Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-09
RAIL MECHANICS
ARE REARRESTED
From First Page)


and declared that where such Of
lenses were proven he would deal
out severe punishment.
Gave hut One MIME Ench.
When the two mechanics were
frs, arrested. they gave tut one
name each. o. E. Edwards and c. C
Lyons. Yesterday evening. when
warrants were Issued against thcm
1t was claimed that both names were
aliases, and that Edwards right
name is McSherry and Lyons. I.vle
In more than dozen affidavi,G.
which Will DO presented In Police
Court today II is set forth that "cn-
CINE 50" OF the Richmond. Fred
ericksburg and Potomac was found
10 be carr ying broken niles in driv-
Ing boxes. and that they were hid
material. Il Is claimed. would have
caused much damage 20 the engine
and probably the loss Of many lives.
II II had become involved with tho
machinery. Edwards and Lyons, /,
was alleged. had been working on
tho enrin" In question
Tho section under which tho war
rants were drawn fol the arrest Of
the two men IL wide in its scope
The accused. In event of conviction.
The section, In full. follows:
Tr,t of Section.
III any person malicIously OBJ
Etruct. remove. or injure any par,
OF canal! railroad. or urban. sub
urban. or iutcrurban electric rail
way. or. amy lines or an electric
power company, or any hriIg. or
fixture thereof or malIcIously OBJ
~ ,.a1' F,.t
move amy machinery. engine, car.
trolley. supply or return wires, or
amy other work thereof. or mali =
"iously opcn. Close, Misplace. tam
per with, or iujurc any switch.
switch point or switch lever. or sig
nal o! any such company, whereby
th" lie 81 amy passenger or other
person on such canal. railroad. ur-
ban. suburban. Intcrurban electric
railway. is put In peril. ne shall hc
! confined in the pcniten;iary not less
than two nor more than ten years
and, In event Of any death Of any
passenger or other person resulting
from such malicious act, the person
so offending shntl he deemed guilty
or murder. the degree to be deter
mined hy the jury.
III any act hc committed unlaw
| fully. hut not maliciously, the per-
! ton thereof, he punished by con
nnomcnt in the pcniicntiary not less
than one year nor more than three
years, or, at the discretion Of the
jury. he confined In ja'l not to ex-
coed twelve months and fined not
less than 500. nor more than $500
Groncr Makes Statement.
After declaring that a man who
would Nc guilty Of such n hing a!
charged In the RNida"lts would st"I
at nothing and that he IL OF a class
Of criminal TO whom no ndcquat.
punishment could be mctcd out. Judg,
Groncr. in dismisS'ng the case,
/ against Edwards and Lyons. said:
Il don't want what l am dO!nl
here to he thought as a precedent oI
what viii do IL other violations are
brought to my attention. because tn,
law must he upheld. IT doesn't max,
amy difference whore the chips fall
II doesn't make any difference VIII,
Is hurt, thr law must he and will ID
upheld. Wc can't have EolShcviSn
in this country and continue to b,
/ prosperous. progressive and content
cd people. we have got 10 hav,
ORDER and respect for tho court an,
when the courts surrender there /!
! no hope. II seems to me. for the car.
rying out of those ideals for which
this government was established ant
by which Il has grown great. and
say in doing what | am about to do
In letting theec men go with thcir
apology and explanation. with IN,
hope that they will go back TO Bal
timore 10 their families.
let this be thoroughly under.
stood. however. II this order is de
| liheratcly violated by any man
striker or sympathizer with III,
strikers or by anybody else, ant
the matter Is brought TO my atteu
/ tiois punishment will follow an
going 10 protect the rights OF tn
strikers equally with the rights %
the public and equally with the right,
OF the government. but IL III,
courts mandate Is violated by any.
, body. shall be obliged. In the very
nature of things. to inflict sever,
punishment. but in order that W.
may, If possible. in this district. hav,
the satisfaction of having had thi,
tremendous industrial uphcaval par.
tictpated In by thousands of mch. /.
which passions are likely to be
! aroused one way or the other, set.
lied without the necessity OF at.
tachments for contempt shall di.
| charge tho present rule and accep,
tho apologies of these dcfendants."