El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-13

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namfting. Morrin said after McNama-
ra's arrest he assisted in raising a de-
fence fund. He said he arranged 10
have a moving picture show represent
ing MCNAMARA as being kidnapped by
the authorities
wanted Expenditures Published.
AIorrin testified that at the Roches-
ter. n. y. convention of the ironwork-
ers, three days before the Los Angeles
explosion he attempted, but failed, TO
have passed a resolution for the publ
cation of the expenditures.
Knowing that $1,000 had been given
to Olaf A. TveitmOe, of San Francisco,
to help out the Los Angeles strike, and
that thousands of dollars mad been
spent without an accounting, stlli when
him innocent2" Morrin was asked in
cross examination
Il did" said Morrin-
Counsel for the defence objected TO
this line of inquiry, but the court held
it had been shown that thousands OF
dollars of the ironwOrkers' funds had
been used for the purpose of destroying
life and property
District attorney Miller read a report
to the irOnWOrkers' convention by Eu-
gene A. Clancy. Of San Francisco, ad-
vising the strikers in Los Angeles TO
continue picketing in defiance of a city
ordinance and urging them to go TO
Jail rather than obey the law
Morrin was asked whether he had ap-
proved OF Clancy's report he said ne
could not recall
The government read proceedings of
the Milwaukee convention in which the
delegates charged that dynamite and
nitrOgrlycerin had been planted by
detectives of the National Erectors as
sOciation so as to manufacture evidence
against Mcnamara in the country wide
strike of the Iron Workers against
No Accounting for Funds.
Overriding repeated objections, judge
Anderson said. Witness after witness
has testified here tending to show that
the officers of this union spent thou
sands of dollars of the unions 1unds
to hire men like McManigal and Jas
B. Mcnamara to 20 about the country
blowing up the work of nonunion con-
tractors. The unions executive board
met from time to time and appropriated
money for which no accounting was
Now this defendant, MOrrin, has
made a defence that he attempted to
have the unions accounts published,
indicating there was soneJnlnS, roIten
in the state of Denmark his deIence
is not that these explosions were not
going on, but that. if they were GONG
on, he did not know II.
The court held that this line OF de-
fence opened to the government full
line of inquiry as to whether the union
officials thought MCNamara guilty pc
fore he actually pleaded guilty. Nc
months after the Milwaukee conven-
ton
Tagpurt Is Witness for Defence.
Thomas Taggart, former chairman
of the Democratic committee, was "a
witness for the defence this afternoon
He was questioned by senator Kern
When the government objected TO
Taggarts testimony. senator Kern SAID
it would be shown that When an expo
sion occurred at French Lick Ind, the
job was in the process Of being union
lied The government cOntended this
testimony was incompetent Finally
the witness was allowed 70 cay the
job was being uniOnized.
Court Ccnsures Ryan.
For saving that ''virulent attacks
were made on him by contractors who
employed non-union workers, Frank
M Ryan. president of the iron work
ers' international union, was cen
sured by the court as giving "irre-
sponsive answers.
Ryan was asked what he meant by