The Washington herald., 1912-01-31

That any intimation had been given
by he Department OF Justice that Samuel
Gompers, president OF the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor. had been or would be
subpoenaed to testify before the Federal
grand jury at Indianapolis which is in
vestigatlng the Mcnamara dynamiting
cases was positively denied at the depart
ment yesterday afternoon.
Frank Cole, private secretary to Attor-
ney General Wickersham, stated that
Mr.. Wickersham had made no statement
whatever regarding the case, and fur
ther declared that he was certain no
official connected with the Department
Of Justice would be guilty OF such q
breach Of departmental etiquette.
Assistant Attorney General Harr, who
has charge OF the departments lnvsstI-
cation OF the dynamiting outrages. re-
fused TO make any statement whatever
concerning the case.
Denied by Miller.
United States District Attorney Charles
Miller. of Indianapolis, made a positive
statement yesterday, denying that Mr..
Gompers had been subpoenaed. and fur
ther stated that such a proceeding in the
future was extremely unlikely.
At the American Federation OF Labor
headquarters, in the ouray Building. no
one could be found who would In any
manner indicate that Mr.. Gompers Is
likely to be subpoenaed. Secretary Nor
rison declared that all he knew about
the investigation was what he had
learned from reading the subpoena
served upon him, and what he had been
told by Henry II. FIather, cashier Of
the Riggs National Bank Mr.. Fathers
only statement, he said, was that he had
been subpoenaed to testify before the
Indianapolis grand jury.
Secretary Morrison yesterday changed
his plans for making the trip to Indian
apolis, and stated that instead OF leaving
Washington last night, as he had in
tended. he would take an early morning
train to-day, According TO this plan, he
will arrive in the Indiana city shortly
after Z o'clock tomorrow morning. pro-
viding his train is on time. This ar
rangement will give the Office force Of
the Federation more time to work on the
books and records. and they will be In
better shape for examination, with a
minimum loss Of time. than IL they were
packed, as first intended.
Mr.. Morrison, when seen yesterday.
said that he had nothing TO say about
the subpoena or the probable trend Of
the Investigation or what might be
learned from an examination of the rec
ordS-
Has Had His Say.
Il have said all that there is to say.
know no more now than / did last
night, and I cannot speculate on what
may transpire," he said.
Mr.. Flather refused yesterday to dis
cuss the matter. Last night he was still
in the city. and stated that he had not
made up his mind as to the exact time
be would leave for Indianapolis.
None of the officials of the American
Federation OF Labor would discuss the
arrest of Clarence Darrow. the attor-
ney who defended the McNamaras, and
who. on Monday, was indicted on
charges of bribery. AS to what bear
ing, II any, the request for the records
of the defense fund may have on the
arrest, no one cared to say. 1t was
the general BELIEF, however, that any
thing that might be learned from
perusal of the accounts Of the fund |
oommitte would be given 10 the Los
Angeles authorities by the Indlanapo- |
lis investigators.
Attorney General wIckersham stated |
yesterday that so far as he knew |
there was no connection between the |
arrest OF Attorney Dsrrow and the
subpoena served on Secretary Morri-
Truth Not All out.
Representative Frank Buchanan. for
mer president of the Bridge and struc- |
tural Iron Workers Union, said yes
terday, concerning the arrest OF Clar-
ence Darrow, leading counsel for the
at Los Angeles:
{ IT do not care to discuss the arrest |
OF Darrow, except to say that / do not |
believe that he will'be convicted, ana |
/ would not be surprised to see the |
dropped. The whole truth |
OF this dynamiting matter has not yet /
come out. It may come ont some day, l
Further than this do not wish to talk
about this latest development"