The New York herald., 1921-02-09
BRINDELL'S TERM
5 TO 10 YEARS BUT
HE FACES THIRTY
Building Labor Gar Must
Stand Trial on Other
Indictments.
UNTERMYER TO REMAIN
Investigator Will Push EX-
tOrtiOn Cases Against
Union Leaders.
HETTRICK TRIAL BEGINS
Prosecution of 'COde of Prac-
tice' Chief and Others to Be
Cleaned Up First.
UNTERMYER TO REMAIN
HETTRICK TRIAL BEGINS

Although the sentence imposed upon
Robert p. Brindell by Supreme Court
Justice John V. McAvoy yesterday
was only for an indeterminate term OF
from five to ten years at hard labor. 1t
was announced later in the day that
the dethroned labor czar is to be placed
on trial again in the near future on
two more indictments in which he is
named as co-defendant with certain
of his lieutenants. In event of his
conviction on these it will be within
the power of the court to add thirty
years to the term already imposed.
One of these indictments accuses
Brindell and Peter Stadtmuller, his So
called "chief of staff" and principal GO
between, with having extorted $1,000
from the Garden City Wrecking Com
pany upon the threat that they would
ruin the concern if the money was
not paid The other accuses Brindell,
William II. Chapman, walking dele.
gate" of the journeymen plumbers
walking delegate, who is a fugitive
from justice, with having extorted
$4,000 from Joseph Goldblatt, owner
OF building on which their organiza-
ton had called a strike.
Samuel Untermyer, who successfully
prosecuted Brindell for the extortion
of $1,000 from Max Aronson, garment
manufacturer. plans to prosecute both
of these cases in person.
Meantime the trial OF John II. Hett-
rick monarch OF the employers COM
bines, which have been under fire by
the Lockwood legislative committee,
began before the Extraordinary Term Of
the Supreme Court. The other cases
against Brindell will have TO wait until
Hettrick's trial is ended.
On Trial with HettriciS.
BY holding court until I O'Clock last
night Justice McAvoy managed to get
eight jurors sworn into the panel that
will decide the fate of the master or
ganizer and three codefendants who are
being tried with him. These codefend-
ants are the same William H. Chap
man who is under indictment for ex-
tortion with Brindell: William j. Doran.
president OF the plumbers union. and
Herbert Smith. of the firm of Hemlin
x Smith, members of the Master Plumb
ers Association. The charge against
them Is that they endeavored to coerce
master plumbers into joining groups
which Hettrick was organizing for the
purpose of boosting prices.
There is a small sized army OF legal
talent in the case. The prosecution Is
represented by Henry l.. Stimson, Ken
meth NJ. Spence, Nathaniel L. Gold STEIN
Timothy NJ. Pfeiffer and Leland NJ
Duer The defendants are represented
by Martin Conboy. William J. Fallon,
Charles II. Hyde. one time City Cham
berlain; Robert II. Elder. George z.
Medalie and Nathaniel Cohen.
The questioning of the jurors had to
do largely with the Impressions they
had gained from reading newspaper re-
ports of the Lockwood committees in
vestigation. which resulted in the in
dictment of Hettrick on this and other
charges Several were excused because
they said they had formed such positive
opinions they could not judge the case
fairly. Two were challenged peremp-
torily by the prosecution and two by
the defence. Each side has three
peromptory challenges left with four
seats in the jury box to hll.
Personnel of the Jury.
The jurors sworn In were Arthur n.
Taylor the foreman, artist. of 142 Man
haitian avenue Clarence 4. Stetson. of
no Aatnn ffa Ipcttpa pco Co,,,no,.. 90,
siding at 700 West 1soth street: Albert
Aberle. secretary. OF 419 East Eighty
fourth street: Homer Croy. novelist and
magazine writer OF $50 Riverside
Drive; Benjamin ID. Phillips. salesman
OF zoe West 10th street Fitzhugh
Speer of 2iS West Seventy-nfth street !:
J. Harry Astruck. commission mer-
chant. of 900 West Tooth street. and
David w. Seaver OF the Manhattan Life
Insurance Company.
Martin w. Littleton. Brindelrs chief
counsel. will apply within the next few
days for tho release Of his client pend
ing appeal upon a certificate Of reason
able doubt Justice McAvoy allowed
him ten days in which to make such
an application. which means that Brin-
dell will be kept i'm tho Tombs instead
OF being removed to Sing Sing to begin
serving his term.
Under the present parole laws the
labor chief Is entitled to about one year
off his minimum sentence for good be-
havior, SO that In event Of his convlc-
tion being upheld he may apply to the
Parole Board for his liberty at the end
OF four years. There was an impression
In some quarters yesterday that he
would have To serve little more than
three years but this was denied at tho
District Attorneys office.
The scene attending the sentencing of
the labor leader who had CONTROL IA
i15.000 workingmen and through them
had dominated tho building industry Of
the city was perhaps the most remark
able that has been witnessed upon tho
sentencing OF any individual IN The
Criminal Courts Building in many years
Brindell's supporters thronged the
court room and adjoining corridcr
When Chief Clerk William Penny called
him TO the rail "A hush fell both inside
and outside the room.
ALI. EAST COAST POINTS. FLORIDA spe.