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OAR yore: » whe Lu { New a i bonEIDENTIAY NY 100-161445 “A screaming, sobbing melee broke out after Federal Judge Julius J. Hoffman, citing ‘intolerable disruptions' and ‘anarchy,' sentenced David T. Dellinger, 54--described by the prosecution as ‘chief architect' of the riots--to 29 months and 16 days in prison on 32 counts of contempt. "Third to be sentenced for contempt was Thomas E. Hayden, 29, & leader of the new left who drafted the foundin document of the Students for a Democratic Society. He got 1 months and 14 days on 11 counts. "Next was Abbott (Abbie) Hoffman, 32, the bushy-haired prophet of the Youth International Party (Yippies), whose courtroom antics, such 4s throwing kisses to the jury, became a staple of the trial. He got eight manths on 23 counts of contempt. Judge Hoffman quoted Abbie Moffman as saying to him Fed. 4: ‘You're a disgrace to the Jews.'" The records of the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, refiect that the case entitled "The United States of America vs. David T. Dellinger, et al" commenced in the court of Judge JULIUS J. HOFFMAN, Chicago, Illinois, on September 24, 1969, and was in session until February 14, 1970, when the jury began deliberating upon evidence submitted during the course of the trial. On February 18, 1970, the jury advised the court that they had reached a verdict in the case end stated that they found the subject not guilty on the charge of conspiracy and guilty on the charge that he did travel_in interstate commerce from outside the State of Illinois with intent to incite, organize, promote and encourage a riot on or about August 26, 1968, August 27, 1968 and August 29, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois. The "Daily News",a New York City daily newspaper in its February 19, 1970 issue on Page 2, contained an article entitied "5 of Chi 7 Guilty of Travel for Riot; But All Are Cleared on Plot Charges”. -12- Guivr Diy IAL