Evening star., 1912-11-10
$3.50 APIECE
McManigaI Graphically Tells
How He Caused Explosions.
TOOK DYNAMITE ON TRAINS
Checked Dangerous Powder in Suit
Case at Railway Stations.
IMPLICATES HIGH UNION MEN
Testifies That Many Labor Leaders
Besides the McNamaras Were
Concerned in Jobs.
TOOK DYNAMITE ON TRAINS
IMPLICATES HIGH UNION MEN

| INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. November o.
| Graphic stories of how he caused ex-
p,osions, how he carried dynamite in suit
cases on passenger trains and checked the
explosive at railway stations without
| thinking of danger to others, how he
waited to place bombs so night watch
| men would not see him. and how from
every city where he blew up job he
sent souvenir spoon home to his wife
in Chicago We're related by Ortie E. Nc
Manigal on the witness stand in the
trial of the forty-five accused dynamite
| plotters'' today.
Ping" an alias OF Herbert S. Hockin.
McManigal said was the password he
gave to labor leaders in various cities
| so they would know he was the man sent
to do Job He named Frank {.
Webb, New York: Michael J. Young. Bos-
| ton, Richard III. HouIihan, Chicago; James
Cooney, Chicago, and Frank NJ. Ryan, all
| officials of the International Association
| of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers,
as among the defendants besides the Nc
| Namara brothers who knew he was en-
ployed as dynamter.
| Says Hockin Was Chief Blaster.
| Young and Webb actually pointed out
non-union jobs for him to blow UP, he
| said. Hockin, now secretary of the
| union, he described as the chief of the
| Mcnamara dynamiting crew and said
/ Ryan, president of the union had spoken
| to him about an explosion.
| Did you send anything to your family
| after you blew up the job in Boston,
was one question asked McManigal
Yes" he answered. Il sent home
/ souvenir spoon. / always sent home
| souvenir spoons from the cities where l
! blew up jobs
| McManigal, confessed accomplice Of the
| Mcnamara brothers, now in prison in
| California. appeared as the chief witness
| for the government In its charges that
| the men now on trial illegally transport
| ed explosives on passenger trains in con-
| nection with the series OF explosions
| which included the Los Angeles Times
disaster. The witness is a prisoner or
| Los Angeles county and appeared as
| loan to the federal government.
Carried Dynamite in Suit Case.
| After describing explosions at Detroit
and Clinton. Iowa, McManigal testified:
"Hockin came to my house in Chicago
| in October, 1905 and said he had job
| for me at Holyoke, Mass. l said had
good job working on a new hotel In Chi
| cago and did not want to give 1t up. He
insisted, saying he knew Hunter, my
| superintendent, and would fix 1t up SO l
might return to work. Finally, l con-
sented, Hockin giving me instructions to
|. go by way of Buffalo and Springfield,
| Mass. / left Chicago October Ii, carry
| ing about fifty pounds OF dynamite In q
suit case. Arriving at Springfield check
ed the suit case at the station and went
/ 10 Holyoke to look over the job. October
| Is I set the dynamite on some of the
| steel work, coiling the fifty feet OF fuse
| inside the suit case so the night watch
| man wouldn't see the smoke. l then took
| train for Chicago.
"Hockin soon came and said there had
| been explosion at Holyoke, as the
| watchman had discovered the bomb He
| said the iron workers union executive
| board would not allow me the regular fee
| for that, but he handed me 500 Tor ex-
penSeS
Met Ryan Through Cooney.
About this time met Cooney. union
business agent, in Chicago. He intro
duced me to Ryan. Ryan wanted to
know whether l had seen Hockin about
| the Holyoke job, and / told him / had.
| Cooney paid me some money for re-
volver he had borrowed from me.
I'm February. 1909, / met Cooney again
| while both of US were working at Lock-
port, H., on work for the Chicago SAM
| tary district Cooney asked me about
blowing up jobs for the Chicago union.
| / told him I wasn't permitted to work
/ for anybody but the International Union.
/ He replied: We'll, then. all right, Ill get
| that gang of safe blowers l had before :
While l was at Lockport, Hockin
came down and informed me he had two
| more jobs for me to do-one at Boston
and another at Hoboken. N. J. | went
| to Joliet, and there bought fifty POUNDS
! of dynamite. Hockin said / was first to
go to Boston ana get n touch with Mike
| Young. and then l was to go to New
| York and get in touch with Webb. He
said / should tell them that Ping had
sent me there and they would understand
| what / came for. After the jobs were
| blown up l was to send telegram to
| l.. A. Noel, 20S Vermont avenue, Detroit,
| saying stock had been sold in Boston
and Hoboken and signifying the dates
of the explosion and signing Ping.
Checked Explosive at Station.
AT Boston l checked the dynamite at
the station. went to labor hall and met
| Young. He took me out and showed me
where they were erecting new opera
house, and said: Put a shot in there
that'n raise hell
'At night on March q / put the suit
case. containing twenty-five pounds Of
dynamite. in a stair hall in the south
east side of the building, and, lighting a
tfiftyfoot fuse, went to the station, but.
finding l had missed my train, went to
a hotel for the night, after sending a
souvenir spoon to my wife.
The next day l went to New York and
called at labor hall in 42d street. From
man there | learned that Webb lived
on l23d street. i saw Webb at his house
and said Ping sent me here He re-
. piled, Yes. l thought you were the man.
Webb and l the next day went to Jer-
sey City. There was a job there he said
he would rather have me blow up than
the Hoboken job, but told him .Hockin 6
| orders were for Hoboken, and would
do nothing else. Webb said the boys
there had $5 600 in the treasury they
| would like to use up.
Given $50 as a Present.
"We returned to New York and the
next day We went to Brooklyn to look