The Temple Daily Telegram (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 36, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 29, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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HAS A NERVE
JS SENTENCED TO PRISON
Most Important Criminal Case
Government Had Since The
War. Los Angeles Time's Ex-
plosion Avenged and Reign
of Terror Ended.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 28.—The United States govern-
ment, with stern and decisive swiftness, today took into its
possession 38 union labor officials convicted of conspiracy;
of promoting explosions on non-union work throughout
the land; of aiding in the destruction which brought loss
of life at Los Angeles, California, and of carrying on a reign
of terror, declared to be unparalleled in the history of the
country. J ■&. - Vv;)
Almost the entire executive staff of the International As-
sociation of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers was con-
victed. Only two officials of that union now remain out of
Jail. At the head of the list of those convicted stands Frank
M. Ryan, the president.
It was of fhis union, with 12,000 members, that John J.
McNamara was secretary-treasurer while he conducted the
dynamiting® out of which the present convictions grew.
Today's convictions, coming on a scale unprecedented in
a federal court, were an aftermath of the killing of 21 per-
sona in the blowing up of the Los Angeles Times building
on Oct I, 1910. McNamara and his brother, Jas. B., the
Tinges dynamiter, are convicts in California; Ryan and his
fellow officials, former associates of McNamara, are fed-
eral prisoners here awaiting sentence.
fJIJI ot
tt> «« con
affiliated With the l
ton. tout thcr
war* net
iron worker*" un-
round fjppty of
the iron workers offl-
• Jals la pro
One o€ tku» te our
A. Tevltmoe.
er pa the Pacific coast, the testimony
against whom waa that he aided in
causing explosions at Ixm Angeles,
wrote lot tan about the saploston, and
that be aided in concealing evidence
«anted in California. He Is aecretary
or the California tradee counsel Hi-
ram R. Kline Munice, Ind., the mem-
ber of anatlwr union convlsted. waa
formerly w organiser for the United
Brotherhood of Carpenter* and Join-
era in Detroit.-:j >- -
Another token of the Los Angal**
explosion came la the conviction at
I. B. Musey, who waa charted by the
fovernment with harboring J as. B.
McNamara tor two week* In Salt
Uaks City whils that dynamiter waa
/letting from the aeene ot hia crime.
5 Sh«ar of those convicted were
charged with knowing only of local
i O® the contract,>ra who r.-
to recognize the union, but were
thua brought Into th* general conaplr-
hlatoric three month's "dynamite con-
spiracy" trial. It meant except la
the oaee of Herman a. Selffert, 1(11-
Ryan, JanuV. Sutler, vice pr.M.dent
or th* anion, Buffalo, Eugene A. Clan-
cy, Sah Francisco, Frank C. Webb,
New York. Mlqhasl Young, Boston.
Phillip A. Cooley. New Orleans. Hen-
ry W. Legietiner. Denver, and Chas
N. Beam. Minneapolis, were all con-
victed as having appropriated out of
the union's funds. 11,000 a month
with which McNamara paid for eac-
Harbert 8. Hockln, who resigned as
seorotary ot the union a few weeks
ago. waa hrsided as the "lago" of the
conspiracy, in having helped to in-
stigate the plots and employing Ortie
8, McManigal to carry them oat, while
afterwards "betraying hi* fellow con-
spirators" to promote Ma own inter-
est*, stands among the most pro mi-
nt of the convicted. He figured al-
dally in the testimony.
s was all the time re-
quired by the court to receive the Jury,
road Its verdict of "thirty night guilty
and two not guilty," and dismiss the
jurors.
brought to an and the
port, lew*, whe were the two mea out
of forty te be adjudge* "not guilty,"
that tba government's charge* about
dynamite plcta extending over *tx
year* had been sustained.
It mfcant also that thirty wires,
many of whom, with their children
patiently hs<" sat through the long
drawn out ordeal, were at last to ha
severed from their husbands.
