The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-10
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HIGH OFFICIALS
Frank M. Ryan, President. and
Other Leaders Of Iron Work
ers' Union Knew of His
Operations as Chief Of the
McNamara Brothers
Dynamiting Crew.


trains and checked the explosive At
railway stations. without thanking OF
danger to others; how he waited TO
place bombs SO night watchmen would
not gee MIN, and how from every cAty
where he blew up a job he sent q
souvenir spoon home TO his wife In
Chicago. were related by Ortie Il. NC
Man.gal on the witness stand In the
trial Of the forty-fve accused "dyna-
mite pIotters" to-day.
Ping Ping an alias of Herbert s
Hockin. McAan!gal said was thv pass
word he gave 10 labor leaders in sari-
GUS cities, SO they would know he was
the man sent to do a .to5. Hs
named Frank c. webb. New York:
Michael J. Young, Boston; Richard n.
Houliisan. Chicago; james Cooney. Chi
cage. aud Frank 81. Ryan. sll ofncials
OF the International Association OF
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. al
among the defendants. besides the Nc
Eamara brothers. VINO knew he was
employed as q dynamiter.
Young and Webb actually pointed out
nonunion jobs for him to do. NcMan1-
gal was the chief Of the Mcnamara
cynamiting crew. and Ryan. president
OF the union. had spoken TO him about
an explosion
ApReas. - ChSef Httneas.
McManIgal. confessed sccomplice OF
the Men amara brothers. appeared az
the chief witness for the government IN
its charges that the men now on trial
illegally transported explosives on pas
senEer trans In connection with the
series OF explosions. The witness IL
prisoner Of Los Angeles County. and
appeared as loan" 20 the FEDERAL
government
Afrer describing explosions at De-
troit and Clinton. Iowa AcAaniSal sss-
Sified:
.Hoekin came to my house In Cnl-
csgo in October. 1905. and said he
had a job 10. me At Holyoke, Mass.
! said ! had a good job working IN
new hotel in Chicago and did not waut
70 give II Up. He insisted, SAYING he
knew Hunter. my superintendent, aud
would TX it UP 50 ! might return to
work. Finally consented. let
Chicago October Is. carrying about
lao pounds of dynamite In suit case.
arriving al Springfield, Mass.
checked the suit case In a station ann
went TO Holyoke to look over the jos.
] set the dynamite on some steel, coil
ing nifty fee. OF fuse inside a suit
case SO the night Waterman would not
see the smoke. then went to Chi
cago. Hockin soon came and said
there mad been no explosion at
covered the bomb. He said the iron
workers union executive board would
not allow me the regular fee for that
but he handed me SlSe for expenses
About this time met Cooney,
union business agent in Chicago. he
introduced lie to Ryan Ryan want
ed to know whether I had seen Hockin
about the Holyoke job. and I told MIN
] had.
In February. 1909. ] met Cooney
again. while both Of US were working
At Lockport, I'LL Cooney asked me
about blowing up jobs for the CHI
caso union I told him was not per-
mitted to work for anybody but cue
international union He replied: Well.
then. all right. III get that gang or
safe blowers I had before
. while I was at Lockport, Hocktn
came down and Informed me he had
two more jobs for me to do-one at
Boston and another At Hoboken, y. J.
] went to Joliet and there bought If
~ pounds Of dynamite. Hockin said
] was first to 90 to Boston and get
In touch with Nike YounG. and hen
] was to go TO New York and get
in touch with Webb. He said 7 should
tell them that Ping had sen. me there
a5d they would understand what
came for. After the Jobs were blown
"SS " SSuo t<scSEAm W ~
Noel EOS Vermont Avenue. Detroit.
saying stock had been sold in Boston
and Hoboken. and signifying the dates
Of the explosions, and signing Ping.
CheekeA Hts DyDarnsse.
AT Boston ] checked the dynamite
aa the station. went to q labor hall and
met Young. He took me out and
showed me where they were erecting
q new opera house. and said. Put q
shot In there that'n raise hell
AT night on March 20 put the SIT
esse containins twenty-five pounds Of
dynamise IN the building. and after
lighting ffty-foot fust- went to the
station, but finding ] had missed my
after sending q souvenir spooa 20 my
wife, as I did At each city.
The next day I went TO New York
and called at Q labor hall In Forty
second Street. From q man there I
learned that webb lived Tn One Hun
cred ana Twenty-shird Street I saw
Webb II his house and said, Ping sent
nc here He replied Tee. ] thought
you were the mao-'
webb and I the next day went 20
jersey City. There wes . Job there, he
sssd. he would rather have me blow ny
ehan the Hoeoken job. bot told him
Hechsa's orders were for Hooseen, saA
voulA Do noehsNg else. Weoe snS9
Shs NeyS there ~ SS.eee in the svsos.
Cry hey wouDa ME 70 ne ~. We re-
eurueA = New York. and the next DAY
re went - DreokIyn 20 look over some
vork there Then he weas 20 HSoeken.
On TIE ferry going over webb hsndea
0e 80. saying 90 wus . pseoeMs IRON
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