Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-12-25 | Page 1 | Hood and Voetter Arraigned in Court

UNITED STATES SENA- I TOR FRANCIS G. NEWLANDS of Nevada, who died suddenly yesterday at Washington. HOOD 10 VDETTER MMEi COURT Federal Government to Assist As-sist in Prosecution of the Sacramento Dynamiters. SACRAMENTO, Cah, Dec. 24. William Wil-liam Hood and G. F. Voetter, arrested in connection with the police investigation investiga-tion of the dynamiting of tho governor's mansion here Monday night, were arraigned ar-raigned before United States Commissioner Commis-sioner Martin I. Welsh today on a charge of unlawfully transporting dynamite on a passenger train engaged in interstate traffic. Their hearing was set for January Jan-uary 5, and their bail fixed at $10,000 each. Hood and Voetter have been identified identi-fied as two men seen Friday night and again Sa t urday morni ng on the capl tol grounds here, according to the police. A metal clasp from a suitcase and several sev-eral bits of a pressed paper suitcase were found today Imbedded in a post at the rear of the executive mansion by a carpenter car-penter who was repairing the damage wrought by the explosion. They were delivered to Chief Con ran, who said he believed . the evidence may prove of value in locating the responsible persons. The discovery, in the opinion of Chief Conran, has established that the dynamite dyna-mite was in a suitcase, which was placed against the foundation wall. Forty-three .other men arrested in raids on the Industrial Workers of the World headquarters, or who wore taken into custody subsequent to the capture Saturday Satur-day of Hood and Voetter on a street here shortly after they had received from an express office a box which contained dynamite, dyna-mite, still werf; being detained by the police for investigation by federal authorities authori-ties as to .the connection with the alleged conspiracy. The men will be turned over to the fed-oral fed-oral authorities some time this week, according ac-cording to the police. A mass of documents, Industrial Workers Work-ers of the World literature, letters, some of which were said to Itave contained references ref-erences to explosions in various parts of the United Slates, and about fifty suitcases suit-cases were being held as evidence by the police. Hood, when arraigned today slated that he had shipped dynamite from Smart, Cal. He said he made the statement to exonerate Yoclter. The explosives was to be used. Hood said, on a proM-pctiiig Mp. He explained the presence of the ap packed in the box with the dynamite by saying that dynamite was less likely to explode if It was packed with soap. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 24. That the United States government will participate partici-pate in the prosecution of Industrial Workers of tho World arrested In Sacramento Sacra-mento in connection with the dynamiting of the home of Governor William D. Stephens Ste-phens was indicated today. It was announced an-nounced here t hat Assistant United States District Attorney Caspar A. Orn-baun Orn-baun will leave for the st?.te capital.