Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-25
PROGRAM OF EXPLOSIONS
ON COUNTRYWIDE SCALE
Proposed Destruction of the Locks of
Panama Canal.
WOMAN LISTED FOR DEATH
Details of Crime Alleged to Have
Been Divulged by Defendant
Hockin to the De-
tectives.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. November 25-
witnesses at the dynamite conspiracy"
trial today testified concerning whole
sale explosions which the McNamaras
were alleged to have contemplated, but
which were prevented by the arrest of
the dynamiters at Detroit and Indian
apolis. April, 1911.
The explosions contemplated, as told
by witnesses, were:
To blow up the locks of the Panama
canal.
To blow up a building in Pittsburgh
occupied by officials of iron and steel
contractors who employed non-union
men, and also to blow up offices in
other eastern cities.
To blow up the aqueduct and water
| works at Los Angeles, and to cause
other explosions there that would
make it look like an earthquake
To blow up a sleeping car to get rid
of. stenographer formerly employed
by the ironworkers union, because
she knew too much
An assertion by Ortie E. McManigal
that he was urged to go to Panama by
j. j. Mcnamara as dynamiter previous
ly had been referred to by District AttOr
ney Charles Wilmer as one Of the revela
tions to be made at the trial.
Declare War on "Open Shops"
Plots to blow up the F rick building in
Pittsburgh, to blow up other buildings in
eastern cities where "open shop" iron and
steel contractors had their offices and to
explode a bomb in a sleeping car in
order to kill Miss Mary C. Dye, stenog-
rapher, were described by Lindsey J.
Jewell. government witness, as having
been revealed to him by Herbert S.
Hockin. Jewell testified Hockin said
James B. Mcnamara planned to cause
the eastern explosions after agitation
over the Los Angeles Times disaster had
"blown over"
Jewell previously had testified that
Hockin, an official in the ironowrkers'
union. who now Is on trial, had described
to William j. Burns, a detective, the plot
of the Los Angeles dynamiters soon aTter
the explosion in California.
Questioned by Defense.
""When was it Hockin first disclosed
to you information about explosions?"
Jewell was asked by Senator ]. W. Kern
for the defense.
HE told me he was opposed to the
wholesale murder that was being
planned and got me to promise him l
WOOlQ HcFcT IcStdI tuc SOuTCc Ol my III
| formation. He told me President Ryan
Of the Ironworkers' Union knew noth-
ing OF the plots to murder. That was
Mcnamara S scneme- After HOukin told
me VINO blew up the Times building /
promised hum II ne ever got into trOuDIe 1
would see that after he SUt out he would
| get position paying 1000 year for
| TWO years. When hockin began 10 re-
! port to Burns, Burns assumed that obli-
CATION to hOckin.
Did Hockin tell you J. Il. Mcnamara
was planning to blow up a whole Sleep
ing car full of persons in order to kill
Miss Dye, because sne knew too much? p"
asked District Attorney Miller.
Plots for Wholesale Murder.
Yes, Hockin told me there were plots
for wholesale murder. and that the Frick
building was to be blown up with other
buildings In the east in which were offices
Of non-union labor employers
Jewell also repeated statements that
Hockln reported to Burns direct within
| a month after the Times explosion tell
ing Burns the dynamiters were on a hunt
! ing trip in the VISIONS woods 1t was
because of JEWELS testimnoy that Judge
Anderson increased Hockin's bond from
$1UOUO to $4,000, In default of which he
was present at the trial today in custody
of deputy marshal.
No action was taken by the court on
bonds Of six other defendants.
McManigal Resumes Confession.
| Ortie f. McManigal next resumed his
confession on the witness stand.
Tell what. If anything, you and the
McNamaras said about Blowing up work
on the Panama canal" said District At
torney Miller.
In April, 1911. shortly before we were
arrested. j. J. and J. Il. Mcnamara and
myself had a talk at the ironworkers'
, headquarters In Indianapolis as to the
| campaign after blowing up four Jobs
banned for Detroit said McManigal.
| y. j. said the McClintic- Marshall Con-
structiOn Company, a non-union concern
had two years Of work to do on the Pan
anna canai and he wanted me to go there.
He said l should go to Panama and
promptly enlist as a soldier, as l already
had served in the Spanlsh-American war.
asked him if he expected me to take
Initroxlycerin to Panama. He said, NO
the McClintic-Marshail people Rave great
stores of dynamite down there. You can
watch your chance to steal 1t. Put
WagonlOad in each lock-
Mcnamara Is Insistent,
| II didn't take much to the Panama
idea. and told ]. ]. SO. but he insisted he
D.
| time he had more work on the Pacific
| coast. He said he was going back there
with an arrangement to set off bombs by
touching off an electrical current miles
| away. He said. I'll go out to Los An
| ee es and undermine the aqueduct and the
the waterworks. Then put bombs at
! various parts OF the city and blow the
whole town on the map. The people Will
| think there has been another earthquake
similar TO the one at San Francisco. :"
McManigai then described his going to
Detroit with James B. Mcnamara to blow
nm four Jobs. and their arrest there
which prevented the wholesale explo-
sions'' which, he said. We're soon to be
| carried out.
| ~. B." Makes Protest.
AFTER we were arrested in Detroit and
while We were on the train going to Chi
| cago. James B. began to yell about be-