The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-29

D Hockin. was probab bly, the most scoI
4 spicnO.ls In thss tsstisHoay. ..s'-'r-- -
The story. of Hockin. as told. was
As an organized for the union he In
duced Mechanical TO de- dynAmitina
Then he began TO hold outs on tn
pay allowed McManigal for Jobs
This resulted in quarrels, and tn
. MeNamaras decided to have little i
do with him. Knowing this. Hockil
went to a contractor m Rittsbur,
land betrayed the dynamiters. Tha
was before the loss OF life. at 10
, angeles. Later Iiotkin worked 10
, Burns. willis stilla Remaining rs al
. Official of tho i,nion, and when tn
federal grand jury began work II
Indianapolis, Hockin tsok ihferma
ton to the governments. Ns j
The testimony at the trtalsresultes
in the increasing of Hockin's bonds
SO that he was confined to fall
Hockin asserted to those for WHOM
he was accused OF acting as q spy
that lie took no part In dynamiting
but witnesses from Mnncie. Ind, apt
at Cincinnati pointed him out as thu
man to whom they actually sold ex
ploslves.
! Had Goods On McManigal.
3 Hockin again was the man mos
mentioned by Mechanical. After hi
had Induced me. TO blow up a job In
Detroit in 1907" said McManigal
'Hockin told me there was no use Of
my attempting ito quit now. as, they
had the goods ION mr.. asked him
who was going to pay, me for my
work. He said the executive board
| had set>aside a limited fee Of $i25
I. for each Job and expenses: I told
] him 1t was tco little for a. thing Hike
that. He replied my family would
be taken care OF II anything hap
pened. So went to Bloomville,
Ohio, and cot an order from Nat
France to Bill Carey. who was the
keeper OF a magazine where dyna-
mite was stored for use In stone
quarry. and they let me have some
without knowing what was going
| to do with it, | used It to blow. up
a derrick at Clinton. Iowa. Feb. 49,
l1s08. N
"Hockin two weeks later visited
mo again in Chicago and said he did
not have enough money to pay ex..
penses for the Clinton job, but for
ME to 10 to the hall OF thes local
union. When Invent there the sec
lretary. r.. r. Houlihan, gave me an
envelope containing s165. Hohlil
han said There is money In that, r.
In July OF 1908. according to Nc
tManirai Hockin met him in Bhffalo,I
Eand after pointing out a viaduct, said
ire wanted to get to Canada before
1.-THE explosion took place. About III
to'clock that night Mechanical set of
1.-The dynamite with a sixty-foot FUSE
HE said Hockin met him later In,
IChieago and paid him.
Then Hockin asked McManigal to
| Cd to st. Louis, but he refused and
went instead to Holyoke, Mass
le.heresatfa explosion failed. because
line drnamite Mas buried inT the
GROUND too long Mechanical said. Ff,
vnar, HIN AZ Tlvuayn;tar
"tIr to March. 1908. Hockin was
the only man who knew me as a dyn.
amiter." said McManigal. 'sJust be
fore that date he ARRANGED for me f.
go to Boston and see M. ]. YOUNG
Regarding the lob on the Boston
opera house, which was blown up. \,
Later On instruction from lIockin
Mechanical said he went to Hohoker
10 confer With Frank d. Webb. Of
Nrw York about blowing IN 4 Via.
duct. Aad!spute arose and Mofani.
gal ,told Webb that, HIockin was nav,
|inr FOR the work and Me spurposed il
tal,owS INSTRUCTIONS.
,rTloek Kin paid me 5 ebbvfor the Boo
tnr and sT4oboken iohs.''s ssfd MrMsn |
fgal l"Then III was arranged \
should meet u. b. McNanlara, Sor iii q
flrst time. y sIockin had telegrapfes.
me to meet him In, Indianapolis. We
went from there to Mnncie. Ind
wherp we met j. b. tIockir, made 1aii|
|6rra /, een,ents here about gettius
rtas. boxes and cans for the nitro
vlgceriii he veg NEGOTIATING Tor. H.
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