The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-22
HEI. ". v. ARE
FOUND GUILTY
Forty-Six Defendants Convicted
After Trial in Sacramento
Court.
CONSPIRACY CHARGE IS
SUsTAINEDeBY JURY
Sentences to Be Passed on For
ty-fve Men and One Woman
To-Day Chief Government
Posecutor Uses Strong Ian
guage.

Posecutor Uses Strong Lam
guage.
Sacramento, Cal, Jan. 1G All the.
4S defendants in the I. W. ". conspi-
saaeS case were found guilty by jury
] n the United States district court here
tonight
The verdict guilty as charged was
returned at Sso'clock. after the jury
lad been out since 4.35 o'clock. Sen
tencess will be imposed tomorrow oy
! tinted States Judge Frank H Rudkin
ssof Spokane.
his charge to the jury Judge
Rudkin said:
THE mere. fact that these defend
ants are Industrial Workers Of the
World should not justify a verdict OF
suiity fact that they may be
found to be- conscientious objectors OF
war should not be held against them
ii the consideration of this case.
Opinions which they hold in oppo-
sitSon to- war and which undeniab.y
! stand alone are not an evidence Oh
gnif.
Judge Rudfin interpreted the legal
meaning Of conspiracy and read GER
tam portions of the conscription act
which the defendants are accused Oh
conspiring to, violate.
Referring to the silent defense" Of
OF the defendants who have spoken
word and have been unrepresented
ny counsel throughout the trial. Judge
Ruakin said that such silence should
NOT be held against them. The Jury
retired after Robert Duncan, chief
government prosecutor made the
concluding statement in which he
he W. w. represent no nag but
s the red flag. They would drag Us
All down to the level Of the lowest
man, :,
He read at length from journals OF
the organization which were alleged
to have. stated that no peace Officer
4 could be a meIaber, of the I. W. w.
the uniform Of the United States SOL
dier IS merely the livery Of the .scab'
and sabotage is a sign Of courage.
iss Theodore Pollok, the only
woman defendant, was called by Dun
8 can jj1st as disloyal as Bill Hay
wood, the executive head Of the or
ganizaTion.
She could have cast her let with
HE Enited States when it was sadly
IN need Of talent he said, "hut she
chose TO. cast it with this treasona-
Bile, disIoyal outfit. She had money to
give this I. W. W. organization but
he yolp
The writing and circulating OF
poems and songs threatening capi-
ta.istic parasites" with the menace
of the asab-caf' and .swo55ly'' are
among the overt acts charged in the
inaictment under which the 46 al
iced Industrial Workers of the
World were tried here for conspiracy,
Several defendants were charged
gifh having in their possession IN
& Sacramento at various times copies OF
es1s w, w. songs to Fan the Flames
OF Biscontent,' among which was
one written by Joe Hill, or Joseph
Hilstrorn executed in November.
1915, for killing a grocer and his son
Sat Salt Lake City, Utah.
Miss Theodore Pollok, the only
woman defendant, gave an outline OF
I her. career. She was born in Balt1-
more, Nd, In 1879 Of a Southern
abolitionist family, established in
Anaeriea for at least five generations.
According to her account she took up
social settlement work in New York
and Chicago, prior to going to Los
Angeles, Cal, in 1908 where she lived
{ in the, women's university settlement
4 and taught in the Rev. Dana w. Bar
+ tlett's Bethlehem institute In 1915
Is she was. assistant to Prof. Arthur
Upham Pope of the University OF Cal
ifernia in the American neutral con-
: ference. She was employed by the
city museum Of Newark, n. j.. for a
time and in 1917 was assistant eXecu-
tiye secretary Of the California con-
ference of social agencies.
During the winter Of 1884 Miss
& Pollok was executive secretary OF the
international Defense Workers
League then active in behalf OF II d.
Suhr and Richard Ford. later sentenc-
ed TO life imprisonment for the mur-
der OF E. T. MAXWELL, district attorn-
ey OF Yuba County, Cal For eight
months Of 1861 she again worked
for the league in connection y tn
the San Francisco preparedness day
bomb case defense.
ERder the general indictment here
Hiss Pollok was charged with S'n
spiracy to prevent enforcement Of the
espionage act. to obstruct the draft. 20
viclateythe United States constitution
and to hamper war, work. Overt acts
charged against her We're the alleged
writing ard circulating Of free
verse poem on "The soldier With
the, Broken Nose" and conspiracy
with Basile Saffores of San Francisco
to send I. w w literature to Holland.
TIE KILLING OF LEIBKNECHT.
Socialists Claim His Killing Was De-
hberate Without Attempt 20 Is
cape.