The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-12
From City in Which He Dyna.
mited Buildings, Declares
McManigal
EXPLOSIVE IN SUiTCASES
Carried on Passenger Trains.
Placed Bombs. Dodging
Night Watchmen
OFTEN CHECKED DYNAMITE
tBy tho Associated Press

- the Associated PreSS.)
Indianapolis. Ind. Nov. 9.-Graphlc
stories Of how he caused explosions.
carried dynamite in suit cases on pas
Senger trains and checked the exp!o-
sive al railway stations without think
ing Of danger to others, o he wait
ed to place bombs SO night watchmen
would not see him and how from every
city where he blew up lob" he sent
a souvenir spoon home to his wife
In Chicago. were related by Ortie f.
McManigal on the witness stand In
the trial Of the fOrty-five accused
dynamite plotters" today.
Ping" an alias of Herbert S.
Hockin. McMantgal said, was the pass
word he ave to labor leaders IN va
rious cities. 5 they would know he
was the man sent to do a Job" He
named Frank c.. Webb, New York;
Marheil J. Young, Boston; Richard
II. Houlihan, Chicago; James COoney,
Chicago. and Frank M. Ryan, all off,
Gals Of the International Association
of Bridge and Structural IrOnwOrk-
ers. as among the defendants, besides
the Mcnamara brothers, who knew
he was employed as a dynamiter.
young ana WeDD actually pOiulcO
out non-union jobs for him to blow
up. he said. Hockin, now secretary OF
the union, he described as the chief
Of the Mcnamara dynamiting crew
and said Ryan, president Of the union,
had spoken to him about an eXplo-
sion.
Mechanical, confessed accomplice OF
the Mcnamara brothers, appeared as
the chief witness for the government
In It's charges that the Nor now on
trial illegally transported explosives
on passenger trains in connection With
Hhe series Of explosions. The witness
Is prisoner OF Los Angeles county
and appeared as a loan" to the Fed
eral government.
After describing explosions at De-
troit and at Clinton, Ia, McManiSe!
testified:
An Unsuccessful Trial.
"Hockin came to my house in Chi
cago in October. 1908. and said h
had a Job for me at Holyoke, Mass
1 said I had a good Job working
in a new hotel In Chicago and did no
want to give it up. He insisted, say
ing he knew Hunter, my s%uperinten
dent. IL would fix 1t up so 1 Nigh
return to work. Finally I consented
/ left Chicago October 1s, carrying
about fifty pounds Of dynamite in
suit case. Arriving at Springfield
Mass. I checked the suit case at tn
station and went to HOlyOke to loo
over the fob. On October 10, I Sc
the dynamite on some stel work coil
ing the fifty feet Of fuse inside tn
suitcase 80 the night watchma
would not see the smoke. I then too
q train for Chicago.
"HOckin sOO anne and sale Their
had been no explosion at Halyoke, a
the Waterman had discovered tn
bomb. He said the ironworkers unto
executive board would not allow m
the regular fee for that. but he hand
cd ME 800 for expenses.
About his time 1 met Cooney, ur
ion business agent in Chicago. II
introduced me to Ryan. Ryan wan
ed 70 know whether l had seen Hocki
about the Holyoke job and I tol
him ] had.
In February. 1909. I met Coone
again while both Of US were workin
at Lockport, III. Cooney asked m
about blowing up jobs for the Chicas
union. ! told him 1 was not pc
mitted to work for anybody but tt
International union. He reptile
Well. then all right, I'll get that gan
or safe blowers I had BEFORE
While I was at LOckport, Hockl
came down and informed me he ha
two more Jobs for me to do-one
Boston and another at HOboken. N.
| went to Joliet and there bought IF
pounds Of dynamite. Hockin said
was first to go to Boston and get
touch with Mike Young, and then
was to go to New York and get
touch with Webb. He said T shou
there and they would understal