Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-02-17
Detectives Attach Wire to
the Desk of Pres dent
Frank M. Ryan
WAS WATCHED FOR TWO DAYS
The Pacific Coast Labor Leader
to Be Arraigned at In
d;anapoIis.

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had dictagraph in the Office Of the
iLternational Association OF Bridge &
Structural iron Workers, here. and
has taken reports II conversations Of
Pre- sideut Frank NJ. Ryan and others
IN connection with the dynamite con
spilacy became known today.
Government agents today, after
Ihearing that the irolworhers officials
were aware of the dictagraph's pres
ence, entered Byans Office and took
out the instrument which had been
attached to the end Of a drawer in his
desk. Ryan declared he did not know
that his conversations were being
overheard.
Question Of jurisdiction.
Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. f7.-Ques-
lions concerning the removal for ar
raignment here Oh March II of men
on the Pacific Coast indicted in the
Dynamite conspiracy, We're considered
by District Attorney Charles ". Mil
Ter today.
Six Of the fifty-four indicted men
are either in prison or in custody III
the west. OF these the Mcnamara
brothers, now in San Quentin prison
in California. and Ortie f. McManigal,
now in custody OF the Los Angeles
authorities, are net considered Nc
Manigal will not be brought here for
aTr&ignment bat will be called as a
government witness for the trials,
probably in May.
f. A Clancy and Olaf A. TveitmOe,
labor leaders, in San Francisco, and
J. E. Munsey, Of Salt Lake City, Utah,
are to be brought here for arraign-
ment if it does not conflict with their
status under Indictment returned
against them in California.
The question as to whether any
conflict in jurisdiction would ensue
IS being considered.
indianapolis, Ina., Feb. 17.-Assist-
ant District Attorney Clarence Mich
OILS admitted that the instrument had
! been in Ryan's Office for two weeks,
and that It had been placed there by
| government officials.
The wires were connected with 4
/ downtown Office away from the fed
J sral building. and two stenographers
recorded what was said by Ryan and
his associates, particularly since the
arrests Of the men for alleged COM
plcity in the dynamite conspiracy.
Today a stenographer reported she
heard a womans voice over the dicta-
graph saying: well. guest they are
hearing now whatever We say
This convinced Mr. Nichols that the
| iron workers were aware Of the die
tagraph. and agents We're sent to re-
| cover it.
Ii is said the government has re-
ports of conversations of Ryan, Sec.
2nd Vice President Herbert S Hock-
in, and John T. Butler, First Vice
| President. and attorneys.
New York, N Y. Feb 17.-Instead
of waving d hearing and going volun-
tarny to Indianapolis for lrial, it was
evident hat hearing before Com
missioner Alexander today that Frank
| c. Webb and Patrick Farrell will fight
extradition. When they were arrest
ed, both men expressed Willingness to
go to indianapolis, but today, repre-
sented by Hlgh Gordon Miller, as
counsel. they pleaded not guilty, and
obtained adjournment OF the hearing
!until Saturday, February "a
Mr.. Miller outlined the defense he
will make, maintaining, first that the
Indictment does not accuse the de
PENDANTS of any specific crime, and
, secondly, that the federal court at
Indianapolis had no jurisdiction.
indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 17-Distrlct
, Attorney Miller said the dictagraph
! had been in use since last October
: and that il had worked satisfactorily
Il must decline to describe the nature
, o. the evidence We secured" said MI
f Miller we have complete reports O
4 conferences held between the iroI
workers officials and their attorney;
and others. For the last ten days We
have suspected they were aware o
:. ! what was going on for furniture na'
been moved about in an effort to fine
j the instrument"
Tveitmoe and Compadres Sent Hor't
Los Angeles, Calf, Feb. 11.-Th
refusal OF Olaf Tveitmoe and his fe
> low defendants in the federal dyna
l. mite conspiracy cases here to answe
q any questions before the county gran
d jury yesterday, won immunity TO
q them today from further examinatio
e by state authorities. Tveitmoe, Anto
L Johannsen and Z. A. Clancy were tol
today that they might go home as the
would no longer be required by tn
u county grand jury.
y Cooley Taken to indianapolis.
y Savannah, Ga, Feb. 17.--Feder;
y Judge Speer today ordered Phillip
y Cooley, of New Orleans, member {
y the executive board of the Intern
y tional Association of Bridge and Stru
* tural Iron Workers, to be taken I
y Indianapolis. Cooley departed
= the custody of a deputy United State
y marshal to answer the indictmel
y against him in connection with IL
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