Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-17
Correspondence Seized N.
Offices of Structural Iron
Workers Damaging Evi-
dence Against Them.
ALL DEFENDANTS
HELD EQUALLY GUILTY
All Counts of Indictments
to be Pressed Against IN
dividuals; Freedom in
Letter Writing Amazing.

AeVCeI w i1Clllg AlIldllHg.
Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 16-New dis.
closures made in the dynamite con-
spiracy cases through 100000 letters
and kilograms quoted in the indict-
ments as duplicating practically all
the officials of the International Asso.
citation of Bridge and Structural
Workers will be the basis, 1t was de.
clared today, on which the government
will seek to convict the fifty-four de.
PENDANTS who are charged with com.
mitting or abetting in almost one hun.
dred explosions. The correspondence
contained in one of the thirty-two
indictments sand embracing what are
termed "unconsummated acts Of con-
spiracy'' is held as showing that q
vast plot, known to and furthered by
Frank M. Ryan, president OF the iron
workers and to members of his ex-
ecutive board and many business
agents, was carried on Tor six years
to destroy the property Of steel and
iron contractors who employed non.
union labor.
| % An Organized Dynamitina Grew. .9
| 1t charges all the defendants with
being equally guilty; as abettsrs. II
also pnrports to reveal evidence that
f'jobs' became the accepted terms TO
be. sent through the mail to designate
some place that was to be blown UP.
and that gradually the officials Of local
unions began to call on the interna-
tional headquarters in Indianapolis to
assist by dynamite and nitroglycerine
in increasing the expenses OF open
shop" contractors. Ortie e. McMant
gal, Herbert S. Hockin, second vice
president, and James B. McNamara
became, 1t is charged, an organized
"dynamiting crew." Letters are In.
cluded to show regular fees were paid
to McManigal and that the cost OF
doing local "jobs' frequently was dis.
cussed in letters.
A letter from Oloaf A. TvietmOe OF
the local union In San Franciscosto =.
J. Mcnamara in indianapolis. after
the Los Angeles Times disaster. stat
ing he hoped Santa Claus would be
as kind and generous to you with sur
prises' is quoted to show that the
conspiracy extended from Boston to
the Pacific coast.
Four Indictments Not Made Public.
Four more indictments not yet
made public supplement the principal
indictment contained in the CORES,
pondence. These indictments name
| all the f1fty-four defendants as i'm
plicated in the general conspiracy and
make these charges:
That on thirty-four counts all the
defendants are guilty as principals In
| illegal transportation OF dynamite.
| That, on thirty-four counts, McMan
| igal, John J. Mcnamara, James B
! Mcnamara and Hockin are guilty OF
Illegally transporting dynamite and all
the other defendants are guilty of aid
ing and abetting them
| That on sixteen counts, all the de
PENDANTS are guilty as principals In
the illegal transportation of nitro
glycerine.
| That, on sixteen counts, McManigal,
John J. Mcnamara, James B. Nc
Namara and Hockin are guilty of illeg
al transportation Of nitroglycerine and
all other defendants are guilty OF aid
ing and abetting them.
The wide scope OF the thirty-two In.
dlctments. which contain in all 12S
counts is due, 1t is announced, to the
| theory of the government that the de-
PENDANTS alleged guilt is equal, no mat
ter how small an individuals person
al activity in the conspiracy may have
been. Mr.. Miller said it has been de-
termined to press all the counts OF the
Indictments against each of the de-
PENDANTS.
1.-The indictment setting out uncon
summated acts of conspiracy, exten
siye as it is in presenting mass Of
alleged discriminating correspondence
between the defendants" said Mr..
Miller, "only submits typical acts. II
we had chosen, this indictment might
have been run into many mere hun.
dreds Of pages. Forty thousand let.
ters were seized in the headquarters
of the International Iron Workers as
sociation and from them the investiga
tors chose evidence that we consider
much more than sufficient to prove our
case when offered in connection with
corroborative evidence Of wide extent
and varied character. The freedom
with which these men put on paper
their plans motives ana the working
out of their purposes is amazing"
! Chief Points Given.
The principal allegations in the In
dictment, which is one of thirty-two
are:
| That from San Francisco in January
1908, Ryan wrote to J. j. Mcnamara II
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