Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-13
SAYS DYNAMITE BOMB
INTENDED FOR WOMAN
Witness Declares Mcnamara
Wanted His Girl Clerk
Blown Up.

INDIANAPOLIS, md, January D.-
The story of an alleged attempt to dy-
Mantle a car in which Miss Mary Dye,
former confidential secretary of John J.
Mcnamara was sleeping, given to the
federal grand jury by Frank Eckhoff. a
Cincinnati coremaker, is said to have
been corroborated by a person who testi-
fled before that body yesterday. Nc
Namara is said to have offered a man
known to federal officials $50 to wreck
the car in which Miss bye was sleeping
while it was stationed in the railroad
yards at Pittsburgh. Pa.
According to the statements of Eckhon,
there was trouble between Mcnamara
and Miss Dye, and there had been threats
of lawsuit by the latter. Miss Dye has
testified before the grand jury, and it is
said that she had knowledge of the at
tempt to kill her.
Charles W. Appleman, local attorney for
Miss Dye, soon after the arrest Of NC
Namara said that his client had received
$500 as settlement Of her claim against
the iron workers. secretary.
Photographs In Evidence.
Descriptions Of how Ortie McManigal,
with a suit case filled with explosives and
time fuse sneaked about the streets OF
Pittsburgh, Pa, and Buffalo, N. Y, and
met men who discussed or pointed out
open shop jobs that were to be blown
up. together with photographs of wrecked
places which were forwarded to John J.
Men amara, also were presented before
the grand jury.
tary-treasurer of the International Ash
sociation of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers obtained whenever possible pno-
tographs of structures which MECHANICAL
blew up, in order to Keep check on the
= inc lin. IF q
ST. 90 a month allOweu Mcnamara for or
ganizing purposes. Many of these photo
sranhs are in the hands of the govern
ment.
Mechanical Wanted to Quit.
Just before he went to Buffalo, McMan-
igal asserts, he tried to quit the dynamit-
ing business, but he was visited at his
home In Chicago by man whose name
has not yet been publicly connected with
the conspiracy. but who is known to the
government.
because. on account of my earlier Jobs.
thew had it on me-" said McManigal. He
told me 1 had gone too far and l would
have to stick to 1t. Finally we both went
to Buffalo. The man with me said he
plosion. ] took the dynamite out Of my
suit case and painted it with q sixty-foot
fuse. It blew up that night"
New Charges Against Leaders.
LOS ANGELES. January 13.-OIaf A.
Tyeitmoe, f. A. Clancy and Anton
Johannsen. labor leaders OF San Fran
cisco. and ]. e. Munsey OF Salt Lake
Citv were arrested here yesterday on
two new federal indictments charging
them with having conspired to brins
hanl tho dynamite used to blow I'D the
Los Angeles Times building October l..
1910.
same men were arrested two weeks ago.
charged them with having violated the
interstate commerce law by plotting to
bring here the explosive used by Ortie
p. Mechanical in the attempt to destroy
the Lleweliyn iron works December ..
1910.
r. McManigal, the Mcnamara brothers.
David Capian and Mite n NJ. Schmidt
were fellow-conspirators Of the accused
Ronds' fixed At $1,000 for each Of the
four defendants. were furnished.