The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-10
Ryan, Cooney, Houlihan, Young and Webb Knew of His Activities,
 He Says
CHIEF WITNESS OF THE GOVERNMENT IN
 INDIANAPOLIS TRIAL
Says yonng and Wehh Actually Pointed Out Jobs" for Him and Ryan Mentioned an Explo-
 sion-Used Alias of
 Hockin as Password

Indianapolis, Ind, November 9.-Graph- c stories of how he caused explosions. carried dynamite in suitcases on passen- ger trains and checked the explosive at railway stations without thinking of dan ger to others; how he waited to place bombs SO night watchmen would not sec him and how from every city where he blew up a job" he sent souvenir spoon home to his wife in Chicago, were related by ortie F. McManigal. on the witness stand in the trial of the i5 accused .dyna- mite plotters" today.
 Ping" an alias of Herbert S Hoclkin. McManigal said, was the password he 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 II. Houlihan, Chicago; James Cooney. Chicago. and Frank NJ. Ryan. all officials of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron workers. as among the defendants besides the McNamara brothers, who knew he was employed as a dynamiter
 Pointed Out Jobs
 Young and Webb actually pointed out non-union jops for him to blow up, he said HocBin. now secretary of the union, he described ss the chief Of the Me Namara dynamiting crew and said RXels president of the union, had spolSe@ to iim about an explosion.
 McManiKl.l, confessed aecomplice of toe McNamara brothers, appeared as the chief witness for the government in it's charges that the men now on trial i- legally transported explosives on pas senger trains in connection with the se- ries of explosions. The witness Is d pris- oner of Los Angeles county and appeared as a .loan' 10 the federal government
 After describing explosions at Detroit and Clinton, la. McManigal testified:
 'IIockin came to my house in Chicago In October. 1908, and said he had job for me at Holyoke. Mass. l said had a good job working on new hotel in Chi cago and did not want to give 1t up. He Insisted, saying he knew Hunter my sn- perintendent, ard would fix IL up in or der that I might return to work. Finally consented. left Chicago october 15 carrying about 50 pounds of dynamite in a suitcase. Arriving at Springfield. Mass, 1 checked the suitcase at the station and went to Holyoke to look after the job. On october l5 set the dynamite on sonic steel work, colng the 5o feet of fuse in- side the suitcase so the night watchman wouldn't see the smoke. l then took train for Chicago.
 Watchman Discovered Bomb
 "IIockn soon came and said there had been no explosion at IIoyoke, as the said the Iron Workers union executive board wouldn't allow me the regular fee for that, but he handed me sl0O for ex- penses
 About this time I met Cooney. union business agent in Chicago. He introduced me to Ryan. Ryan wanted 10 know whether l had seen Hockln about the Holy oke Job and tod him 1 had.
 Tn February. 1909. 1 iuet Cooney again while both Of us were working at Lock port, H. Cooney asked me about blow Ing up jobs for the Chicago union. l told him 1 wasn't permitted to work for any body put the international union. He replied: Well then. all right: I'll get that gang of safe blowers I had before
 While 1 was at I4ockport, IIockin came down and informed me he had two more jobs for me to do, one at Boston and an other at Hoboken, N J. 1 went to Joliet ~-----~~--------~~------
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