San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-04
SENTENCES IN
QUICKSILVER
CASES HEAVY
Ten Months in Jail and Fine
Of $500 Assessed
3 Against Five.
LOCAL MEN RELEASED
Dietz Acquitted an dCase
Against J. M. Morgan
Dismissed.

&. Five defendants found guilty Of vic
lating the Sherman Antitrust act o
1890, during the trial of the quicksilve
Tease at FL Paso, growing out Of tn
railroad strike last summer, were eacl
sentenced to ten months in Jail and t
pay fine of $4,000, Saturday after
noon, according to telegram received
/. By United States District Attorney Johr
D. Hartman. Those upon whom sen
.tence was imposed by Judge Smith o.
the federal court at FL Paso, wert
q. G. Hanley of Houston, general chair
= man of the striking shopmen; John 70
cham, also of Houston, general secre
stary of the organization; ]. p. VII
liams, arrested in San Antonio; John T,
Doak, arrested in San Antonio, and
James L. Doak, arrested in Ell Paso.
= n, n. Dietz, secretary of the striking
sraiIway shopmen of San Antonio, who
twas indicted in connection with the
apuicksilver case, was acquitted by the
! iury. The cases against J. NJ. Morgan,
,rhairman of the striking shopmen in
San Antonio, and against Val Galloway,
fgwere dismissed upon motion OF United
States Attorney Hartman.
hiistrial at First.
The case grew out of the discovery
Of a quantity Of quicksilver in the
Southern Pacific shops in San Antonio
and the resulting arrest of John +.
.Doak and J. Z. Williams by United
States Marshal D. a. Walker. Through
a decoy letter written by trusty in the
San Antonio Jail where the two defend
ants were confined, government agents
ascertained the location of the rooms of
the defendants on Commerce street. A
large quantity of quicksilver and mass
Of correspondence were found among the
effects of the two defendants, resulting
in the later arrest of James L. Doak at
Ell Paso. -. ,
From alleged confessions obtained
from the defendants together with the
correspondence found among their ef-
fects. information was obtained leading
10 the indictment Of the others. The
quicksilver, it wa alleged, was to be
introduced into locomotive boilers there
by causing Leaks in the. boilers.
When the case first opened at III
Paso, following the indictment by the
federal grand jury, the case was de-
clared q mistrial due 20 the serious HI
ness Of a juror. A new trial was or
dered for January 10, resulting Ia the
conviction of five defendants.
Detective Was Indicted.
The climax of the trial occurred when
the case against Val Galloway was dis
missed upon motion of United States
District Attorney John Hartman, and
Galloway mounted the witness stand.
1t developed that Galloway had been a
private detective employed by the. Pin
kerton agency. Up until the climactic
moment, Galloway, who was under IN
dictmert, had refused to divulge his
identity.
Although the prosecution was aware
3 Of the fact that Galloway was private
detective long before he, himself, made
his identity known to the United States
attorney, yet he had not offered to re-
veal his identity until few days before
a. trial. Up until the time that Gallo
wsy made his desire know to commun-
sicate with the United States district
attorney, the latter had not limited to
GALLOWAY that the government knew his
status, it is reported.
1t is believed that Canoway's testi-
mony played a strong part In bringing
the verdict OF guilty against five OF the
defendants.
rational interest was attached to the
quicksilver case, due to the fact that
lttorney General Daugherty was at that
time under fire for his action in bring
ing about the drastic injunction against
the railway shopmen issued by Judge
'wilkerson, federal judge at Chicago