Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-06
Court of Appeals Affirms Judg-
ment for TWenty-Six
Iron workers.
PRESIDENT RYAN'S SEVEN
YEAR TERM is APPROVED
Six Cases Reversed and Remauded
for Retrial Include Those of
Treitmoe and Mccain.

| CHICAGO, January 6.-The judgment of
| the federal district court at Indianapolis
| sentencing to prison thirty members Of
| the international Association of Struc-
| tural 1ronworkers was affirmed today by
| the United States circuit court of appeals
| here in twenty-four eases. Six cases
were reversed. The cases reversed were
remanded to the lower court for retrial.
The defendants in these cases are Olaf
A. Tveitmoe, San Francisco; William Nc
Cain, Kansas City, Mo-; James L. Ray,
Peoria. ILL.,; Richard H. Houlihan. Chi
easo; Frederick Sherman, Indianapolis,
and William Bernhard Cincinnati
The sentence of seven years penal
seryitude against Frank NJ. Ryan of
Chicago. president of the association.
was affirmed.
There We're thirty-two convictions on
cnarges of conspiracy to transport dyna-
mite Illegally. Two of the convicted men
did not appeal
Ryan was the only one of the con-
F1cted men in court when the decision
was rendered. No effort will be made
by the government to compel the re-
turn to prison of the men denied re
trial pending argument on their petit
ton for hearing. If this petition Is
denied 1t was announced by f. N. 70
line of counsel for the. convicted men
that an appeal would be taken to the
United States Supreme Court.
The decision reads in respect to ap-
peal of Ryan:
This plaintiff was president of the
association and its active manager.
Letters written by him at various
stages show his familiarity with the
long course of destroying open shop
structures. Ryan wrote the letter sug-
gesting that reports of expenditures
be discontinued while our trouble is
on He signed all Of the checks pre-
boil i,, avid he
chase of explosives. Ryan. on his
own testimony. confirms the evidence
of his completely"
Conspiracy Held as Proved.
Concerning Eugene A. Clancy of San
Francisco, the decision states that his
conspiring with the McNamaras and Her.
bert s. Hockin-who is serving his SEN
tence to blow up the Llewellyn Iron
Works at Los Angeles and for explo-
sions in the east-are conclusively proven
Michael J. Young Of Boston. the de-
cision states to have been proven guilty
of conspiracy In connection with explo-
sions in Boston, Springfield Fall River
and Somerset
Frank {. webb of New York had his
appeal rejected on the basis of letters
by him and testimony by Ortie McMani-
gal whose evidence frequently is re-
ferred to by the court.
Phillip A. Cooley of New Orleans.
member of the executive committee of
the ironworkers. and John T. Butler OF
Buffalo, second vice president Of the
organization. were declared active con-
spirators with the McNamaras. John
H. Berry Of St. Louis audited the books
Of the association with special refer
ence to explosion expenditures. as did
Charles N. Beum of Minneapolis. ac-
cording to the decision. Henry w. Leg
1eitner Of Pittsburgh personally. de-
ivered to John Mcnamara a case for
carrying nitroglycerin and was ac-
tive in planning explosions.
Basey made Threats"
Ernest W. Basey Of Indianapolis also
audited explosion expenses and made
threats against non-union jobs, which
threats were executed. it was declared
]. f. Munsey Of Salt Lake City is de-
ciared to have personally assisted James
Mcnamara in explosions at Salt Lake.
Peter ]. Smith of Cleveland, Ohio, was
chiefly implicated on McManigal's evil
dence. Paul T. Morrin of St. Louis, Will
liam E. Reddin of Milwaukee. Michael
j. Harmon of Scranton. Pa: Murray J..
Pennell of Springfield, ILL.,. and w. Bert
Brown of Kansas City are declared fully
implicated by McN1anigal's evidence.
The other men refused appeal are Ed
ward smythe Of Peoria. III: George An
derson of Cleveland, Frank ]. Higgins.
Frank H. Painter of Omaha, Frederick
J. Mooney Of Duluth, Mimi: William
Shupe of Chicago and Michael ]. Cum
name of Philadelphia. There is no ground
for reversal of the judgments against
any of them, the court of appeals de-
clareS.
In reversing the convictions of Tveit-
moe, Mccain. Ray, Houlihan. Sherman
and Bernhard the decision says: