Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-10-10
ARE Seeking TELECRAhS
MANAGERS OF TELEGRAPH OF
FICES EXAMINED ABOUT
MESSAGES.
ONLY ONE Was PRODUCED
O. Telegram From J. T.. Munse| IN SAT-
Lake TO John McNamnaa
Placed In the Record.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. oct o
Telegrams signed Ping" alleged to
have been an alias Of Herbert S.
IIockln and sent to Ortie f. McMani-
gal. directing him where to drop
dynamic bombs on his trips about the
country, were sought by the govern
ment through the examination OF tho
first witness called In the trial of the
accused "dynamiter plotters' today.
Managers of telegraph offices In
Buffalo, Detroit, Toledo. Chicago,
Cincinnati, Indianapolis Evansville,
Ind, and Salt Lake City, Utah, testi-
fled with one exception they assert
ed that the originals Of the telegrams
asked by the government covering 81
period as far back as 1908 has been
destroyed in the ordinary course OF
business. The government asserted
the position of kilograms as received
and ii called the witness to show the
reason why the original messages as
sent cannot be produced. 1t was dur
ing this period that McManigal and
the McNamaras formed the flying
squadron of dynamiters," the Govern
ment charges, often sending McMan-
lgal out alone and equipped with
suit case filled with explosives to
await orders by telegraph as to what
he should blow up.
When ames Neal, one of the coun-
sci for the government asked why the
tgl.
tor ames w. Kern, counsel for the
defendants asked the witness, "you
don't know that any such kilograms
ever existed, do you?"
The witness replied they could re-
member no individual messages.
The kilograms Noel said were often
sent by Hockin, now acting secretary
treasurer of the International asso-
citation of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers and at present on
trip to McManigars home in Chicago
II. A. Knight, manager Of tele-
graph office at Salt Lake City was
the first witness to produce tele-
gram. The telegram was dated Oct
10, 1909, and was purported to have
Il Deen SlBHeu ny d. IL h uHSVJ' hhN"h
as Jack Bright" one of the defend
ants. According to the governments
charges, j. b. Mcnamara after blow
ing up the Los Angeles Times build
ing on oct. /. 1910, bid for two weeks
in places designated by Munsey.
]. Mcnamara, then secretary of the
Iron Workers headquarters at In
d.anapolis, was anxious about his
brother after the Los Angeles eXplo
sion.
The telegram as identified by
knight and by Mrs Charles McCar-
thy, who was the counter clerk at
Salt Lake City was as follows: -. j.
Mcnamara, Indianapolis everything
is O, X. Glad c., is coming. Patient
is out of danger and will get we'll
He is improving right along. You
can depend on me to handle matters
carefully VIII wire you If there Is
any change. (Signed) ], e. Munsey
225 Southwest Temple street.
1t will be shown. government coun-
sci said, that CO. referred to was
Eugene Clancy, San Francisco, on
trial here, who had been In Boston
when the Times disaster occurred
and who was about to start on a
fishing trip with Michael j Young
Boston, also a defendant, but news
of the loss of life at Indianapolis in
duced Clancy to change his mind and
after sending a telegram to San
Francisco, he decided to hurry west