The chronicle=news., 1912-12-28

suit cases on trains. or as having en-
tered Into u conspiracy. This indi-
Gated. In District Attorney Charles
". Miller'x opinion. the necessity for
y grand Jury Investigation. Indian
apolis was the headquarters OF John
J. Mcnamara. secretary OF tho Iron
workers union. and the point at
which. II was charged. the conSpir-
acy was entered Into and from which
the explosives were carried.
! Another coincidence was that the
trial began on October l. 1912. the
second anniversary Of the ''Times"
cAplosion. The federal grand Jury.
! after several months investigation
returned indictments against - un-
Ion labor officials. Before the de-
tense began It's ease this number had
been reduced to II on account Of
various climinations.
As a motive for the crimes chnrk.
cd. the government referred to tho
strike against employers OF non
union labor. consisting Of bridge.
riaduct and building contractors who
maintained an open shop" policy.
employing workmcn regardless Of
whether they belonged TO the union
or not. This strike never has been
called off. II was alleged that u
warfare wagcd by the union spread
all over tho country until violence
was rcsortcd To. or. ax was stated.
l''pIckciinE spread to siugEinE. slug
cling to dynamite. and dynamite to
Mcnamara. At the headquarters OF
the union In Indianapolis. although
ktcr named by witnesses as the nc.
tive pcrretrator OF the explosions
was then unsuxpcctcd by the con-
tractors. Hut the advent Of McMan.
igai ami James Il. Mcnamara. bro
thcr OF IN. union secretary. as reg
ularly hirc'i lynimatcrs. working
under John Us direction. and. AZ
lMcNinn!Eal charges. with Hockin'a
leadership. the explosions became 80
bold as to arouse suspicion that they
were the work Of au organized band.
Detectives already had been work
Ing on the case when the killing OF
- people In Los Angeles BY bomb
sc' off ai I o'clock In the morning.
showed that the desperation OF the
''iynamitcrs had reached the murder
stage.
Much OF the evidence that was pre-
cludcd .; Los Angeles by the pleas Of
guilty by the McNamsra brothers
came out here. Federal Judge Albert
u. Anderson ruled that while the sps.-
ellie charges were illegal tranxporsa.
tion all other evidence relative to
explosions might be offered as show.
ing q motive. The testimony was
that tho destruction Of the ''TImes'
building was not strictly = part Of
the campaign against non union iron
and steel work. but was done In an
effort to unionizc various trades In
Los Angeles. James Il. Mcnamara.
who net the bomb. was = printer. Wit
ncNsea stated thnt Mcnamara after
wards expressed little regret that 81
people were killed. and. In fact, cx.
pressed disappointment that he had
not killed Gen. Harrison Gray Otis.
proprietor II the Times: that tn.
dynsmitcr was sent 10 the coas, at
tho solicitation Of Tvcitmoc. a recog-
nIxcd union labor leader. and that
Tvcitmoc furnished David Caplan
and N. 4. Schmidt. who were also
indicted for murder. but who never
were captured.
All the 100 explosions came In for
scrutiny by the jury here. and the
field Of operations extended from
Boston to Los Angeles.
h.,
was the question before the Jury.
broadly the charges were that J.
j. Mcnamara began them and
thought them an effective means Of
fighting open shop" contractors.
Make the damage as heavy as pos
sibie'' McManiSal said always were
his Instructions. Hundreds of thou
sands OF dollars worth OF property
was said TO have been destroyed.
'dynam!tinS crew" cost money, Nc.
Namara liz alleged to have appealed
10 tho union for funds. and In this
way. the government charged. others
became implicated. For instance.
the government set out that the union
executive board decided at last to al
low Mcnamara $1,000 month. for
which he would be required to give
no accounting. Letters also were
written which. the government as
serted. showed certain business
agents. recognizing the "dynamitinH
crew" as . regular institution. sent
word as to what Jobs should be blown
up. All the indicted officials were
declared by their letter. 70 be ''link-
cd together in guilt"
That was the case the government,
at tho opening Of tho trial. asserted
ii had to place before the jury. It was
stated that the trial, In the number
Of defendants. In the fact that the
defendants were allied with labor
unions. in tho nationwide extent OF