The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-08-06
Of Advocating the Overthrow
of the Government bv VOL
ence-Trial Lasted s. Days
Sentenced from One to
Five Years and Fine Of
$1,000 for Three Defend
= ants and $1,000 for Two
Others.
no OVERT ACTS PROV
EN-; CONVICTED FOR ~,
=, HAVING IDEAS


Judge Oscar Hebel's court and pro-
nouncement of sentences IF nmrrls-
onment of from one to five years and
fines of $1,000 on three defendants and
81 1000 on two others. The prosecution
is giving boastful interviews to the
press tenning this "a history making
verdict which Ill silence scdition,"
and q victory NZor .AmericaniSn1.'
States Attorney Naclay tIoyre,
who has made himself n..;rioYs by his
anti-labor attitude, "ne of the most
recent instances being his attempt to
discredit the Amalgamated Clo'l:ipg
Workers, even went y far as to say
in a signed statement.
"One important issue decile.l by
this jury is that the red carl Of the
l. w. w. is international and not
American and that the only mi, N
card recognized in America is the
card of the American working ran
in the American Federation Of La
bor."
Hoyne is up for reelection :,rd is
not unmindfui of the harges that in
the last election William A. Guinea,
of counsel for the defense, defeated
him for the office he holds, only 20 be
counted out by the machine. On The
other hand Clarence Darrow of coun-
sci for the defense said: "There is
freedom for those who blow off the
he ads of the people with shotguns, Dut
conviction for those who try to blow
ideas into peoples heads"
The prosecution was out for blood,
and the moment the sentences were
announced and the appeal for a new
trial granted and the date set for
September rs Assistant States At
torncy Barnhart asked that the con-
victed men who had been out on bond,
be taken into custody. The court
refused to crafty him and announced
that the present bonds were sufficient.
The prosecution discussed things
freely and the Chicago capitalist pa
pers announce that the trial which
began May 10th cost the state $1,000
a week. The Herald and Examiner
frankly announces ''the trial followed
an investigation lasting more than
six months, largely by private detec-
tives, under the direction of States
Attorney Hoyne, AT THE REQUEST
OF CHICAGO BUSINESS MEN,"
The men convicted and their sent
cnceS are:
Prison sentence of from One to Five
WILLIAM BROSS LLOYD, Win
netka millionaire, sergeant at arms at
Communist Labor party convention,
organizer, hacker of the party.
LUDWIG LORE, New York, editor
OF Glass Struggle" helped draft con-
ARTHUR PROCTOR, Chicago,
owner of Clarion book store, member
of county committee.
Prison Sentence and $1,000 Fine:
MAN BEDACHT, San Francisco,
CAL: member of. national executive
and platform committee.
JACK CARNEY, Duluth, MIMI,
member of national executive commit
tee, editor and publisher Of Truth.
lndeterminate Prison Sentences:
L. E. BATTLEFIELD, Dighton, Kas.,
national organizer, said to have pre-
pared party's platform.
EDGAR OWENS, Moline, Ill.,, state
secretary; helped draft constitution.
l.. X. ENGLAND, Moline, ILL.,, men,
her of state committee.
N1ELS kJAR, Chicago; member of
national executive committee and
Cook county propaganda committee.
One Year in Penitentiary:
! SAMUEL F. HANKIN, Chicago,
member of county executive commit
tee
MORRIS A. sTOLLAR, Chicago,
member of county executive commit
tee.
JAMES A. MESSENGER, Chicago,
member county executive committee.
CHARLES KRUMBElN, Chicago,
member of county executive commit
tee.
SAMUEL ASH, Chicago, lawyer,
one of organizers.
One Year in County Jail:
PERRY SHPMAN, Rock Island,
ILL.,, member d state committee.
DIR. OSCAR J. BROWN, De Kalb,
Ill.,, organizer, delegate to national
convention and member of platform
committee.
EDWIN FIRTH, Indianapolis, In
ternational delegate and organizer.
DIR. KARL F. SANDBERG, Chi
cago, organizer and delegate to ma
tional convention.
NlELS J. CHRISTENSEN, dele
gate to national convention and men,
her international relations committee.
JOHN VOGEL, Chicago, member
county executive committee.
No overt criminal act was charged.
The state asserted merely that the
Communist Labor party advocated
the overthrow of the government No
denials were entered by Attorneys
Clarence barrow, William Forrest
and William Guinea for the defend
ants. The defense rested its case on
the right of free speech and the right
to organize a political party. States
Attorney Hoyne in his statement said
1.-THE verdict of the jury has justified
the raids and called halt on dis
turhers that will ring throughout
Chicago and the country"
Hoyne made the raids January |.
u day before Palmers agents pulled
OF theirs and thereby brought down
on his head the vehement denuncia.
ton Of the Attorney General. lie ar