Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-11
PROBING THE
DYNAMITE PLOT.

Indianapolis, lnQ., Dec. l. w i'h
the arrival here today Of William j..
Burns, final work on the evidence
to be presented to the Federal grand
jury was begun.
Conferences were held between the
United States District Attorney Chas.
w. Miller and Walter Drew of New
York, secretary and chief counsel OF
the National Erector's Association, a.
C. Badorf, representative of the er-
ectors. and Burns.
Los Angeles, Cal. Dec. l1.-The
business interests of Los Angeles
are confident today that they have
won the fight to shift the center of
the countrywide dynamite probe y
Indianapolis.
Secure in this belieI, 1t was cX-
pected when the hearing Of Bert VI.
Franklin, chief detective for the Nc
Namara defense, charged with brib-
cry, was begun before Judge Young
today, only evidence duplicating the
accused would be produced by The
state. District Attorney Fredericks
planned to put enough evidence be-
fore the Judge to warrant holding
Franklin and then to have the en-
tire matter drag along unth 1t is for
gotten by the people. when the orig
inal plan for a plea of guilty and re-
lease Of the accused on probation
might be put through without at
tracing too much attention.
Both sides insisted, however, when
court convened, that they would
fight the case. Their decision was
subject to as sudden q change as
when the McNamaras plead guilty.
AS evidence, the business men have
Carried their point for the soft
pedal in connection with the inves!iz
CATION, is the admission that Ortie
McManigal will be taken to Indian
apolis next week.
He is to be used to corroborate the
evidence of a member Of the Inner
circle. of the Iron Workers union,
who Is said to have agreed to tell all
he knows about the alleged dynamit-
ing conspiracy.
Whether U. S. District Attorney
Miller, at Indianapolis, has gained
the point he asked whcli he demand
ed that the Los Angeles investigation
be subordlnated to the Indianapolis |
probe, cannot be learned here. AS
sistant Attorney General Oscar Law
ler insists he will carry his case toi
President Taft, and his friends think
the outcome is likely to be his trans
fer to Indianapolis, to take an i'm
portant part in the probe there.
Orders received here are that Nc
Manigal is to be in Indianapolis by
the latter part of next week.
Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 11.-Docu-I
ments relating TO the affairs OF the
International Association Of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers, and be-
lieved to contain valuable information
for the federal government in its
probe of the Mcnamara dynamiting
are said here today TO
have been turned over to the United
States authorities by Herbert 9.
acing secretary-treasurer Of
the Iron Workers.
Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 1l.-A SEN
sation was created in the trial today
of Bert H. Franklin, chief detective
for the Mcnamara defense. in charge
of trying to bribe prospective juror
in the Mcnamara case, when the name
Of Clarence S. Darrow, chief counsel
for the McNamaras was dragged in
to the case. G.. N. Lockwood, the man
whom Franklin is alleged to have
bribed, testified that before the al
legged bribe was paid him, Franklin
said he would have to consult with
Darrow before paying over the bribe