The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-01
NAMARA HAS
Is Planning to Get" the
Man Who Caused His
Imprisonment.

Indianapolis. Nov. l.-That John J.
Mcnamara. the dynamiter. since his
imprisonment in the state penitentiary
at San Quentin. CAL. has plotted to
get William j. Burns. a detective,
and also to get" Walter Drew. who
orAeo up u iGence against him. was
the substance of testimony at the
The story as related on the witness
stand was that Herbert S. Hockin
Went to San Quentin last spring and
that Mcnamara. while in conversation
with him through the bars OF a cell
SAID I'D like to see them get Burns
and Drew" 1t was further related
that Hockin admitted the incident and
charged he heard labor leaders in
San Francisco repeat McNamara's 3
wishes.
AS tending to sustain the story. a
package was produced in court and
Identified as having been taken from
the check room of the union station at
indianapolis May 8 last. When opened
before the jury the package was found
to contain forty feet of fuse. a parcel
OF dynamite caps and an alarm clock
The package was wrapped in a San
Francisco newspaper of April 13.
1912.
Edward ]. Brennan. an agent Of the
plotting was related to him by Hockin.
Brennan said that May % last he was
called into the district attorneys Of
fice in indianapolis and there Hockin
had confessed to him in substance as
follows:
"Hockin had gone to San Quentin
and had talked to Mcnamara. Nc
Namara said: I'd like to see them
get Burns and Drew Hockin then
RI Sro
A. TVeitmoe. prominent labor leader.
Tveitmoe urged Hockin to remain in
San Francisco until Anton Johannsen.
another labor leader. could be called
from Los Angeles. This Hockin con-
sented to. When he was going to the
station to return to Indiana polls,
Tveitmoe. Johannsen. man named
Lewis and Thoxer Yoell. accompanied
him. Johannsen saying on the way
Mac (meaning McNamara) is anxious
for us to get Burns and Drew. Jo-
hannsen then added to Hockin: Aft
er you return to Indianapolis. a
strange man will appear on the scene.
You will know him when he says I
am Arrow, not Darrow. When he
says these words to you. you will
know he is the right man..
"Hockin did return to indianapolis
and short time later he was called
vi t"e telepHoHe ny MAN VINO SAID
I am Arrow. not Darrow.' Later he
met the stranger and procured a good
description of him. The man brought
a package which he left at the iron
workers headquarters.
"A few days later Walter Davis, a
member of local ironworkers' union
in New York City. came in. Hockin
gave him the package. saying take
that out of here and get rid of it,
Davis returned with check from the
union station. Hockin then took the
er Fred Sherman. an ironworker. who
Is on trial. came In and asked for the
check. Hockin pretended he had lost
1t. Another time Sherman returned
and said say. that man says you're a
liar and crook. meaning Hockin had
not lost the check. That was all
Hockin said he knew about it,"
United States Marshal Edward H.
was called upon to produce
testimony. Schmidt opened the pack:
age. identified the fuse, dynamite caps.
alarm clock and the date Of the news
paper in which they were wrapped.
He said the check for the package
had. been delivered to him to District
Attorney Miller.
Judge Albert r. Anderson at first
WnetHer II was not danger
Gus to have the fuse and caps in court,
but afterward allowed them to re-
main.
Walter Drew. who lives in New
York. recently was witness and tes-
titled that Hockin repeatedly had
warned him that the fellows on the
Pacific coast were after him."
Drew. MS counsel for the National
Erectors' association. was on the trail
Of the dynamiters before the McNa-
mara brothers and Ortie e. McMani-
gal were arrested. and Burns was
present in indianapolis when Samuel
Gerber. local detective. personally
Continued on Psge A.