Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-27
.DYNANITfR IS UNDER
SENATOR kERN'S FIRE
Declares That He Was in
the Employ of No One but
Mcnamara = Expe c t . d
Arrest and Says He Was
Double Crossed.

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. Ex-senator
Kern. counsel for the defense, continued
the cross examination of McManigal at
the dynamite conspiracy trial today.
Kern sought by questions to bring out
that the defendants met the dynamiter
merely by accident because they were
members of the Iron Workers union.
The witness insisted that the proposed
explosions were actually talked Of by
union officials of various cities. Nc
Manigal said that on returning to
Indianapolis after blowing up a Job at
Superior, Wis, ]. J. Mcnamara said a
letter of thanks for the dynamiters'
visit to Superior had been received from
Fred Mooney. business agent at Duluth.
Suggestions tha. McManigal. in
blowing up jobs about the country,
was actually in the employ Of the de-
tectives following him, was made to-
day. Senator Kern asked McManigal
whether he was not in the employ OF
the National Erectors association.
McManigal denied that he was enl-
ployed by anyone save Mcnamara, or
acted as spy in the ranks of the
| dynamiters Asked If he was not indif-
ferent as to his arrest, Mcnamara
said, II was indifferent I expected TO
| De arrested dt any tiine CHdHSSu my
attitude after people were killed i'll
| the Los Angeles Times explosion"
Had you been in communication
| with persons interested in your ar
rest?"
IT had not. The officials Of the
union double me. J. B. Nc
| Namara tried to kill me and I knew
that after the Times explosion We
would be caught"
Il told ]. ]. Mcnamara I guessed
I'd get a job from the National Erec-
tors association. He replied. You do
that and see how long you'll last"
| McManigal told of various quarrels
between himself, Hockin and the Nc
Namaras which he said threatened to
disrupt the "dynamiting crew." but
they all hung together" each fearing
betrayal by others.
| District Attorney Miller served no.
tice on 12 of the defendants this after
noon that he was advised their bonds
had been Unidentified and that II this
were true. he would ask the court to
set aside the bonds and ask for new
ones or the defendants would have 10
be taken into custody. Among those
so affected Is Frank M. Ryan. presi.
dent of the Iron Workers union.
AS tending to show the implication OF
labor union officials In plots the gov
ernment introduced at the dynamite
conspiracy trial late yesterday testi-
mony that explosions on non union iron
works followed the refusal of contrac-
tors to unionize their jobs after per-
sonal visits by some Of the defendants.
Before two charges Of dynamite were
exploded on a bridge in st. Louis on
August 9, 1908, John T. Garrett, pres
ident of construction firm. testified
that he was visited by John H. Barry
of the local ironworkers' union.
Barry wanted me to unionize the
job" Garrett said.
1 you'll find it a great deal cheaper.
for you know what will happen he
said. I told him I suspected he was
going to dynamite the Job and he had
better be careful. 1t was blown up
later"
Questioned by Chester Crum. counsel
for Barry, Garrett said the union Off :
cial, referring to dynamiting. declared
"he did not do that kind OF business !
Wallace Marshall told of putting up
Job at French Lick Ind, after he had
been visited by Fred Sherman, union
business agent.
Sherman told me I had better union
lie the job" Marshall said, but lost
my temper and told him would have
nothing to do with the murderous. dy-
namiting ironworkers. An explosion
occurred in March, 1911.
f. J. Mccain said his firm suffered
three explosions on Jobs at Buffalo. N.
1 Y. in 1910. and one in Erie, Pa. in 1911.
a after he had been visited by John T.
Q Butler. vice president OF the Interna-
( tional Association Of Bridge and struc-
r tural Ironworkers. @
Butler told me we would be sorry
e when we refused to deal with the
union," Mccain said.
( Relative to the governments charges
/, that the 45 defendants aided In the
e illegal transportation of explosives,
. many trainmen testified about trains ,oll
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