Arizona republican., 1912-02-17
District Attorney Miller In
Inmates in an Interview
That Some of Those Ac-
cused of Dynamiting may
Confess.
GOVERNMENT HAS
STRONG PROOF
Letters Are Said Clearly to
Show the Character Of
the Plots and the Work
Done in Carrying Them
Through.
THSs0ciafcd Press DiSbafchl

INDIANAPOLIS Ind. Feb. l6.-In-
timations are said TO have been re-
ceiyed by the government today that
some Of the defendants in the dyna
mite conspiracy cases are preparing
to tell all they know" These state
ments followed the governments
charges that 10000 letters and tele-
grams taken from international head
quarters showed that Frank NJ. Ryan.
president. Secretary Hockin and
members of the executive board and
business agents conducted dynamite
plots through the mail They are
said To- have pointed out Jobs To be
blown up and to have maintained
a system Of destruction against non
union iron and steel contractors.
Asked if negotiations have been open
ed with him concerning the defe al
ants attorney. Miller said: Il W aid
not be surprised if something Ike
that had happened
". y. Harding. counsel for Ryan
and other international officers. held
long conference with Miller to-
dav but il was not disclosed what
was considered.
Miller said if the information war
rants it the grand jury will be re-
convened. In this connection il IS
said that while the government
brought in indictments only where
il expected conviction many men
were mentioned in the testimony who
Will escape because Of lack Of evil
dence McManigaTs confession as
To the dynamiting being done under
the direction of J. J. Mcnamara IS
said by Miller To be corroborated by
letters embraced in an Indictment
charging 'uncOnsummated acts Of
conspiracy." Concerning letters quot
ed in the Indictment Ryan said to-
day: 1t is unfair for the govern
ment To draw conclusions that those
letters were written to promote
crime II any person reads all of
them he viii see they refer only to
legitimate means Of inducing con-
tractors to unionize their works"
SALT LAKE. Feb. 16.-J. +. Nun |
sey the iron worker who was ar
rested Yesterday on an indianapolis |
Indictment. is still in Jail. unable TO
secure $4,000 bond.
DETROIT, Mich. Feb. ia fur |
~ of excitement was caused today |
when Herbert :. Hocllin. second vice |
president Of the International. who |
came here from Indianapolis in an |
effort to secure a reduction in the |
bond Of two alleged dynamters now /
in Jail here. was escorted to police
headquarters by city detectives At
the station Hockin was informed by |
detectives that he had been wanted |
here for some time and would he
held to answer to an old charge sup
posed to be pending against him.
Hockin was soon released however
and later it was explained by the po-
lice that the Iron Workers official
formerly lived in Detroit, was re
garded as a dangerous character"
and that local detectives had been in
structed to bring him To headqIart-
ers whenever he was found i'm the
city. Hockin had return ticket
To indianapolis and stated he intend
ed leaving for that city late tonight
NEW YORK. Feb. I6-Farrell pro-
duced bondsmen and was released this
III A'-IlOoA- W tbD tNDtClS 10 De
leased tomorrow as he has received
word the secretary of the Interna-
tional has deposited $4,000 with a
surety company there for that pur-
pose.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb 16.-Charac-
terizing as absurd the charge Of the
government that he cOnspired u
transport dynamite, Moulton II. Davis.
a prosperous lumber dealer of West 1
Chester. Pa. for whom the United I
States authorities have been search
ing. surrendered today. Davis is held
in high esteem in West Chester ami
prominent citizens offered To 60 on his
bond. Davis. the government author
ities say. left the iron workers organ
iZation in 1906 alrd went to the lum-
Der region of North Carolina. wnere
he entered business with his father
iniaw. In the fall of 1909 he went To
West Chester and bought an old |
established lumber business