Imperial Valley press., 1912-10-01

Association of Bridge and structural
Iron Workers and other union leaders
indicted by the federal grand jury here
February 6, 1912, on charges of con-
spiracy, were called in the federal
court before Judge A. b. Anderson.
There was considerable comment
over the coincidence that two years
ago today the Los Angeles Times was
dynamited, resulting in 81 lives be-
ing lost; the sentencing of J. j. Nc
Namara, former secretary treasurer of
the iron workers, to Is years and his
brother, J. B. Mcnamara, to life i'm
prisonment in California and precip-
itating the investigation by the gov
ernment which eliminated in the pres
ent trials.
The McNamaras and John J. McCray,
former member of the iron workers
executive board, were the only men
indicted by the federal grand jury not
expected to appear in court today. Nc
Cray was never found and the govern
ment authorities believe he is dead.
Immediately after court convened,
Olaf A. Tveitmoe, secretary of the Cal
ifornia Building Trades Council and
previously indicted at Los Angeles in
connection with the dynamite conspir
acy, and E. A. Clancy, both. of San
Francisco. were arraigned the in
dictments returned here. Both pleaded
not guilty. When indicted, Tveitmoe
and Clancy, who were then in Califor-
mia, requested that they be arraigned
when the trials opened, which was
granted
District Attorney C. w. Miller then
made motion that all the defend
ants be tried as in one case in order
to facilitate procedure. This was
granted. The work of selecting a jury
then began.
The "a defendants were arrested on
charges of conspiracy. In the indict-
mentS returned by the federal grand
jury AZ violations of the law are
shown. All the defendants are alleged
to have conspired to bring about these
violations.
Other indictments in addition to the
general conspiracy indictment on
which the arrests were made charge
the defendants with transporting nitro
glycerin. Others charge them with
aiding and abetting Ortie McManigal
in the unlawful transportation of nj
troglycerin. Another charges the de-
PENDANTS with carrying dynamite and
another with aiding and abetting Nc
Manigal in the transportation of dy.
Mantle ]. J. Mcnamara is also named
as a carrier of dynamite. In draw
ing the 80 dynamite indictments Dis
trict Attorney Miller endeavored to
cover every possible phase of the dy-
Mantle cases, which accounts for the
fact that in many instances the same
alleged transactions are the basis for
different charges.
The federal grand jury convened
here November Z, 1911. Four hundred
/ witnesses from various parts of the
! country were examined. February 6,
| 1912, indictments were secretly returned
and writs were issued and sent to
| United States marshals in the districts
where the indicted men lived. Stimuli
| taneously all over the country, the de-
| PENDANTS were taken into custody by
! United States marshals. The only man
| indicted who was not found was Nc
| Cray and according to information in
possession of the country he died IN
West Virginia before the grand jury
| convened.
That the present trial will last not
| less than three months and may pos
| sibly be in progress for six months
| or more was the declaration of Dis
! trict Attorney Miller, who is in charge
| of the case for the government. Ac-
| cording to some of the attorneys for
| the defense, however, the trials may
| last six or seven months at least.
Seven hundred witnesses have been
| summoned. The government has sub
| poenaed 400 already and the defense
| nearly that number. 1t is probable
| that as the case progresses others will
| be called.
! The trial has called forth a great
array of legal talent. w. n. Harding.
| an Indianapolis attorney, is chief coun-
! sci for the defense, but nearly every
! defendant is represented by an attor-
| ney. United States Senator John w.
| Kern of Indiana is one of the defense
| counsel
District Attorney Miller is assist ed
| by Assistant District Attorney Charles
| w. Nichols and Special Assistant
| James w. Noel.
In the general conspiracy indict-
ments Ortie E. McManigal and T. Z.
| Mcnamara are charged with actually
carrying explosives from one state to
another in violation of the law on AZ
different occasions The government
| charges that the "a men named in the
| indictment had knowledge of this lille
| gal transportation and were a part IF
| the conspiracy. 1t sets forth the acts
in furtherance of the conspiracy each
| trip McManigal and Mcnamara made
being set out with the dates and the
| trains on which they travelled. Fol-
lowing are trips which, it is alleged,
| the two dynamiters made:
Tiffin, Ohio, to Chicago carrying 100
| sticks of dynamite, February Is, 1903.
| Chicago to Cinto, Iowa, SO sticks of
| dynamite, February Is, 1908.
Chicago to Buffalo, n. Y, so sticks
of dynamite, June 20, 1908.
Chicago TO Albany ~ Y, % sticks
! of dynamite, October IS, 1908.
Albany to Springfield, Mass, IS
| sticks Of dynamite, October IA, 1908
Chicago to Albany, so sticks of dy-
namite, March 26, 1909.
Boston to New York, 25 sticks of
dynamite, March %, 1909.
Indianapolis to st. Louis, eight
quarts Of troglycerin, April II, 1910
st. Louis to Mt. Vernon, ILL.,, eight
quarts of nitroglycerin. April II. 1910
Indianapolis to Cleveland, Ohio, -
f"ehi - VI uHt 10, lJlU.
Bever, Pa, to Cleveland, 12 quarts OF
roglycerin, July 2, 1910.
Indianapolis to Jersey City. N. j..
eight quarts OF nitroglycerin, July G.
1910.
indianapolis to Chicago, % quarts
of nitroglycerin, July IS, 1910.
Chicago to San Francisco, 20 quarts
of nitroglycerin. July Is, 1910.
Chicago to Omaha. Neb.. eight quarts
of nitroglycerin, April II, 1910.
Indianapolis to Chicago, IA quarts
of nitroglycerin, July 25, 1910.
Chicago to Milwaukee, IA quarts of
nitroglycerin, July 81, 1910.
Toledo, Ohio, to indianapolis, 10
quarts of nitroglycerin, August Is, 1910
Indianapolis to st. Louis, 12 quarts
of nitroglycerin, August IS, 1910.
ST. Louis to Kansas City, No, IL
quarts of nitroglycerin, August 10,
1910
Indianapolis to Peoria, ILL.,. 20 quarts