Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-25
Intimations Of officials of the Union
Being Looked Into,
DYNAMITE SEIZED AT T1FFN, o.
Another Alleged Plant of Iron Work.
ers Found by Detective Burns.
ARRESTED MEN ENROUTE WEST
OFFICERS in CHARGE of McManiEsi and
Mcnamara Passed Through Kan
sas city on Santa Fe Train
This Morning.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April A-Leo NJ.
Rappaport counsel for the International
Association of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers today obtained q writ of replevin
for the books that were seized by the police
Saturday night in the offices Of the associ-
alton in this city
A constable appeared at the grand jury
room with the writ, which had been issued
against County Prosecutor Baker and SUI
perintendent of Police lIyand, but whom
the prosecutor told the officer IL he at
tempted to serve the writ he would be in
court contempt the constable left the
building
Superintendent Of Police IIyland was
summoned before the grand jury with the
books and an investigation started by the
grand jury.
That the grand jury has taken cognizance
of the intimauons contained in statements
attributed to officials of the iron workers
association that the Organization is the VIC
tim of a conspiracy OF employers who had
planted" dynamite 10 create" evidence
was the statement OF Prosecutor Baker.
Prosecution WIN Keep Books.
Il mast decline now to say" said he,
'whethmer or not we shall subpoenae the
National officials OF the Iron Workers
association and the private detectives and
attorneys that have been active In uncover
| ing the deposits OF dynamite here. Thus
lar we have summoned only the superin-
tendent OF the indianapolis police The
books of the association will remain In my
charge long as think we need them in
our inquiry No court has power to take
this evidence from us.
I'VE also shall investigate whether or
not certain persons collected dynamite here
| a. int ~
The probe into the dynamiting of structures
in process OF building in this city last year
will be reopened."
President Ryan of the Iron Workers as
ISOLATION said that kilograms of sympathy
and offers of help both for the association
and its secretary, J. j. Mcnamara We're
pouring into the offices He refused To
make public the names OF the senders Of
the telegrams He and other executive
officers of the association were in consulta-
tion all morning
Statement by Governor MARSHALL.
Governor Marshall today assured F. M.
Ryan, president of the Structural Iron
Workers, and Leo M Rappaport, attorney
for the organization. that II any more
acquisitions come from the governor OF
California for any persons in Indiana In
connection with the Los Angeles dynamite
ing. he viii take what steps he may deem
proper TO insure the accused man a hear
ing in the courts, with an attorney, be-
fore he is extradicted.
In making the assurance, the governor
said he wished 1t to be understood that he
was not critcizing Judge James A Collins
OF the Indianapolis court for the courts .
action OF Saturday evening
Il presume" he said, that Judge Collins
did his duty. But In view OF the fact that
1t has been charged that ]. J. Mcnamara,
who was extradicted Saturday, has been
railroaded' from the state without proper
opportunity to present his case / believe
every precaution should be taken in the
event OF other requisiuons 10 guard against
repetition of the charge"
Frank NJ. Ryan. president Of the Inter
national Association of Bridge and Struo
tural Iron Workers. was Eubpoenaed 10
appear before the Marion county grand
jury this afternoon
investigation directed towards expos
ing persons and methods responsible for
, eighty explosions and great property loss
in various parts OF the country during the
last two years continued today In this city
, and at Tiffin, y. At the latter place De-
/ tective William J. Burns and ]. A. q.
Badorf, assistant counsel for the National
Erectors' association, we're following GER