Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-24
Large Supply
Of Dynamite
DETECTIVE BURNS LOCATES A
PLANT IN AN OHIO. TOWN.
WAS HIDDEN IN A SHED
Effort to Be Made to Connect Inter-
national Association Of Bridge and
Structural Men With so Explosions.

indianapolis Ind, April 23.-Investi-
CATION that was expected to show, ac-
cording to the police and Walter Drew.
attorney for the National ErectOrs' as
sociation,, that indianapolis for two
years has been the headquarters of a
conspiracy which has resulted in eighty
destructive explosions of dynamite,
causing a property loss of $2,000,000 or
more, continued today and tonight, af-
ter the sensational adrest OF John ].
Mcnamara, secretary treasurer of the
International Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers late yester-
day.
Large Force Of Detectives.
Ten assistants of Defective William
j. Burns, employed by the National
ErectOrs' association, worked with the
local police and detective department.
Members Ran "open Shops
The Erectors' association it is said,
represents in its membership eighty
per cent. of the structural steel and
iron contractors in the United States.
Against them In their effort to operate
open shops" it's officials assert, ex-
plosions of dynamite under bridges,
viaducts and buildings from Spring
field, Mass, to the Pacific. coast have
been directed.
Fl Lives Lost at Los Angeles.
It was after the most serious of the
explosions. that which wrecked the
Los Angeles Times building, costing
the lives of Il persons, that the indict-
ments were returned by a grand jury
upon. which we're arrested here John J.
Mcnamara, and in Detroit J. B. Bryce,
alleged to be James McNarlara, broth
er of John j. McNamaras and Ortie E.
McManisle.
More Arrests May Follow.
Rumors were many tonight that
more arrests here were impending, but
the police refused to discuss them.
President Ryan and other officials of
consulted in their headquarters all
day.
Books of Organization Taken.
Daybreak this morning found the
of1cials OF the association and their
counsel in violent controversy with
the private detectives. the local police
and Attorney Drew as to whether or
not search warrant held by Burns
vested in him power to seize the books
of the association. Superintendent OF
Police Hylands finally removed the
books to police quarters where it was.
said transcript would be made of
receipts and expenditure made by au-
iAsf II "a s 8. IS. s
Expert Cuts Safe Locks.
Mr. Drew said these. entries would
be offered as evidence when the case
was brought . to trial at Los Angeles.
The books were taken from a safe in
the offices of the association after an
expert had cut the locks.
Four Bundles of Dynamite Hidden.
The custodian of the building in
which the offices OF the Iron Workers
association are told the Indiana polls
police. today they say, that McNnmara
asked him for permission to build the
compartment in the basement in which
they al1ege exploSives- We're discovered
last night Here, the police say, old
books and letternles Of tho associa-
ton ware found piled indiscriminateiy
about four bundles of dynamite.
Big pynesssits Supply at Tiffin. o.
A nessege received here tonight
from TifaB, o., where Detective w. j.
Burns. who led the raid on the offices
of the International Association of
BridsA and Structural Iron Workers
here fAst night, went today. asserted
that plant of between three hun
dred and four hundred pounds of dy-
Mantle was found there.
Explosive Hidden in Shed.
The detectives said the dynamite was
contained in a rough wooden box and
hidden in a. shed in the rear of the
home of James McManigle, father of
Ortie F.. McManigle, one of the men
indicted relative to the Los Angeles
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rested at Detroit and is now being
taken to Los Angeles.
Between 800 and 400 Pounds Found
Detective Burns was accompanied to
| Tifffn from this city by J. A. G. Ba-
dorf, assistant to Walter Drew, coun-
sci for the National Erectors' associa-
ton. ErterfnE the shed at MeAIani-
after nightfa,l, they asert they found
a wooden partition with locked door
in which was the box. Detective Burns
was prepared with a key which fitted
the lock OF the box The dynamite was
tightly packed and It was estimated
the total number of sticks weighed
between 300 and 400 pounds.
Looking for More Dynamite.
Chief of Police Myers of Tfffin was
with Burns and Badorf when the dy-
Mantle was found. He set q, guard of
two policemen over the shed for the
night. After having uncovered the
dynamite at Tiflin, Burns and Badorf
engaged an automobile and went to
B1oornville o., where they said they
expected TO hnd another cache Of ex-
plosives.
Also Did the Springfield Job.
Sprinsfeld. Mass. April ga pri-
vate detective who said he was sent
here from, Boston to inquire about the
reward offered for the arrest of the
person who set off charge of dyna-
mite under the tower of the municiral
building several weeks ago told the
Springfield police today that the man
who committed the. deed is under ar
rest IN Chiea go. The detective sa:d
that his Information in regard to the
arrest in Chicago came from William
| J. Eurns.. who has been investigating
tiae Los -sngeles: Times explosion. The
local police have wired Chicago for
l inf tim 4 af TO ho a.
tive, the name of the man under ar
rest is Murphy,
President Ryan's Disclaimer.
Declaring that the police had s4kfd-
mapped" ]. J. Mcnamara and that the
findfn< of dynamite in & storage COM