Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-08
G0vERNMENTJ0|NS
WITH CALIFORNIA
COOPERATE 70 UNCOVER "oN8
OF MOST GIGANTIC PLoTS
EVER CONCEIVED"
MORE DYNAMl1ERs WATCHED
Los Angeles viii Furnish Evidence
for napoIis-char0es Of 6rIb. .
cry viii 20 Pushed Against
Burt 8. franklin.

Los Angeles, Dec. 4.-"The United
States government and California au
thorities are cooperating to uncove1
one of the most gigantic conspiraciea
ever conceived in the history of this
country" This was the declaration Of
Assistant District Attorney w. Joseph
Ford. second in command to District
Attorney John D. Fredericks, In the
Mcnamara trial. Ford was arrested
in indianapolis for alleged illegal ~
tradition of John ]. McNamarh.
He admitted that the prosecution
had under surveillance in other parts
of the country some prominent labol
leaders alleged to have been involved
in the Times explosion, but said that
arrests might first be made by the
federal government in connection with
its investigation.
The vigor with which the federal
government Is pressing its investiga
ton into the conspiracy, which Is al
legged to extend over the entire coun
try, has been increased within the
last fortnight. according to well-in'
formed persons here. and in proof Of
this it is observed that United States
District Attorney A. !. Mccormick,
now is in Washington, and U. S. Dis
trict Attorney Miller Of Indianapolis
and District Attorney Fredericks are
in close communication.
To give the prosecution here more
elbow room In its campaign. grand
jury will be empanelled within a week
to act Immediately upon the return Of
Judge George H. Hutton, presiding
magistrate of the superior court Of
Los Angeles county, who is now In
Chicago.
NJ. A. Schmidt and David Kaplan.
Jointly indicted with the Mcnamara
for the Times disaster, have not been
captured, but the state, it is believed,
has a good clue to their whereabouts
and they may be apprehended within
a fortnight. But others who had
much to do with the destruction Of the
destruction of the Los Angeles Times
and with other explosions are report
ed to be implicated by information
now in the hands of state authorities
and the federal government may b
the first to bring these men to trial.
Assistant District Attorney Ford
denied the state had entered into any
agreement by which the prosecutions
were to be circumscribed by the Con
fession of the McNamaras.
Hotel Registers Give Clues.
The prosecution says it has an in
controvertible chain of facts heaped
up against James B. for the Times
explosion and among these was the
signature of J. B. Brice (the name
said to have been used by ]. B. Nc
Namara) on hotel registers through
out the country, and railroad tickets
and letters received by him.
The prosecution has in it's posses
sion evidence showing the signature
of J. b. Brice on hotel registers al
various places at the time other ex
plosions occurred. but what connec
ton that has with him the state ID
not prepared at this time to divulge
State officials said that before the
McNamaras confessed information Of
Iuo 6LdJS . AHCCAIlOAA " Wy w AAA'OA' :
other labor leaders in the case had
reached counsel for the defense be
cause of the activity of the prosec,t
ton with certain important witnesses
Details of the struggle for the ties
timony of witnesses present realio
tic story, covering activity in many
cities.
MANY witnesses came over to vi
in the last few weeks" said Assist
ant District Attorney Ford, land they
brought with them money used to
get them. You would be surprised
at the number that came to our side
voluntarily, too. The fact is we frus
trated the plans Of the other side to
win by Legitimate means, and they
knew they could not win If they tool
their chances on legitimate procedure
because we had chain of damninl
evidence"
Push the Bribery Charges.
That the pleas of guilty by the NC
Namaras did not preclude the prose
cution from acting in any other di
rection, or any other person, was evi
denced by the announcement OF Az
sistant Attorney Ford that he woult
push the charge of bribery agains'
Burt s. Franklin.