Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-12
EXPLOSIONS FOLLOWED
 THE ARRIVAL OF "BRICE."
Movements of J. B. MeNamara Traced
 Through Hotel Registers.

| Indianapolis, Ind, Oct 11-"J. B. Brice, Chicago" the name James B. McNamara used to disguise his inten- ton to cause explosions on the Pacific coast, and particularly in Los Angeles, formed an important point in the testi mony at the dynamite conspiracy" trial today.
 As tending to sustain it's contention that the explosions were part of d conspiracy for the illegal interstate shipment of dynamite, involving the 45 men now on trial, the government in- dicated 1t would go thoroughly into the explosions in the west. possibly throw ing light on the mysterious disappear | ances of F. A. Schmitt and David | Caplan, accused as accomplices of McNamara. Caplan and Schmitt were | indicted in Los Angeles county on d charge of murder. but they never were discovered. Government agents have received information that Caplan was killed.
 McNamara's Movements Traced.
 Witnesses reading from hotel regis | ters testified concerning the move ments of McNamara, Schmitt, Caplan and Olaf A. Tveitmoe of San Francisco.
 From the time he arrived in San | Francisco, Aug. 19, 1910, until he left Los Angeles, a few hours before the Los Angeles Times explosion, Mo | Namaras whereabouts. with the ex- ception of few nights, were account ed for by the name "Brice" written on the register It was this alias whicn 1 John J. McNamara said his brother had used too often, as after the ex- plosion the authorities had pretty good description of Brice'
 Arrived Day Before Explosions.
 George A. Dixon, assistant manager of a San Francisco hotel, produced records of "Brices' arrival there Aug. 19, the day before an explosion at Oakland. Aug 30 he. was traced to Seattle, Wash. where he sought from J. D. Wagner, teacher in a technical school, information on how to create d spark without the use of a Illuminating cap. Eugene A. Clancey, another la bor leader in San Francisco. was In Seattle at that time, the government asserts. The next day an office build- ing under construction in Seattle was blown up.
 Records of Telephone Calls.
 Dixon told of "Brice's" reappearance in San Francisco Sept. 14, where he had lived for ten days in a boarding house. Boon after, Dixon testified, 1 alias of Schmitt. They occupied the same room. Records of telephone calls from McNamara's room also were pro- duced. These calls. according to the government attorneys, concerned the preparations for procuring the explo. sive which later was taken to Los Angeles.
 Caplan then appeared on the scene at the house in San Francisco, at 165! Avenue Nine. where later quantity O. nitro glycerine was found. Walter L Smith. clerk in hotel at Los Angeles 7 identified the signature of "A Tveit moe" as that of a guest who was il Los Angeles before "Brice" arrived tn, last time.
 Had Conversation With "Briee." : Curt A. Dickelman, clerk in anothe } hotel at Los Angeles, said he had
 conversation with A. F. Brice, wh,
 registered there Sept 29. That wa
 the second day before the Los Angele
 explosion.
 "The next night" testified Dickel
 man, q talked to Brice. I noticed h. was registered from Chicago and
 asked him how things were out there
 He told me he was going to San Fran
 cisco that night and wanted to kno. } whether he would have to pay for an l OCnor nlSQL because ne was going L
 remain until o'clock. He checked ou , I o'clock
 McNamara's Photograph Identified. At 1 o'clock the next morning tn . explosion occurred. According to tn t | government, McNamara was 200 mile ' away en route to Salt Lake City, Utaf T where it is charged he was kept i l hiding by J. F. Munsey, a former bus 3 mess agent of the iron workers unior
 who telegraphed on to Indianapo - | patient out of danger
 v Henry Dobberahm identified a pho
 tograph of James B. McNamara a
 having been the ''F Sullivan wh
 registered at a Chicago hotel at abou
 the time an attempt was made to blo7
 up plant in South Chicago. in Feb ruary, 1911. Hotel clerks from Toledt
 Pittsburg, Boston, Cincinnati and
 other cities testified as to Ortie I McManigaps visit to these places 2 : times when he was a member of tn l. "dynamiting crew"