The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-17
GOvernm ent II ears
Some Will Tell All
They Know. .
NEGOTIATIONS
ARE INTIMATED
District Attorney Confident That
He Has Sufficient Evidence to
Convict All Under Indict-
ment, and Other True Bills
May Be Returned by
Grand Jury.

Indianapolis. Ind. February 10
Limitations We're said TO have been
received by the government to-day
that some of the defendants in the
dynamite conspiracy cases were pre-
pairing TO tell all they know"
The statements followed the govern
mcnt's charges that 10000 letters and
kilograms taken from the Interna-
tional Association Of Bridge and Struc-
tuial iron Workers showed that Fra ak
NJ. Ryan. the president. Herbert S.
Hockin. the second vice-president, and
members of the executive board and
business agents conducted the dyna-
mite plots through the mail pointed
out ''tohs" 20 be blown up and main
tanned system Of destruction against
non-union iron and steel contractors.
Asked II any negotiations had been
"Jcned with him concerning the de-
..IiGants. United States District Atso.-
ney Charles ". Miller said" II wouldn't
be surprised II it Is shown soon that
something like that had happened"
Grnnd Jury Held Together.
Between now and the arraignment
before Federal Judge Albert Z. An
derson here on March IL. the govern
ment VIII proceed with preparation
for the trials, which probably will he
early in May. Soine OF the defendants
reported in various cities as unable to
secure bond may be brought here with
in a week. II is said that the govern
,nent viii question as many as pos
sihie. The Federal grand jury which
returned the indictments has not been
dismissed. and ii Is said that IL any
information warrants IT. the Jurors
VIII he reccnvened.
In this connection IL Is stated that
while the government brought indict-
ments only in such instances where Il
expected conviction To follow. many
men Were mentioned In the testimony
who escaped Indictment because of
lack OF evidences. of which later the
government mas come into possession.
ortie L. McManIgal's confcssion as to
the dynam.ting he did A,ndt,' the direc-
tion Of j. j. Mcnamara, is said by Dis
tr!ct Attorney Miller to be corrobo-
rated by the latte-s embraced in the
Indictment charging "unconsummated
acts of conspiracy"
Rynn's letter, written in New York
in April, 1910. Is cited to show that
he instructed Henry w. Leglitner. now
of Denver, to do certain Jobs; .Iohn
r. Butler, the first vice. presiden, OF
the union. TO do Jobs" at Buffalo and
Rochester, y. y. Nockin to do Jobs"
at Cleveland. Detroit, Davenport. Ia,
and Cincinnati; Paul j. Morrin. St.
Louis. to do Job at Mount Vcr-
non ILL.,. and Frank C.. Webb. OF New
York. TO do Jobs" al Worcester, Mass.
The indictments charging "consum-
mated" or completed conspiracies, al
legged that the JOB" at Mount Vernon.
Ill. was dynamited on the night Of
April 10; that the Davenport lob"
under construction by the company re-
ferred to by Ryan. was dynamited
june q: that the Peoria "joh" was
dynamitcd Juno { that the Cleveland
Job" WAS dynamited on Jun" 81: that
the Pittsburgh job was dynamited
July IL; that a bridge was dynamited
a Cass city on August IS.
Testimony Dorctniis.
The testimony of McMan igal. Of
many witnesses from the cities in
which the explosions occurred. and OF
members of crews OF trains upon
which explosives were carried. were
found to dovetail exactly with the let.
ters alleged TO show the unconsum-
mated acts, said Mr.. Miller.
Because McManigal was the mos,
active agent OF the dynamiters, though
Hockin. the indictment charges. was
d close second. the government will
rely largely upon his testimony for
corroborative evidence AT the trials"
Others not named in the indlct-
arr BO!illt0 10 dS having been
connected with the plot" and early de-
velopmcnts may bring their identity
forward. hut at present we are salts
fed TO try those against whom we arc
sure We have conclusive evidence"
Concerning the letters quoted in the
indictment. Mr.. Ryan said to-day:
ut is unfair for the government to
draw conclusions that those letters
we're written to promote crime. If
Il
see that they refer only to Iegitima to
means of inducing contractors TO
unionize their work"
Calls Charge Absurd
Philadelphia. Pa. February 10.
the government that he conspired to
transport dynamite from one State 10
another in violation OF the Federal
Laws. Monlton H. Davis. prosperous
whom the United States authorities
had been searching. surrender him
self here to-day to ]. Whitaker Thomp-
son. United states district attorney.
chester. and Plummer Z. Jeffrlcs. chief
burgess OF the borough, and John 4
Farrell of Westchcster. entered bal
FOR his appearance ut a hearing next
Friday. Davis. the government author
tiles say. left the Iron workers r.
Ranization in 1906 and went to the lum-
Der region OF North Carolina where
he entered business with his father
in-law. In the fall of 1900 he went
to Westminster and purchased an old
established lumber business
Hoclein Arrested and Released.
Detroit, Mich. February ia fur
ry of excitement was caused Tonight
when Herbert s. Ilnckin. second Vice
president OF the International Associa-
ton of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers. who came here from Indian
apolis in an effort tn secure n re-
duction from $4,000 10 $4,000 in tho
No, ell III 20.