Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-01

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haap heavily owFeai6Sd 20 exclude thS
dA1aighe. Rscentin Judge AnAernon
had the walls and ceiling thiokly PAD
asa with halt 10 improve the sound
|Npneitiona.
Unitsa atatea senator 3ohM W.
Kern has been retained 40 counsel for
the dafsnaants. while the government
win be represented By District Attor.
~ Charles W. miller and his Aasist-
ant.
S-r'ean defendants were placed unusP
s10seSO bondS each, to appear for trial
and the others each under $1,000
bonds, making an aggregate In bonds
n ssSO.0eO.
witnesses ere 20 be called from
many parts % the country. While II
laaot the intsntioh Of the government
to 20 thoroughly Into the cases which
resulted in the imprisonment OF the
MCNAMARA all that part OF the evil
denee OF the Pacific coast explosions
az pertains to tho illegal interstate
shipment OF explosives has been made
available to District Attorney Miller.
Each OF the thirty-two Indictments
returned iast February contains
charges against all OF the defendants.
and the charges are embraced In three
groups. They are:
Transporting dynamite and nitro.
slycerin in passenger trains from one
mste to another, as Ortiq 4. McMan-
igal confessed was done when these
explosives were carried In suit cases
Pm al "a
Rochester, Pa; Tif7in, O, and Indian.
npolis. to cities where "Iobs" were TO
be blown up.
ConspirlnE to violate interstate reg
ulations relative to explosives.
COncenling knowledge OF the CON-
spiracy or abettlng the Illegal trans
portatlon OF explosives.
Most OF the explosions Of which the
government has made record were
directed against members Of the Ma
tional Erectors' association, an organ.
lzatlon OF constructors who had
broken on relations with the union
and we're conducting open shops
the frat explosion OF attempt record.
ed was at Millera Falls, Mas, In the
summer OF 1905 and the last October
10, 1914 when at q. m, near Santa
Barbara, cal; thirty.nlne sticks Of
dynamite with q fuse were found be-
meath n bridge just before special
train bearing President Taft passed
over. Twenty Of the explosions oc-
CURED in Ohio.
McMRnignl'A confession was the
basis upon which the government
founded It's cause before tho federal
srand Jury, which returned the in
dictments. Ard 1t IL expected To- ra-
ure prominently In the present trial.
In II McMani8al confessed
That Hockin came to him In De-
trolt In 1907 and induced him to GLOW
up lob" there, afterward paying
him a regular fee Of Sl2J for each
Job. McMnnIgal had worked In n
stone quarry and, ne said, II wAA be-
cause of his familiarity with txpln-
sives that ha was selected,
That Hockin accompanied him on
trips and pointed out works that were
to be blown up, afterwards Intruduc.
Ing him to James y, Mcnamara, who
became McMangals "teammnte" In
the dynamiting business. Va
That on Instructions from Hockln
he met Michael j. Young member
~ the executive board In Boston, and
Frank q. webb IN New York, about
Jobs that were Ia he blown mp near
those cities
That HOckin wired him at Chicago
10 return 10 Indianapolis In February
1910, where he, IIockin and j. j, No
Namnra talked over new inv"n-
ton which consisted Of using AN or
binary alarm clock as q timer for
fuaes. ut was a scheme by which
We could act bomb aud then he
miles away when the explosion oc-
CURED and no prove an alihi," said
Nc Mantgal.
Mechanical also confessed that ok.
plOslves were hidden IN various parts
Of the country and carried In suit