Evening star., 1912-11-15
Sale of 500 Pounds of Nitro
gelatin Testified To.
J. B. MCNAMARA PURCHASER
Part Used in Blowing Up the Times,
Powder Official Declares.
STORY OF EXPLOSION is TOLD
Confession Made to Ortie McMani-
gal. Who Says Mcnamara Tried
to Kill Him in Woods.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. November to
James r.. McNamara's purchase Of -
pounds of notrogclatin. with part ~
which he blew up the hos Angeles Time
building. Was described at the dynamic
conspiracy trial today by GeorS, IL.
Phillips. assistant superintendent of
powder company.
Phillips testified that September -.
1910 seven days before the Los An
geles explosion. he delivered To three
men at the powder company's wharf At
Oakland ten cases Of the explosive, each
case weighing fifty pounds. One Of IL,
men, said the witness, was Mcnamara.
another was man with a bad left
eye and the third looked like a MeN!-
can
Phillips. who said the men loaded the
explosive on the launch Peerless and left.
identified various receipts and bills ana
wra ppines from off the explosives which
had been exhibited before the Los An
geies grand jury. The witness said ntne
cases of the n.trogelatin afterward were
recovered 10y the San Francisco police.
Sold Tarpaulin to Accomplice.
Frederick A. Behmke. San Francisco.
told of having sold tarpaulin TO David
Caplan one of MeNamaras 5 accomplices.
who looked like foreigner The tar
paulin was used by the dynamiters 10
cover the explosive.
Ortie l.. McManigals testimony. was
interrupted today to enable the govern
ment to question other witnesses More
than 100 witnesses, including thirty
from the Pacific coast. were IN waiting
In his testimony SO far, McManisal had
named seventeen of the fUrty-nve men
now on tria. for alleged Illegal shipment
of exp osiyes as having assisted nm IN
causing the explosions or as having Deet
repre- sented to him as knowing about
them.
Gives McNamara's Confession.
For the first time since the twenty-one
persons were killed in the blowing up of
the Los Angeles Times building, October
1, 1910, James B. McNamara's detailed
confession to having caused the explo-
sion, with his motives for doing 1t, and
his comments on the fact that so many
people were killed. was related on the
witness stand in the dynamite conspiracy
trial yesterday.
Ortie E. McManigal testified the confes-
sion was given to him while he. was hid
ing Mcnamara in the woods. ilNe miles
from Conover. Wis, both of them haVlng
gone to the Wisconsin woods on the pre-
text of being hunters.
He said he went to kenosha and James
B. joined him there. They procured hunt
ing licenses and went with the party 10
Conover. and then to a camp five miles
in the country.
..On November o. said McManigal. Il
missed James b., and started out alone
to look for some deer. Standing on 4
tree stump j suddenly heard the crack
Of a pistol. but looking around saw no
one Every one was supposed to wear a
red cap, to distinguish people from deer
1 saw no red cap, but presently saw
James B. Suspicion flashed into my inind.
/ accused him right out.
~ think you were taking a shot az
me- / said. If you do you had better be
quick about it. This is a fine place up
here to get rid of man-just shoot him
and the coyotes will eat up his body.
He replied he just did 1t to scare me.
Then, we being alone for the first time
he sat down and told me about the Los
Angeles job. He said when he Went TO
the coast in July he got in touch with
Olaf A. Tveitmoe and Eugene l.. clancy.
according to instructions from his brother
at the headquarters of the ironwolker
union in Indianapolis Tveitmoe ana
Clancy, he said. put David Capian ana
F. A. Schmtt at his disposal. because
they had been working for the Cahfornia
Building Trades Council.
Difficult to Buy Explosives.
Then he told me about how difficult
it was out there to buy Explosive; but
how at last he got 800 pounds or nitrogel-
atine on the launch. ana how when taeE
got in the bay they attracted the atten-
ton of other vessels because the launch
wou d not make any heading and got n
the way of others
He said when his stuff. was ready 10
take to Los Angeles he had talk Win
Tvetmoe, telling him either ne or S.hiill.t
won 4 have to do the job alone, not both
Of them, for Schrnitt was coo mucn OF
talker and had woman friend in los
Ange es that he (McNamara) didn't want
to get mixed up in the job.
"rrhen he told me how he had set tne
bomb in what is known as Ink alley IN
the Times liant among some ink barrels
and o!d papers. Going in. he Salu ne
was stopped by the night watchman, VINO
asked him what he wanted in there lie
/ eplied he was going 10 the composll%
room The watchman let him pass tfe
was again stopped by boy, but he atS"
told the boy he was going TO the compoe-
ing room. The boy directed him TO
door or a stairway, j think he said.
He reached the basement and WHO
passing through it tore off gas jet
Il asked Why did you break off tia
gas jet?'
HE replied: Because l wanted the
whole building to go TO hell.
Wanted to Get Gen. Otis.
Il said 1 was surprised he would do ii.
knowing there We're so many people IN
the building.
He answered: What's the difference?
was TO make good cleaning out. anu
did it,
Then he thought for a while, and add
ed. sRut | am sorry there We're 80 many