Penn: Edward p. Phillips. Syracuse.
N. r.: Chas.. 'Wnchtmeister. Detroit !:
Fred j. Mooney. Dulnth: Frank j.
Murphy, Detroit; ERNEST G. w. Basey
and Fred Sherman, Indianapolis;
Hiram II, Kline. Muncic. Ind. for
mer organizer Of United brotherhood
OF Carpenters and JOtners.
The following found not guilty:
Herman q. Sieffert. Milwaukee and
Daniel Buckley. Davenport. la.
Verdict This Morning
The verdict was brought In at ten
o'clock. All those adjudged guilty
were found guilty on all the counts
as charged In the indictments. The
Jury discharged and court adjourned
until ten O'Clock Monday morning ut
wllichstime sentences will be imposed
Seifert and Buckley, the only mci
out OF forty. were found not guilty
were Immediately discharged from
custody,
After Judge Anderson had cleared
the court room OF all spectators ant
families of defendants. the thirty
e'eHt nrisnners we're taken itnO cus'
tody by Deputy United States Mar
shals and special detectives and were
taken to Marion county Jail. The
conviction OF Ola A. Tyeitmoe ant
ELgene A. Clancy of San Francisco
and j. y. Munsey, OF Salt Lake City
sustained the governments Charge
that they aided in plotting the Lr
Angeles Times explosion. in whicl
t~wenty-one lives were lost. and as
sisted in the escape of James y
Mcnamara in his flight from tn
scene of the crime, p,i.
SHOW McNamaras Implication. 4
By It's verdict, the Jury also sus
tanned the charges that the McNa
mara brothers, now In prison IN Cali
fornia, were aided in a nation wid'
dynamite plot by almost all exc u
tive officials Of Iron Workers. nniol
and that they knowingly carried OF
conspiracy for years by causing OK
plosives to be transmitted on passen
ger trains. AS head OF a union o
10000 members, President Ryan one
sat in ten councils of the America
Federation of Labor.
Possible punishments vary froi
any minimum to thirty-nine and hal
years. in the discretion of The court
Each prisoner. as found guilty
stands convicted in having in one in
stance joined a conspiracy to com
init an offense against the govern
ment, this being punishable by tw
years imprisonment of $4,000 fin
or both, Each prisoner was foun
guilty on rs charges of illegal trans
portation OF explosives. Each Offens
is punishable by Imprisonment eigl
teen months or $1,000 fine or botf
Betrayed His Companions.
Olaf Tveitmoc Of San Francisco,
men to assist In blowing up the Lo
Angeles Times building, but ais
with having asked for more cNplt
6lOllb Ou tuG 1 0NlljS IL 4hC - ~
rotary Of the California Duildin
Trades council. an editor and a rec
oenized leader in labor circles on tn
western coast. Also at the head Z
those found guilty is Herbert S
Hockin, called the "Iago of the col
spiracy," because he was charge
with first initiating Ortie %. Nj
Manigal as the first dynamitcr an
then betrayed all the dynamiters I
promote his own ambition. 1t We
he who, once secretary of the Intcl
national union, whispered into til
ear Of Detective Burns the names {
the Los Angeles dynamiters.
John T. Butler. vice president {
the Iron Workers, was also convicte'
being branded by the court as "pe
iurer" after he had denied McNan
ara was drawing n thousand do