Important dotall* yet remain In
eonaaquonce of the verdlcta. Pun-
ishments are to be Imposed upon the
St men by Federal Judge Anderson
Monday at 10 a. m
Prisoner* who rocehrs term* lon-
ger than one year are to be taken to
the federal prison at Leavenworth,
Kan*. A special train will go by a se-
cret route. Details as to Its time of
leaving Indianapolis and Its arrival at
Leavenworth are not te be made pub-
lic. It waa learned that United States
Marshal Edward Schmidt, who will
accompany the prisoners, already has
prepared for a special train, which will
leave as soon as possibls after the
sentence*. A delay In the arrange-
ments may be occasioned by appeals,
which may act as stays on the execu-
tion of the court'* Judgment.
The prisoners, each vlsable to the
other through the bars, were various-
ly downcast or cheerful. Some pro-
fessed to take the jury*! verdict In
light spirits while disappointment
plainly was written acrotT&e counte-
nances or the other*. Marshal
Schmidt at once placed extra guards
About the Jail to prevent
EVENTS OF THE PROSECUTION
Oct. J, 1911—Government authorities exactljr one yesr after
the Los Angeles Times' explosion, for first time, consider possi-
bility of federal prosecution for illegal transportation of ex-
plosives. 'tg Jlilfef i ' M
Feb, 6.—Federal grand jury returns indictment again 54 labor
union officials.
Feb. 14.—Arrest most of the defendants within a few hours
by a telegraphic signal.
Oct. 1.—Trial begins exactly two years after Los Angeles ex-
plosion, fifty defendants present; three discharged by govern-
ment; Ortie E. McManigal pleads guilty, leaving 46 for trial.
Oct 3.—Jury secured, composed mostly of farmers; govern-
ment opens its case.
Oct. 5.—Herbert S. Hoakin accused by district attorney with
having been a spy within the ranks of the dynamiters, and with
having given information to the prosecution.
Oct 7.—Edward Clark. Cincinnati, pleads guilty to hsving
blown up a bridge at Dayton, 0., and accused Hockin of haviag
furnished the dynamite; 46 defendants remain lor trial.
Nov. 9.—McManigal begins relating his confession on the wit-
ness stand; implicates iron workers' union officials as having
pointed out jobs for him to Mow up; names Hockin as starting
him in the business.
Nov. 23.—Hockin's bond increased, in default of which he Is
committed to jail, after more testimony that he was employed
by detectives while an official of the union; court denounces
Hockin as 'not to be trusted by any one, day or night;' Misa
Mary Field, a writer, denounced by the district attorney as an
"anarchist" for criticisms published in union msgasine; Olaf A.
Tveitmoe, San Francisco, a defendant, also denounced by district
attorney for publishing "anarchistic" criticisms of the trial.
Dec. 2.—Government concludes its case, after presenting 549
witnesses, whose testimony covers 25X)Q0 pages; 4 more de-
fendants discharged by the government, leaving 41 for trial;
defense begins. Hockin resigns as secretary-treasurer of the
iron workers' union.
Dec. 28.—Verdict of guilty on all oounts in Indictment re-
turned against 388 of defendants. Two found not guilty.
Chief prosecutor. United States District Attorney Charles W.
Miller. A -
Chief counsel for the defense, United States Senator John W.
Kern and William N. Harding.
Federal judge who conducted trial, Albert B. Anderson.
Labor union of which most of the defendants wetf members,
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers.
Charges: Illegally transporting dynamite and nitroglycerine
oa passenger trains, or conspiracy to do the sal** r ,
PEACE PROPOSITIOXfc SAVOR OF
CONJl'EIUSD MAUI V C HU
OWSf TERMS.
SET ALLIES CRAZY
PWfOMfKHVfO
TRAGIC SETTING OF TRIAL
WHICH LASTED 3 MONTHS
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"dyna-
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Indianapolie, Ind., Doc. !».—It
was a scene blended with tragedy
that confronted those who
week sat through the historic
mite conspiracy" trials.
