The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-14
Dynamite Inquiry at Los An
geles Being Made as Thor
ough and Searching as
Is Possible.
INDIANAPOLIS END
BEGINS WORK TO-DAY
President Taft Declared to
Have Ordered Federal In
yestigation While on His
Tour in the West.

oS ANGELES. Dec. iS.-Days whei
the launch Postine formerly
the Peerless. darted about san
- Francisco and San Pablo hays at
tiic will OF James B. McNanl
ara. taking dynamite from pow
der works. conveying 1t 10 San Fran
cisco and coDcealing 1t there in n vacant
house. were recalled today BY the pro-
cessior Of witnesses who passed Into and
out OF the federal grand jury rooms here.
Hardly any Of them stayed more than five
minutes and the appearance OF some I've.
fore the grand jury was much briefer.
Everyone. seemingly, who covld know
anything about that part OF McNalnaras
activities is among the witnesses sum-
moned.
Captain John Peterson OF she launri
Fsstime, had a family party. He ap-
peared, followed by bis wife and hls son
Harry, lad OF Is.
Z. II Baxter. part owner OF the boat,
also was a witness. Mcnamara actiyi-
ties on the north side Of San Francisco
bay brought in Mrs. J Stuperich, wife
of the proprietor OF a cafe al Sausalto.
at whose place ]. 3, McNamera a man
Of peaceful aspect, used To sit In the sun
shine making bombs.
No One Omitted.
Even Fred Benke. clerk In an auto
mobile sales establishment In San Fran
cisco. appeared. Benke sold Mcnamara
some canvas which was used as covering
for the launch
Among the other witnesses were:
George Parker. Oakland, boat builder
Peter Hansen, Oakland, gas engine
builder.
John Hanson. Oakland. machinist.
f. Bodekr, san Francisco. barber who
used 10 shave James B. Mcnamara.
August Miclze, real estate dealer. who
rented the house IN which the dynamite
was found.
James OBrien, who owned the house,
Mrs. V. Erickson, Mrs. c. II. Wilson
and Mrs a. Whiterock. who lived near it,
Henry Will. tailor.
The rapidty With which witnesses were
examined led 10 the belief In some quar-
tiers that they were shown transcripts Of
their previous testimony before the Los
Angeles county grand jury and identified
them, again affirming their veracity.
Initiated by Taft.
President Taft personally initiated the
governments present investigation. ootu
here and at Indianapolis. into the dyns-
hitting conspiracy In which the McNa-
mara brothers figured
The president when be visited Los An.
geles on October l6, was apprlsed BY Os'
car Lawler, then an associate OF DIS
trlct Attorney John u, Fredericks. of the
strong case built UP by the latter against
the McNamaras.
The presidents action in the matter,
following his conference with NJ. Law
ler, was taken forty -eighr bours after he
left here. The Mcnamara trial was then
but Ave days old but the president was
convinced. II Is said. by the array OF facts
gathered BY the state, and was told that
the Mcnamara brothers were not the only
guilty parties.
Details OF alleged tamperng with wit
nesses and evidence in various parts OF
the country and the Inability OF the state
authorities here TO bring all offenders TO
Justice were related TO the president. IT
was the final move OF the people here
to ask the nations chief executive TO
assist them in matter In which they
were being baked on many s!des.
Will Be Thorough.
WA SHINGTON, Dec. ia vigorous
and prosecution OF all con-
noctcd with the alleged dynamite con-
splracy is the injunction from the de-
partment Of justice direct to United
States District Attorney Miller. under
which he will conduct the federal grand
Jury inquiry beginning at Indianapolis
tomorrow.
District Attorney Mccormick OF Los
Angeles. who has been hero several
weeks comforting with officials of TIE
department, left tonight for New York
on mission connected with the govern
ment's investigation. Officials, however
decline to discuss the trip In detail.
Attorney General Wickersham, through
Assistant Attorney General Harr, per-
sonally Is directing the governments
course The inquiry is based ON two
federal statutes and II an accumulation
Of ofTenses can be proved under one or
both of these laws. long terms OF i'm
prisonment can be imposed. The maxi
mum penalty for violations Of the statute
fixing stringent conditions and rsstric-
tjons upon the Interstate shipment OF cS-
rIosiveS is eighteen months In the penl-
ieutiary and fine OF $4,000. The law by
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