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Show NKNIIUG ARE " DECLARED GUILTY THIRTY-EIGHT OF FORTY MEN ACCUSED OF DYNAMITE OUTRAGES OUT-RAGES CONVICTED. Men Convicted of Carrying on Reign of Terror Declared to be Unparalleled Unparal-leled In History of Country Face Terms In Prison. Indianapolis, Ind. The Jury In the dynamite conspiracy case on Friday! brought In a verdict against thirty- Hght of the defendants, all of whom were charged with promoting explosions explo-sions on non-union work throughout tho land, of aiding lti the destruction which brought loss of life at Lot Angeles, Cal., and of carrying on a "rel-4Ti of terror" declared to be unparalleled un-paralleled In the history of tho country. coun-try. Almoot the entire executive s'alt of the International AHoclutlon of llrldve i and Structural Ironworkers was con-I con-I vlcied. Only two officials of that union now remain out of jail. At tho head of the list of those convicted Mtands Frank M. Hyan, the president. It was In this union, with 12,000 members, that John J. MiNamara was se reiary-tre.istirer w hile ho conducted iho dynamlilngs out of which the prcs ent convictions grew. Saturday's conviction, coming on a scale unprecedented in a federal court, were an aftermath of the killing of 21 perron In the blowing up of the Los Angeles Tlmei building on October 1, 11)10. McNaiuara and Ms brother, James 11., the Times dynamiter, are convicts In California. Sentence was pronounced on Mon-dty Mon-dty by the trial judge. As the bead of the union whose strike was given as tlie motive for promoting the dynamite dyna-mite plots, Frank M. Hyan was sentenced sent-enced to seven years' Imprisonment, the heaviest sentence of all. lie H president of the Iron workers Intern:-tlonal Intern:-tlonal union. Kight other men, all affiliated with Ryan, were given prison terms of six years each; two men were given four years each; twelve men three years each, four men two years each. !x men. Including Kdward Clark. Cincinnati, Cin-cinnati, a dynamiter who pcadoi guilty, were allowed their liberty on suspended sentences. The elimination of those who received re-ceived suspended sentences left thirty-three who are to go to Leavenworth, Leaven-worth, where the shortest senteneo will be one year and one day. J. K. Munsey of Salt lake, was one of the men convicted. Munsey was the IniKlneHs agent of the local union of the Stiuct iral Iron Workers. The chief charge aualnst him was that he harbored J. U. MiNamara at the time Hie Later was on his way to Califor-nia Califor-nia In connection wita projected dynamiting dyna-miting plots. In addition to Ityan. the men convicted con-victed ate: J. T. Mutter. Huffalo. vice-president vice-president of the International Association Associa-tion of Mrldge and Structural Workers; Work-ers; II. S. (lot kin, former secretary and formerly of De:rolt; Olaf A. Tvet-moe. Tvet-moe. Hun Francisco, secretary of the California Il'iild:ng Trades council; Eugene A. Cla.icy. San FraiiiiBco: I'hlllp A. Coo'ey, New Orleans; Michael Mich-ael J. Young, Itoston: Frank K. HU-elns. HU-elns. Hoston; J. 12, Muftsey, Salt Lake; Frank C. Webb. New York; Patrick V. Farrcll, New York; John II. Harry, St. Ixiuis; I'aul J. Morrln, St. Louis; Henry W. Ileam. Minneapolis; William K. Iteddln, Milwaukee; Michatel J. Cunnnne, Philadelphia; Richard II. Houlihan, Chicago; James A. Cooney, Chicago; James A. Coughlin, Chicago; William Shape, Chicago; Kdward Smythe. I'eoria, 111.; James K. Ray. Peoria. 111.; Murrey L. Panne!!. Spring-field. Spring-field. III.; William C. Ilerr.hardt. C!n-clnnat'; C!n-clnnat'; WaiTnrd Pert Mrown. Kansas City. Mo.; Frank K. Paln'er. Omaha; Peter J. Smith, Cleveland; George An-dersein. An-dersein. Cleveland; Michael J. Han-non. Han-non. Srranton, Pa ; Edward 12. Phillips. Kyracuse; Charles Wachtmesiter, De-troll De-troll ; Frank J. Murphy, Detroit; Fred J. Moeney. Duluth; Krnest O. W. Ilasey, Indianapolis; Fred Sherman. Indianapolis; Fred It. Kline, Muncie. Ind.. former oreanlri-r for the I'nlted IlrotherhcoJ of Carpenters and Joiners. |