jonesbarn

The title is more intriguing than the photo. Any pointers to the story behind it?

This might be it: SEIZED DYNAMITE GUARDED.; Business Men Alarmed by Find in Indianapolis.

That article doesn't seem to say anything about a barn. Unless this is some odd "office barn."

TELL OF DYNAMITE NEAR THEIR HOMES; Children Skated on Floors Stained by Nitro-Glycerine, Witnesses Declare to McNamara Jury

A list of correspondence to and from John J. and James B. McNamara (A John J rented the barn. www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/arb/exhibits/mcnamara/docu...

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being related to the "dynamite conspiracy" and the troubles with the Iron Workers Union www.geocities.com/ironworkers373/iwhistory3b.html query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=950CE3D7173CE6...

nudecowboy: thanks for supplying the context and sources. We'll update the source data and reload the description.

This exact photo was used on Page 3 of the April 26, 1911 Washington Post. The arrest of McNamara happened on April 23, so the photo was taken sometime in the interim. The barn was rented by John J. McNamara. Owned by "T. H" or "D." or "F. M." Jones (different Washington Post articles), a half mile or 3/4 mile west of Indianapolis. Dynamite and nitroglycerine were found inside. A photo of "F. M." Jones accompanies this photo in the April 26 1911 Washington Post.

nudecowboy decided to put on a kilt? Heehee...ahem.

In his memoirs, The Story of My Life, Clarence Darrow wrote about his involvement as a defense attorney in this case.

A PDF of the original news story appears here. It references the fact that this is a piano box, but dynamite was stored in it. query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E03E4D81E31E2...

The McNamara brothers papers, which include some material from Clarence Darrow, are housed at the University of Cincinnati's Archives and Rare Books Library. For more information, check out this online exhibit: www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/arb/exhibits/mcnamara/intr...

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