The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-22
FEDERAL DRAGNETN
GATHERS VICTIMS
President Ryan and Secretary
Hoclin Are the Most Notable
81 Those Held-Bail Fur
Rished in Most Cases.
Few Surprises.
SPRINGFMD. III.


SPRINGFIELD, ILL., Special
The following list OF i, .>tmentS
handed down by the FeCVsAi g.and
Jury at indianapolis was maoe FUo'c
here today at noon
Frank Nj. Ryan, Eugene A. Clancy, ,
John IA. Barry, John ]. Mcnamara
(alias George j. Clark, Patrick +.
Fsrrsll. John T. Butler. John j; NC
Coy, Daniel J. Brophy, Frank c.
Webb. Henry j. Leighleiter, Herbert
s. Hockin (alias &. Clark, alias
Charles w. Lawton, alias George Cor
dom. Michael ]. Young. Charles N
Beum, Philip A. Cooley. James Il. NC !
Namara (alias John Il. Bryce, alias j.
Il. Bryce, alias Il. Sullivan, alias j. r
Sullivan, alias +. Caldwell, alias > j.
Miller. alias J. b. Smith, alias +.
AIiller), Ortie +. Mechanical (aiias
J. w. McGraw. alias Charles Miller
alias Willie Clark, alias Peter Meter,
alias Frank McGrath, alias John
McGraw. alias William Todd aliaS ).
T. McGraw, alias Frank Smythe. alias
Charles Fisher alias G. watson aIlas
G.. Woods alias G. Fisher, alias Will
liam King); Michael J. Cuname,
James COoney, J. w. Irwin, whose
true Christian name IS unknown
Richard II. Houlihan. Edward Clark, |
William T.. Reddn, Paul J. Morrin.
Daniel Buckley, W. Bert Brown.
whose trGc hrstian name is UNI
known. Frank +. Painter, Andrew j. J
Cavanaugh Peter J. Smith, Murray
/. Pennen. William ]. Mccain. Pat
rick Ryan. Holman g. Ziffant, Jack
Bright (alias j. +. Munsey), George |
Anderson. Michael J. Harmon, Milton |
II. Davis. John r. Cardwell, Edward |
L. Phillips, William Barnhart, !
Olaf A. Tveitmoe, Fred Mooney, |
William X. Benson, Frank J. Murphy, |
Clarence L. Dow, William Shupe. |
James Coughlin, Ernest G. Basey, !
Spurgeon +. Meadows, Herman Kline, |
Frank ]. Higgins, Charles Wachtmeis- !
ter, James L. Ray and Fred Sherman.
What Indictments Charge.
The indictments charge that
con December I, 1906, the de-
PENDANTS unlawfully, knowingly,
wiIfuIly and felOniouSly did then
and there conspire, at Indianapo-
lis, combine, confederate and
agree with certain divers persons,
whose names are unknown, to
commit an OffcnSe against the
United States, tO-wit.: To trans
port, carry and convey explO-
siveS, to-wit, Dynamite and nitro
gIycerine, between a place in the
United States and other places in
the United States upon and in
vehicles then and there used and
employed i'm transporting paSSen-
gers by land and water"
INDIANAPOLIS. IND Special
With arrests in many distant cities as
well as in Indianapolis, the seat of the
eminent probe on the gigantic dyna-
mite plot said TO have been carried
out by union labor was staged today.
In the Governments dragnet spread
over the entire country union men.
leaders in their organizations, from
general officers TO business agents,
were taken in.
The raid. carried out as planned by
the secret agents of the Government
here. moved forward according to
schedule.
The arrests began early in the day.
In order TO provide against any
possible miscarriage OF justice the ut
most secrecy prevailed here No in
dictments were made public At the
district attorneys office il was asserted
that the voluminous documents would
be kept secret until every man for
whom the Government officers were
seeking had been arrested or was
Phillips Is Arrested
SYRACUSE, N. Y Special.-E. Z.
Phillips, former secretary OF the IN
ternational Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers Union. was arrested at
o'clock this morning on an indictment
charging him with completely in the
dynamite conspiracy. The arrest was
made by a special agent of the Federal
Government as result OF indictments
recently returned at Indianapolis.
John Carroll, to whom Phillips
bond is turned over and in whose pos
session they now are. was also ar
rested.
Carroll is secretary of the local
union of structural bridge and iron
workers. Both ne and Phillips are
charged with aiding and abetting the
transportation Of dynamite through
the United States.
known TO be under surveillance.
Approximately sixty men were
named in the ind ictments. delivered to
District Attorney Charles w. Miller.
1--WE have received reports of TWEEN
ty-eight arrests, he said at 10 CLOCK
ssThis is about half OF the total num-
ber."
w. Newton Harding, attorney for
Ryan Herekin and Butler, appeared
at the Federal building shortly after
the arrests. Harding held short con-
ference with the marshal and then
departed in an effort to secure ball
Bail for the three officers was fixed
AZ $4,000 each. Bail for Meadows
and Sherman was fixed at $4,000. But
Ter WAS arrested at his hotel by Dep
uty Marshal Boyer. He walked qui-
city and unconcernedly to the Federal
building.
Meadows is a member of the Car
penters' and Joiners' Union. he Is
business agent of the Indianapolis 10
cal as well as member OF the local s
ground council
One in Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE, WIS., Special w.
e Reddin. business agent OF the IRON
workers here, and Herman Z. Senert
were arrested by government OFFICIALS
today In connection with the investi-
CATION of the dynamite plot at In
dianapolis-
Take Two I'm Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, o. Special Peter
J. Smith and George (Nipper) An
derson, two labor leaders, were ar
rested here today by the United States
authorities in the national dynamite
conspiracy.
Take Two in st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, MO- Special Pat ii.