The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-04-20
Working Class VIII Not Accept
Verdict Against Bonita


ton, is framed up verdict.
We intend to 20 to the bottom of which indicate
that the case was only frameup, but framp in
ways than
The hdeous story already begun leak out and the facts
viii of the Anthracite districts when they
them in all the astonishing details
The jury was loaded against Sam Bonita; have said
before jury by nature and composition could not
exercised its mind but absolutely bound to reflect
the big coal corporations in the community But
this loaded jury tempered with to sarte the
hardestboed amperers Of the San Francisco ameup ring
or of For the do not refer to
tons ordinary methods of tampg with uries behind the
the open action of Bill Mclean the coal
judge the who publicly tempered with the jury
it brought verdict miserable and coward it is
which did fully enough out the will of the coal
operators.
Secondly newspaper has turned the fact that
eleven out of twelve jurors convinced that Bonita did
than the fire of who had already shot at
him These eleven jurors of class composition entirely preu
diced against the worker nevertheless the uryroom
stated belief that Bonita not guilty and that they
acqut him There long dispute in which the
manning juror declared that he would stand out for conviction
until the home The weak eleven jurymen,
the of the defendant then compromised
verdict of involuntary mansaughter the condition that
judge be requested show mercy This the cowady
waverng between their mental conviction of the in
of the prisoner the coal corporation influence
their "souls" welded by the twelfth juryman.
With two empty words involuntary and mercy the
ay Jurors covered their placed into the hands
companies Judge Mclean the to do that
which he pleased to do with Bonita
MCLEAN in defiance legal accept the
compromise verdict and bunty instructed the jury to return
with verdict mansaughter without any Involuntary"
When the jury the coal judge ha
ing his command MCLEAN free to do anything
giving workers representative life the chair
The stupid mercy ignored and Sam Bonita given
heaviest sentence e of the coal company judge
mete out-a which if served out will the
of the miners local president at hard labor for
term of from six to twelve years
Nextthe ugies phases the whole rotten frameup
be indicated vaguely by the failure of the attorneys for the
defendant to ask for an appeal!
How far does the frame-up go?
What is the reason these attorneys not raise the real
the during the tra Why did they show that
struggle the effort to impose the contractor system
the mine workers? Why did not these lawyers call the mfa
Cappein John Lewis henchman who framing up the
against Bonita to the witness stand? Why did these lawyers
fail L. Lewis pulling for the death
the Mine Workers local president?
Bill Mclean agent of the coal companies judge in the
case from the BENCH when he refused
verdict of the jury gave certain verdict
expected and understood advance that the
voluntary deviation from the of something agreed
upon. How far does the frameup go
In all events the working class viii refuse to accept the
endsh judgment of the coal companies against Sam Bonita
president of local 1903 That verdict expresses nothing the
that Bonita Of the coal companies and the
ence twelve the penentiary nothing the e
preston of of the coal operators
Workers.
MENDOZA, and not Moeski and Bonita either shall
given UP by the workers to the coal operators
The working fight these ard compel the
Bonita Moesk and Mendoa The Anthracite work
rs supported by the entire working the fight
freedom of these of the fight coal
operators agents. Lewis and Cappen the srug
gle of which this hideous sentence is part.
Anthracite miners should regard the verdict signal
to strengthen Union committees Defense Com
prepare the districts swing into line with big
national strike of the entire coal industry.
The coal operators sentenced Sam Bonita.
Mine workers. beat the coal operatorsl