The Dynamite Conspiracy

About the Book

The Dynamite Conspiracy is a narrative-driven retelling of the bombing of the anti-Union Los Angeles Times by Union Terrorists in 1910. The attack killed 20 people. After a six-month search by a bulldog detective, William Burns, the two conspirators were caught and put on trial in Los Angeles. The era’s top defense attorney, Clarence Darrow, who was hired by Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, defended them. Darrow eventually pleaded his clients guilty to save them from execution. He was himself put on trail, however, on a charge of jury bribery. After a sensational three-month trial defended by the legendary Earl Roger, Darrow was exonerated, returned to Chicago, and went on to bigger cases.

About the Author

Arelo Sederberg is a veteran newspaper editor and reporter, with experience on metropolitan papers in Los Angeles and New York. For two years he was an interviewer, daily commentator, and managing editor of the Financial News Network, now on C-NBC. He is the author of ten published books, eight of them novels.