Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-16
INVESTIGATION
Of FDYNAMII|NG
PROGRESSING.
Authorities at indianapolis
First Examining Clerks
and Stenographers in OF,
fees Of Union Officials.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 15.-Examin.
ing papers taken from the offices Of tho
International Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers since the arrest Of John
j. Mcnamara the unions secretary.
treasurer, and the subsequent finding
OF stores OF explosives In the base
ment OF the building. was continued
by the federal grand Jury today In Aaa
Investigation Of the alleged dynamto
plots. sssss; sHsas|
Mrs. Andrew J. Hull OF Kimball.
Neb., once bookkeeper for the union,
and other clarks who worked under
Mcnamara, again were questioned by
District Attorney Charles w. Miller.
their appearance indicated the inten.
tion of the government to begin the
inquiry at point from the inside
which would disclose the Identity OF all
those remotely and directly RESPONSE.
Bile for explosions. in
| Detectives had advised the govern
ment authorities that some OF the let.
ters indicated men in various states
had written to McNamara asking him
what the cost OF job" would be.
lMcNamara would reply, according to
this information, that the fee" would
be 5000 and the. expenses $50 to be
forwarded to him.
| Other Dynamiters to be Run Down.
All through the confession Of Ortie
McManigal 1t is indicated that he was
paid after each job not In the city
where the explosion occurred, but by d
messenger from the McNamaras. TO
show that plans were made for ex.
plosions by dynamite by many others
than McManigal and that he conducted
clearing house" for them, was tho
task set for the investigators.
An instance cited Is that on Marchs
~, 1909 the New Boston grand operGs
house was damaged by an explosions
An employer of ,nonunion iron workers
held part Of the contract. Funl
nights later viaduct being built BY an
open shop" iron concern at Hoboken.
N. j., was blown up.
In McManigal's statement submit
ted to the grand jury, he says man
whose name is withheld by the authori.
ties instructed him to 60 to Boston
and Hoboken and "do the jobs,' that
he was successful and that the man
paid him.
Who are the various persons alleged
to have met McManigal on his tours.
to point out the Job to be done will
be exposed. according to the National
directors association officials who have
been active in gathering evidence.
Mrs. Hull's appearance at the fed
eral building followed that OF III. Isl.
Hockin. acting secretary Of the Iron
Workers association, who had been
conferring with Frank M Ryan. the
president. Hooking now occupies the
position In the union formerly held by
John J. Mcnamara. Police officials OF
indianapolis, who were present when
records were taken out OF the IRON
Workers offices also were there.
McManIgaI Was Paid 5000.
McManigal in his confession told
of at least $1,000 having been paid
him and some person other than John
]. Mcnamara did the paying but after
he and James B. McNamara blew up
viaduct in Cleveland on June q.
1910, he had had a dispute with the
man over the amount he was to re-.
ceive and IN consequence ~. J.. took
the matter In hand himself all the
way through" For the Cleveland lob
McManigal said he and James b. were
paid 500 each. a
Referring to an explosion at the
Iroquois steel plant at South Chicago,
McManigal said he used eighty pounds
of dynamite, and added: when
went to indianapolis. j. j. McNamara
paid me 500 in cash, as that was all
the cash he had In the. office. I saw
him pay ]. B. Mcnamara for the job. =
,McNamara Handled Money.
McManigal said he had been receiv.
Ing only $125 each for the jobs, but
on train between Cincinnati and IN.
dianapolis he discussed places that
were still to be blown up with J. b.
Mcnamara. a.. B. told me he had
seen the stubs for the Mt. Vernon.
H.. job and that they were made for
1925, while 1 received only $3.50. After
that J. J. McNamara handled the
money" he said.
Among the other items mentioned
by McNanigal were 5000 each for jobs
at Greenville. N. j.; McKee's Rocks,
Pa; Superior. Wis; Omaha, Neb.:
Los Angeles, Cal; IIoboken, N. J.:l
Worchester, Mass, and Milwaukee,.