The chronicle=news., 1912-12-12
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PLOTS

l.ulihhpois, ina, Dec. IL
Whether he knew that tlU,UOO of
the International Association OF
BridS" aud structural iroa Workers
funds were expended for dynamIt"
and nitroglyc"riu and to pay the snl-
aries OF dynamit"rs. was asked by
the government In It's cross cNnmiu-
| alton Of John II, Barry. st. Louis. at
| the dynamite conspiracy trial to-
day
A. Vice prrsld ldcnt oi the union
and n member OF the .Nccutiy" board.
Barry icStifird II" audited the lc-
counts of John i. Mcnamara. the SEE
rotary. lie asserted he never traced
rh. final NE OF money paid to Ne
Namnra. Frank G. Webb. New York.
and Herbert :. iio'kin. which III.
government charges was used for
dynamite.
DO you know rha, white you w"r"
auditing tho unions accounts Si".-
ooo Was expended for dynamite. nj
Irogiyccrin and hiring dynamit-TsT
asked District Attorney Miller
II never heard OF H." said Barry.
Ohio. ihrc. weeks before an cNpioS-
lon thcr" In June. 1903. anh when
H.. was asked whether he h,d lnyc's-
II ign,ri III. cause of that explosion
Chester Kruin. his counsel. object
ed
III. may answer that urcision.
ruled judge Anderson.
sHHrh.t S,...h.,VIfI.. ..Nntgs sitn wua
similar to many others. II was a
non-union Job and happened during
a strike which ttIii continue NJ
this defendant wa there b"'or" ia"
explosion III" jury should know
whether he was Interested 10 know
ihu cause.
Barry answered hc made no iu-
ycstigntlon.
Bert brown. Kansas city. Mo.
former hu.in.-S ngcnt OF u local uu-
ion. was the r",cniccnth o' Tia. "
defendants TO t.stify. lie ls charged
with having met In Kansas CITY.
James u, Mcnamara. the i.ns Angeles
Times dyLnmitor. and plotted tho de-
lsfruction OF "a bridge acroSs the Ms
sourI river. later partly blown up
by OTtlc McManigal, \ former wit
rcss who said he mot Brown Ia q bar
b.r yhop aud later wus introduced
to McNamara had testified Brown
and Mcnamara tried to Undue" him
TO become dynamitcr. promising bi;
. rewards
They told me thCr" was to be biz
lolngE IN los Angeles and lots Of
! money Tor the work. said tn" Wit
ness
Brown entered . denial OF the
charge.
BnfOrn tile cNpiCsiOn ON tn" brlds"
construction in Kansas City ON Aug
ust 10. 1910. Brown testified lac
| wrot. letters to 4 j. McNnmarH. OK
planning tn. work TO b. done by an
open shop contractor aud asking
for "aasistancr from til. !ntcrna-
,ioual union rs 1t was too big to
handl" locally.
McNamarl's reply TO hinder their
work ~ much Hs possible. Brown
said meant 90 organize the upn-un-
\ ion men on tn. Job After lloCkiu
visited Kansas city til. problem OF
'unionizing tn. men. the witness said.
was turned over To the inatrnatonhl
union Thau resulted In dlsSltisiac-
| ton among the local members. who
| would not trust him. Brown said.
/ Brown said he first learned the
cause of the brids" explosion on
hearing McMlnIsals confession at
the ;rial here.
Cross examined. Brown was asked
about letters received from !, !. Nc
Namara. One OF hcsc r.di ''h"
least there is written the better for
all cunc.rn,d in the long run.
Brown denying Il, referred to dy-
nami,c plots. said II was about plans
to uuionizc nuu-union jobs without
IalIowing The contractors to know Of
Il.
Wasn't It, a fact th2tyon expected
that bridge explosion and you ar.
ranged to prove an Ilib!2'
"lt Is not So" replied Brown.
About five weeks later you heard
of the Los Angeles Times Building
explosion. diud't YOU
"NCs"
And knowing OF other explosions.
you assisted in raising the Mcnamara
dcfcns" fund.-"
yes
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