The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-25
DYNAMITE
CONSPIRACY
UNDER FIRE
Indianapolis Grand JuTy Begins
Quiz Into Recent Explosion
Developments
lAg AasoeIated Pres }

indianapolis lnd Apft 3i 5} al
ordr ol Judge Joseph + Marley ot
the Marion county criminal court
only tho county prosecutor members
uf the grand iury and officials Of
the International Association of
Rridge and Structural Iron Workers
will be permitted eXamiBe books
and papers taken from the Offices "
the association
This action taken upon application
Of attorneys for the association anG
with the approval Of the county Dfns
eeutor, bars private detec ives ard
anoffical Investigations from inspect
ing the books, correspondence and
documents
The material was locked up ID the
grand jury room and Will BE submit.
ted to the grand jury In the course
0f TIE investigation as 10 the ideniy
of persons who deposited dynamite
IN the Iron Workeih cgsiciaiion s
storage compartment VI the base.
ment OF the building IN which are
ts offices
A part Of q books and plpars
were seized By the police ias sahw.
day night III q raid on tne offices.
led w liam J Barns, O private De-
tective, in the employ Dl the National
Directors association investigating
dynamite explosions that hage dam
aged bridges and bindings M course
NJ construction in many parts Of the
country and destroyed the Los An
o51ae fTBt,tf,s Inn fnr .,,fti ,.raAt foAn
@ life The raid followed The arrest
Of J Mcnamara, secfctaryireaspr
1 or o. he Iron Workers Indicted hi
4 Los Angeles for alleged completely
in an explosion At the Llewellyn Iron
! works
superintendent of Police Hylanc
was summoned before che grand iHry
and atterward a summons vas ssuec
| for Frank NJ Ryan. president OF tef
iron Workers association, ogdcFin.
/ hin 10 produce additional records
Ryan was 10 have appeared N0nda,
| afternoon but he did not do 50, ant
| by order of the grand jury deptu,
sheriffs went To the office buidni
/ with wagon piled the desired DO
cuments in II and took them to TIL
/. courthouse Il WAS said the gran
inry at this tinp did not care to es
anime Ryan.
The books and papers demanded D
the grand jury were stacked abou
the four packages Of dynamite fuses
I,explosve caps and alarm clocks di'
covered by the police in Saturda
nights raid The explosives wer
removed to a secre, place By the az
thorties and the other material wa
81 guarded Oy lhe police until il wa
taken out
Attorneys for tine iron Workers a.
sociatiou who strongly pr0teste
: against The removal of the records
frankly saia their purpose Ia askin
the court ior the order granted
Judge Marley was 70 prevent exam
,natiou OF the books ny Detectiy
Burns and has assistants, aud BY Wa
/, ter Drew chief counsel for the M
! tional Erectors association.
Brew said he awaited with inte
est the return OF Detective Burn
from Toledo. O.. whore dispatche
had related he obtained In toe chec
: room OF the union station a su
case, which Burns said belonged t
either j W. Mcnamara or Ortie NJ
hanlgal aud contained eytdenc
tending 70 show completely IN dyni
mite explosions
Frank r Baker county prosecute
announced that the grand jury's il
: vestigation VIII go into intluatiou
that there was conspiracy again!
the iron Workers association and u
officials resulting in the planting
Of the dynamite, 10 create egidenc
against them on the office builiip
laese Allegations were contained
statements attributed 10 the uni0
officials.
Mr. Baker also said the grand inr
would probe the charges that the d
uamite WITS collected here with lhe /
tenti0n OF using it 10 destroy builD
I ings being erected Bay contractors en-
ployiBg non'nuion iron workers rh
depostna Of the dynamite Ia th
basement Of the office buiillng wa
in itself he said, an 0lteuse agams
the statutes 0g Indiana He dacline
to say what witnesses are to BE cal
ed Superintendent of Police Hlan
spent TWO hours In the grand Nll
room The trend OF his tesfial1n
Vas nor discussed