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Show INVESTIGATE IHE FWi EXPLOSIONS ii mm cmf INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 25 Jive explosions ex-plosions in Kansas City, Mo., all directed di-rected against Iron works contractors who employed men on the "open shop" basis, were Investigated by tho federal grand jury today through police po-lice officials of Knnsas City, who were said to have learned facts relative to the idontlty of the dynamiters. Only one of the explosions that of August 23, 1910, when a bridge was damaged is credited to Ortlo McManigal. Evidence Evi-dence that one subsequent explosion and three previous one3 were arranged by men other than McManigal and the McN'amaras, Is said to bavo been given the Jury. It was also shown that Kansas City figured In the dynamiters' schemo to have explosions occur in distant citloB on the same day, for tho blowing up of a viaduct there on July 2G, 1909, was simultaneous with tho wrecking by dynamite of a bridge at Steuben-vllle, Steuben-vllle, O Tho destruction of both theso places was declared to havo been directed from Indianapolis by telegraph, tho readiness of the men at Steubenvllle and Kansas City being be-ing announced through a code message. mes-sage. Rented Vehicles to JylcNamara. Carl Carson, a liveryman who routed rout-ed vehicles In which J. J. McNamara and his "dynamiting crew" made trips to Muncie, Ind where quantities of dynamite and nitroglycerine were kept, also testified. Hundreds ojC pounds of explosives, later transported transport-ed in suit cases to various cities, were said by McManigal to have been carried car-ried to and from Munclc In buggies. Leo M. Rappaport, attorney for the iron workers' organization, was summoned sum-moned today to appear in the federal court with the personal check book of J. McNamara. Rappaport filed late today a petition to quash the subpoena, sub-poena, alleging that he does .not have the book in his possession and would break confidence with his client should ho obtain IL Judgo Anderson .will rulo tomorrow on the petition. Federal officials bellevo that fc-Namara's fc-Namara's personal accounts will show expenditures that would tally with the sums said to have been received on certain dates by McManigal. They feel assured that tho court will order tho bank book produced for examination. |