The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-11
MOST IMPORTANT
 EVIDENCE IS GIVEN
McManigal Tells of Others Implicated
WHO HELPED HIM?
Many Explosions Occurred When McManigal and McNamara Were Far Distant, Therefore Some
 Others Did the Work

Indianapolis, January 10.-The most im- portant evidence in the governments
 prosecution of the dynamite conspiracy is believed to have been presented to the federal grand jury today. The points
 in which the line of inquiry was di-
 rected were said to pertain to the com
 plicity of men other than those already convicted or indicted and to have raised
 questions as to who handed ortie b
 McManigal an envelope containing $l6S in Chicago a few days after he had blown
 up part of a railway bridge at Clinton. la, on February .16, 1909. Who met him in Boston and showed
 him where to put the dynamite which partly destroyed d new opera house there on March 27 1909. and who subsequently, went with him from Boston to Springfield
 Mass, where McManigal blew up part of the Municipal building? Who met in New York city in September, 1909, and escort ed him to Hoboken, N. J., where he at- tempted but failed to blow up via
 duct?
 Who met him in Jersey City, N. J.,
 July g, 1910, and pointed out a viaduct which was 10 have been blown up. Who
 met McManigal in Peoria, H.. and took him about town to show some iron in
 freight yard, which later McManigal blew up?
 McManigal and his father, James F
 McManigal of Thin, O., in whose sheds stores of explosives were kept in readi- ness to be carried wherever a job was to be done, were before the grand jury almost all day.
 The persons who met him at various places, according to McManigal. were
 others than the McNamara brothers
 Much of his testimony has been corrob-
 orated by witnesses who were called to
 testify as to having seen him at the time
 and at the places he mentioned. James
 McManigal is said to have confirmed his sons story about visiting Tiffin to get fresh supplies Of explosives
 The government detectives who are as-
 sisting United States Attorney Charles w. Miller are declared to have followed
 this line of inquiry
 That many of the 100 or more explosions
 directed against "open shop employed
 in tho last five years, occurred in cities at times when both James B. McNamara and John J. McNamara were far dis
 tant.
 That, therefore. if McManigal had as-
 sistance in these instances it came from
 others than the McNamaras. That, without asking for information locally. McManigal could hardly in a sin gle day visit a city unfamiliar to him. pick out a job" blow 1t up and es- l cape.
 McManigal. in his confession, said he I did receive assistance, and he did meet various men, but the government now is 1 seeking corroborative evidence If it exists
 along this line.
 The tracing of men from Cleveland and
 Toledo who visited Tiffin is also believed
 to have been taken mp by the grand jury
 through the examination of McManigal s | father In an abandoned woodshed near his fathers home McManigal kept at | times more than 1o.0oO pounds of ex- pIosives, and he says he sometimes was
 visited at Tiffin by men who accompanied ! him from various cities in Ohio
 Disclosures attributed to Ortie McMan- igal are said to be back of scores of subpoenas issued here today for people l in New York city. Pennsylvania and num-
 erous points in the middle west. McMan- l igal before the grand jury is understood | to have named men who heretofore have not been mentioned in connection with the
 dynamiting conspiracy.
 l Pittsburg, January 10.-Federal au- l thorities today served a member of tn, wholesale jewelry firm of Heeran Bros. | this city, with a subpoena 10 appear
 next Friday before the United States grand jury at Indianapolis. which .s investigating the McNamara dynamit- l ing conspiracy.
 | A number of time clocks used in ex- plosions in various parts of the coun. 1 try are believed to have been sold by the local jewelry firm. An effort will be made by clerks of the firm to iden- tify persons who bought them. Los Angeles, January 10.-The county grand jury will resume tomorrow the in. lvestigation of the allegation that the Me Namara defense was possessed of fund
 for the corruption of jurors, after a re cess of two days, during which. man, subpoenas for new witnesses were served. ls ssg.fr tf4 ss ss The inqrisitors it was stated today soon would complete the last bribery probe and inifnediateiy take up other phases of the alierAd nation wide dyna-
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