The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-15
Trial Of the Alleged Dynamiters
Will Begin Tomorrow.
CLAIMS TO HAVE A "CINcH'
Forty Thousand Letters and Tel.
egrams Are of An lncrimi-
mating Character.
fSpecial TO The Free Press !,

indicated by the federal grand jury
as a result of the government in
vestigation into the alleged nation
dynamite conspiracy will be ar
raigned here tomorrow before FEEDER
al Judge A. B. Anderson. Ortie
McManigal, whose confession led to
the arrest and conviction Of the
Mcnamara brothers, has not been
brought here to be arraigned with
the other defendants. 1t is likely that
he will be a witness at the trials
of the accused men, which will
probably be set for May. -. T..
Three kinds of evidence are being
prepared by the government for it's
prosecution OF the fifty.more men in.
dicted in the conspiracy. 1t has been
stated by District Attorney Charles
w. Miller that all this evidence
lis to be corroborated by witnesses
whose names are already known.
The evidence is divided as follows
Many Letters and kilograms.
taken from the headquarters here
of the International Association OF
Bridge and :. Structural Ironworkers,
which. according to the charges in
the Indictment, show that President
Frank II. Ryan, Secretary-Trea
Herbert S.: Hockin and executive
board members correspondent for
six years with business agents oil
local unions about Jobs to be
blown up - ~ =. EE..a..
Stenographic records of. tele.
phone apparatus which the govern.
ment had connected with Ryan's
office for more than three months
and through which, it is asserted,
conversations of the ironworkers'
officials about the dynamite con.
spiracy were overheard and trans
cribed. -. 's.s.s..
Third, and most important, Ortie
E.. McManigal's confession will prob
ably be the basis of the prosecution.
According to District Attorney Mil
Ter, it has been corroborated in, every
particular - -
- As to Talking Machine. ;
In regard to- the dictagraph, the
District Attorney said: 81 dislike
to comment on the governments
telephone apparatus which was in
stalled in Ryan's office one night
last October, and by which two
syoyorr n, mt CT On yro Nh orc IN n ,,oo,,o
below, were able to hear all that, was
said in the Ironworkers' headquarters
but will say the apparatus worked
satisfactorily, and we have a great
abundance of notes taken by that
means, which undoubtedly will be
afforded as evidence" :.E....
The Indictment charges President
Ryan, Secretary-Treasurer Hockin;
Michael j. Young of Boston; John
r. Butler of Buffalo, Frank c. Webb
of New York, with conducting the
conspiracy through the mails, and
names all of the fifty-four defendants
as accomplices and abettors. -
1t will be charged that Ortie E.
McManigal was shifted all over the
country. 1t is asserted that regular
system of pointing out non-union
steel jobs was carried on, and that
the executive members not only
contributed money to buy explosives
but assisted il in the work which
McManigal was to do.
Government Expects to, Prove.
Among the charges that the gov
eminent expects to prove, through,
letters, kilograms and other docu-
ments, are the following: That
from San Francisco in January. 1908
President Ryan wrote, to Secretary
J.. J. Mcnamara, in Indianapolis,
that he had looked over a job in
Clinton, Ia, and described new
bridge that was later blown up.
That Mcnamara wrote to p. j..
Morrin, of St. Louis, in March, 1910,
about jobs that were later blown
up there. That Edward Clark, of
Cincinnati, in February, 1908, wrote
to Mcnamara, saying it would be
foolish for me to buy explosives
here, where am well known. have
sized up the whole job here. and
know that it can be done. If this
sounds good to you, let me. hear
right away"
That Frank G. Webb of New York
wrote to Mcnamara telling about
jobs that were. to be blown up in
Boston in 1909, and of. his talkingi
to Michael ]. Young about these
jobs, saying: Mike wants to see
your friends (meaning McManigaD
that was in the east once before.
Can you get him to come here to
do job for me? Mike will furnish
finances" 49, -. 49,
Minneapolis Man Involved.
That Webb again wrote tOI
describing the new opera
house in Boston telling where der
ricks could be blown up and when |
the guards were on and off duty.
That Charles Buem, of Minneapolis,
In April, 1910, wrote Mcnamara that I
be had taken photographs Of non.