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Show cispiiic? era ARftESTSCdiG INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Feb. 7. Capiases for the slmultane- ous arrest of all the men nam- ed in tho 32 indictments re- turned by tho federal grand Jury in the dynamite consplr- acy cases, with certified cop- loa of the indictments, were comploted today in tho expec- tation that the arrests might be affected within Ave days possibly on Saturday, but more -- probably next Monday. Although the men, most of them labor union officials, and agents, aro scattered from tho Atlantic to the Paclflc coast, arrangements for the arrests ar-rests have been made so that, thoy will bo arrested and given an opportunity oppor-tunity to furnish bond on the same day and as near an possible "within a few hours The bond, said for all the men to aggregato 300,000, Is to bo asked for tholr appearance In Indianapolis Indian-apolis on March 12, when they aro to bo arraigned before federal Judgo Anderson. , The necessity of tho government to take Into custody so many prison-, ers located In at least twenty distant cities, within a given tlmo, so that, through premature arrests, one dc- fendant by demanding a copy of his Indictment, may not reveal tho namos of his alleged co-consplrators, is regarded re-garded as unusual. Will Bo Forty Defendants. It has developed thnt the defendants, defend-ants, accused of complicity with tho McNamaras and Ortle E. McManlgal In perpetrating more than one hundred hun-dred explosions before and after tho wrecking of the Los Angeles Times, number at least forxy and probably more. The statement was made that there wore at least eight more defendants than the number of indictments returned, re-turned, as many of the truo bills contained more than one name. Telegrams announcing tho return of the Indictments are said to havo beon forwarded from United States District Dis-trict Attorney Miller's office today to authorities In various federal districts Will Make Arrects at Once. "While there will bo no hasto In making arrests, it will bo done as soon as possible," -said Mr. Miller. "Many inquiries have come asking for the exact day, but we have declined to answer. "Except for tho necessity of arresting arrest-ing everybody indicted within a given time, we are handling th,ese casos just as wo would any othors." Although the defendants Individually Individual-ly probably will seek counsel after their arrest, It is expected the defense de-fense of all the men ultimately will be considered. Frank M. Ryan, president of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, at their headquarters here, whero J. J. Mc-Namara Mc-Namara formally had his offices, said today ho had made no plans for the defense of any of the men. "There, will be time enough to think of that when wo learn who have been Indicted," said Mr. Ryan. oo |