The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-15
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IN YNAMITE
CONSPIRACY
Most Of Defendants Have Sew
eral Charges to Answer
NEARLY ALL GET BAIL
Highest Bail Demanded Is $4,000
While 40 Men are Asked to
Furnish only $4,000

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 15-The
United States government arrested
yesterday almost all of the "a men
indicted in the dynamite conspiracy
cases. 1t took into custody within a
few hours practically the entire Of
fetal staff of the international associ-
alton of bridge and structural iron
workers, including the chief officers,
members of the executive board and
about 20 business agents and former
business agents These included
Frank NJ. Ryan, the president; John
T. Butler of Buffalo, N. Y, the first
vice president, and Herbert S. Hockin,
the second vice-president and success
sor of j. j. Mcnamara as secretary
treasurer, and each of these men was
required to give $4,000 bond for his
appearance for arraignment at lndi-
annapolis with all the other defend
ants on March IL.
More than 40 of the men, chiefly
labor union officials, who are charg-
ed with conspiring to destroy by dy'
Mantle or nitroglycerin the property
of employers of non-union labor, were
under arrest by last night, and 1t was
said the apprehension of all the 9th
ers would follow within 4S hours. BY
its action the government revealed
the Identities of the men whom 1t
charges with being the accomplices OF
the McNamaras ana Ortie E. McMani-
gal In the dynamite plots embracing
almost 100 explosions, which were be-
gun in Massachusetts in 1905, took
place all over the country for six
years, and resulted in the wrecking
of the Los Angeles Times building
and an attempt to blow up President
Taft's special train at Santa Barbara
Cal, last October.
Fourteen of those indicted are each
required to furnish $4,000 bonds, and
40 are each required to furnish $5OOO
bonds, making an aggregate bond re-
duired of $340,0 900. Some OF those
whom the government was unable to
find yesterday were reported to have
disappeared from fear OF inability to
get bond. II was limited that the iron
workers association would be unable
to furnish security for its indicted
members. Ernest G. w. Basey, for
mer business agent of the Indiana
polls ironworkers' union, and Edward
Clark, former business agent OF the
Cincinnati union, who were taken to
indianapolis after their arrest at Gin
cinnati, we're unable to obtain bail
and were taken to Jail.
When Clark. appealed to Secretary
Hockin of the ironworkers' associa-
ton for aid, Hockin advised the
United States marshal to inform
Clark the international association
could do nothing for him and referred
him to his local union. Hockin said
1t would be impossible for the inter
national association to take on the
burden OF supplying bail for many OF
the men arrested. Immediately upon
his arrest. President Ryan addressed
a statement to union labor men
throughout the country. calling upon
them to believe in his innocence and
in the innocence of his co-defen-
dants.
United States District Attorney
Charles w. Miller intimated last
night that the federal grand jury
which returned the indictments might
be recalled to resume investigation OF
the conspiracy. After the defen'
dants are arralgned on March II and
the trials proceed" said Mr.. Miller
I'VE have reason to anticipate new
aspects. Information is expected to
develop at the trials indicating the
completely OF many more than those
indicted now. We do not assert that
we already have all those implicated
This Is, however, beginning"
indictment Made Public.
The indictment on which all the
men we're arrested was made public
last night. II charges all the 81 men
with conspiracy to violate the statutes
forbiddlng the carriage OF explosives
on passenger trains and details AZ
transportations charged as overt acts
and names Ortie e. McManigal. the
McNamaras or Herbert s. Hockin In
each act. but does not specify the
part taken by the other defendants
All of the defendants are named In
each OF the 30 indictments and &C
cording to District Attorney Miller
sentences may be imposed for each
OF the offenses. II Is the contention
of the government that each OF the
defendants was guilty on each OF the
charges OF conspiracy, although his
active participation may have been
IN only one act OF transportation.
There are IA indictments charging
over acts and IA charging unconsum
mated acts OF conspiracy. Another
indictment of "a counts charges all
the defendants as being principals In
the transportation OF nitroglycerin
A further indictment on "a counts
charges McManigal and J. b. Nc
Namara with physical transportation
OF nitroglycerin and all the other de
PENDANTS with abetting them. Two
other remaining indictments with II
counts each charge all the defen
dants with being principals In the
transportation OF dynamite and with
having aided McManigal and J. b. Nc
Namara
Altogether the indictments contain
12S counts against each OF the defen
dants and the penalty for any one Of
the ofenses varies from rs months to
two years. SIxty.hve OF the explos
ions considered In the indictments
were directed against work by nom