Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-03
Win 40 Defore Grand Jury.

~ sibpoenaed by the federal grand
i,Sry. which resumed its sessions today
kfIe said he would bare all the details
Il the municipal Investigation. which
latisfied him that John j. McNamara
As secretary treasurer OF the Inter
national Association of Bridge anc
| Structural Iron Workers. was the con-
spring executive who caused the ex-
1 piosi0ns IN this vicinity. Bookwaltel
even said that he himself had told John
=. McNamara Of the strong suspicion
against him, and that in his converse l.
Ation with q score Of labor leaders ne
had placed the responsibility on the
/ iron workers union.
Quietly Accused MeNamara.
eve we're on q street car together
ona Day shortly after the Won Schrekel-
zen explosions in October. 1s0s. said
! Hookwalter today, when John J.
whom knew very well, asked me IN
way II had learned who blew
M the buildings. was irritated those
daSs5 because !. myself. had received
! threatening letters and had to have 9
guard at my house for sixty days. 30
anSvesed rtaher hotly. Yes. and could
NM my hand on one Of them without
leaving this car
Told Facts to Many.
ASKED whether he told any one else
heaidea Mcnamara Of what the IN
yestieation had disclosed. he said:
eyes. I told q score Of labor leaders
what knew, and that the iron work.
err were TO blame"
what did they say when you blamed
Nhe iron workers."
AThere are lots Of good men In union
labor and they always have denounced
acts Of violence. think some OF the
m4n said It was shame"
ibid any Of these men tell Mt
Gompers that suspicion pointed to the
xuilt Of the iron workers.?
II don't know whether they told him
] or. not. but Samuel Gompers Is one OF
che best Informed men in this coun-
try"
oempsrs Should Have Known.
Bookwalter said that Gompers WIS.,
! tied indianapolis several times sub
kseuuent TO his own conversation with
| the ibor leaders, both before and at
/ ter the McNamaras were arrested and
that he (Bookwalter) met Gompers
tWfoe lille with labor union men. but
thaH no reference to the explosions
wGs made.
s.The only remark made about ln-
hor matters to Gompers," said Book
valter, "was to tell him that we had
aTstrike when the city hall was built
ana that the unions had made me ac-
cede to their demands"
,Nr. Bookwalter was told that in
vestieation was being made as to
vhsfher he had informed Gompers. He
Asniad that he was intimate enough
wifh aoimpers to have discussed the
.Its - trise that my partner Is q close
saeod Of Mr. Gompers, having known
S1in for twenty years"
aeDo you think Mr.. Gompers knew
faio. these explosions were going on
- was responsible for them?"
S5omreSs II the general Of great
x1liy ana Ike . general he did not in
dlilfe wllea any Of his men were en-
l9aaa51 III guerilla warfare, but II this
vSfo calfed TO the attention Of the
aiaeeal naturally he would rebuke
thsnA.
30 yod think he could have stopped
itssH No hid tried?v
II do not ~ the iron workers were
only: IN allied organization to the
AAneficaA Federation Of Labor. John
:. NcNanaara was not the kind Of .
man 70 take orders from anybody"
Nkas Cenvinesd Of Guilt.
D00kWaIter asserted that his In
vsetd1a&ioa convinced him beyond
Aoubt that McNamara and the iron
;woskefs 1ere guilty. He said the in
rqutfy. to lasting only forty flve days,
wasSa thoCough one and was dropped
beeanse HI term AZ mayor expired.
1ookWaltsg said he himself dnanced
Auch oS the work.
s1Iu6h Thotsch, who came here seven
Soafe ago from Philadelphia. where he
geehducted printing plant and did
much work for unions. declared that
| ~ q no time has been associ-
a1ldS with his business. !
have known Gompers for several
|sxoQso and have been chummy with
|sA1n Tor business reasons. and wanted
tfc get the printing OF the American
1eeAsiop OF LaDoE. 1ut NC ssse.ss ,s &c &C
eeved any =
Sl1S san that the story Of Gompers'
asopa 6usiness connection With the