The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-19
Winch lanes 0'Brien Rented
to lanes B. Mcnamara.
Wanted Hush Money
KNEW OF DYNAMITING JOBS
And Would Not be Test;i.ins if
Money Had Been Forth
coming, He SAYS
PHONE CALLS ADMITTED

Indianapolis, Ind. NOV. It.-ln.i-
dents OF James 4. IcNanara's prem
arations 10 blow up the Los Angeles
Times building in the wreck OF which
tWenty-One persons were killed, were
related by witnesses from Califor-
MIA at the dynamite conspiracy trial
today.
James c. O'Rrien told how a cot
tage owned by him on Nineteenth
avenue in the southern part Of San
Francisco had been rented before the
Los Angeles explosion and how when
several weeks later he went out there
to learn why the cottage was not Occu-
pied he found ten boxes Of nitro
~glyccrine stacked there.
Another development of the day
was an admission by Frank Eckhof, of
Cincinnati, that he aided in the escape
and concealment Of Mcnamara after
the dynamiter was returning East.
Eckhoff also admitted having de-
manded money from the McNamaras
to keep his mouth shut"
Mrs. Lena IngerSoll was the first
important witness to be called.
She said on September /. a month
before the Los Angeles explosion. h
rented a room to Mcnamara, who
used the alias J, b. Brice. Later Nc
"oC ASS0
On September IA. Mcnamara left Mrs.
IngersoIrs and went to a hotel. From
the hotel. as testified by 8 telephone
operator. most Of the calls were made
to the powder company for the pur-
chase of explosives, Mrs. Ingersoll
said h did not again see McNamara
until the night Of October l.
"At about IL o'clock that night he
came to the house and wanted mo to
ri1-a him n ~nn~ cho foStiAad 81
said I could make no arrangements
at that hour. On the following night
he called on the telephone and want
ed tO come and I again refused to
allow him. That was the last l saw OF
him until after his arrest"
Further 'Phone Calls.
Miss Ethel Gill. q telephone opera
tor in the San Francisco hotel, iden-
tilted records Of calls by Mcnamara
to the powder company and to the
launch OWners.
She was cOrrObOrated by John Stan
ley. keeper Of a boat house at Alamo
da, across the bay from San Francis
CO. Ee testified thai late IN Septem-
Der Mcnamara and Schmidt selected
the gasoline launch pastime for a
weeks fishing trip" finally agreeing
to pay $40 for ten days rental n
| giving $500 cash security, which later
WAS IC1uuOcO. ocpIClIOCA ~ "AAN
ten agreement was entered into and
| Mcnamara after being instructed how
to run the launch. took possession
Of It.
About the middle Of September
Bruce Mccall, enlplOye OF a powder
company, said he received a telephone
call from the "Brice CONSTRUCTION
| company inuuicing about the pur-
chase Of 500 pounds Of high explosives
TO be used to blow up Stunps on q
ranch.
FOR 500 pounds, 50 per cent nitro
gclatine and paid the bill
Two DAYS after the launch was
rented. Mccall testified. Brice OF Bry-
son called on the telephone and said
he would so in a launch TO Chant
station. down the bay TO get the ex-
ploSive.'
Later the explosive was removed by
A mar described as Captain.
Frank D. Carroll. police detective
OF Los Angeles. testified about the con
dition OF the wrecked Times building
when he arrived there at $50 a. N.
Ia also described the contents Of q
bomb found there. 1t contained 10 Z
sticks of the explosive, a dynamite cap
f,,se battery and q clock.
Eckhoff. after telling how he had
concealed Mcnamara and had de-
manded money from them. was asked
by a defendants attorney:
you mean to say that if McNan-
ara had paid you the money You
would not me here now testlfylns
against these defendants?'
o"Probably not answered EcEhof
Ecloff said Ion before the loss Of life
at Los Angeles he knew JAMES b. Nc
! 1880 -ac GCnHY hitting Jobs.