Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-18
.D|CTAGRAPH IS
CONCEALED IN
RYAN'S OFFICE.
Government stenographes Over.
hear Conferences Among Off,
GERS of Iron Workers.
WAS THERE SEVERAL WEEKS
Wire is Run to Office in Another
Building,
CONVERSATIONS ARE RECORDED
Instrument Watched Carefully Since
Arrests Were Made.
ONLY DISCOVERED YESTERDAY
District Attorney Sends Agents to
Remove it at Once.
LEGLETTNER SERIOUSLY Ill
Wife Of Member of Iron Workers
Executive Board Confined i'm
Denver Jail Says He Has
ONLY DISCOVERED YESTERDAY
District Attorney Sends Agents to
Remove it at Once.
LEGLETTNER SERIOUSLY Ill
I'll,
Wife OF Member of Iron workers'
Executive Board Confined i'm
Denver Jail says He Has
Tuberculosis.

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 1.-THE fact
ihat for days the government has had a
ihictagraph in the office of the Interna-
sional Association Of Bridge and struc-
aural Iron Workers here and has taken
reports Of conversations of President
Frank NJ. Ryan and others in connection
with the dynamite conspiracy became
known today.
Government agents this afternoon, after
bearing that the iron workers officials
were aware of the dictagraph's presence,
entered Ryan's office and took out the
instrument. which had been attached to
hhe end Of a drawer In his desk. Ryan
declared he did not know that his con-
Rersations were being overheard.
Assistant District Attorney Clarence
Nichols admitted that the instrument had
been In Ryan's office for weeks and that
st had been placed there by government
agents at night
Conversations Are Recorded.
The wires from the distagraph were
connected with down town office away
from the federal building and two stenog-
faphers recorded what was said by
Ryan and his associates. particularly
since the arrests OF the men for alleged
pomplicity In the dynamite conspiracy.
To-day 4 stenographer reported she had
beard womans voice over the dicta-
graph saying;
well. guess they are hearing now
whatever we say
This convinced Mr.. Nichols that the
iron workers were aware of the dicta-
graph and agents were sent to recover
Il.
1t is said the government has reports Of
conversations between Ryan. Second Vice
President Herbert S. Hockin and John t.
Butler, first vice president and their at
torneys.
status of Western Cases.
Questions concerning the removal for
nrraignment here on March II OF men on
the Pacific coast indicted in the dyna-
mite conspiracy were considered by Dis
trict Attorney Charles W. Miller today.
Six of the fifty-four indicted men are
either in prison or in custody in the west.
of these the Mcnamara brothers. now
in San Quentin prison in California, and
Ortie McManigal. now in custody Of the
Los Angeles authorities, are not eonsid-
cred. MeManigal will not be brought
here for arraignment, but will be called
as a government witness for the trials,
probably in May.
e. A. Clancy and Olaf A. Tveitmoe.
labor leaders in San Francisco, and j. f.
Munsey Of Salt Lake City, Utah, are to
be brought here for arraignment IL II
does not conflict with their status under
Indictments. returned against them in
California
Legleitner Has TubercuIosis.
DENVER, Feb. 1I.-Mrs. Henry w.
Legleitner, whose husband is held in the
county jail for removal to Indianapoli. to
answer an indictment charging him with
spiracy. would take her husbands place
in Jail IL he could be free.
His health is broken. he will die in
that jail. He has tuberculosis and IL he
Is to live he must have good wholesome
food" she said today. That lifelong
devotion Of my husband to the cause OF
union labor-fighting its battles and
championing its every cause-has brought
me and my family nothing but sorrow.
want and disgrace at the end"
Legleitner came here from Pittsburgh,
Pa, for his health last November.