El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-28

Christmas present" Mechanical said
he called at TveitmOe's office in san
Francisco, but met only Eugene A
Clancy there. Anton JOhannsen was
mentioned by witnesses as having
helped TveitmOe. William ] Burns tes
titled he told mayor Alexander. OF Los
Angeles, the day after the EXPLOSION
that -IVeitmoe and JOhannsen were
Den1nd IL Testimony about Johannsen
Z was permitted on the ground that
though not q defendant, he had been
( SHOWN to be conSpirator."
j. E. Munsey, Salt Lake City. was
charged with harboring the Los An
Seles dynamlter for two weeks
tailor in Salt Lake City said he altered
clothes for the dynamiter, and other
witnesses said they saw Munsey. also
known as Jack Bright and McNa-
mara together.
Clancy was again mentioned as being
IN Boston when the Pacific coast ex-
ploslon occurred, and as hurrying west
after telegraphing clean house"
meaning, as the government charged.
20 destroy evidence. H ". POhlman,
OF Seattle, was mentioned as bringing
city
Hoekin Conspicuous.
OF all the defendants Herbert S.
Hockln was probably the most eOnpic-
uous in the testimony.
The story OF Hockin as told was:
As an organizer for the union he IN
Then he began to hold OUT on fbe
pay allowed AicManigal for Jobs. This
resulted in quarrels, and the McNa-
maras decided to have little to do with
MIN knowing this. HOckiR went to
a contractor in Pittsburg and BETRAYED
the dynamiters. That was before the
loss OF life at Los Angeles Later
HOck1n worked for Burns, while stlU
remaining as an official Of the union,
ana when the federal grand Jury be-
gan work in Indianapolis, HOckin took
Information to the government
me testimony at the trial resulted IN
the increasing Of Hockin's bonds, so
Jhat ne was confined to Jail Hockf1
asserted to those for whom he was ac-
eused OF acting as a spy, that he took
no part IN dynamiting, but witnesses
from Muncie, Ind, and at Cincinnati
pointed him out as the man to whom
they actually sold explosives
Hoekin's Tactics.
Hoekln again was the man most men
toned by iMcManigal. After he had
induced me to blow a job in Detroit
IN 1901 said McManisaI 'Hockin
told me there was no use Of nv at
tempting 10 quit now, as they had the
goods on me I asked him who was
going to pay me for my work He
SAID the executive board had set aside
limited Zee Of $125 for each Job and
expenses I told him it was too little
Tor thing like that He replied nv
FAMILY would be taken care of if any
e.L-Al5 ndppcMGQ 30 went 10 Bloom
NlIle, ohio, and got an order from Nat
france to Bill Carey, who was the
keeper OF a magazine where dynamite
was stored for use in q stone quarry.
ana iney let me have some without
knowing what I was going to do with
It used it to blow up a derrick at
clinton, Ohio, Feb 16, 1908.
HOckin two weeks later visited me
again IN Chicago and said he did not
nave enough money to pay expenses
for the Clinton job but for me to 20
70 the hall of the local union. When
l went there the secretary. r H Hon
imam, gave me an envelope containing
$3.50; Houhhan said: There is money
Points out "a job.
In July of 1908, according to Nc
Manigal, Hockin met him in Buffalo.
and after pointing out viaduct. sa5d
ne wanted to get to Canada before the
explosion took place. About II o'clock
that night McManigal set off the dyna-
mite with a sixty foot fuse He said
Hocktn met him later in Chicago and
paid him.
Then Hockin asked Mechanical to
90 10 st Louis, but he refused. and
went instead to HOlyOke Mass. where
an explosion failed because the dyna-
I h11Ie N WaS buried IN the ground too
Up to March, 1903, HOclin was the
only man who knew me as a dyna-
miter," said McManigal Just before
InaJ date ne arranged for me to 90 to
Boston and see NJ J. Young regarding
the Job on the Boston opera house,
which was blown up" Later, on fr-
strucuon from HOckin. Mechanical
said he went to HOboken to confer with
frank C. Webb. of New York, about
blowing up a viaduct. A disput arose
and McManigal told Webb that Hockin
was paying for the work and he pur-
posed to follow Instructions.
Worked Very Cheap.
"Hockin paid me $3.50 for the Bos-
ton and HObOken jobs said McManf-
gal Then IL was arranged I should
meet J. 3. Mcnamara for the first
time. HOckin had teleSraphed ne to
meet him in Indianapolis. We went
from there to Muncie. Ind. where we
met J. 3. Hockin made all arrange
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