The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-10
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.)
Sacramento, Cal. Oct. TO- Th
Industrial Workers of the World cor
spiracy case had its inception wit
the investigation of the dynamiting {
the home of Governor William Il
Stephens here the night Of Dec. L
1917. Governor Stephens and othe
members of the executive househol
were uninjured by the blast. No per
sons have been charged directly wit
responsibility for the explosion. !
portion of the building was wrecked
More than thirty alleged Industrial
Workers of the World we're arreste,
five days after the explosion occurred
Later three indictments were fount
against total of 80 alleged Industrial
Workers of the World.
The case is similar in many re
spects to the Chicago I. W. W. con
spiracy case which resulted in thu
conviction of William D Haywood
secretary-treasurer of the organiza,
ton and about ninety other Ten, &C
cording to federal officials. The de.
PENDANTS in the Sacramento case were
alleged to have conspired with Hay
wood and other defendants in the
Chicago case. Much of the evidence
introduced in the Chicago case has
been brought to Sacramento for use
in connection with the trial here, 1t
was said.
The general charge made In all of
the indictments was a conspiracy to
violate the constitution of the United
States and the espionage act. Speci-
fically the defendants, among whom
was one woman, Theodore Pollak of
San Francisco, were charged with at
tempting to obstruct the war activi-
ties Of the United States government
One section incorporated in all Of
the indictments charged that the de-
PENDANTS sought to accomplish the Oh
ject of the organization by threats,
assaults, injuries, intimidations and
murders upon the persons and the in
jury and destruction Of the property
by sabotage, the forcible resistance to
the execution of all laws and finally
the forcible revolutionary overthrow
of all existing governmental author
ity in the United States"
The third indictment in which nine
teen men were named, embodied spe-
cific charges that the defendants set
or encouraged the setting of fires in
various parts of California.
All the indictments have been con.
solidated in one, the intention being
to bring the defendants to trial stimuli.
taneously. Some of the men namel
in the indictments have not been ap-
pretended. About rs witnesses have
been summoned by the government.
Two months or longer will be re-
quired to hear the evidence, it is ex.
pected.
The following have been indicted
Hood, George F. Voetter,
lheodora Pollak, John Grave, joseph
Carroll, Henry Evans, Vincente San.
ELI, Edward S. Carey, Robert Blaine
William Grove, Albert Fox. James
'rice, Basile Saffores, Frank Reilly,
Y. h. Sherman, W. o. Kelly, Albert
l.. Diamond, John O'Brien, James ".
1ulrooney, William Y. Bridges Roy
5yeily, Albert Whitehead, George Ry-
H. John Nerat, Joseph Stephens, W.
;. Miller, John Dalrymple, Otto Els
Ter, Frank Travis, Fritz braves. Ed
'urns, Frank Moran, James Nolar.
ames Mckenzie, w. W. Austin. F.
anderson, Fred Myers, Joseph
levers, Joseph Harper, George Har
ey, W. H. Faust, George Long, Will
lam Peterson. Otto Giesberg, John
a.. Connors, Steele Farmer, Julious
Weinberg, Frederick Esmond, Tom
Jason, - Murphy, Dan Murray,
ouis Tori, Felix Cedno, Frank John
on, Charles Koenig, J. Devries. Et-
ire De Saints, r. Comedian, H.
Donovan, John L Murphy, Chris Lu-
er. George OConnell James Quin-
IN, Henry Hammer, Myron Sprague,
.dward Quigley, John Patthast, Gabe
'rewer, Edwin Goetz, H C.. Adams.
larry Gray, II 4 La Tour, Caesar
'abbit, Elmer Anderson, Roy p. Con-
er. Robert Feehan, Frank Elliott.
hill Mclaughlin, Pete De Bernardini
iodfrey Ebel Practically all OF the
defendants in custody were arrested
II California, but, because of the mo-
nadlc proclivities Of some OF them II