Now It was a baby crying from the
rear of the court room, where the
wive* and children of the defendant*
sat; now «t was the heavy voice 01 a
man seatad in the witness chair an*
defending h.mself against the eaarges
of a nation-wide conspiracy, la which
officials of union labor wore ' eeply
concerned. Witnesses from near and
far came and went but those whose
fate rested with the Jury remained
there, listening to the noousatlons and
to the oft-repeated story of tha kitting
of tl people in the Los Angeles
"Tine*" explosion. *
Ths court'room Itaair teemed a fit-
ting setting tor that sombre story.
Surrounded by great marble pillars,
with the daylight shut out by heavy
curtain*, and the judge Installed be-
fore an allegorical painting of Justice,
that court room day after day • choed
the stories or violence, of the Uscov-
ery ot burnt fasse and bursted lnfer-
tions by tha crowds. Outside the Jail machines, of midnight visits by
there was enacted a
In which
Joy played no part. It had to do with houses, in lonely country
the wires, sister* and children of the
defendants .
The verdict delivered In the sombre
courtroom In so brief a time struck
at first a silence, and then caused an
mysterious men In alley*. In tmptr
or on
the tops of buildings.
The vision of a dMfcdRMtr* With a
bomb under hi* arm beoame a famil-
iar Image in the minds of those who
listened. Back of the railings, amid
outburst of hysterical sobbing among .spectators^ the relatives elthe
thft b.
the women who for monttt had hop- j defendants. Three row* deep across
ed for a different result Homo of the th* r°om °>e defendants^ Among
women attempted to climb over the ,h* of *"orneys sat perhaps the
ratting which separated them from Plctur««u' defendant, maasivs
that part r,f the room where the do-
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VERDICTS ARRIVED AT
Do«.. i& —Frank
r who waa foreman of
convicted the tt de-
rPf • t
■tart. It waa the unanlmoua opinion
or my rello *■ Juror* and myaelT that
Ortie E McManigal had told the
truth Wf regarded his testimony as
unshaken fey cross examination
thought ot him as a
criminal ate. was exposing his asso-
ciate* In order to provide a light **nt-
for himself. :>
In our minds there was no doubt
as to the guilt of Ryan and other
t.f the executtv-e moard of
When *• riled out to re-
onr vtrUict, I looked with
the faces ot
to be
in build, riorid In complexion, always
studiously occupied', now copiously ril-
ling his notebook when the testimony
was exalting; now, when ths trial
dragged in a Latin version ot Omar
Khayyam. He waa Olaf A. Tveitmoe
of San Francisco.
Another man toward whom the *j»se
of the spectators often straysd was
Herbert a Hockin. Be sat apart, be-
tween ballffs, during much of the trial,
for he had been brfituiel by the court
as "a man who could not be trusted
by any one." It was Hockin who was
named as having promoted the dyna-
miting business; It was Hockli who
waa accused ot "holding out" on the
pay of the dynamiters; it was He who
was Mid lo have caused a quarrel in
the ranks »f the McNamara and Mo
Mantgal, and It was he who finally
waa charged with "betraying t->r his
own gain" those wjth whom he once
and with whom a* waa af-
in tke iron worker*' union.
i old beyond hi*
sat niink «L*fcyan. president
the iron porkers union, by virtue
he was a leader in
circles, wtth a seat In
the councils ot ths American Federa-
tion of Labor.
McManigal, the *eIf-oonf««»ed
miter, for stoks occupied the witness
stand, relating calmly, deoi*lv*ly and
without any apparent eoncem tor
himself a rjjfative of violence seldom
equalled.
And what wore tha antecedents ot
thl* trial?
Back in the summer of 1805 dyna-
mite waa foaad at New Havfea. Conn.,
en a Job on which non-union work
men were employed. Later the iron
worker*' union called a atrike on sev-
eral contractors, aad the Strike be-1
came general That was the begin-
ning. according to the government,
and it apread until McNamfx* organ-
ised a "dynamiting crew." Altonether
ISO explosions occurred, those ct Los
Angeles being among the number-
On* was that on October I. 1SU.
exactly one >e*r after the Los Ani
"Times" building was blown up with
a Ions ot St Uvea, the federal author!
tie* at Indlanapolia first considered
the posibtllty of prosecutions for 11
legal Interstate shipment of dy iamite
and nitroglycerin on assenger train*.
