Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-30
Thrown from Train
Say Witnesses.
Tuesdays Testimony at
Trial at Indianapolis,
Interesting Stories Of Methods
Employed by Dynamiters.
Hockin Again Charged with Giving
Evidence to Government.

Indianapolis. Ind. Oct 29.-Testi-
mony that two packages of dynamite
We're carried On fast passenger train
from Chicago and that after a fuse
on each package was lighted both
bundles We're thrown out of the train
window into some steel construction
WORK at Indian Harbor. Ind. was Civ
en- al the dynamite conspiracy" trial
today.
John f. Byrne, a night Waterman
testified that at A. M. on May "A,
1909. he noticed the sputter o. a fuse
burning in the darkness. Investigat-
ing he said, he found the fire was
reaching II sticks of dynamite wrapped
together in a Chicago newspaper Tn
aple to extlnguish the fuse. he threw
the dynamite into an inlet Of the lake.
Near a patrol box where he was go-
ing to send in a calls Eyrne testified
he found another package of "A sticks
Of dynamite. the fuse to which had
been lighted but had gone out. The
witness said no one could have put the
explosives at that point except by
throwing it off u train. The govern
ment contends that some one other
than 0rtie MeManigal and James b.
Mcnamara arranged for the explosion
Saw Boxes Moved.
Gerald Mayg, night Waterman in
the office building in Indianapolis,
where the International Association of
Bridge and Structural iron Workers
had its headquarters. testified that 10
DAYS before s/arrival. J. J. McNa-
mar. had many boxes moved out on
the office to a vault in the basement.
MAYS said after the Los Angeles Times
explosion he saw p. \. Cooley Of Ney
orleans. "a 4nember of the executive
board, now on trial, so into the office
Il talk to Mcnamara.
charqe Hockins Gave Evidence.
Herbert s. Hoesin. accused Of being
a dynarniter equally guilty with the
McNanl1ra brothers, was again chafS-
cd bv a witness with secretly having
given evidence to the government.
Charles T.. Freeman, public ac-
countant, testified that during the fea-
eral Grand jury Investigation qf al
lesed illegal shipment OF explosives
Hockin voluntarily turned over nun
dreds of letters taken from j. ). Me
Namara's office, Hockin as acting sec
rotary cf the Iron Workers Union, WAS
in charge of the office in the absence %
the president. Frank NJ. Ryan.
The grand jury which examined the
letters, indicted Hoekin along with the
a other defendants now on trial.
1--WE went to the Iron Workers head
quarters last December said Freeman
..Hockin was there He pointed out such
letters. books and other papers as We
wanted and then left up undisturbed to
do as We wished.
Two other witnesses had said Hockin
aided the prosecution and District At
torney Charles w, Miller charged him
with having betrayed" the other de-
PENDANTS 4,.tt: S. 80.
]. II. Mccormick. Seattle, Wash, tes-
tilted that a month before the Los An
geles Times explosion, Oct l, 1910, he
rented a room to ]. b. Mcnamara. The
witness said II. w. pohlman. Seattle
labor leader frequently called on Nc
Namara at the rooming house at that
time.
Mccormick testified that after McNa-
mara left search of his room was
made and in d hole in the ceiling an
alarm clock. such as had been used on
dynamite bombs, was found hidden there.
J. b. Wagner. an electrician formerly
of Seattle but now of Los Angeles, told
how Mcnamara, while in Seattle, had
sought how to make an effective cleo
trcal spark for setting off dynamite. Nc
Namara, pretending to be a miner, had
visited him two days before the Sattle
office building explosion. the witness said
wv finally made a spark which when
regulated by an alarm clock blew up
small piece of dynamite with such force
as to shatter large plate glass to pow
DER added Wagner.