Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-08
BLAST SUSPECTS
STILL in PRISON
Radicals Held in Eddystone
Explosion Fail to Win on
Habeas Corpus Writ
SHERIFF ASKS MORE TINE

Michel Lagoda and Nicholas klekner'
Russian radicals accused by Sheriff hey
burn of Delaware County, OF plotting ana
accomplishing the Eddystone munittCn plant
explosion, in which 1sS persons were kliieu
April / o, are stlll locked In the jail at Me-
dia. following failure OF their counsel TO
force hearing on a habeas corpus writ pe-
fore Judge Johnson at Media today
At the urgent plea of Sheriff Heyburh
and District Attorney John b. Hannun'
Judge johnson put of the hearing on the the
writ until Saturday morning. the Sherii
promising that before that time he VIII
have the defendants arraigned for prelini-
nary hearing before Justice OF the Peace
+. y. Williamson, Of Media
sheriff Hepburn pleaded that he and '.
A Hajek formerly an agent for the United
states Department of Justice, had oeel'
unable TO gather together the necessary
witnesses to make prima facie case
against the prisoners. These witnesses VIII
be produced before Thursday morning, the
sheriff said and preliminary hearing on the
murder charge will be had before Wllliam-
son Thursday morning.
" the Justice Of the Peace holds the
men for court Henry j. Nelson, OF Phia-
delnbia and Ernest l.. Green of Media,
will 70 on with their habeas corpus hght
before Judge johnson Saturday morning.
After Judge Johnson had postponed the
babeas corpus hearing Sheriff Hepburn said
TO representative OF the EVENING
LEDGER: .
"Our case Is materially stronger than 1t
was when we arrested Lagoda and klekner
we we're unable TO go on with the hearing
today because some of our important wit
nesses we're out OF town, having gone be-
fore the habeas corpus proceeding was
started, and viii not be back before the
middle of the week. I spent part or yes
terdsv I'm conference with V. \. Hajek. who
..FV No inf .
we arrested Klekner and Lagoda. There
will be developments and more arrests to-
day or tomorrow-probably today
In obedience 10 the habess corpus sum
mons. sheriff Hepburn produced Lagods
| and Klekner before Judge johnson at !
| o'clock this morning Both men appeared
| confident and unafraid, They we're mana
| cuffed together, but the handouts were re-
moved during the time they were in th'
! courtroom Both prisoners were vel
| dressed and clean looking.
! Following the arrest Of kletner anC
! Iagoda last Tuesday, when they were II
Media for Lagoda's trial on a charge of in
terfering with an officer, attorneys for th'
| two men started their habeas corpus pro
| ceedings.
I.aGoda's first arrest was tile result OF I
radical meeting in Chester. Sheriff Hey
| burn arrested the speaker William Derman
| on a charge of melting to riot and whel
| LaEOua, asking lNe CAUSE VI AiS "iiS0'
| placed his hand on the Sherin'S shoulder
| he was arrested for interfering with al
| officer
Klelner. a Russian Socialist, editor Of
| Russian Socialist newspaper in Chicago
goes about from city TO city doing wha
| he can 10 help his comrades when the
get into trouble with the police or othe
| law enforcement officials. When he wen
to Media to attend the trial OF Lagoda an
| Derman, he and Lagoda were arrested o
the murder charge and the trials of Lagod
| and Derman were put off
Lagoda appears to be well supplied wit
| money. He gave S2500 cash ball for nj
| appearance to answer the interfering wit
| an officer charge.
The Sheriff decl ,res their stories of thel
suffering for the cause i'm Siberia al
false. He and VI A. Hajek. Unite
States Department of Justice agent, al
searching for Count" Michael NJ. NJ.
Podosky who was an agent for the OF
Russian Government here and looked afte
some of its interests at the Eddystone plar
| before the fall of the Gar They beieN
they can show some relation between til
operations of Podolslty and Lagoda an
KlelSner Podolsl(y had offices in the Trans
portation Building, 26 South Fifteent
street, before the fall of the Car, Now L
cannot be found.