Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-03
INDICTMENTS
RETURNED At
ND|ANAP Oils
Thirty or More to be Ar
rested in Connection With
Dynamitings; Jury to Re
port Next Tuesday.

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 2.-Thirty
indictments or more growing out OF
the governments investigation into
the dynamite conspiracy have beer
drawn up and the possibility that they
will be voted on by the federal grand
jury next Tuesday was admitted al
the Office Of United States Attorney
Charles w. Miller today.
After it's six weeks inquiry to as
certain who besides John j. McNam
ara, James B. McNamara and Ortie
McManigal and other men already In
dicted. were responsible for the hun
dred or more explosions which occur
red from Massachusetts to California
in the last four hor five years, and
which eliminated in the blowing uI
OF the Los Angeles Times building
the grand Jury will report to Fedora
Judge A. D. Anderson.
Grand Jury Has Adjourned.
Who are involved will be kept Sc
cret until arrests are effected. This
will be accomplished after papers fol
the arrests are received in the federal
district in which the accused men are
known to be.
That the grand jury had completed
the examination of witnesses and was
practically ready for action on it's final
report was announced by Mr.. Miller
when he adjourned the jury until
Tuesday at p. m. Between now and
Tuesday his clerks and assistant at
torneys will be engaged In drawing up
papers as directed by the grand jury
1t Is said that the three charges on
which the government based its
search for evidence were:
Violations of the federal laws regu.
lating Interstate transportation OF
explosives.
Conspiracy to violate the laws regu
lating transportation Of explosives.
Concealment of knowledge of the
guilty of those who committed any of
the other two crimes.
McManigaI Leaves indianapolis.
McManigal, who confessed to carry.
ing dynamite and nitrogyclerine about
in suit cases and who became the gov.
ernment's chief witness in tracing the
completely Of others. has left Indian.
apolis and is believed to he on his
way to Los Angeles. The Importance
Of McManigars information to the GOV.
ernment, covering his career as q
member of McNamara's "dynamiting
crew" from June, 1909, down to his ar.
rest last April( and his experiences
with others, it ib said, will be EN-.
phasized by the jnry's report.
Il believe the jury will be ready to
begin framing its report on Tuesday,
said Mr.. Miller But do not know
that all the work will be done by that
time. The necessity of keeping Sc.
cret the names Of those indicted, If
sny indictments are returned will be
increased in this case, because of the
wide territory that might be involved. /.
Chicago Fire Investigated.
Chicago, Feb. Especial agents of
the department of justice are investi-
eating the fire which destroyed the
open board Of trade building here
December 10. 1t is said valuable
records which would have thrown light
on the Mcnamara bomb cases were
destroyed in the fire. Twefty.one
unions had offices in the building.
The fire was reported as ''suspi-
cious" to Chief Seyfrelich and Fire At
torney Sullivan and they made the
first investigation. None Of the five
men who were in the building when
the fire started could explain the cause
OF the blaze.