The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24

selves to be attorneys are here, and if I
learn to be true certain things it is re-
ported they have said the hand Of the
law will deal heavily with them, too.
1t appears that the friends of some
of these defendants are determined to
make 1t appear that the defendants are
not to receive a fair trial. I want it
known that this trial is being conducted
with absolute fairness and no evidence
has been produced not in accord with
the law. As for the woman, 1 hope she
VIII not appear in this court room again.
Il will increase Hockin's bond, The
evidence has shown that he is a man
who cannot be trusted by anybody.
But as it is Saturday, l will not con-
slider increasing the bonds of the 9th
ers. HoclSin viii be taken into Gus
tody.e
Mr. Harding, counsel for the defense,
said:
The court knows that as an attor-
neY in this case. had no knowledge
OF the publication of the criticisms of
this trial. I put my seal of condemna-
ton upon them. / will go further, and
say, had we wanted to commit suicide,
so far as this case is concerned, we
could not have done it in any surer
way. l was so surprised when
learned these defendants had published
such an article l couldn't believe 1t.
They couldn't have made worse mis-
take
Article Was Not Read
II wish to make statement" said
Hockin. II wish to state that Miss
Fields article was published in the
magazine without 1t hardly being read
by the officers. I didn't know it con-
tanned anything in contempt of court
and few of the other officers saw ii
until after it was published.
Hoclin said he was unable to fur
nish the bond tonight but he thought
he would on Monday
Mr.. Jewels testimony was one of the
incidents of the day. He
formerly was connected with a steel
constructing firm in Pittsburg and in
1911 went TO Panama as an engineer.
He announced on the stand he testified
because he had to- and District At
torney Miller stated 1t was necessary
to take action through the state de-
partment to induce Mr.. Jewel to ap-
pear
Jewel testified that in the summer of
1910. before the Los Angeles explo-
sion. HoclSin came to his office in Pitts
burg and offered to give informa tion
about nitroglycerin hidden in an old
copper shop near Rochester Pa.
"He said explosions involving whole
sale murders were planned by union
officials and he wouldn't stand for it, y
testified level.
when next j met Hoclxin he repeated
he was opposed to the wholesale muir
der of innocent people. / gave him my
address, telling him to send me any
further information. He agreed IL he
wrote he would sign the name Stone.
Went to See Hockin
about ten days after the Los Angeles
Times explosion ] went to Detroit to see
Hocl<in. BY agreement I registered at
hotel as L. B. Stone and Hockn called
on me. We talked about the Times explo-
sion. told him he ought to make clean
breast of it. He said the dynamite cam
paign was being handled by only one or
two men; that he was willing to tell all
he knew, but he said he never would tes-
tify at any trial and the information
would have to come from outside sources.
If put on the stand, he said, he would de-
clare 1t was all lie. Then he said
James b. Mcnamara pulled off the Los
Angeles Times explosion and was to stop
at Kansas City on the way back and
cause an explosion there. Hockin related
a conversation he said he overheard be-
tween John j. Mcnamara and President
lynch of the International Typographical
union"
Did he tell you where this scheme orig
mated, about destroying the Los Angeles
Times?" Jewel was asked.
Yes, sir, he said that their iron work
ers' union had no interest in it; that Nc
Namara had taken it up just for the
money that he would get out of it,
What was that conversation that
Hockin said he overheard between John
j. MeNamara and Lynch, the president
of the International Typographical
union?' g
He said that they met in the lobby OF
hotel in indianapolis and that Me-
Namara asked Lynch Why in the h
don't you fellows pull something off on.
on the coast?' and that Lynch made some
reply that was inaudible and Mcnamara
then said, We'll l can give you a man
that has got the nerve, If you can get
the money and they walked away to-
gether."
Gave Burns Information
Jewel said after the Detroit conference
he returned to Pittsburg and informed
the chief of detectives what he knew
He was referred by the chief to William
j. Burns, to whom Jewel at that time
"a few weeks after the Times explosion
said he gave a full description of Nc
Namara and Ortie II. MeManigal.
Hockin came to him again at Pitts
burg, the witness said, saying James b.
had bought lot more alarm clocks and
explosives, which were stored at union
headquarters at Indianapolis and that he
QI6ckin) saw McManigal leave union
headquarters with a suitcase to do the
Peoria job.
II told Hockin l expected soon to leave
r.. hin -
fed. "Hocl<in said il Burns would pro-
would deal with him. He would go to
Chicago to see Burns about it, which
he did. l saw Burns in New York in
January. 1911. on my way to Panama
The government here introduced. letters
and kilograms purporting to have passed
between Hoclxin and Jewel. Some OF
these gave accounts OF places Hoclin Wis
tied, and enclosed expense accounts. One
letter, dated November s.. 1910, from Chi
cago, stated that James b. Mcnamara
and McManigal We're there in conference
with Eugene A. Clancy of San Francisco.
a hunting trip in the Wisconsin woods.
Letters Are introduced
Another letter dated November 1o when
the dynamiters were reported to be in
Wisconsin, was said to refer to Burns as
1.-The agent as follows: II don't under
stand why the agent in Chicago CON
do anything as it looks easy. l am GER
tain no more explosions will occur until
j. b.. and Mechanical return from the
woods -