New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-16
DYNAMITE PROBE W|DENS
indianapolis Inquiry Reveals
New Angles Of Mystery.
TRACING MCNAMARA ALLIES
Chief of Police and Woman
stenographer Tell of Explosions
Said to Implicate Others.

Indianapolis, Dec. l5.--Government OFF,
Gals who are cooperating with District
Attorney Miller in conducting the inyesu'
cation of the dynamite conspiracy before
the federal grand jury learned from two
sources to-day the details Of explosions IN
which it is said others than the McNa-
maras were implicated.
W. r. Griffin, Chief of Police OF Kansas
City. who had knowledge of five explosions
in that place, was Intercepted about GER
tain facts which, it is said, had never been
revealed. These explosions, all directed
against structures erected by firms employ
ing non union men, occurred from 1893 10
1910. AS not more than two OF them were
confessedly the work of Ortie f. McMani-
gal Chief Grifin's information was sifted
TO ascertain who else might have destroyed
the property.
Much important testimony bearing on the
records taken from the headquarters OF the
International Association OF Bridge ana
Structural Iron Workers was obtained from
Miss Mary Dye, who went before the gram
Jury. Until several years ago Miss Dye
now OF Pittsburgh was confidential secre-
tary in the ironworkers' headquarters, ana
az such had to DO with the correspondence
of ]. J. Mcnamara, the secretary
Mrs. Andrew ]. Hull. OF Kimball' Neo', the
ironworkers former bookkeeper, also VS.
tied the federal building.
Fee" 5000 for Job
In investigating charges that men ID
many cities were implicated IN the dyia-
hitting, it was necessary that stenosrophFrs
Of the iron workers association identify
as authentic letters received or sent ~
officials Of the union. Private detectives
had advised the government authorizes
that some of the letters indicated that men
in various states had written 10 McNd-
mara, asking him what the cost OF
lob" would be. Mcnamara would reply
according 10 this informa ton, that the Zee
would be 800 and the expenses 80 to be
forwarded TO him.
All through the confession OF Ortie +.
McManigal run statements setting out that
he was paid after each JOB not IN the
city where the explosion occurred, but by
a messenger from Mcnamara. To show
that plans were laid for dynamiting by
many others than Mcnamara and that he
conducted clearing house" for them was
the task set for the investigators.
An instance cited is that on March q
1900. the new Boston Grand Opera House
was destroyed by an explosion An en-
ployer Of non-union iron workers had a
part Of the contract. -Four nights later
viaduct being built by AN open shop iron
concern at Hoboken was blown up I'm Me-
ManigaIs statement submitted to tho
grand jury ne says that a man whose
name IS withheld by the authorities in
siruc,ed him TO 90 TO Boston and IIoboken
and do the Jobs that he was successful
and that the man paid him.
The various persons alleged to have met
McManigal on his destructive tours and
pointed out the Jobs" TO he done will he
exposed, according to the National Erect
ors' Association officials, who have been
active in gathering evidence.
Hotel Clerks Summoned.
Many hotel clerks from various parts OF
the country have been subpunaed to tell
what they know Of the movements Of Nc
NIanigal while lac was Oh his dynamiung
expeditions. The hotel men are to De exam
ined chiefly TO corroborate McMarigars
confession, wherein he related visits 20 GER
tain towns with suitcase filled either with
dynamite or nltrogiycerine.
u was animated to-day mat the IRON
workers officials were not opposing the
governments efforts 70 expose all impl
Gated in the dynamitng, the fact being
pointed 10 that Ii. :. Iockin acting secre-
tary of the association, again conferred
with District Attorney Miller. II was while
Hoclin was absent that several wagon
loads Of papers were taken recently from
the headquarters Hockin refused 20 say
whether they were taken with his consent.
About thirty thousand papers are 30 he d.
gested for the benefit Of the grand jury.
a regular calendar of witnesses has been
arranged so that no more than are needed
on any one day viii be brought to the
federal building on that day. From the
nurrser of Witnesses summoned from yar-
Gus parts OF the country it is believed that
the investigation here viii not he concluded
until the end Of January.