The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-02
GREASthSAT|ONS
AlC!PAIEO SOON
Afterederal Grand Jury
Asbles Again Wed
sday Morning.
.pnal News Association)


INDAPOLIS, Jan. 2.-Greater
sensau than those that have al
ready ,e are expected to be devel-
oped be Federal Grand Jury when
it cores tomorrow for further in
yestis u into the dynamite outrages
perpee ed by the McNamaras and
othe regulation is rife as to wheth-
or ,hkeged men higher up" will be :
! revea |
Torow was set as the day for |
recoting of the Grand Jury when
it AIMED on December %. In the in !,
teriJl parties to the investigation
sled themselves, it is said, col
ectffurther evidence for presenta-
! ton
Tdury is believed to have gone
ove,e ground of the finding Of ex.
Mo- in Indianapolis and Tiffin, O..
| i'm lately after the arrest of John
+ Namara in the office of the in
tenonal association of Bridge and
Stural Iron Workers in this city.
Thpparently has been main fea-
tupf the hearing thus far. judging
FRI the official positions of witnesses
vnave been before the Jury.
Some Of Witnesses.
Jude E. Meyers, chief of police OF
n; Detectives Gerber and Larsh, of
indianapolis Police Department;
.Ib Woerner, sheriff of Marion
0ty; Patrolman L. F. Tyner. who
dded the dynamite in the basement
che American Central Life Building
il it was removed by the authori-
ii; Frank P. Baker. prosecutor of
ron county, and Robert J. Foster.
|ective for the National ErectOrs'
|sociation, were among the witness
1t is believed that Foster had a rath
long story to tell the grand jury
1nsiderable Importance is attached
| his evidence by the government au
lorities, it is believed, as ne has beer
! touch with the Erectors' Associa
ON and the work of ascertaining thu
ames of persons other than the Nc
yamaras and McManigal, who were II
he dynamite plots.
1t was Foster, it is understood, VIII
.arried on the negotiations for obtain
ng books, papers, letters and othe
documents from the Office of the II
Association of Bridge an
Structural Iron Workers for use by tn
as evidence in the dyns
hitting cases. 1t is said the negotis
ions were conducted by Foster wit
H. S. Hockin, acting secretary-treasu
ar of the organization. although Hocl
in never has admitted that such wa
the case.
Fosters testimony, it is understood
dealt with his work for the Erector
the confidential and 9
cret work he performed in ascertain
ing the names of persons who Wei
with the dynamiting plots
The testimony of Chief Meyers I
the Tiffin police, it is believed, dea
with the finding of dynamite at thu
place. w. J. Burns found dynami
stored in a shed on the property ow
ed by o. E. McManigars father in T
fin, and, at the time of the And Chi
Meyers accompanied Burns to Il
place.
Dynamite Was Stolen.
1t afterwards was found that the d
Mantle stored at Tif1n was stolen fro
a stone quarry at Bloomville,
twelve miles from Tiffin. McManie
formerly was employed at the quar-
and the owner of the quarry told I
tective Burns that MECHANICAL W
familiar with the place and that
knew where the explosives were Ike
The appearance of the Indianapo
officers before the Grand Jury, and t
fact that Henry and Frank Jones, so
of Daniel Jones, owner OF the ba
west of Indianapolis, which was re
ed by ]. ]. Mcnamara and where
Mantle was stored, also were witne
es, indicated that the investigation b
much to do with the local end OF
conspiracy.
! Edward H. Davis, foreman of
Marion county grand jury at the tt
Prosecutor Baker took up the local
vestigation, gave his testimony. I
revelation made by Prosecutor Bal
concerning the juryman driven inss
by the Mcnamara investigation, "
imagined that he himself was John
Mcnamara, is believed to have b
inquired into among other things.
In appearing before the Fede
Grand Jury Prosecutor Baker c
fronted District Attorney Miller, y
whom he had a wordy battle in
newspapers when the investigat