The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-01
5I DYNAMITE
 CONSPIRACY
 CASES CALLED

z. 1911
 Examined 400 witnesses
 Returned indictments Feb. $, 1912. Number of labor leaders and others indicted fifty-four
 Arraigned on March g, 1912
 Conspiracy trials began, Indianapo
 Number Of witnesses to be exannin ed zoo.
 Probable length of trial, not les. i Possible sentences two years irnpris
 onment on conspiracy charge, Il
 months each charge of unIa wfully l transporting explosives.
 Presiding Judge. A. B. Anderson | federal district court.
 Indianapolis, Oct 1.-The final chap
 was a gigantic conspiracy on the part of iron workers and others to fight 1 their battles with dynamite and nitro 1 glycerine began here to-day. The ] cases of fffty-one officials Of the In- ternationa1 Association of Bridge and
 Structural Iron Workers and other un- grand jury here on Feb. 6, 1912, on
 charges of conspiracy, were called in 1 federal court before Judge A. B. An | derson.
 | There was considerable comment ov- CT the coincidence that two years ago
 to-day, the Los Angeles Times was dynamited, resulting in 21 lives being lost; the sentencing of J. J. McNan
 ra, former secretary-treasurer of the
 iron workers to 15. years and his brother, J. B. McNauara to life iro- prisonment in California and precipi- tating the investigation by the gov
 ern1nent which culninated in the pres ent trials.
 The McNanaras and J. J. McCray,
 former member Of the iron workers
 executive board, were the only
 men indicted by the federal grand
 to-day. McCFay was never found and the government authorities believe he
 is dead
 Immediately after court convened,
 Olaf A. Tveitmoe, secretary Of the
 California Building Trades council and
 previously indicted at Los Angeles in
 spiracy and E. A. Clancy, both of San Francisco, were arraigned on the in dictments returned here Both plead ed not guilty. When indicted, Tveit- moe and Clancy who were then in California requested that they be ar raigned when the trials opened. which was granted.
 District Attorney C. w. Miller then made a. motion that all the defen- dantS be tried as in one case in order to facilitate procedure. This was granted. The work of selecting a jury then began.
 The ffty-four defendants were ar rested charges of conspiracy In the indictments returned by the fed eral grand jury, forty-seven violations of the law are shown. All the defen- dants are alleged to have conspired to Drlng aDOuC these VlOIdI1OuS
 Other indictments in addition to the general conspiracy indictment on which the arrests were made, charge the defendants with transporting ni- with aiding and abbeting Ortie Mo Maniga1 in the unlawful transportation of nitroglyeerine AnotneT strnn ehaTges dIg mite and another with aiding and abetting McManigaI in the transporta- tion of dynamite. J. J. McNamara is rNf fI In drawing the thirty-two dynamite District Attorney Miller to cover every possible phase of the dynamite eases which ac- counts for the fact that in many in- stances, the same alleged transactions are the basis for different charges. here NOV. '. 1s1i. Four hundred wit nesses from various parts of the coun- l try were examined. On Feb. 6, 1912, l were secretly returned and 1 States Marsha1s in the districts where l the indicted men lived. Simulta- neously all over the country, the defen- dants were taken into custody by | United States Marshals. The only 1 man indicted who was not found, was McCray and according to information in possession of the government, 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 District Miller who is in charge Of Ing to some of the attorneys for the defense however, the trials may last six seven months at least
 Seven hundred witnesses have been The government has sub Ooenaed 400 already and the defense, nearly that number. It is probable hat the case progresses. others will De called.
 The trial has called forth a great ar 'ay of legal talent w. N. Harding, m Indianapolis attorney, is chief counsel for the defense but nearly every defendant is represented by an United States Senator John W. Kern, of Indiana, is one of the de- ense counsel
 District Attorney Miller is assisted " Assistant District Attorney Charles ". Nichols and Special Assistant Jas. { W. Noel.
 In the general conspiracy indict- nents Ortie D. McManigal and J. B. dcNamara are charged with actually arrying explosives from one state to mother in violation of the law on for 1y-Seven different occasions. Thet government charges that the fifty our men named in the indictment had { of this illegal transporta- ion and were a part of the conspira y It sets forth the acts in further nee of the conspiracy each trip Me I danigal and McNamara made being ct out with the dates and the trains n which they travelled. Following are he trips which. it is alleged, the two l ynamiters made: II
 Tiffin O.. to Chicago, carrying 100 ticks of dynamite, Feb. 15, 1908. Chicago, to Clinton, Ia., thirty-six ticks of dynamite, Feb. 15, 190S [ Chicago to Buffalo, NY, sixty sticks f dynamite. June 29, 1908. 1 Chicago to Albany, N Y, twenty ight sticks of dynamite, Oct 13 1905 I Albany to Springfield, Mass, twenty I lght sticks of dynamite, Oct. 14, 1908. Chicago to Albany, fifty sticks of r ynamite, March 26, 1908
 Albany, N. Y, to Boston, fifty sticks Q f dynamite, March 27, 1909.
 Boston to New York, twenty-five | ticks of dynamite, March 2S, 1909 Indianapolis to St. Louis. eight s uarts of nitro g1ycerin, April r. 1910 2 St. Louis to Mt. Vernon, Ill, eight uarts of nitro -glymerin, April r. 1910. S Indianapolis to Cleveland, O., twelve e