Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-11-10
Man Who Blew Up Many
Structures for Mcnamara
and AccompliceS, Begins
Testimony in indianapolis,
EXPLOSIONS BECAME
COMMON, HE SAYS
Regular Schedule of Prices Ar
ranged and Witness Was
Not Permitted to Take En-
pIoyment from Others,

pIoyment from Others,
my Morning journal Special Ieased Wire.
indianapolis, Nov. g.-Graphic stor-
les of how he caused explosions. how
he carried dynamite in suit cases ON
passenger trains and checked the ex-
plosiVe at railway stations, how he
waited to place bombs so night watch
men would not see him and how
from every city where he blew up
"joh" he sent a souvenir spoon home
to his wife in Chicago were related
by Ortie E. McMnnigal on the wit
ness stand in the trial Of the forty-five
accused dyanimte plottcrs today.
Ping" an alias of Herbert $ Hook
In. McManigal said, was the pass word
he gave to labor leaders In various
cities so they would know he was tho
man sent to do Job He named
Frank c. Webb OF New York; Nil
-hael j. Young, of Boston; Richard
r. Houlihan, of Chicago, James Coon
ey. OF Chicago, and Frank Nj. Ryan,
all officers of the International Bridge
anti Structural Iron Workers, besides
the Mcnamara brothers, AS men who
knew he was employed as a dynamiter.
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 Me-
Namara dynamiting crew and said
Ryan, president OF the union. had spo-
ken to him about an explosion.
Did you send anything to your
family after you blew up the job Ia
Boston ?" was one question asked Me-
Mangal
Yes" he answered. II sent homo
"A souvenir spoon. | always sent home
souvenir spoons from the cities where
blew up jobs.
McManigal, confessed accomplicc OF
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 transported dynamite on
passenger trains in connection with
the series OF explosions which includ-
ed the Los Angeles Times disaster.
The witness is prisoner of Los An
geles county and appeared as loan
to the federal government.
After describing explosions at De-
troit and Clinton. McManigal testi-
fled.
"Hockin came to my house in CHI
cago. Ia October. 1905 and said he
had a job for me in Holyoke. Mass.
said | had Il good job working on Il
new hotel In Chicago ana did not want
to give it up. He insisted. saying he
knew Hunter, my superintendent, and
fix t.rb IN
work Finally | consented. Hockin
giving me instructions to go by way
of Buffalo and Springfield, Mass.
left Chicago, October 3rd, carrying
about fifty pounds Of dynamite In a
suit case Arriving at Springfield. I
checked the suit case at the station
and went to Holyoke TO look over the
job ON october 18th. I set the dya-
mite on some steel work. coiling the
fifty feet Of fuse inside the suit case
50 the night watchman would not see
the smoke. | then took a train for
Chicago,
'Hockin soon came and said there
had been no explosion at Holyoke, as
the Waterman had discovered the
bomb. He said the iron workers ex-
ecutive board would not allow me tho
regular amount for that job, but he
handed me 500 for expenses.
About this time | met Coonev, un-
ION business agent In Chicago. He in
iroduced me to RYAN. Ryan wanted
to know whether | had seen Hockin
about the Holyoke job and I told him
! had. Cooney paid me some money
Tor revolver he had borrowed from
me
I'm February. 1909, I met cooney
again while both Of us were working
at Lockport. III. on work for the CHI
cago sanitary district. | told him I
was not permitted to work for anv-
body but the International union. Ha
replied Well. then all right, I'll gee
that gang OF safe blowers l had be-
fore
while ! was Mt Lockport, Hockin
came down and informed me he had
two more jobs for me to do, one at
Boston and another at Hobokcn. n. J.
went 10 Joliet. ILL.,, and there bought
fifty pounds of dynamite. Hockin
said | was first to go TO Boston and
get in touch with Mike Young. and
then | was to go to New York and
get i'm touch with Webb. He said I
should tell them that Ping had sent
ne there and they would understand
what / came for After the jobs wera
blown up. was to send a telegram to
Z. A. Noel. 20S Vermont avenue. De-
roit. saying stock HAD been sold in
Boston and Hoboken and signifying
he dates OF the explosions and sign-
ng Ping
AT Boston I checked the dynamit6
L the station. went TO labor hall and
net Young. He took me out and
howed me where they were erecting