Arizona republican., 1911-06-04

MuSkOgee. Okla, June 3.-John De-
 fancy, structural iron worker, today confessed to Harry Eagan, a repre- sentative of the Muskogee police in the presence Of witnesses that he had been employed by John J. McNamara, secretary and treasurer of the Inter national Association of Bridge and Iron Workers of America, to travel throughout the country carefully in Specting all structures being erected by nOn-union labor, securing carefully made drawing of such structures and marking the spot with a cross, where dynamite could be most easily placed and would be most effective.
 Delaney in his confession declared that it was his duty to forward the drawings to John J. AIcNamara and he did forward them. He still has few such drawings bearing cross marks in his possession, together with several instructions addressed him spurpOrting to be signed by McNamara. Representative William J. Burns, who was here today, immediately left for the east.
 The following is the written confes- sion of Delaney:
 T know G. F. SkidmOre of Pittsburg Local No. 3. met him the latter part of 1903. We worked together in Pitts burg, Cleveland, Philadelphia, New York city and Buffalo. In the spring of 1906 Skidmore by request met me at Cincinnati and we went to Indian apOlis and then l met McNamara in local union No. 22. Skidmore gave me NTrA .I ..k this time McNamara said to me: You have been very highly recommended to me by Skidmore and as you are not afraid of anything l have some work we can use you on, with your ex- penses paid at all times and good money besides
 At this time McNamara said he wanted me to look up all structural iron work being done by non-uniOn labor and find out whether it was very hard to get at these jobs or not He promised to pay me every quar- ter. my salary to start from that time l told him I would think the mat ter over and tell him more definitely later
 T went from there to Birmingham, Ala, and was there about four or five days when I received a letter from McNamara asking me if I was going to turn the proposition down, and if so, to let him know at once, as he had another party he wanted to put in. I notified him that I would be back in Indianapolis as soon as the work was done I was working on, and would take the proposition up with him.
 The first building I located for Me Namara was in Cincinnati. an office building on Vine street, which was be- ing erected by non-uniOn men. I wrote to MT. McNamara sending him a dia- gram of this office building showing him the point where dynamite could be placed for the destruction of this building This building was blown up by members of the structural iron workers in January, ,9O7.
 The next building I located for Me Namara was the viaduct in Chicago that was blown up in February of the year of 1907. I went from there to St. Louis and located a building on St. Charles street which was blown up at some time later by the structural iron workers union. I went from there to Denver, reaching there on the 18th of August, 1909, and registered at the St. Joe hotel, Ninth and Larimer streets
 While in Denver I received a let 1 ter from McNamara to go to Salt Lake City and I went, arriving there the 16th of November, 1909. I regis tered at the Wabash rooming house. While there I got two letters from McNamara instructing me to find the location of the Utah hotel and tell | ing me that I would have another party make himself known to me with a letter of introduction from McNa- l mara. whose name I have forgotten. and this party would blow up the Utah hotel. This building was blown up on the 29th of December at a. m. |
 At the time this building was blown up I was standing one block south of it. thinking some one was ! killed. I ran toward it. When l got close to the building I was nearly struck by a piece of iron | and started to run away again, | when I was taken up by police off | cer, who took me before Chief of Po- | lice Barlow and Chief of Detectives ! George Sheets. I was tried in connec tion with this case and given six | months in the county jail and a fine | of $350. l paid S65, the balance was