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Show RYAN MAKES ADMISSIONS Assigned Men to Jobs but Denies Intention of Violence. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 3. Letters written by Frank M. Ryan, president of tho International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, were read In connection with dates of explosions In tho cross-examination of Ryan by tho government at the "dynamite "dy-namite conspiracy" trial today. Ryan testified that his knowledge of numerous explosions which had occurred oc-curred after he had written a letter from New York was gained ontlro'.y ' through newspaper accounts lie said newspaper accounts of explosions on non-union Jobs often were enclosed In letters as news Extracts from the New York letter which Ryan testified he wrote on April 27. 1910, as head of the union to Secretary John J McNamara and the explosions which tho governmont cites as having occurred later, were: "Let Lcgleltner take care of the Jobs In his district " Henry W Lcgleltner, now of Denver, Den-ver, then was a member of the executive exec-utive board, stationed at Pittsburg. An explosion occurred at McICccs Rocks, near Pittsburg In July. 1910. "Let Hockln arrange for Cleveland, Cincinnati and Detroit jobs " Hockln Alleged Leader. Herbert S Hockln Is charged with being a leader of the "dynamiting crew." An explosion occurred at Cleveland Juno 22, that year "Davenport, la , and Peoria can be handled by Hockln " Explosions occurred at Davenport and Peoria on June 4. "What did you mean when you said: 'Let Legleitner and Hockln take care of these Jobs?'" asked District Attorney At-torney Miller "I meant for them to use every legitimate le-gitimate means to have union men put to work," answered Ryan. Before an explosion on a bridge at Dayton, 0 ( which Edward Clark, union un-ion official at Cincinnati, confessed to having caused, Ryan said he had sent Hockln to Cincinnati. Clark In his confession said Hockin furnished him with the dynamite for the explosion Ryan asserted ho gave no Instructions to Hockin about dynamite "How soon after an explosion on a bridge in Cincinnati in May, 1909. did Clark call you up?" Ryan was asked. "Possibly a few days, but he gave me no details about an explosion." Ryan Dlsavov3 Violence. Assorting ho had no intention that violence should be used, Ryan said, through a request from W Bert Brown, a union business agent he sent Hockln to Kansas City prior to an explosion on a bridge there in August, Au-gust, 1910 In oxplalnlng a letter to Michael J. Cunnane, business agent at Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, giving Instructions to handle a non-union Job In "any way that will delay or add to the cost of It," Rjan said his only purpose was to have union men taken off othor jobs In construction by the same contractor Tho government read a lettor written from Dallas In 1910 to McNamara by Phillip A Cooley, Now Orlecns, who l charged with having urged that explosions ex-plosions take place In the south: "I agree with you to postpone the proposition prop-osition so I can got some pointers from you and there will be no aftereffects after-effects " "Did you receive letters from Cooley Coo-ley about arrangements to blow up Jobs?" asked Mr. Miller. "I never received a letter from Cooley Coo-ley about blowing up anything," answered an-swered Ryan. Asked what was meant when Frank C. Webb of New York wrote him, "Your confidence In mo. you may never nev-er fear, for I don't believe in talking too much In cases of this kind." Ryan said it only referred to arrangements ar-rangements for unionizing jobs in New York. Read Papers With Interest. Ryan admitted he had acknowledged acknowledg-ed the receipt of a newspaper clipping from John Golden, president of tho United Textile Workers of America, about an oxploslon on a bridge at Fall Rlvor, Mass., In 190S, and had replied ho "read the clipping with interest in-terest " Union Furnished Bond. Ho said tho Iron workors union furnished fur-nished 510,000 bond for George O'Don-nell, O'Don-nell, who was accused of the dynamiting dynamit-ing and that the union also paid O'Donnell monoy after he had been convicted. "Wo sent him about $1,-000 $1,-000 because we considered he was being be-ing porsecuted," said Ryan. "Did you ever make an Investigation Investiga-tion of the Los Angeles explosion In which 21 porsous were murdered?" asked Mr. Miller. "Yes, I tried to find out how it happoned." "And yet you re-elected J. J Mc-Nunlara Mc-Nunlara as secretary of the union after af-ter he was arrested ?" "Yes." "And you had Hockln ns secretary until yesterday?" "Yes." |