The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-01
HOCKIN TABOOED AS TRAITOR BY
 CONVICTED MEN
Other 32 Prisoners Request Warden Not to Make Him
 Their CeII-Mate
Dynamite Conspiracy Victims Begin Serving Sentence at
 Federal Prison Today

Fort Leavenw orth. =Kas., Jan. 1-Af- ter a .dreary 20 hour ride from In dianapolis, the B union officials, con victed in the dynamite conspiracy case, arrived at the federal prison here in their special train at a. m-, and began serving their sentences on New Years day
 Beginning with President Frank M. Ryan, of the Ironworkers, the men were received by the warden, signed the prisoners book. were bathed, their heads shaved and tiheir. bodies clad. in the dark gray prison garb. They were then led up into the warden's office and given numbers
 guards on, the special. The prisoners dozed, gossiped, smoked or ate all night. The cars were stuffy, badly ventilated and all doors, windows and blinds were locked tight all the time. As the old year died and the new year Was born, prisoners and guards siuri were served coffee and sand wiches by Marshal Schmidt. Cigars and cigarettes were passed later. As Marshal Schmidt passed back and forth through, the train he was quick ly accosted by each defendant with a whispered request that he ask the warden of the prison not to make Her bert S. Hockdn his cell-mate- The other s2 prisoners have ostracized Hockin, ignoring him completely. He is looked upon as a traitor. The spirits of the B men were fit fully gay and gIu1n- The most som bre man on the train was Frank M. Ryan, the only year man., who sat with bowed head in silence through out the trip
 Olaf Tveitnnoe, coast labor leader, who began serving his 6 year sentence, was another who sat in silence. Tvietnloe's hobby is literature and he
  library. ~i
 Frank J. Higgins, of Boston, one of the prisoners, was overcome. about
 aidnight: by 4he foul air and we weaTio ,,i. physician provided for the trip by Marshal Schmidt.
 In1rnediately after the B men were transformed from private citizens to full -dedged prisoners in the peniten- tiaTy today, they started in to learn the book of rules. outlining the mili- tary discipline they will follow.
 Each man received a, copy of the book. Absolute silence must be ob- served by the prisoners in their cells after g D. m. They may converse in low tones with the man next to them while at work.
 At meals they have a series of sig nals to the rusty walters for what 5sa tie table of his own. spoon is raised for more soup, a hand for bread a fork for potatoes and other signals TOT OChSr arC1cleS. 1nSY may write two letters a week. All mail is supervised as it comes in and goes out.
 Marshal Schmidt maintained abso- Iute secrecy on the train. No one was permitted to get on or; off through out the trip.
 Some of the prisoners carried their joking up to and even inside the pris- on walls.
 'Red' Smythe, of Peoria, said he was going to demand his nitro glycer- inc cans from the district attorney when he gets out of prison so he can pz1t one on each end of the mante1 of his Peoria home Most everyone on the secret special cheered up at midnight and exchanged New Years greetings.
 The special passed through the home towns of four of the defendants. Will liam J. Mccain and w. Bert Brown live at Kansas City, which was pass ed about a. m. today, and Paul J. NTorrfn and John H. Barry live in St. Louis, which was passed at o'clock last night. When someone remarked to Barry he was passing through his home town, he said:
 'tNo, my former home, you mean.''.
 As the old year died. the prisoners declared, almost to a. man, they would be model prisoners.