Ortie K. McManigal'* conr*Mion, ob-
tained aTter he and the McN imara
brother* had been arrested, implicat-
ed other* se hrvvlng actually carried
explosives in sult-caae* on train* or
as having ei-tered lqto a conspiracy.
This indicated, in District Attorney
Charles W. Miller's opinion, the ne-
cessity for a grand Jury Investigation
indanapolls was the headqaartors of
the Iron workers' union, the conspir-
acy was entered Into aad rrom which
the explosive* were carried. %
Another coincidence Was that the
trial began October 1. 101], the
second anniversary of the 'Times"
explosion. The federal grand Jury, af-
ter several months' investigation, re-
turned Indictments against S4 union
Jflciaie. Before the defense be-
lt* ease this number bad b«en re-
duced to il on acoonnt of various
elimination*.
As a motive for the erhns* charged
the government referred to the strike
against employers of non-union labor,
consisting of bridge. vl*4uet and build-
ing contractors who maintained "apen
shop" policy, employing workmen re-
gardless of whether they belonged to
the union or not. This strike never
has been railed off. it was alleged
that a warfare waged by the union
spread all c.ter the country until vio-
lence was r«»ort*d to, or, as was stat-
ed, "plceketlng spread te slugging,
slugging ta dyiiRmlte, aad dynamite
to nitroglycerin." ; i
McNamara. at the headquar*en of
the union te Indianai its. although
later
perpetrator
by
of
nbr Aittftlitti
LONDON, Dec. >«.—The brief aee-
pion of the peace conference today
brought the Balkaa delegates to their
reet In protest against the counter-
proposals pat' rorward by Kechad
Pasha In behalf of the Ottoman gov-
ernment Turkey'* maximum demands
are considered _ very sweeping aad
when adjournment waa taken thie af-
ternoon. it was evident that the Turk*
must lower their demands greatly or
consent to negotiate on a basis of
the terms proposed by the allies.
If they attempt to stand by thetr
guh* or resort to strategy the al-
lies may break the negotiations It
is oanaldered not Improbable that Tur-
key desires this, with th* hope of
Intervention by the# powers, which
would lead to an European conference
or mediation. The plenipotentiaries
could then say te the Mussulman
world that they yielded to the pres-
sure of all Burope.
The allies will not agree to the ac-
ceptance of mediation, nniea* It la
understood that mediator* must res-
pect tke territorial acquisition* re-
sulting from the war.
American* who followed the Ruuo-
Japanese negotiation* at Portsmouth,
when ths difficulty of Inducing Rus-
sia to renounce Korea, Port Arthur
and Dalny and divide Saghalln seem -
ed Insurmonntable, will not be aur-
prised at what Is occurring in Lon-
don. Although the territories under
dispute sre smaller, the interest! af-
fected and Involved are greater and
more complicated, having relation te
practically the whole of Eastern. Cen-
tral and Southern Burope,
Oreat Britain.
it. wa# Turkey's turn today to fur-
nish the-presidtng officer and JtechaO- ■
Paaha took th* chair. Oeneral Orulcs.
the former Servian minister ef war,
was chosen secretary. Rechad Paaha
calmly unfolded a document, saying
he had th* honor to notify the dele-
gates of tha proposals of 14* govern-
ment for concluding peace. He raad
the terms which were as follows:
First-r-The province of Adrianople
to remain under the direct adminis-
tration of Turkey.
Second—Macedonia to be convert-
ed Into a principality with Salonlkt
a* Its capital: the principality to be
under the suseralnty of the sultan of
Turkey, but governed by a prince
chosen by tha Balkan allies and nom
lnated by the sultan of Turkey; this
prince to be a Protestant and from a
neutral state.
Third—Albania to be autonomous
under the sovereignty of the sultan
and governed by a prince of tke im-
perial Ottoman family who Is to be
choaen for a term of five year* with
the possibility of a rsnewsl of his
appointment.
Fourth—All the island* in tl)*
Aegean sea to remain Turkish.
Fifth—The Cretan question not to
be one for the decision or the con-
ference, a* it I* a matter between
Turkey and the European power*.
