New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-15

HInnanoIis Txeitmoe and Clancy, he said,
nut Caplan and Schmitt at his disposal,
| because they had been WORKING Ior '''
California Building Trades Soun tai,er he
: said, and when he blew up Jop IN Oak *,
| land. August 20, he made Schinllt say III
San Francisco. When he returned TO san
Francisco Schmitt was waiting ,1I h NJ
bornbs had been set In Oakland, went 10
see Tveitmoe and got $500 from MN tn MAJ
night. ]. b said he also did the Seattle
job, August 81.
Said Tveitmoe Was Paynastsr.
Leading I'D 10 the Los Angeles explo.
sion, j. b. said he FOUND you Souiu g.
lie said Tyeitmoe was the big paymas'
Ter. and that there never was ahytnns W
fear, for Tveitmoe was a triend Oh nay S
Mccarthy, and, in fact, Iveltmoe was '''
MAYOR OF San Francisco. . ,
He said Schmitt had scheme 10 SCI
off bombs by chemicals. Mhlcn ne ha a,t
learned from a friend OF Tveitmoe, p tSo
when he (McNamara snowe e decided II
" SchmItt and ]. b. went to Los Angeles
and looked over the Llewellyn Iron or pd
and the Baker Iron WIrAi sent back
TO his brother a postcard on when was
partly written and partly printed
II now roads "The Times Tor tho
News" II will soon read Tho news
for The Times" ,.. orb.
/ asked him why he went after Inc
Times" He answered Tveitmoe had put
'' Then he ne told me about how difficult II
was out there TO buy explosives; nov r,
thew decided AT last 20 get u launch anu
buv nitroGlycerine Of IS per cent strength
from a powder company, on the represent
tation that II was to be used Tor Dlo"i t,s
up stumps on a ranch; how ne sent ms
men to arrange for buying the ehpIUs W. :;
lie said the clerk at the powder company
reported they didn't make an explosise
that strong He told me how AT lasl ne
got 500 pounds OF the explosive on the
launch, after changing the name ,S Sa bav
they attracted the attention OF other We
sells because the launch wouldnt rnaAe
any heading and got in the way OF otneIe
lie said when hts stuff was READY 70
take 10 Los Angeles he had a talk win
Tyeitmoe, telling him either ne or schII ll,t
would have TO DO the Job alone not oS'a'
OF them for Schmitt was TOO nlnch OF a
talker and had woman FRIEND IN bos
Angeles that he tMcNamara) dldh "an'
TO get mixed up In the JOB.
How the Bomb Was Set.
Then he told me how he had set the
bomb I'm what is known as INK hne{ u
THE Times plant among some INK VA
he was stopped by the night waterman
who asked him what he wanted IN thyIe.
He replied he was going 10 inc conlpo'iItiIe lie
room. The Waterman let him pass .iso
was again stopped By boy, but ne also
told the boy he was going 10 the com
posing room The boy directed MN 10
door or a stairway, / think ne salu' Il2
reached the basement and while passhs
through i tore OF the gas JET ~ the
| asked why did YOU oreak OH w.
gas jet?" He replied, Because } "a rIeI
the whole building 10 40 10 hell SUI
was surprised he would do X, KNOWING
there were 40 many people IN w DUH .,o
ing He answered What's the difference
! was TO make "A good cleaning ON ana
did IT" Then he thought for while ana
added But | am sorry there were -
many people / wanted TO get 'eh,'"'
otis"
He told me he put the inferno ma.
rison Gray Otis. PROPRIETOR of ne
Times" and OF Felix J, Zeenaneu,s sn,;,set.
urers Association, all 10 60 OF N
o'clock In the morning; -. =, ,,.,.
lie said on the way back East ne was
frightened by the people taking OF u,e
EXPLOSION He said he couldn't bear 10
look ANYBODY I'm the face, and he thought
every one on the train was looking AZ
him At Salt Lake city, he said. ne
couldn't stand II any longer. so ne slepPTn
or the train and got In touch WIN - o., ~.
VI
two weeks
Telling Of other explosions, McMan-
lgal testified that in September 1870
he WAS sent TO Chicago, where ne
talked with William Shupo and james
Coughlin, ironworkers union officials
about a Job 10 be blown up between
Gary and Pine, Ind, but which he did
not blow up because the job was not
properly located.
McManigal said after news OF the
Los Angeles explosion was published
J. ]. Mcnamara, secretary OF the IRON
workers headquarters, In Indianapolis
sent him to Worcester, Mass, to cause
an echo" OF the Pacific Coast explosion
In tho East.
81 want an echo Of that Los Angeles
affair in tho East, so il they catch J. b.
they'll think they have the wrong man.
MeManisal said was the way J. J. in
structed him.
McManIgal said he went to Worces-
ter and caused two explosions there
on october 0. on the return, he tes-
testified, he called at the home OF Frank
G. webb, In New York, and left mes
sage that II any more work was to be
done In the East word should be sent
TO ]. j. Mcnamara, in Indianapolis.
He said he also looked over the posi-
bility OF blowing up jobs in Philadel-
phia and Pittsburgh
Says Ryan Knew.
Direct charges that Frank NJ. Ryan.
president OF the International Associa-
ton OF Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers, had full knowledge Of explo-
sIons were made by McManigal. who
said:
had blown up the Kansas City job on
August o, 1910, and had stopped on at
Peoria, Ill, on the way back. At Peoria
got in touch with Edward Smythe, busi-
ness agent OF the Iron Workers Union.
Smythe showed me non-union JOBS ne
wanted me to blow up. He said J. j: Nc.
Namara had agreed should do II. told
Smythe I had had bad luck at Kansas
CITY, where | lost four quarts OF nitro
ylycerIne and three alarm clocks Smythe