Omaha daily bee., 1912-02-17
EVIDENCE HITS PRESIDENT RYAN
All Defendants Charged with Guilt
in Furthering Jobs"
FOUR BILLS NOT YET PUBLIC
Accused Men Held Guilty Of Illegal
Transportation.
HOW CONSPIRACY DEVELOPED
correspondence Tells About Part
Played by Local Officers and
OF the Payments Made to
Mechanical.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. i6-New discio-
sures made In the dynamite conspiracy
cases through so.eo0 letters and telezrams
quoted In the indictments as duplicating
practically all the officials OF the Inter
national Association OF Bridge and struc-
tural Iron Workers win be the basis. IL
was declared today. on which the govern
ment will seek to convict the ffty-four
defendants who are charged with COM
mittlng or abetting On almost 100 ex-
plosi0ns.
The correspondence contained in one
OF the thirty-two indictments and en-
oracing what are termed .'unconsum-
mated acts OF conspiracy" is held az
showing that a vast plot. known to and
furthered BY Frank NJ. Ryan, president
OF the iron workers. and 20 members Of
his executive beard and many business
agents was carried ON for six years 10
destroy the property of steel and iron
contractors who employed nonunion
labor.
How Plot Developed.
II charges all the defendants with be-
Ing equally guilty Az abettors. II also
purports TO reveal evidence that ..jobs-
became the accepted term to be sent
through the mail to designate some place
that was to be blown up. and that grad
ually the officials Of local unions began
TO call on the International headquarters
in Indianapolis TO assist by dynamite and
nitrogiycerin In increasing the expenses
Of open shop contractors. ortis T.
McManlgal. Herbert S. Hockin. second
vice president. and James n. McNamara
became, II Is charged. an orsanlxed
''dynamlting crew"
Letters are included to show regular
fees were paid to MeManiEal. and that
the cost Of doing local Jobs" frequently
was discussed In letters,
A letter from Olaf A.. TyeItmoe Of the
local union In San Francisco 70 ]. j.
Mcnamara in indianapolis. after the Los
Angeles Times disaster. stating he ''hops<
Santa Claus would be as kind ana gen.
erous to you with surprises" Ia quoted
to show the conspiracy spread from Bos-
ton to the Pacific coast.
Four More indictments.
Four more indictments. not yet made
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Hundred Twenty-Eight Counts.
The wide scope OF the thirty two indlct.
nents, which contain In all LIS counts, is
ue. II is announced, TO the theory Of the
'oyernment that the defendants' alleged
uilt Ia equal no matter how small an
ndiyiduars personal activity in the con-