The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-24
HOCK|N SENT TO
JAIL AS TRAITOR
TO LABOR UNION
Judge, Denouncing Him From
Bench, Declares Bail of
$4,000 mad quate
SECRETARY PROVES
A BURNS INFORMER
Stood in With Detective and
Told Him About Plots
and " here Dynamite
Was Planted

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Nov. "a
Demo ancing Herbert 8. Hock;n. indict-
ed secre. ary- treasurer Of the Interna
I'd secretary treasurer of the Internal
tionai Association Of Bridge and Iron
Workers, as q traitor, and UNIT TO
be trusted in any matter Federal
Judge Anderson tonight declared
Hockin's $4,000 bail insufficient. and
committed him to jail. The amount
of his new bonds has not been fixed.
The action was taken by Judge An
derson following sensational testimony
By Lindsay L. Jewell, former con-
struction superintendent for the Nc
CIintic- Marshall Construction COM
pany, Of Pittsburg. who branded
Hoekin as the man who turned traitor
and. while holding the leadership VI
the dynamite conspirators. kept De-
tective William J. Burns the Electors
association, and himself. informed OF
everv move the dynamiters made.
Bonds Of the forty-four other fe-
PENDANTS are likely to be greatly IN
creased. This action was taken at the
close OF the afternoon session. and
after the jury had haen lisn.issed.
when Judge Anderson read q Atate-
nent containing his attack IN Hock!n,
as well as caustic comments in Mary
Field, a magazine writer. he warned
against her ever entering his court
room again. after having writ.esa an
article that appeared In E..ldaeme.is
MAGAZINE. This article was branded
by Judge Anderson as a gross. Tia
grant and outrage contempt Of
court
Warning to Lawyer.
~Tt has come TO my ears continued
the Judge, that one man who claims
TO be lawyer In this case has made
remarks showing that hs approved OF
the article. want to say II ! ind out
that q IL true, the hand az the IA"
will fall heavily on him."
The fifteen attorneys so- the defense.
headed by Senator John w. Ksarn. as
sured Judge Andersen that They had
M sympathy with the ''anaf'histic
article which attacked the district
attorney. and described tho trial az
"a farce.
Amazing and horrible is a weak de-
scription OF JEWELS testimony against
Hockin." said District Attorney Mil-
Ter. at the close Of the session.
Jewell said that Hockip, while still
..piaying In with the Mcnamara dy-
namiting gang, sought him ,ut early
in 1910, and tcid him where nitro
giycerine and dynamite were stored:
thar Hockin barred to him MANI plots
OF the dynamiters. among them the
plot to blow up a railroad bridge at
Pittsburg. under n loaded passenger
train.
Hockin Informed Burns.
Jewell said Hockin harsd to him the
inner workings OF the dynamite plot
ters. and that when Jewell. went 10
Panama. Hockin tied up With Dc,ec-
tive w. J. Burns, in Chicago. AMI
turned over to him the inner work
ings OF the conspiracy.
Letters from Hockin TO -eweii, sirr-
ed "Stone" were introduced and read.
to show that Hockin kept Jewel pos l.
ed as TO every move his associAt -
made. Jewell said IIockin agreed o
tie up" with Burns. provided Burns
would protect him. which Burns is
said TO have agreed to do.
JewelPs testimony tended to show
that Hockin had given Burns de-
scripsion OF j. B. and j. j. Mcnamara.
Schmidt and Captain. and told him }.
B, blew up the Los Angeles Times.
and had told him the inner workings
Of the dynamite conspiracy headed By
IT, J. Mcnamara, had told him where
dynamite and nitroglycerine were