Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-04-25
GRAND JURY TO EXAMINE
RECORDS TAKEN IN RAID

GRAND JURY TO EXAMINE
RECORDS TAKEN IN RAID.
Indianapolis, April 24.-By an order
of Judge Joseph T. Markey, Of the
Marion county criminal court today,
only the county prosecutor, members
of the grand jury and officials of the
International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers will be
permitted to examine books and pa
pers, taken from the offices of the
association.
This action. taken on application of
the attorneys for the association and
with the approval of the county prose.
cutor bars private detectives and un-
official Investigators from inspecting
the books, correspondence and docu-
ments.
The material was locked up in the
grand jury room and will be submitted
to the grand jury tomorrow in the
course of the investigation as to the
identity of the persons who deposited
the dynamite in the iron workers as
sociation storage compartment in the
basement of the building in which are
its offices
A Part of the books and papers
were seized bys the police Saturday
In raid on the offices led by William
]. Burns, private detective in the
employ Of the National Erectors' asso-
ciaticn, investigating dynamite explo-
sions that have damaged bridges and
buildings in course of construction i'll
many parts of the country and de-
stroyed the Los Angeles Times build
| ing with great loss of life.
| The raid followed the arrest OF j.
| ]. Mcnamara, secretary treasurer OF
the Iron workers, indicted in Los An
geles for alleged completely in an ex-
ploson at the Liewellyn iron works.
Superintendent of Police Hyland
was summoned before the grand jury
and afterward a summons was issued
for Frank M. Ryan, president of the
Iron workers association, ordering
him to produce additional records
Ryan was to have appeared this after
noon. but he did not do so and by or
der Of the grand jury deputy sherlffs
went to the office building with a
wagon, piled the desired documents in
! it and took them to the court house
1t was said the grand jury at this time
| did not care to examine Ryan.
The books and papers demanded by
the grand jury were stacked about the
four packages of dynamite fuses, ex-
plosive caps and alarm clocks discoV-
cred by the police in Saturday nights
raid. The explosives were removed to
a secret place by the authorities and
| the other material was guarded by
the police until it was taken out.
Attorneys for the Iron Workers as
sociation who strongly protested
against the removal of the records
frankly said their purpose in asking
the court for the order granted pS
Judge Markey, was to prevent exami'
nation of the books by Detective Burns
and his assistants, and by waiter
Drew, chief counsel for the Natlona
Erectors' association.
Drew said he awaited with interes
the return of Detective Burns fron
Toledo, O., where dispatches had re-
lated. he obtained from the checf
room OF the union station a suit case
which Burns said, belonged to eithel
!. w. Mcnamara or Ortle McManiga
and contained evidence tending tC
show completely in dynamite expios
ions
Frank r. Baker, county prosecutor
announced that the grand jury investi
cation will go into intmations Una
there was a conspiracy against I'M
Iron workers association and its OF
ficials resulting in the planting
the dynamite, to create eVldehc'
against them in their offices.
These allegations were contained II
statements attributed to the union OF
flcials.
MIR. Baker also said that the gran'
Jury would investigate the charge
that the dynamite was obtained her'
with the intention of using II TO ue
stroy buildings being erected by con
tractors employing non-unlon Hol
workers. The depositing of the dyna
mite In the basement of office bulid
ing was in itself, he said, an ofiens
against the laws of Indiana. lie ue
clined 10 say what witnesses are
be called. Superintendent Of Pohe
! Hyand spent two hours In the gran
Jury room.
The trend of his testimony was nc
disclosed.
Contest over the possession OF pooh
of the Iron Workers association bega
early, when counsel for the associo
! tion obtained. in q justice Of the peac
} court. a writ of repevin directe
: against Superintendent of Police iS