Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 310, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1912 — SENTENCE PASSED ON THE DYNAMITERS [ARTICLE]

SENTENCE PASSED ON THE DYNAMITERS

Thirty-Three Must Serve Terms in Federal Prison—Six Are Given Suspended Sentences.

At Indianapolis Monday Judge Anderson passed sentence 6n the convicted dynamiters. Thirty-three union officials convicted of having engaged in the destruction of property by dynamite were sentenced to the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kans. Frank M. Ryan, as head of the union, was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment. He is the president of the Iron Workers’ International Union. Eight men were given 6«year sentences. Two men were each given 4 years, 12 men were each given 3 years, 4 men were each given 2 years, 6 men were each given 1 year and 1 day, and 6 were allowed their liberty on suspended sentences. The men who are to go to Leavenworth will be taken at a time unknown to the public, thus avoiding the curious crowds that otherwise would gather to see them.