Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-11-26
Witnesses Today Reveal
Many Explosions That
Were to be Executed
When Arrests Took Place.
JEWELL PLACES
HOCKIN IN BAD
Claimed Labor Secretary
Had Told Him Of Times
Explosion and Caused
Court to Raise Bail.

indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 25.-Wit.
nesses at the dynamite conspiracy
trial today testified concerning whole
sale explosions" which the McNamaras
were alleged to have contemplated but
which were prevented by the arrest
of the dynamiters at Detroit and In
dianapolis in April, 1911.
The explosions contemplated as told
by witnesses were:
To blow up the locks of the Pan
ANA canal
To blow up building in Pitts
burgh occupied by officers of iron
and steel contractors who employ
ed non-union men and also to
blow up offices in other eastern
cities.
To blow up the aqueduct and
waterwork at Los Angeles.
To blow up sleeping car to get
rid of stenographer formerly
employed by the iron workers
union because she knew too much
"I'll blow the whole town of the
map; the people will think there has
been another earthquake similar to
San Francisco's," said Mcnamara In
discussing 1 the Campaign he intended
to make at Los Angeles according to
Ortie e. Mechanical.
An assertion by McManigal that he
was urged. to go to Panama by j. j.
Mcnamara as dynamiter previously
had been referred to by District At
torney Miller, as one of the revelations
to be made at the trial.
Tells That Hockin Told Him.
Lindsey L.. Jewell testified that
Hockin said James B. Mcnamara plan
ned to cause the eastern explosion af-
ter. agitation over the Los Angeles
Times disaster had blown / over.
Jewell previously had testified that
Hockin, an oficial in the iron work
ers' union who now Is on trial had
described to William J. Burns, a de-
tective, the Los Angeles dynamiters
soon after the explosion in California.
When was it Hockin first disclosed
to you Information about explosions?"
Jewell was asked by Senator Kern for
the defense.
HE told me he was opposed to the
Wholesale murder being planned and
got me to promise | would never re-
veal the source of my information. He
told me President Ryan knew nothing
OF the plots to murder. That was
McNamara's scheme.
AFTER Hockin told me who blew up
the Times building I promised him If
he ever got into trouble would see
that after he got out he would get a
position paying $4,000 year for two
vnor WhoO Lnokir hoOor. fO rornrt
to Burns, Burns assumed that obliga-
ton to Hockin."
Did Hockin tell you j. B. Mcnamara
was planning to blow up whole sleep
ing car full of persons in order to kill
Miss Dye, because she knew too
much y asked District Attorney Miller.
Told Of Plots for Murders.
"Yes. Hockin told me Of plots for
murder and that the Frick
building was to be blown up with other
buildings in the east in which were
officers of non-union labor employers"
Jewell also repeated statements that
Hockin reported to Burns direct with
in a month after the Times explosions
telling him, Burns, that the dynamiters
were on a hunting trip In the Wiscon-
sin woods. It was because OF Jewell's
testimony that Judge Anderson in.
creased Hockin's bond from $4,000
to $4,000 in default of which he was
In custody of a deputy marshal at the
trial today.
No action was taken by the court
on the governments motion to in,
crease the bonds Of six more of the