Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-11-17
FIGHT Of LLOYD
To KEEP OUT Of
PRISON IS LOST
Illinois Supreme Court De-
MES Wealthy Commu-
nist's Action to Stay Sen
tence Until December 10.

Chicago, Nov. 16 (by the Assoc
ciated Press) The two-year fight
of william Bross Lloyd, wealthy
communist, to escape five-year
penitentiary sentence for violation
of the Illinois espionage act known
as the overthrow" law, ended at
midnight when, according TO word
reaching here, Chief Justice
Thompson of the Illinois supreme
court announced he would deny
Lloyd's action to stay the sentence
until December IS.
Lloyd and II other members OF
the communist party were con-
victed in Chicago in August, 1920.
They were accused Of advocating
overthrow of the government.
Fight to Escape Punishment.
Their fight to escape sentence
was made on the grounds that the
| Illinois overthrow" act, adopted
during the war. usurped authority
vested In the federal government
| alone.
The United States supreme court
refused several days ago to hear
/ the Lloyd case. Pending the de-
| Tense motion before that court,
Lloyds attorneys obtained the stay
o. sentence from the state court
/ until today.
In his arguments on the case,
| W. S. Forrest, chief of the defense
! counsel, attacked the overthrow
act solely on technicalities, stat
/ ing to the court that he had no
sympathy for tho sentiments and
policy of his clients.
Chief Clerk Vail Of the state SUI
preme court today was expected
to issue the necessary papers for
/ Lloyd's imprisonment. In addition
! to prison sentences most of the
defendants were fined various
amounts. Iloyd's fine was $4,000.
/ William Bross Lloyd, millionaire
communist borite, of Winnetka,
q north shore suburb, inherited a
fortune from his father, the late
Henry L. Lloyd, Boston philan-
thropist. His inherited wealth was
greatly augmented in recent years
while he was a stockholder in one
of Chicagos daily newspapers.
known as a Radical,
Lloyd has been known as a ra-
deal for years. He was arrested
during the war by Chicago police
for displaying the red flag above
the American flag on his automo'
bile. He declared the red flag was
his flag and that he flew the Stars
and Stripes as q courtesy TO the
American government.
With his wife, Madge Bird, he
took an active part in the affairs
OF the left wing socialists during
the war. and when the extreme
left bolted from the socialist party
after issuing the radical manifesto
of July /, 1919, Lloyd and his
friends formed the communist-la'
Dor party. which affiliated with the
third internationale Of Moscow.
Lloyd was elected sergeant al
arms of the communist-laboE party
He was a close friend Of William
3. "Big Bil' Haywood. former !
w. ". leader, who flCl to Russia
last year to escape a 2O-year prison
sentence. II was Lloyd who fur.
nished $4,000 bonds for Haywood
when he appealed from his convic.
ton by Judge x. nj. Lands anu
ia was Lloyd who put up another
$4,000 when Haywood was caught
In the January, 1919, roundup
when Lloyd also was arrested and
! convicted. He lost one OF these
$4,000 bonds when Haywood fled
Radical Associates,
Lloyd's radical associates IN
cluded John Reed, Harvard grad
uate, magazine writer, author and
first bolshevik envoy to the United
States, who died Of typhus in Mos
COW and was buried under the
Kremlin walls. Several OF those
who were convicted with him are
wanted In Michigan, including MaS
| Bedacht OF Cleveland and Sar
Francisco who was fined $1,000.
Among those convicted in the
communications case was be-
dacht, who was fined $1,000.