Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-11-12
MCManigaI Resumes Story of
How He Went from Place to
Place and Blew Up Struc-
lures at McNamara'S Orders,
IRREGULAR PRICE FOR
JOB FIXED AT 5000
Witness Alleges That Hockln
Was in Habit Of Holding Out
Part of Pay Until Complaint
Was Made.

was WIdu6,
II, Morning Journnl Special Leased Wire.l
Indianapolis, Nov. ll.-From that
1 part Of his career when he had dis
cardcd dynamite and was resorting TO
the use Of nitroglyccrin which he car
ried about on passenger trains by the
dozens of quarts, Ortie l.. McManigal
related at the dynamite conspiracy
trial today how he had caused explo-
sions at Cleveland, Jersey City, Pitts
/ burgh, Omaha and Superior, Wis.
He named Peter j. Smith, of Cleve-
land. George "Nipper" Anderson, of
j Cleveland: Charles Wachtmeister, of
Detroit Hiram Cline, of Indianapolis;
/ William e. Redding, of Milwaukee,:
Fred Mooney. of Duluth, Mimi, and
Eugene A. Clancy, OF san Francisco,
all labor union officials. besides those
he previously had mentioned, as be-
ing among the forty-five defendants
who knew he was employed by the
iron workers union to blow up work
under construction by "open shop
contractors.
Carrying twelev quarts of nitro
glycerin in the company of Herbert
S. Iockin, from hiding place in the
old cooper shop at Rochester. Pa.
McManigal testified he delivered the
explosive to smith and Anderson in
Cleveland, to be used by them in blow
ing up building at Akron, o., July
4. 1910 The witness said he was to
have. done the Job" but Smith Insist
u
| else
"They did not know how to use the
llarm clock arrangement we had for
setting off bombs said McManigal,
so | sent to Chicago to forward one
hundred feet of fuse by special de-
livery. 1t arrived in time and the
Akron job was blown up July 4th
"On my going TO Indianapolis, J. j.
Mcnamara said he had talked tol
Frank NJ Ryan, Of the iron workers
union about Hockin holding out part
of my pay for each job. Mcnamara
said 5000 a job had been set aside
by the union and hereafter ! should
work directly for him. He said he
had just received letter from Frank
G. webb. of New York asking to send
me to glow up a Phoenix Bridge Com
pany job at Greenville. Jersey city. II
was 70 return by way of Pittsburgh
and took over the McKees Rock job
and also by way of Scranton, Pa, and
get in touch with Michael j. Harmon,
local business agent Mcnamara told
me not to talk much to Harmon. asI
he was not sure OF Harmon vet.
webb met me in Jersey city and
took me out to show me what to blow
up. While | surveyed the job, he
stood back, saying the workmen
knew him around there. That night, |
after waiting two hours to learn that
once an hour ] placed two bombs in
some girders, after midnight July
9th. In the morning | saw Webb.
with newspaper giving an account
of the explosion.
"On the way back ! stopped at
Scranton but did not see Harmon At
Pittsburgh / bought dozen alarm
clocks and on July 18TH blew up the
Mckees Rock job.
when | got back to indianapolis,
was talking to his brother
James B., who said he had received
A telegram from Clancy at San Fran
cisco and that he (James b was go
ing to the coast j. j. said to his
brother. Look up Clancy as soon as
YOU arrive and he'll put you in touch
with the bunch and the old man.
"On the was to Chicago. when left
him J. II. said he expected to be three
months on the coast that they wanted
some one to 20 out and clean up the
'oast. particularly Los Angeles, that
hey had had couple of fellows
working out there but they did not
get any results. Later | received a
elegram from J. H., dated at Seattle.
Il went To Omaha and on July 21st.
blew up job there with eight quarts
# nitroglyccrin. | knew the explosion
lccurred. for l heard 1t while waiting
or a Chicago train at the station half
4 mile away.
y. }. wanted to know when re-
urned to indianapolis why | had not =
'aused two explosions on the job
old him "A watchman and dog was
ollowing me around and ] did not
axe any chances. | was afraid the ,
leg would scent me out in the dark. r
j. J. gave me fourteen quarts q
more and told me To go to Milwaukee l
md get in touch with William r. Red J
ling and then to do job at Su- q
'erior, Wis. | went To Milwaukee and Y
'ufied six quarts on West Wells
treet There | met Redding telling a
lin the Milwaukee job did not have $
nough material on ii to blow up yet
,ut he said let ]. J. know when the q
material arrived. | blew up the SUI y
'erior job August lst. b
Il took a Duluth newspaper ac- Il