New Britain herald., 1914-07-29
SEVEN ANARCHISTS ARE SENT TO JAIL
Iarrytowa Rioters Must Serve
 Terms for Demonstrations.

Tarrytown, N. Y., July 29.-Seven of the ten anarchists placed on trial here yesterday for their riotous demonstration against John D. Rocke- fcner May 30 and 31, were convicted and sentenced to two months in the New York county penitentiary One vas convicted but received a sus- pended sentence: the case against an- other was dismissed for lack of evil Gence, and the trial of Becky Edel- son was postponed until she has com rleted her ninety-day term as Com missioner Katherine B. Davis star hunger striker at BlackwelIs Island.
 By that same token Becky won yes- terday for publicity purposes. her crown of martyrdom, and with it chance to work the word torture to describe her own experiences, as she lay gasping, as if with weakness, in Norris chair in Judge Moorhouse's court room.
 Becky was brought on a writ of habeas corpus to the trials in an auto mobile of the department of correc- tion, accompanied by work house keeper, trained nurse and a doctor. She expected not only to testify in behalf of her comrades but to stand trial herself. When District Attorney Weeks announced after the other ca ses were disposed of that he would rot move her case to trial until after the completion of her term at Black wells Island she set up howl.
 Becky Demands Trial.
 II demand that my trial go on now" she said. II will be in worse con- dition than l am now when I get out I will be less able to stand this tor ture. I'm not going through this tor ture again for any district attorney, no matter how rotten he is. Not to try me is farce, it is cheap senti-' mentality "
 But Becky was bundled into the au- tomobile and taken to BlackwelIs: : the result is, that a conviction at T.srrytown will add two more months t. her imprisonment whereas, if she had been tried yesterday, sentence would have run simultaneously with her present confinement
 Trip Not in Vain.
 Her trip, however, was not in vain She had chance to show the public hcw weak she really was, and what a great hunger striker she could be. She made no effort to walk, but was carried from place to place. While in court she lay as if half fainting in the chair. She took occasion also to deny all of Commissioner Davis's stories that she had eaten.
 But that was not the best part of her days work. There happens to be a bit of romance, of the anarchist cult kind, in Becky's life. Charles R. Plunkett, one of the defendants yesterday, stands high in her favor. Becky had the satisfaction of testify ing-or, rather, making propa- gandist speech-in Plunkett's behalf. Plunkett Fine Orator.
 She was carried to the stand in her chair. A wet handkerchief was on her head. She refused to swear, but did condescend ''to affirm that Plunkett as an orator was great success, having the crowd all with him the night of the disturbance There was no disorder, she said, until the police came and began clubbing the anarchists. She spoke in low, thick voice.
 "The subject of his speech" she said, twas the Colorado strike and that JOnn D. ROCKe1eller was guilty of the murder of the women and chil- dren there, and that the people of Tarrytown had a multi-murderer in their midst
 Speaks in Own Behalf. Then Plunkett spoke in his own be- half, saying he had told the people Rockefeller was as guilty of murder as Becker, but denied that he had in- cited riot or done anything further than to assert his right of free speech. Both sides rested, and Judge Moor house found him guilty. The other cases passed before him in rapid suc- l cession and little pretence was made 1 by either side of presenting more than | perfunctory evidence. The anarchists, ] who at first took the trials with trag gic seriousness, began to joke, laughing 1 at each ruling, conviction and sen- 1 tence of the judge.
 Those convicted were Charles R l Plunkett, Jack" Isaacson, Louis Pastorella, Vincenzo Fabrocino, Mau- l rice Rudome, Joseph Secunda and Frank Mandese. Adolph Aufricht received a suspended sentence, as it was shown he is not an anarchist.