Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-11-16
Edward F, Clark Gives Start
ling Testimony at Conspir-
acy Trial Now Under Way at
Indianapolis,
OFFICIALS OF UNION
HIRED HIM FOR JOBS
Witness Graphically Describes
His Operations, Involving Di-
rectIy Frank NJ, Ryan and
Herbert S. Hockin.

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Indianapolis Ind, Nov. 15.-CarrS
ing dynamite about in market
basket was the way Edward +. Clark,
an iron worker, testifying at the
dynamite conspiracy trial today,
union jobs.
Clark, an official of a local union
Cincinnati. pleaded guilty at the
beginning of the trial Of the orty-five
men accused of completely with the
Mcnamara brothers in the Illegal
transportation OF explosives
In detailing his confession on the
witness stand he told of personally
blowing up work on a railroad bridge
across the Miami river at Dayton on
May 3, 1908, and of leaving behind
an umbrella that bore his initials.
Clark said officials of the Inter-
national Association of Bridge anG
Structural Iron Workers induced him
to do dynamitng once he said, while
inspecting work in Cincinnati, Pres-
dent Frank NJ. Ryan pointed to
railroad bridge across the ohio river
and said:
There would be "A good place 10
put shot
Before that, the witness said that
Herbert S. Hockin, secretary of the
union, arranged to supply him with
dynamite.
1--WE had had some correspondence
with j. j. Mcnamara at Indianapolis
about union conditions in Cincinnati,
when in May, 1908, Hockin appeared
and told me he was going to spend
some money there, said Clark. he
took me to Cumminsville, a suburb,
where he introduced me to Edward
Campbell who vas to supply dYs
mite Hockin said | was to receive
FIN ha inh | rpturnpu
to the place that night with market
basket. Campbell gave me fifty half
pound sticks of dynamite. Hockin
wanted me to take William Bernhart,
a local official to Dayton, but ! said
| would do the job alone.
Having kept the dynamite in my
house that night, | took it the next
day to Dayton. where / placed it on
a bridge over the Miami river. 1t was
raining hard, so | left my umbrella
over the bomb to protect lit, lit the
fuse and departed.
The next day in Cincinnati, Hockin
did not appear anxious to pay me the
500. He had newspaper account
of the explosion. Finally he gave me
s97 on the street.
when the question of blowing up
the Harrison avenue viaduct in Gin
cinnat came up Hockin said he was
not going to let me do 1t, as MIC
Namara and Ryan were not pleased
with the way | had done the Dayton
job | had left behind an umbrella
with my initials on it. he said, ana
they were likely to catch me.
But he sent me out TO Campbells $
for more dynamite. | took it home in
n basket and the next day. after pack
ing ii in telescope case, delivered
ii by appointment to Hockin and an
other man at Fifth and Vine streets.
That was in August, 1908, ana the
explosion on the Harrison avenue via
duct occurred on August 9Th. Camp
bell had procured more dynamite at
the time he got the last lot for me,
going about four miles from the place
we met m to get it, Two more eX-
plosions occurred in May, 1909. ana
another in August, all on the bridge
which Ryan had pointed out. but
did not do them.
II went into dynamiting then, lis
tening to others. | was inflamed with
the foolish idea that was good
way to carry on campaign against
non-union work. | certainly knew
was committing a crime.
Edward Campbell. mentioned by
Clark. testified that he formerly
worked in . stone quarry and had
been used to buying dynamite. He
said Hockin arranged for him to
drive out to a powder magazine tot
buy the explosive and paid him toi
the livery hire. On cross examination
by attorneys for the defense, Clark
admitted that he had been convicted
on numerous charges but denied he /
ever had been indicted for highway |
robbery or had withheld the unions
funds
Joseph b. Shafer, of the Cincinnati
police department, testified concern |
ing a visit to the home of j j. Nc
Namara's mother the day after Nc |
Namara's arrest on April II, 1911. lie
produced a battery tester and flash
light which he said he found in NC |
Namara's trunk Guided by Frank !
Eckhoff, friend of the Mcnamara !
family, Schafer said he found a place
in the woodshed near the Mcnamara !
home where nitroglycerin had been
buried.