The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
THOROUGH PROBE
 IS BEING MADE
The Federal Grand Jury Re- sumes Dynamite h.
 quiry Tomorrow

Indianapolis, Ind, December 12.-who besides John J. and James B. McNamara handled or had knowledge of the inter- state shipment of the ton or more of dynamite and nitroglycerine used in blow tng up iron and steel structures erected by firms employing non-union men in the last five years?
 This question inquired into by govern ment officials today preparatory to the resumption on Thursday of the federal grand jury investigation of an alleged nation wide conspiracy. Clerks who wrote letters, baggage men, shippers and all those who are supposed to have had even the remotest knowledge of the shipment of the explosives or where and how they were stored are among the several hun dred witnesses who have been summoned to testify before the grand jury. The instances of the finding of the ex- plosives about which special inquiry was made today are the following: One thousand four hundred and ninety pounds of dynamite discovered in q packed box in a barn in the rear of Ortie McMangars fathers home at Tiffin, O., April 23, 1911.
 Ninety pounds of dynamite sticks found in the basement of building in Indian apolis in which were the offices of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. union on April 22, 1911 a few hours after the arrest of John J. McNamara
 Twenty-Five pounds of nitroglycerne and dynamite found in piano box in the outskirts of Indianapolis a few days later. Thirty-eight quarts of nitroglycerine buried in a shed near Rochester, Pa. The points upon which enlightment was sought in connection with these in stances were:
 Who wr6te the correspondence relative to the purchase and shipment of the ex- plosives? Who paid the bills and kept the accounting of expense? By what means were the explosives transported?
 To all appearances, the headquarters of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers were closed today. The shades were drawn, the door was locked and the whereabouts of Her bert s. Hockin, the acting secretary, be- came a mystery. Even Hockin's attor- ney professed to not know where he was The sudden closing up of the place fol- lowed closely upon the announcement that books and letters at the headquar- ters had been obtained without resist ance by detectives acting for the National Erectors' association.
 w. J. Burns, the detective who has been with officials of the Erectors' asso- citation, left tonight for Washington and New York. He said he would return here Friday.
 "I think there was more dynamite planted in various points or the east than has ever been discovered" said Burns. Ut is likely that this has not been re- moved"
 Los Angeles, December 12.-Distrct At torney Fredericks today filed a second .n- dictment against Burt H. Franklin, an investigator in the McNamara murder trial charging him with bribery and with having attempted to influence the verdict of jury. Franklin has already been held to the superior court for trial on another such indictment The new one has to do with Robert F. Bain, a sworn juror, who testified in court that he had taken a bribe.
 The defense in the case in which Frank lin is accused of having bribed George N. Lockwood was not a juror and was not bribed. Tn the Bain case, aside from any contention regarding the charges which cording to testimony given in the Lock wood preliminary hearing. Bain, his wife and Franklin were the only persons who knew anything about the affair and Mrs Rain admitted being an accomplice.