Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
DISCLOSURE PROMISED
IN DYNAMITE Scheme
Sensation Probable Following
the Seizure of Papers in
indianapolis.
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, December q
The seizure of the remaining books
and papers belonging to the structural iron
workers in the vaults Of the Indiana Trust
Company today and the preparations
OF the United States district court for
the trial of other persons implicated
in dynamite charges forecast revela-
tions of a character as sensational as
the confessions Of the .McNamaras.
Definite information points to the ear
ly arrest of other men, high up"
1t is known that the federal grand
jury has struck pay dirt in it's exami-
nation Of the first installments Of the
records of the local headquarters of the
bridge workers organization. The exam
ination is proceeding with all possible
dispatch, and the contamination of a
two-year campaign is expected to follow
closely upon the confession at Los An
geles.
Many Under Surveillance.
Charles w. Miller, United States at
torney, would give out no statement for
publication, but it is know from private
sources that he has prepared to devote
the whole of the month of January to
the prosecution of, the guilty In the
dynamite outrages. A number Of men
are under surveillance, and the net Of
the federal government may encompass
men outside the ranks of the bridge
workers.
j. A. c. Badorf. chief of the Burns
staff, and Assistant United States At
torney Mccormick of California have
been in Indianapolis for several days and
have held daily conferences with District
Attorney Miller. Badorf is expected to
return Monday, when there may be rapid
developments.
When it became known today that Leo
Rapport Indianapolis counsel for the
bridge workers, would apply for a re-
ceiver to take charge of the books and
papers remaining in the vaults of the
Indiana Trust Company, there was quick
action by the federal authorities.
Presenting the order of Judge Anderson,
of the federal court for the removal OF
the books and papers. Deputy United
tened to the trust company and seized
three large boxes containing the residue
Of the bridge workers records. The Of
f1cers of the trust company did not resist
the order.
The three boxes were removed to the
federal building and stored in the safety
deposit vaults, where they will be ex-
amined by the experts in charge Of the
investigation.
Prosecuting Attorneys Statement.
During the fight for the control of the
books and records Of the iron workers un-
ion between Prosecutor Baker of Marion
county and District Attorney Miller Of the
United States court, Baker made this
statement:
After spending thousands of dollars
and eight months Of my own time and the
time Of two expert accountants in going
through the records of the iron workers
union had amassed evidence upon which
expected the Marion county grand jury
to return indictments against a number
of persons closely associated with John J.
Mcnamara in conducting the affairs of
the iron workers union.
However, the evidence now is in the
hands of the United States court and
whatever results are obtained will be OBJ
tanned by that court with the evidence l
collected and tabulated."
3 Baker admitted that he has received
several thousand dollars from the Ma
tionar Erectors Association and several
thousand dollars from a company of In
dianapolis wholesale merchants with
which to pay the expenses Of investigat-
ing the records of the iron workers
union,