Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-02-16
THOUSANDS OF Letters
Y WRITTEN by THE ACCUSED MEN
RELATIVE TO THE COUN-
TRY-WIDE PLOT.
ASSURES A CONVICTION
Makes the Case Look Bad for The 81
Union Men Arrested on Federal
Indictments.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 15.-
Sensational and specific charges that
the dynamite consp racy was conduct
ed with full knowledge Of members
OF the executive board Of the Inter
national Association Of Bridge and
Structural Iron workers, including
President Frank NJ. Ryan, that the
whole conspiracy extending over
years was recorded on paper; and that
Ortie +. McManigal, the confessed dy-
namiter was shifted shuttle-like over
the country on missions of destruction,
were made public tonight by District
Attorney Charles W. Miller.
Mr. Miller announced the contents
OF an indictment known as that COW
erng "unconsummated acts" of the
conspiracy and It is to be the basis
upon which the government intends to
coHauct its prosecution.
The indictment CHARGES Ryan, Her
bert S. Hockin, OF Detroit; Michael j,
Young, of Poston, John T, Butler, Of
Buffalo, and Frank c. Webb. Of New
York, with conducting the conspiracy
through the mail and names all Of the
54 defendants as abettofs'
1t declares that a regular system
of pointing out union steel and
iron construction jobs was carried on
and that the executive members not
only contributed money to buy eX-
plosives but assisted in the work
which McManigal was TO do.
Found I'm the Letters.
The basis of all the charges lies
chiefly in 10000 letters and tele-
grams taken from the iron workers
international headquarters. These let
ters purport 10 be between Ryan,
Hockin, Webb and various other offi-
clals and business agents.
Principal allegations in the indict-
mcu; which is one of the thirty-two
are
That in San Francisco, in January
1908, Ryan wrote to j. j. Mcnamara
in Indianapolis that he had looked
over a job in Clinton, Ia, and dis
covered a new bridge that was later
blown up.
That Edward Clark at Cincinnati in
February. 1908, wrote to Mcnamara,
SdNlllS IL NOulh bN a App'iH' '''''Ap
for me to buy any explosives here
where am well known. | have sized
up the whole job here and know that
1t ca nbe done. If this sounds good
to let me hear right away"
That Webb wrote to Mcnamara
from New York, telling him about
Jobs that were to be blown up in Bos-
ton in 1909 and of his having talked
to Michael J. Young. about these jobs
saying:
mike wants to see your friend
(meaning McManigaD that was in the
east once before. Can you get him
to come here to do a job for me?
Mike will furnish finances"
That Mcnamara wrote to Webb in
answer that the Boston and New
York jobs were being considered.
That Webb wrote to Mcnamara
again regarding the new opera house
in Boston telling where derricks could
be blown up and when the guards were
off duty.
That Mcnamara in 1909 wrote let
ters to powder companies negotiating
for explosives, the negotiations being
similar to those which resulted in the
blowing up of the Los Angeles Times
building.
About st. Louis Jobs.
That Mcnamara wrote =. ]. Morrin,
st. Louis in March, 1910, about jobs
that we're later blown up there.
That Charles Peum at Minneapolis
I'm April. 1903. wrote Mcnamara that
he had taken photographs of non-un-
ion Jobs that were in course of con-
struction and would send them to him
That Ryan wrote to Mcnamara in
April 1910, as follows:
'In regard to the McClintic-M Mar
shall jobs, let Legleltner attend to the
jobs in his district let Butler attend
TO the jobs at Buffalo and Rochester;
let Hockin arrange for the Cleveland
and Detroit and Cincinnati jobs. Nor
rim can attend to Mount Vernon
Webb Is now at South Bethlehem.
VIII also send him to Worcester
Mass. and Davenport. la. Peoria can
be handled by Hockin. Chicago is at
work on the jobs there. Let Cooley
work on a bunch at Chalmette. / will
take up the job at Jersey City with
some one in 45. This should be
started at once"
That I'm response Mcnamara wrote
TO Ryan two days later:
II am writing Legleitner, Butler
and Hockln about the work of the Nc
Clintlc- Marshall company. have al
ready written Cooley about the work