The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-07
Results Of Grand Jury
Probe Into Dynamite
onspiracy.
MARCH IL is DATE
FOR ARRANGEMENT
Arrests Will Be Made simulta-
neously All Over Country on
Day Within Week Secretly
Fixed by Gov ent.
Names of Defendants
Not Revealed.

L.
her between thirty ana forty, whom the
government hnIds criminnlIy respuu.
n,oie with the McSamurus and critic
f. .MchaniSal for perpctratiny more
than IOO explosions yvnich occurred In i
cities from MASSACHUSETTS, to California
III inc INST ak years, Rnd In when the
wreckihE or the Los AnYeies rilncu
building wns en- incident were indicted
to-day.
IhiitF-two indictments were re,
tuFheu' Iariases Tor arrests have been
issued. and all the men iuu,ctcd arc 10
ne taken Ia custody on a uny aecrctiy
hhcd by the government, but known to
be within week.
March L: Inns been set for THO mr.
raiEhment before Federal Judge A. n.
Anderson In Indianapolis. The paccrx
Tor the ARRESTS designate the amount
OF bond which the defendants mny rtre
IN the Federal districts IN which they
reside for their appearance here. The
amounts Of the bonds In the ,nutytduuI
cases were not nude known, hut IL .yaa
SUD In the aEErcSate they would total
s3U0,O0O.
Names Withheld.
Although the names OF the defend
ants and their exact number were or,
dered withhold pending the arrests. &c
was stated probably more than thirty
Two and possibly forty men were ac-
a.
iendant was named in some OF the In
dlctments. Almost all the men, it was
declared. were aiIher union ottlclals or
men who were charged with ani!iatinE
with the uynamiters.
Asked II any men higher up" had
been indicted. United states District
Attorney Charles W. Miller refused RI
say. lie declared that he was highly
gratihed with the results OF the in
curry. 1ntimation came from another
source that no officials higher than
those who had headquarters III INDIAN
apols were involved.
Frank NJ. Ryan. president of the In
ternational Association OF Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers, and herbert
S. Hockin, the secretary treasurer,
when informed of tho indictments. re-
fused TO comment except to repeat
their statements that J. J. Mcnamara
acted on his own responsibility when
he organized his "dynamitlng crew."
Hockin succeeded Mcnamara as secre.
tary-treasurar OF the association.
With the return OF the Indictments
District Attorney Miller completed an
inquiry begun last October and the
Federal grand jury ended six weeks.
n caring of testimony, in which, 1t Ia
said, McMunigal's confession, given be-
fore the jurors verbally in detail anf
involving others, and papers taken
.
workers. had important bearing
Those papers ware said not oaly TO
have shown under what circumstanc
McManigal was induced to start into
the dynamiting business against open
shop contractors. beginning In Detroit
in June. 1907. but also to throw light
upon the $1,000 Il month allowed Nc
Namara Tor organizing purposes. a
Report of Grand Jurp.
1t took the grand jury just ten min
utos 10 vote the indictments The
grand jury filed into Judge Andersons
court at 2:l0 p. NJ with two suitcases
OF indictments.
Have you anything TO report?''
asked Judge Anderson.
we have thirty three indictments"
responded Herbert NJ. Glossbrenmer, the
foreman handing the bundles of type
wrttton documents 10 a clerk.
The court thinks some expression OF
gratitude Is duo you for your faithful
ness" said Judge Anderson. You will
not be dismissed at this tine, rs 1t Is
possible. but not probable, you may bs
recalled before the end of the term
in May"
District Attorney Miller, first explain
Ing that oaly thirty-two OF the inu,ct-
nents pertained to the dynamite con-
spiracy, then held conference with
Judge Anderson. at which the Issuance
OF caplses and liking of bond were ar.
ranged.
Some delay in forwarding copies of
the indictments to tho Fed =ral districts
where the defendants are to be arrest
cd would casuc. Mr.. Miller said. be.
cause 5000 typ ewr!ttcn sheets rad to be
transcribed
The arrests of men even within easy
reach would not be effected at once.
he said, because by demanding a
copy of his indictment on arrest n de-
PENDANT could reveal the names OF
others.
1T is our plan to facilitate the
work of the agents that are to make
the arrests over the country by not
making public the names until all ara
within hands reach, said Mr.. Miller.
All of the arrests are to be made
on the same day, wherever the men
live or may be sojourninE.
The arrests may not be made UNI
I'll Saturday OF this wee; or Monday
OF next week. There are fully 5000
typewriter pages in the Indictments,
and a copy must accompany tie
capiases. Two days probably Will boz
required for the clerica! work, and
the processes must .hen be delivered
TO the United States marshais OF tins
various districts in which they are
to be served. AL this will renutrs
four or 1--WE days.
Years of Effort. It
Walter Drew, counsel for the MAJ
| tional Erectors' Association. an organ. x
ixation OF open shop Iron end steel