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Show RIOTS ID ASSAULTS WERE iTPUISe Judge Anderson Scores Officials, Offi-cials, of Cleveland, O., for Not Doing Duly. DYNAMITE THE CLIMAX Trial at Indianapolis Direct Result of Failure to Prosecute Pros-ecute in Ohio. 1 INDIANAPOLIS, Deo. 3.l. Jtiots and assaults in labor disputes in Clcvo-land. Clcvo-land. "Ohio, out of which, tho goyem-inen goyem-inen charges, grow explosions against employers of nonunion men. were in-(juircd in-(juircd into at tho ''dynamite conspiracy" conspir-acy" trial today. In hearing lhc testimony of Peter J. Smith, former president and business agent of a local iron workers' union in Cleveland. Federal Judge Albert ii. Anderson, who is hearing tlio trial of tho forf.y-oiio union officiate, said in reference to local assaults in labor disputes: dis-putes: "JIud the local authorities done their duty there would not have been any need of a trial 110." District Attorney Charles W. lUiller had stated thai, there were fifteen explosions ex-plosions in and near Cleveland, and that these explosions for which no one bad becu prosecuted woro the basis of tho present suit by the government for illegal transportation of explosives. "Reign of Terror." The district attorney said :i "reign of terror" had existed in Cleveland "second only to that at Los Angeles.-" Smith denied ho bad caused any explosions, ex-plosions, but ho admitted he was implicated im-plicated in assaults ' ' when called upon to defend himself." As typical of tbo assaults, tho government gov-ernment stated that; ono nonunion workman bad had bis teeth kuockud r 3ViUifig,hl.-( going- on there in Cleveland week after -week and no ono arrested for causing explosions, I would like to ask what lind of a government gov-ernment you havo iu ClovoIandV" asked Air. "Miller. "Wo bavu as good a government as anwybcre iu the country," Tepliod Smith. "But they never prosecute anyouo, do they?" "Vos, some." . Charge Against Smith. ; Smith was charged with complicity in causing explosions at North Randall Ran-dall and Akrou, Ohio, nenr Cleveland. Cleve-land. "Sixteen witnesses have appeared ; against 3011," said Ai r. Miller. '"Among them were two little girls who said they saw .you and Georgo Anderson carrying a box nc.'ir North Randall tho night of tho explosion. Do you say all those witnesses did uot tell" tho truth." "Some of them (old the truth, but I did not know anything about the explosion ex-plosion uutil the-ucxt da'." Auotber witness testified Smith was at the union hall the night of the explosion ex-plosion at Akron. Smith admitted that when ho returned re-turned to Clevelaud for a visit a month after the trial began horo ho gave a newspaper interview, in which be said, in reference to the defendants. "You never -would think they were there on serious business. To soo them you would think they wcro attending a ball game." |