New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-12
Government Indicates It Will
Go Into the Disappearance Of
Captain and Schmitt-Al-
legged Phone Calls.


Schmitt and David Captain, accused as ac-
completes OF Mcnamara. Captain and
Schmitt were indicted in Los Angeles
County on a charge of murder, but they
never were discovered. Government
agents have received information that
Captain was killed.
Witnesses, reading from hotel registers
testified concerning the movements OF
Mcnamara. Schmitt, Captain and Olaf A.
Tveitmoe Of San Francisco.
From the time he arrived In San Fran
cisco, August 10. 1910, until he left Los
Angeles, a few hours before the Los
Angeles Times" explosion, Mcnamara )
whereabouts with the exception OF few
nights. was accounted for by the name
"Brice" written on the register. II was
this alias which John J. Mcnamara SAID
his brother had used too often, as after
the explosion 1.-THE authorities had pretty
good description OF Brice.'
Wanted to Create a Spark.
George A. Dixon, assistant manager OF
a San Francisco hotel, produced recorus
! OF "Brice's" arrival there August ~. inc
day before an explosion at oakland Au-
gust 30 he was traced to Seattle, where
he sought from ]. d. Wagner teacher III
| a technical school, information on now 10
create a spark without the use Oh
Illuminating cap. Eugene A. Clancy an
other labor leader in San Francisco. was
in Seattle at that time. the government
asserts. The next day an office building
under construction in Seattle was olo"u
| up.
! Reading from a hotel register MT
Dixon told OF "Brice's" temperance
| September "A I'm San Francisco. where ne
had lived for ten days In a boarding
house Soon after, Mr.. Dixon testified,
| .Brice" appeared with Perry" alias OF
| Schmitt They occupied the same room
Records OF telephone calls from NC
Namara's room also were produced
These calls. according to the government
attorneys, concerned the preparations for
procuring the explosive. which later was
taken 10 Los Angeles
Caplan then appeared on the scene. at
the house In San Francisco, No 1853 Ave-
nue. 9, where later a quantity OF nitro
gIycerine was found. Walter l.. Smith,
clerk in a hotel at Los Angeles. identified
the signature "a Tveitmoe" as that OF n
guest who was in Los Angeles before
'Brice" arrived the last time.
Curt A. Dickelman, clerk In another
hotel at Los Angeles, said he had con-
yersation with A. f.. Brice, who registered
there on September 20. That was the Sec
ond day before the Los Angeles explosion.
"The next night" testified Dickelman,
81 talked TO Brice. | noticed he was
registered from Chicago, and l asked him
how things were out there. He told me
he was going TO San Francisco that night.
and wanted To know whether he would
have to pay for another night. because he
was going TO remain until o'clock. He
checked out at o'clock"
At o'clock the next morning the ex-
plosion occurred. According TO kilograms
produced by the government, Mcnamara
was two hundred miles away. en- route
10 Salt Lake City. where, II is charged.
he was kept in hiding by j. L. Munsey,
former business agent OF the Iron
Workers Union, who telegraphed to
Indianapolis Patient out of danger"
Henry Dobberahm identified a photo
graph of James b. Mcnamara as having
been the IF Sullivan who registered at
Chicago hotel at about the time an at
tempt was made TO blow up a plant
in South Chicago, in February, 1911 Hotel
clerks from Toledo, Pittsburgh, Boston,
Cincinnati and other cities testified as
TO Ortie e. McManigal's visit to these
places at times when he was member OF
the "dynamiting crew."
Whether Samuel Gompers, president Of
the American Federation OF Labor, was
present at a certain labor union meeting
held in st. Louis In November, 1910, was
asked by government attorneys. Frank
Schilling, clerk Of a hotel In st. Louis,
testified that the International Association
of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
was holding its annual convention In st.
Louis at the time He named Frank NJ.
Ryan, Of Chicago; Michael j. Young, of
Boston; f. J. McNulty, Of Newark, N. j.;
NJ. b. Madden, OF Chicago, and Olaf A.
Tveitmoe, Of San Francisco. as regis
tered at the hotel.
The convention was held the month
after tho Los Angeles Times" disaster,
and It was at this time, the government
tllul lOlu Ryan, pFeSl-
dent of the iron workers, that the "Paci-
fic Coast expected Christmas present"
in the shape Of more explosions. Tveitmoe
also was described as "the big paymaster"
who financed the dynamiters. At the st.
Louis meeting he is charged with promot-
Ing the Llewelyn Iron Works explosion.
WAS Mr.. Gompers registered at the
hotel at this timer" asked J. W. Noel, at
torney for the government.
"He wasn't registered, but he was
around the hotel a good DEAL" answered
the witness.
United States Senator John w. Kern,
for the defence. objected: Mr.. Gompers
is not defendant. He has nothing 10 do
with the case"
Nothing. other than It will be shown
he had something to do with the defence
Of the conspirators In the State OF Cali
fornia," replied Mr.. Noel.
Judge A. b. Anderson ruled that he at
present saw no relevancy In the mention
OF Mr. Gomperss name. and II none APP
peared in future testimony he would so
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