Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-10
CAUSED EXPLOSIONS
ALL over COUNTRY
Defendants, for tho First
Time Since the Trial
Opened, Take Lively In
terest in Proceedings In
fernal Machine Exhibited.

Indianapolis, Ind. Nov s.-calmly.
in monotonous and emotionless
voice, with scarcely change Of posi-
ton ard with no perceptible nervous /
ness or shifting OF his eyes. Ortie Nc
Manigal. informer and confessed dyna- I
inter, Stunned by his wife and chill
dren, hated by his former associates
and forsaken by every friend but his
aged father, for four hours today re-
lated the workings Of the charged
dynamiters plot and described a few
of the 26 dynamite explosions he said
he caused at the instigation Of the In
ternatlonal Association of Bridge and
Structural Ironworkers.
1t was a lurid tale teenling with
wrecked buildings. twisted bridges and
ruined machinery. In today's INSTALL
ment there was no bad blood but the /
opening statement of the district attor- !
ney had injected the taking Of human
life into the doings of MECHANICAL, thu
arch dynamiter and the throng Of men
and women that packed the little court
room craned curious necks and
stretched eager ears to see and hear
the morbid story of the "squealer."
When Judge Anderson tonight ad-
journed the sixth week Of the dynamite
| conspiracy trial the jury had seen the
governments star witness and heard ~
part of his testimony and by a piece OF
clever stage craft on the part Of the
district attorney the first "infernali
machine" exhibited by the government
was introduced just before McManigal
took the stand. |,
Defendants Show Interest.
With the calling of the man whose
confession brought about the downfall
of the McNamaras. the defendants
ranged three deep across the rallied en- !
| closure, for almost the first time
showed interest in the proceedings.
The swivel chairs ceased to rock and
their nonchalance dropped away asf
they eyed the squat litt,a man with
the SNUG face and pig-like eyes. who
was their chief accuser.
AS he mentioned names of defend |
ants In his narrative, the black haired.
swarthy little man identified the de-
PENDANTS where they sat-. look ing at
them unflinchingiy.s@ His only concern
apparently was for the defendants
counsel, whom he eyed rather uncer-
tainly, seemingly sizing them UP and
measuring them for the coming ordeal
of cross examination.
McManigal tod his story in chron- !!
illogical order. beginning with his al
legged enlistment in the dynamite plot
by Herbert s. Hockin in Detroit In
1907. It was expected that he woul.l
continue the narrative through in that
order up to his arrest in Chicago with
J. B. Mcnamara, for the Los Angeles
Times explosion In which n men were
killed. The examination Of McManigatl
was expected to consume at least three
days and hhs cross-examination is
likely to take up as much or morel
time. None of McManigal's recitals
was absolutely fresh. The confessirt
he made here was remembered BY /
most Of those who heard him tods,y :
and his narrative was much the same
as his testimony at Los Angeles. Also
the district attorney had related most
In his five days opening statement. i
Tells Of First Job.
His first job. he said. was In Detroit
in 1907. for which he received SIS and /
'the thanks OF the executive board. =
Following that he dynamited a bridge
at Clinton, Iowa. and then pulled of
jobs in Buffalo, Boston. Hoboken and
Holyoke, Mass. Frank G. Webb and
Micudet D. 1ounB were iucuuVhc~ IL
connection with these Jobs and always.
McManigal brought in Hoclxin. ASter
their initial job, McManigal said, tho
uniform price was $125 and expenses.
For the Holyoke attempt. which was
frustrated by watchman, he was paid
800, he said. but was told that for
further bungles he would receive no
pay.
In connection with meeting u
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