Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-11-17
Government Presents Wit
nesSes Who Tell Story Of
Everything Done by Dyna-
miter About Los Angeles.
COMPLETE CHAIN OF
TESTIMONY GIVEN
Incidents Leading Up to Blow
ing Up of Times Building Are
Dramatically Told by Pacific
Coast People,

Coast People,
JBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire.
indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 16.-Inci
dents of James B. Mcnamara prep
arations to blow up the Los Angelo
Times building, in the wreck of which
twenty-one persons We're killed wer
blended into a dramatic story by tel
witnesses from California at the dy
Mantle conspiracy trial today.
How the dynamter rented fur
nished room in Mrs. Lena lngersolr'
flat in San Francisco; how he got il
touch with f. A. Schmidt and Davio
Caplan, his alleged accomplices. how
he called up from the flat to procure
the gasoline launch "Pastime" and to
buy 500 pounds OF S0-per cent nitro
gelatin, high explosive, and how
after fixing the Los Angeles Times
explosion to occur at | "A. m. on Oc-
tober /, 1910, he returned to san
Francisco and at | ] O'Clock that night
begged Mrs. Ingersoll to allow him to
remain there offering her whole
months rent. were details related by
people who had personal dealings
with Mcnamara.
James c. O'Brien told how a cot
tage owned by him in Nineteenth
avenue. in the southern part of san
Francisco, had been rented before the
Los Angeles explosion. and how,
when several weeks later he went out
there to learn why the cottage was
not occupied, he found ten boxes of
n -.t..k no lfy
O'Biien said in his ignorance of VII" I
the boxes contained, he looked into
one box with a lighted cigar in his
mouth and. thinking the explosive
was candles, knocked a stick against
the box.
A Los Angeles detective related
what he saw when he arrived at the
site of the Times building.
Another development of the day
was an admission by Frank Eckhoff.
Of Cincinnati, that he aided in the
escape and concealment of McNa
mara after the dynamiter was re-
turning east. Eckhoff also admitted
having demanded money from the
McNamaras ITO keep his mouth
shut"
Mrs. Ingcrsoll was the first impor-
tant California witness to be called.
She said she now lived at Victoria.
H. c. She said on September 1st,
month before the Los Angeles explo-
sion, she rented room to Mcnamara.
who used the alias u. Il. Bryce.
Later Mcnamara was visited by
Schmidt who was described as hav-
ing a "sauinty left eye. or a glass
eye" Schmidt also was known as
"Schmidty' and lived at the home of
Mrs LAWN, a friend of Mrs. lnger-
soil 1t was in this way that McNa-
mara was directed where to ront Il
room.
ON September 14th Mcnamara left
Mrs. Ingersoll's and went to a hotel.
From the hotel, as testified by a tel
ephone operat tor. most of the calls
We're made to the powder company
for the purchase of the explosive, and
to the owners of the launch in oak
land.
Mrs lngersol said she did not
again see Mcnamara until the night
of October 1st
AT about II o'clock he came to
the house and wanted me to give
him "A ROOM she testified. II said
could make no arrangements at
that hour Then he begged me to
allow him to sleep on a sofa, saying
ne would give me the rent of the
flat tor whole month. | declined |
ana he left ON the following night
ne called on the phone and again I
wanted to come and ] again refused ,
To allow him. That was the last |
saw of him until after his arrest
Miss Ethel Gill. telephone opera
tor in the San Francisco hotel, iden- /
titled records OF calls by Mcnamara |
10 the powder company and to the
aunch owners.
she was cOrroborated by John I
stanley keeper OF boat house at /
Alameda. across the bay from san /
Francisco. He testified that late in
september two men identified as Nc
Namara and schmidt. who gave the !
name of +. A. Perry. said they want
ID 10 rent a launch for a fishing trip
or week or ten days. They Sc
ected the gasoline launch pastime.
'ut Stanley referred them a. Edward ,
4. Baxter and Alien d Burroughs.
Ihese two owners testified ,hat Nc 4
>amara and Schmidt negotiated for
ne renting of the launch finally
greeing to pay $40 for ten DAYS !
entail and giving $500 cash security.
which later was refunded. Septem
'er 20 written agreement Was en-
cred into. and Mcnamara. after be-
hs instructed how to- run the launch,
ook possession Of il.
ne next step in the narrative was
ne testimony of Harrison NJ Nugter.
lerk in hardware store in San
rancisco- who sold $3.50 worth Or,
I"m'n"m letters to make two sets
I the word Peerless. In that wsys