Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-11-10
N'NAN|CAb Tells ALL DETAILS
Of THE GIGANTIC DYNAMITE PLOT

ed To know whether | had seen
Hockln about the GIolyoke job and ]
told him | had,
"ln February, 1909, | met Cooney
again while both of US were work.
Ing at Lockport. III, Cooney aslsed
me about blowing up Jobs for the
Chicago union told him | wasn't
permitted to work for anybody but
tho International union. He replied
We'll. then, all right III get that
gang of safe blowers | had before
while | was at LOckport. Hockln
came down and informed me he had
two more jobs for me 10 do, one M
Boston and another at Hob0ken, n.
j. ! went to Joliet and there bought
fifty pounds Of dynamite HOckin said
was first to 30 to Boston and get
In touch with Mike Young and then
to go to New York and get In touch
with Webb. He said | was to tell
them Ping had sent me there and
they would understand what ! came
for After the jobs were blown up, !
was to send a 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
"ThatIi Raise Hen
AT Boston | 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'll raise hell
AT night on March q. l put the
suitcase containing 25 pounds of dy-
Mantle in the building and after light
Ing J0-foot fuse went to the sta
ton. but. finding ! had missed my
train | went 10 hotel for the night
after sending souvenir spoon to my
wife. as | did in every city.
The next day / went to New York
and called at labor hall in i2nd
street From a man there | learned
that Webb lived in 123rd street !
saw Webb at his house and said Ping
sent me here He replied Yes, I
thought you were the man
webb and ], the next day, went
to Jersey City. There was Jail
there he said he would rather have
me blow up than the Hoboken job
but I told him Hockins orders We're
for Hoboken and ! would do nothing
else webb said the boys there had
$4,000 IN the treasury they would like
to use up. We returned to New York
and the next day we went to Brook
lyn to look over soem work there.
Then we went to Hoboken. on the
ferry over, Webb handed me $50,
saying If was a present from Mike
Young. | told him / needed Just that
much.
Paid Him $3.50.
At Hoboken Webb pointed ont
viaduct he wanted me to blow up. |
took a good look at it and returning
to New York got the dynamite and
went back to Hoboken. put The
bomb at the best place I could find
and took the train west At Pitts
hurg | sent telegram to Noel: Sold
stock Boston 27 Iloboken 81
when HocKn in Chicago handed
me $3.50 for the Jobs he said he
would take out the $50 Young had
given me, for the executive board
had charged it up. ltold him
thought Young had made me q pres
ont of that Then I informed him
what Webb had said about my doing
work for the New York union as they
had money they wanted to spend lie
said that was not to be thought of,
as was working for the executive
board of the International union and
for no local unions.
In June, 1905. while I was work
ing mt Evanston, ILL.,, Tloclin appeared
saying he had a new Invention. He