Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-20
F FederaI Grand jury at Indian
apOliS Examines Numerous
Witnesses Who Confirm His
Confession in Every Detail,
IGNORANT AT TIME
OF MANS INTENTIONS
Persons UnknOwingIy in COa-
stant Danger of Being Blown
Into Eternity BY Close Prox-
unity TO Dynamite,
IN, Morning Journal Special Leased Wire l

tBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wire
Indianapolis. Ind, Dec l9.--Per-
sons who for weeks unknowingly liV-
ed near enough dynamite 10 blow up
the neighborhood and whose children
skated over the floors of vacant
house in which nitro -glycerine had
been spilled, testified in the govern
ments investigation OF the dynamite
conspiracy before the Federal grand
jury today.
Witnesses from Muncie Indiana,
were questioned concerning what they
knew regarding the renting of house
to Ortie MECHANICAL In December
1903.
After paying rent for several
months in advance McManigal stored
ii with boxes and sawdust in which he
packed nitro -glyceiine. The fact that
the rent had been paid and the house,
ALWAYS i'm darkness, was visited per-
iodically by stranger created an ele-
ment of mystery that still was un-
solved even after the place, when
again deserted. was thrown open and
school children skated over the floors
upon which appeared grease spots.
Later it was found the spots We're
caused by nitro -glycerine and experts
We're called to destroy their explosive
power.
Among the witnesses from Munci,
were Mrs. Elizabeth Hner, Isaa,
Grant and a manufacturer who sole
boxes to McManigal.
The evidence was traced by the in
vestigators not only To confirm Me
Manigal's confession which duplicates
John j. and James Us Mcnamara, hut
also to bring out who If any one, as
sisted them.
Other expressions OF horror at dis
covering they had been living neal
explosives came from members OF tn'
family OF +. ID. Jones. a farmer lNins
near Indianapolis For long tim'
prior To his arrest on April %, 1911
j. J, Mcnamara, secretary treasurer
of the international Association OF
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
on the pretext that he was storing old
records, kept in Jones' barn a plane
box filled with dynamite from which
McManiga replenished his supply
when going on dynamiting expedi-
tions. The piano box still had TWEEN.
ty-five pounds Of dynamite in it wher
Jones, at work on his farm, was ap
prlsed Of the fact by detectives who
visited the place the day j, j. Nc
Namara was arrested
1t was learned that these witnesses
willingly told Of the representation
under which they rented their places
and what persons paid them money
So far as the iron workers associa-
tion Is concerned no opposition here
after will be made against the re
moval of books and papers taken from
their headquarters from one iurisdic
tion to another. This was announced
today when an attorney for the iroi
workers withdrew an appeal to thu
Indiana supreme court from an ordel
of the county court to turn the rec
ords over to the federal authorities
Although action on the motion t'
dismiss the appeal will not be takeI
until after January ?, it is understood
the records. includno books ana cor
respOndence Of John j. Mcnamara
may now be carried between any fed
eral or county jurisdictions withou
opposition.