Show i 1 I I I I I 1 f i CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD I 1 i OF DYNAMITE TRIAL I II I I October 1 1 lUl 1 o authorities c exactly one year eal after ater the Los Times explosion for foi first t timo consider ro possibility of federal federl prosecution prose prose- cution cuton for loi illegal transportation o of or explosives February 6 0 G. 1 19 J 2 grain grand I jury ret returns indictments against fifty fifty- four foul labor union off ial February I 1 1 uio most t of the defendant scattered over the time country arrested within a i fc few hours by a telegraphic signal October 1 J trial begins hegins exactly two years after Los Angeles explosion fifty defendants present three discharged by hy o government E. E Me- Me Ie- Ie pleads guil guilty IcaY leaving ng fOlt six sis fur for trial October U L il jury compu composed mostly of oIL farmers government go opens its ca e. e Odo October 5 Herbert S. S Hockin charged by l' district distrct attorney with having ng ha been n a 9 spy tn within hit I the ho IJ ranks of the tw 1 dynamiters and amid wit with It having ng ha given i cn information mation to tl the limo prosecution ti l. l October 7 Cincinnati plea pleads lIs guilty to tn having blown u un up ill upa a n hrc bridge c at Dayton 0 O. a and ammil 11 U C cs lUI 1 of or having lu furnished the dynamite dyna mite mio forty five defendants remain for trial November XO 0 1 begins hegins relating his confession sion on the time witness ironworkers ironworkers' union officials out for tom t tand implicates as having having pointed jo jobs s him to blow lii up p names namos 1 Hockin as ng si starting att him in it I the lie business mt jj J Hot kin's S 'S bond increased in iii default of which ho lie 11 is committed to jail jai after more te testimony that he was employed II by imy detectives while an nn official of ot the time union court denounces Hockin as not lint to be lie trusted by hy an any anyone one olle day or mm li night ht Miss mliss Mary Field a n writer denounced 1 by l' the tue district attorney as a au an 31 anarchist for lor criticisms published in il union Inga magazine nc Olaf A. A t J c lle San Francisco a defendant al also u denounced Cd by district distrct at attorney for publishing anarchistic tc criticisms of ii the time tim trial December 2 government go concludes its ca case casc c. c after presenting 5 10 Gl witnesses wit wit- wi- wi nc nesses c ho whose c testimony ln covers conn 2 es four foul more defendants discharged bv Imy the government gU leaving for forty one forone one for fur trial defense begins Hockin resigns rc- rc of f i time the he ironworkers ironworkers' union signs 3 as t treasurer secretary iron December 28 S thirty eight thirty eight verdicts of guilty ly District Distinct Charles W. W Miller I Chief prosecutor United States Slates J Attorney H Pl Chief counsel for the defense United States Stats S Senator John V. Yo Kern timid and HUt William N. N Harding S Federal judge Wile who ho conducted trial Albert Albertn B B. Anderson Labor union of which most of the tho defendants a s were members Interim Interim- HonnI Association of Bridge and Iron IOl Workers Charges Illegally transporting dynamite I and nitroglycerin on passenger t to do the k trains or conspiracy same S S j |