The chronicle=news., 1912-12-11
IS NOW
CHARGED IN
+ DYNAMITE
CASE

Imdirnanpli,. Ind, Dee. II Will
liam u. QuiElcy. Detroit business
agent FOR the Carpenters union to-
dny was held to the federal grand
Jury Oh the charge oil the district at
torIry that he had committed per-
Jury as n witness ut the dynamite
conspiracy" trial. lie was ,nk.n in
To custody hy deputy United States
marshal.
Charges OF forgery developed nrst
a, the dynamite conspiracy" rrInl
TO-DAY over a letter alleged by th.
vorcnmeni to refer To proposed cN-
riosions nt Detroit In 1910.
tn" letter. which the government
stated II procured at Detroit ten
oays ago. purporicd to have been
written by Quislcy and to refer to
plots 10 unionl,. building trades In
Detroit by blowing mp non-unlon
Jobs.
ii"rh"r, Wood. - hand writing cS.
pert testified the letter was in
Quigiey's handwriting. Quigiry took
IN" stand and said tn" hand writing
war ''h HsN anu AHtt INV
was . forgery. District Attorney Nil.
Ter reused TO dismiss Qui;icy. who's.
arrest followed.
The letter was addressed to Hi
ram Cline. Munci". Indiana. Nation
al organizer for the Carpenters
union and stated ,h,, proposed de-
iroit explosions. which local officials
loi the carpenters, machinis's and
non workers unions were alleged
Jointly 20 hav. plotted, had been
called or because Charles wacht-
mcls'.r. an iron worker, hal talked
too much"
Quislcy WIS charged with commit :
ting pcriur, In denying authorship.
OF the letter.
i ask that the Witness Qulxicy he
r"roenlzci by the court as held Ia
TIL. federal grand jury" said Dis.
Itrici Attorney &. ". Miller.
As It has been .pnciusivcly shown
her. that perjury has been com
inittc"d | ask that he b- held with
out hearing b.for" u commission :
err
H"teFNs
al Judge A. u. Anderson. said he was
not In position to give bond. lie
accordingly was taken to iaiI.
The letter which QuisI.y denies
he wro'" was ~ follows:
Wayne 'cur'y carpenters dis;rIc,
council.
Detroit. Mich. .-2i.
"Hrofhcr u. Il. cline: ". hay.
made u mistake in our man and I,
is all off with tn" big show. lie has
got In radically wrong and skipped.
for he told me he would do so but h"
would not max. good can, tell
what h" viii do. lie has got trim
med twice since Friday evening W
the iron men. 50 they lay for him
now. | am giving YOU straight. Was
flashing tn. century and drunk since
YOU left till last night.
Seal
w. II. Quigl.y."
Tn. caption and the word seal
as well as tn. body of the letter were
in handwriting.
As the fourteenth OF the forty-onG
defendants to appear IN his own be-
half Michael j. Cunnane. "a Phila-
dclphia official OF the International
Association Of bridge and Structural
Iron Workers next testified. He as
serted he had been associated with
J, j. Mcnamara. president NJ. Ryan
and other officials OF tn" union but
he never had discussed with them
any plans for the use of violence OF
dynamiting Oh uon-union tobs.
''3eforc Mcnamara was taken to
Los Angeles had YOU any knowledge
that dynamit" or nitroglycerin was
used on non-nnion jobs" asked
William A. Gray. counsel for Cum
name
Never heard of It till McNamara's
arrest
Cunnanc said his appearance be-
fore the International unions exc
cutivc board was not In regard to
dynamiting. but in connection with
proposed local option for the Phila-
dclphia union so the members might
work for contractors who maintain
cd union wages locally regardless OF
the strike.