The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-11
lnformer Put Proposition to
Hockin, Who Promised Him
a Run of Explosions.
TOOK BOMBS ON TRAINS
Mcnamara Told Him He Was
Being Double Crossed" in
Payment for His "Work."


deeper into his adventures as paid
dyDamitsr. Ortie L. McManigal told al
IT, dynamite conspiracy thai to-
day Of wrecked bridges. viaducts and
buildings he left behind In causing ex-
Iiosions In various cities.
After ] blew up tire power house of
car shop In Mount Vernon. H.. Her
bert ). Hockln came to me at Chicago
ana said had got the wrong job" tes-
tined McManigsl. He said I should
have blown up a railroad bridge. and
The unions executive board wouldn't a.
lev me pay for the Job.
"a few days later Hockin returned
with !. p. McNamars. Mcnamara said
he had Just come from Salt Lake City.
whers he had blown up the new Utah
isotel building on April ~. He told me
.. Il. Munsey the business agent at
salt Lake City had arranged for the az
nsosion. and Munsey also arranged to
prove an alibi VIXEN tho explosion came
Oh by Going 10 a store and talking to
the persons there
HAD PLENTY CT pYNAMITiNc
ttt FOR HIM.
SHOWING me a Newspaper picture Of
the salt Lake City explosion Nc
Namsra said 1t had been terrific ard
II came near blowing a statue OF Brig
ham Young on a pedestal. Hockin
went TO Cincinnati in June and wired
me to follow.
u tolA him would % one Of two
thAhgs. WORT for . living ana quas
ayaAoatiAs, OF % nothing Sus ayns-
ultiAG. 3ssAin salA ~ AsA plenty
fee ~ ~ 20. II saia Z vss TO 70
- 1n1Aaaaoolas. get twelve quarts q
A1ego-G1yoer1ns ana blow up the Don't.
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- sas1sstSa. Saying Ne incentive
0oose wae aaaeviAg 40 go expenses
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eooawsshss1 vnieAl .NsulA 80 that Z
- paaA - fun oess."
! 'At'tae Iroaworks Asad quarters In
}eAaaspolis. .. q. 49,. J. McNamars
~ oompessA sSQ8iaN and found
t)sekin had hAiA cut - on me for all
H. Jobs I hid dans. 3. ~. said he al
WNys suspected Hockis wss q double.
coessr and now he kpsv Il. He said
~ was eoing 70 tell Pres dent Frank ~.
Nyan about II: but was to 20 right on
with the Jobs - Hockin planned.
oARRIEo BOMBS IN SUIT CASES
ON TRAINS.
~. b. and I. with three nitro giycer-
~ bobms Of four quarts each packed
n suit cases. departed for Cleveland.
reaching there June IL. 1910. four days
before the explosion. H0ckin appeared
- he had seen Peter J. Smith, who
sojd everything ives all right When We
wsre ready TO pull Oh the explosion We
wsse to telephone Smith to keep under
covor.
''Hockin also said they were prepar-
inG 10 blow up Jobs at Detroit. that the
Caspenters' Union had put up Siee and
the sheet metal workers were wiling 10
- their share. The carpenters. he said,
WAITED to get Q manufacturing com.
psay." -.
about O'Clock on . rainy night we
~ the bombs ON the Cleveland Job,
sllsr crawling on our stomachs to sluds
TIE watchmen. returned to town and
toek q train for Toledo. At Toledo We
rss1 In the newspapers An account u
t1,s Cleveland sxplosioa.
MET A MAN WITH A BLACK
EVE.
me- . man with . black eye. J, D. said
10 had 500 from the Csrpenters' Union
70 pay " for work."
do you see In court now the man
whs had the black eyer" Mechanical
w. asked.
Tho witness pointed out Charles
Wachtmeister. former iron worker BUSH
nsss agent IN Detroit. who 10 . de-
PENDANT.
~Aftss J. y. hsA rotten from au e.
press once . packs6s Of internal ma
ehADss nat AaA ben shipped from In
alAnapel1s," continued lGslGaniSHl, ~hs
sa1l there haa bssn TOO mueh talkins
GslAg on n Detroit and We wouldn't
blsv ~ aay johs 81 that tina. wsnt
ou1 IN Q aeld spd buried twelve quarts
- 8ASxV-0yoSsA8S, s8s4A1n8 toD up0t oy
banging . TN can on the branch OF q
Asassy tree"
McNanigal said he was informed tina,
WAchmeister had received the 500 from
Hiram Cline. organizer for the Interna-
honsl Brotherhood OF Carpenters and
Joiners and that Robert q. NJ. Ross
represented the sheet metal workers Ia
connection with proposed explosions al
Detroit
Tue witness said he and Hoclsin In
July went 10 Pittsburgh. where they
looked over q Job at MoKee's Rocks,
but while there they received a tele.
Gram from ]. J. Mcnamara at India
nspoiis saying. 90 no further wild
present plans. All bets on"
1T made Hockin think some one wal
on our trail and he was greatly wor-
rieA." said Mechanical. An explosion Al
McKees Rocks occurred two weeks
later. but not In connection with THU
visit.
From Pittsburgh. the witness said
he end Hockin went 10 Rochester. Pa.
where they procured out Of . hidinl
place In an old cooper shop twelv,
quarts OF pitro-glycerine. which the,
~ 70 take TO Peter Smith. ClsvslAad