Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-01
DYNAMITE CASES
ON TRIAL TOMORROW
AN ECHO OF THE LOS ANGELES
TIMES OUTRAGES.
Fifty-one Men Accused OF Partic;f,a-
tion in Widespread Dynamite Con-
spiracy' On Evidence by Ortie Nc
Manigal, Confessed Dynamiter.
Associated Press.

4 'AohiSoi' OoAi CoSCu UynamlIer.
Associated Press.
Indianapolis. Ind, Sept. 30.-The
accused dynamite plotterg' will face
trial tomorrow.
AS an echo Of the blowing up of
the los Angeles Times building
shortly after | o'clock on the morn
ing Of Oct. |, 1910, when p per-
sons we're killed, fifty-one men will
hc brought into court to determine
hefore a federal jury whether as the
government charges, they participant
ed in widespread dynamite CON
spiracy which continued for more
than five years of which the Los
Angeles explosion was only a part.
Although the Mcnamara brothers
were included among those indicted
they will not appear as they already
are serving sentences in a prison in
California. But many Of their assoc
iates, including Frank M. Ryan.
PRESIDENT of the international Asso
citation of Bridge and Structural IRON
workers, and Herbert s. Hockin, who
has taken John ]. McNamara's place
as secretary-treasurer of the union
will be tried
Most Of the defendants are present
or former officials of the ironworkers'
union which maintains in Indian
apolis the headquarters from which
the McNamara's and others are alleg
ed to have carried on the conspir
Sacy to blow up bridges, viaducts and
buildings under construction by non
union men.
John It. Butler, Buffalo, n. ", frs
vice-president of the Union, and Mi
chael J. Young, of Boston, and Phil
ip A. Cooley, Of New Orleans, mem
bers Of the executive board, are
among the most prominent Of the
other defendants. The list includes
v William X Benson, former president
of the Detroit federation of labor
and local officials of two other unions.
Letters, already embodied in an
I Indictment made public. are to be
used by the government to support
/ its contention that the officials at
Indianapolis carried on an extensive
correspondence in locating Jobs
| that were to be blown up and 70
which dynamite or nitroglycerin was
to be carried
The governments charges do not
directly involve the question of crime
in committing the explosions, but
concern the transportation of eXplo-
sives on passenger trains or other
wise in violation of the inters ate
regulations.
United States Senator John w
Kern is to be the chief counsel for
the defendants District Attorney
Charles w Miller and Clarence Nj
chols. his assistant, who prepared the
case before the grand jury. will ap-
pear for the government Judge Al
bert B. Anderson will be on the
bench
Y For several years prior to the Los
Angeles disaster detectives had beer
at work on more than 100 explosions
which were scattered from Massachu-
setts to the Pacific coast. The explo-
sions were directed against work un-
der construction by employees of
nonunion labor and chiefly against
members of the National Erector's
Association, which had broken off re-
lations with the union.
Outside Of this list Of explosions
the government alleges it has Sc
cured evidence among others from
three chief sources. These are:
From great bundles Of correspon-
dence taken in a raid on the ironwor-
lkers' international headquarters
covering the period when John j. Nc
Namara was active secretary-treas-
lurer and when he is alleged 10 have
been voted 81 900 a month for ex-
Ipenses for which he was required to
give no accounting.
i From the confession of Ortie f.
tMcManigal, confessed dynamiter and
accomplice Of the McNamaras; who
is to be a witness for the govern
ment.