The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-06
M'NAMARA USED P, 0, ORDERS
RECORDS WAY REVEAL MS
FELLOW DiNANTTERS.
Government Agents Going Through
Books OF indianapolis rost once
-Chief pIotter worked Under False
Name Through Locked MaiI HoN

INpIANlPoLIs, Dec. :. Important
clues TO the distribution Of tho funds used
by John j. Mcnamara in the dynamiting
conspiracy, including evidence respecting
persons who received the money. have
been discovered in tho records OF the
post office here and they are being gone
over very carefully and will be presented
10 the Federal Grand Jury
According " these developments Nc
Namara used postal orders in sending
money 10 his agents instead Of checks
and the authorities have uncarthed many
cases that may throw light on the us" of
dynamite and lead 20 tho detection of men
who were paid for u
Mcnamara, IL has been said ais" did
business with the Indianapolis Office and
with the mails under fictitious name
part of the time. II is charged that he
rented a lock box al the Indianapolis
post yffice under the name of e. i San
dusky and tha, much of tho mail he rn-
ceived was through that hoN
The importance of tho money order
Investigations is in connection with the
effort to learn how J j Mcnamara spent
the 81 900 4 month set asid" Tor "organl2-
ing purposes by order of m" executive
board In the monthly report sheets kept
by Mcnamara there was no accounting
10 the membership Of tho union except
that the round sum Of 81 900 had been spent
for organizing purposes during that
month
Much Of the investigating done in tho
books Of the Iron WORKERS. union has
dealt with tho question Of whorc this
! ro,,t oil ~ . l,.,
stubs Of check books We're seized 10y the
officers at the time Of the raid on the iror-
workers Offices and tho room ur Nc
Namara.
| Mcnamara business through the
money order division of the Indianapolis
| post office is being investigated with
view To determining To whom the money
was sent.
Wesley Bennett. agent Of the Depart
ment Of Justice. and F. j. Brennan, an
accountant of the Department are going
over the evidence held al the Federal
| Building. While much work has boen
done considerable more remains 10 hc
done. The evidence taken to the Federal
Building on the first haul consisted of a
trunkful of books and papers and a
bulky package. That taken there last
week consisted of three large boxes fun
Of books and papers.
Just when the Federal Grand Jury may
complete its investigation is a matter that
District Attorney Miller says cannot ho
! foretold with any degree Of accura cy
! He said that possibly the Grand Jury might
be through with the work by February /
| Regarding the expenditure of the 81 .GO0
a month fund, which dispatches from other
cities say Burns and his men are looking
into. Leo NJ, Rappaport, counsel for the
I ironworkers te,-day said
Il have not seen the records Of the iron
workers lately and 80 do not know Just
what is in them. do not know that 81 500
month was set aside for the ,I-e of Nc
/ Namara in organizing. do know, how
ever. that all unions spend money for
{ organizing purposes for which no specific
and detailed accounting is made I do
! know that President Ryan had an or
! ganizing fund of $500 always az his dis
! posal. and that he was not obliged I"
! account for the manner in which be spent
! it. When tho S5On fund WA depleted IL
/ was always replenished so aS {" CIV. him
/ that much money at his disposal Nou
/ will find that practically ali the labor
unions set aside some money for rhl~
purpose. which ~ sent at the discretion
of some officer and that detailed account
ing is not made"
Resolutions expressing the belief that
the dynamiting outrag"S We're part of
a well planned conspiracy in which others
beside the Mcnamara brothers We're in
volvcd and pledging she support of tho
board to the Federal investigation have
been adopted by the governing commit
lee of the Indianapolis Board of Trade.
The return Of indictments and the speedy
conviction Of all guilty persons ar" urged.
! The resolutions in part follow.
/ "RCsolred. That We commend and thank
the officials of the city Of Los Angeles. Cal;
William j. Burns and such officials Of th,S
, city and state who assisted them for the
very efficient and able manner in which
they have conducted and carried ON these
prosecutions and ,rg" and request that
| the prosecution continue until all persons
connected with these great crimes shall
be brought to justice: and be II further
| "R'sob Cd, I hat We believe the invest
! cations of these OutraGcS demonstrate
| that many others besides the Me \amara
| brothers were parties tO and equally
guilty with them IN causing the many
dynamite outrages IN this city and other
parts of the country, thai the same was III
result Of a well planned con, PlraC v entered
into for the purpose vi destroying life
and property"
An important bit Of the evidence which
would have been used in an effort TO con-
| vict John j. Mcnamara had he not
pleaded guilty were the statements of Miss
Clara Martin, jewelry saleswoman. and
/ ~. ID. burghelm, Jeweller, by whom
| she is employed When news of the con
fessions of J. J, and j. b. Mcnamara
was received here Miss Martin was pre-
| pairing TO go to Los Angeles in obedience
to summons from District Attorney
fredericks to testify that she had sold