The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-10
REPEATS STORY OF EXPLOSIONS IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE
 COUNTRY BY HIM.
INVENTION OF CLOCK BOMB
Witness Says Herbert S. Hockin Was Leader in the Many Dynamite outraees--Implicates Others
 of the Union.

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 9.--Graohic stories of how he caused explosions. carried dynamite in suit cases on pas senger trains and checked the explos ives at railway stations without think ing of danger to others, now he wait. ed to place bombs that night watch men would not see him, and how from every city where he blew up Hobs ne sent souvenir to his wife iii Chi eago, were related by Ortie E. McAIan- igal on the witness stand in the trial of the 45 accused dynamite plottersv today.
 Ping" an alias of Herbert s. Hook. in, McManigal said. was the password ne gave to labor leaders in various cities so they would know he was the, man sent to do a job" He named Frank c. Webb, New York; Michael J. Young, Boston; Richard Fl. IIous:~ han, Chicago; Jas. Cooney, Chicago. and Frank M. Ryan, all ornciais of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, us among the defendants besides the Me Namara brothers, wao knew he was employed as a dynamiter.
 Young and Webb actually pointed out nca-union jobs for him to blow up he said. Hockin, now secretary of the union, he described as the chief of the McNamara dynamite- crew. and said Ryanf 6resident of the. union. had spoken to him about an explosion. McManigal, confessed aooomplica of the McNamara brothers, appeared as fNn fsafAf x.ttf Fk. in it's charges that the men now on trial illegally transported explosives on passenger trains in connection with the series of explosions After describing explosions at Detroit and Clinton. Ia.. McManigal testified:
 "Hockin came to my house in Chi. cago in October, 1908, and said he had pob for me at HoIyoke, Mass. said 1 had good job working on new hotel in Chicago and didn't want to give is Up. He insisted, say ing he knew Hunter. my superintend- ent, aud would fix it up so l mig 1t return to work.
 T left Oct. 31, carrying about 50 pounds of dynamite in a suit case. Arriving at Springfield, Mass. checked the suit case al the station and went to Holyoke to look over the job. On Oct IS. l set the dynamite on some steel work, coiling the 51 feet of fuse inside the suit case so that the night watchman wouldn't see the smoke. l then took train for Chicago.
 "Hockin soon came and said taere had been no explosion at Holyolxe, as the watchman had discovered the bomb. He said the iron workers un- ion executive board wouldn't allow the regular fee for that, bu. he hand ed me S100 for expenses.
 About this time 1 met Cooney. usl- ion business agent in Chicago. He In. trodnced me to Ryan, Ryan wanted to know whether had seen Hockin about the Holyoke job and l told him 1 had
 In February. 1909. met Cooney again while both of us were working at Lockport, IL Cocney asked me about blowing up jobs for the Chicago union. l told him l was not permit ted to work for anybody but the in. ternational union. He replied:
 We'll then, all right. I'll get tha. gang of safe blowers I had before
 While 1 was at Lockport. Hockin came down and informed me he had two more jobs for me to do-cne at Boston and another at Hoboken. N. J. l went to Joliet and there bought 50 pounds of dynamite Hockin said ! was first to go to Boston and get in touch with Mike Young and then was to go to New York and get in touch with Webb. He said should tell them that Ping" mad sen. me there and they would understand what came for. After the jobs were blown up, l was to send a telegram to l.. 4. Noel. POS Vermont, avenue Detroit. saying stock had been sold in Bosom and Hoboken and signifying the dates of the explosions and signing Ping. 'At Boston I checked the dynamite at the station, went to a labor hall and met Young He took me out and showed me where they were erecting 8 new opera house and said, put a shot in there. that'll raise hell At night on March 2T. put the ] suit case containing 27 pounds of dy- Inamite in the building and after light I ing 50 foot fuse, went 10 the station but finding I had missed my train, went to a hotel for the night after sending a souvenir spoon to my wife.
 as did in each city.
 "The next day went to New York and called at labor hall in Forty second street. From man there learned that Webb lived in One Hun. CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX