The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-14
ARRESTS MADE IN
DYNAMITE CASES
tContinued from Pare oas.)


II. 8. Marshal John ". Trollope. II;
~as In bed when the officers called
lie took the matter very coolly. ant
asked the officers not to apprise hii
vile OF the nature Of their visit
though she must have surmised whai
they were there Tor, the officers think
Mr.. Murphy was also taken into Gus
tody In his homo. at about the-saml
nour. Special Agent Raymond Mat
thews and Deputy Marshal Duncan
lyon making the arrest. Murphy haC
Just finished dressing when the officers
appeared. He was I'm his workinG
clothes and the officers permitted him
10 change to another suit before they
look him away, Murphy was not In
The least perturbed by his arrest.
Sure. I'll so with you.". he said
am not afraid to go anywhere"
Suspects Wife in Tears.
Mrs. Murphy. wife OF the indicted
man. bore up with fortitude until the
moment Of parting came. Then she
broke down and wept, as her husband
disappeared through the doorway
with an officer on either side.
Four Detroit men were indicted and
only three are In custody. The gov
eminent had expected to arrest Clar
eacc Il. Dowd, well-known here as an
| organizer for the Machinists' union
| In this city, where he has spent much
OF his time the past year or more
But Dowd recently went to Rochester
y. y. The government agents who
we're shadowing him were right on
The job, and Dowd was nabbed In
| Rochester. Tuesday.
The fourth Detroiter wanted by the
. government, is William X. Benson
said to have left Detroit last August
The federal officers profess TO know
where he Is, and his arrest Is expect
ed soon.
For more than a week past, 1t now
iranspires, the sleuths OF Uncle Sam
have kept Murphy. Wachmeister and
| Dowd. under surveillance. When j.
Herbert Cole, special agent for the de-
| partment OF justice, came here to as
sumo charge of the local end of the
case three weeks ago, one of the first
I things he did was to locate the men
who were under investigation. Prac-
| tically every move these men have
made In the last week has been
Known TO some sleuth working very
quietly in the background and keep
Ing both eyes and ears open.
Every Move Watched.
Whenever one OF these men arose
rom his bed, ate a meal or left his
home for any purpose whatsoever,
the eyes OF the United States gov
crnment, through one of its trusty
agents, was on him and there was no
| chance for him to get away.
IL was not until late Tuesday after
noon. after all the offices In the fed
crai building were closed for the day,
hat Mr.. Cole received his final In
structions from the department. He
was instructed to get his men at 3
O'Clock, Wednesday morning. That
was the hour set for the arrests all
over the country.
Throughout the long night the Muir
Thy and Wachmeister homes on Sew
cnteenth and Russell-sts., respective
| ". were under strict guard. Had
either man attempted to leave he
would have been followed and appre-
hended. The government takes no
chances when IL sets out TO get a
man.
but the officers did not wait until
q o'clock. Messrs. Meyer and Trollope
were at Wachmeister's home at $3.50
o clock, and at Cos. Agent Cole, wait
ing In the Hotel Tuller, received the
news that the first arrest had
been made At $3.50 came the
news OF Murphy's arrest, and Cole was
able to eat his breakfast In peace
after he had reported the facts TO the
department..
Both Murphy and Wachmeister pro-
tested that they were innocent when
Questioned by newspaper men just
.fter their appearance before the com.
missioner
Il don't know anything more about
his charge against me than you do,
aid Wachmeister. Il have never been
Bellefontaine, o., and l have not
zen out Of Detroit for the past eight
Or nine years. work at my trade as
structural iron worker and ! mind
MY own business"
Il don't know anything more about
his than a child" was Murphy's COM
ment. Anyway, don't care TO talk
now See my attorney"
- In answer to another question, MUIR
Thy said that the government would
probably have it's hands full before !,
cot through with this thing That
the indicted men intend TO put up a
s,iff fight Is apparent.
Indictment Is Long.
The conspiracy indictment against
ifese and the various other defend
ints. scattered all over the country,
is a voluminous affair, covering about
% typewriter pages, and 1t impli-
Gates close to 40 individuals In the
|alIeged conspiracy, which, It is as
erted, was Matched in Indianapolis
rrior to Dec. 1, 1905. In the list OF
|alleged conspirators were the names
OF John J. Mcnamara, Frank M.
Ryan and Eugene A. Clancy.
In pursuance Of the conspiracy,
Ortle McManigal, who is given no less
than 4 aliases Is alleged to have
transported IS pounds OF dynamite
from Bellefontaine, o. to Indianapolis,
ind via. the Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago & st. Louis railway, Jan. %,
1911.
/. Clarence K. Dowd, arrested In
Rochester, spent several months In
Detroit in 1910 and 1911, and under
took to organize the machinists In
the automobile plants into a union.
lie also did considerable organizing
out In the state. He became a dele
gate TO the Detroit Federation of La
Dor and was active In the work there
for while.
P,11 Hocktu and