The chairman could hardly con-
trol the excitement which followed. M.
Ventselo*. th* Greek premier, said the
conditions were so astounding ha
could scarcely believe they were me
to be serioua M. Daneoff, head of
the Bulgarian plenipotentiaries, di-
lated upon the Impossibility of deal-
ing with the Turklah demands and
M. Mlyuskosltch. the Montenegrin del-
egate. remarked that Trukey had .not
respected the decision of the powsr*
that Albania should be autonomous
under the suseralnty of the sultan,
but now demanded sovereignty of the
saltan wtth a reigning prince In Al-
bania from ths Sultan's family.
M. Madjaroff, Bulgarian minister
at London, declared th* whole pro-
ceeding was wrong and Premier Ven-
esilos asked for the sake of historic
cariosity, that copies of the docu
msnt which Rechad Pashs had read
be given to the delegates. Tha copies
ware made.
Rechad. in re-opening the •ittinf,
expounded what evidently was th*
main argument of Turkey in support
of her claims H* said the powers,
since th* beginning of th* troubles
with the Balkan atates. had declared
that in oaae of a conflict, whateve* it*
result, nobody would gain from It.
tha powers being determined to main-
tain the status qua.
DT. Dnneff retorted:
"But yeu forget that after the
war all the premiers of the powers
recognised that the statu* quo
ended and that It was Impossible to
continue a policy based an its
tenance."
Kechad Pusha made attempt* to in-
due* the aKles to declare what thsy
objected to i^ Wa propositions, try
trig to.*iak<
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unacquainted wtth
three moatha
M. Veneallo* pain
key had refuaed to
i the reform* pi
Von BsrchthoUi. whic!
grant, now that Mi
in tM hand* of the a!
M. Novakovitch ask
say openly whether
represented their Ins
Rechad Pasha
oertad by this point
I eluded a dlreat
that his instructions
reply either way.
M Vensvllos wished
terpretatlon of the d
H* declared that the:
accept a discussion of
laity concerning Mac
peeially at this stage,
a question of reforms,
of ceding urriterie*
arms and thus rtgfc
the vtetora.
Rechad Faaha, In view
taken by the *ils< im«lon,
would transmit to Constantlnop a the
observation* made by the allies, ta
th* hop* that ke would receive by
Monday the reply of hi* government
which h* wou|d hasten to submit to
th* conefreno*
CRUSHED BY CARS;
DIES OF INJURIES
JaW Turpen, n Katy
With Fate! AccMei
Home Waa At Get re villa.
Jake Tqrpen. an M. K. ft T. brake-
man working out of SmlthvlUe, waa
caught between two cars while his
MUa-XM switching te Temple at a
little after 1 o'clock last night, and
died from the tnjuriee a few mlnutea
later. The cars struck him on the
back and cheat, causing Internal Inju-
ries from which the death resulted.
Deceased waa well known to quite
a dumber ot person* in Tempi*, hav-
ing been !.i the service of the Santa
Fe here about two years ago. He had
b»en with tfcc M. K. a T. for only tha
last few mcnthr His home wa* at
Oatesviile, and he Is survived by his
wife and twe or three small children.
The body Is at the Wright under-
taking rooms and will be taken to
Oatesviile this morning tor intsrment.
by members of the B. of R. T. of this
city.' ;
When ths body was first received
st the undertakes rooms Inst night
nothing was known about the man *x-
oept hi* nume, the other trainmen
bavtna learned nothing of his family
during the short time that they had
beefi wlth him. A large n*umb*r or
men w ent :« view the corpse and soma
soon arrival who recognised tke dead
man. and kend hi* family. '• Wkay at
once telephoned his wlf*. conveying
th* *ad new* to h*r. and after consul-
tation with her the funeral arrange-
ments were mad* by the B. of II. T.
TWO MEM SUICIDED
WHEN ARREST CAME
Nnmkeref
Town
MYSTIC, Conn.. Dec. IS.—Tke ar-
rest of several buslnea* men In this
■Ma' dhargeH in1
e has aroused the
| Two men
than face
v* of the m«
of age.
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