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Show HOlf IN GROUND WILL MGURE IN . H'NAJIARA TRIAL Hole Dag Up and Boxed to Be Preserved as Evi 1 dence. . LOS ANGELES, Cel., Aug. i A hole in the ground eaneed by the explosion of a bomb will figure ia tha trial of tho McNamara brothers for tha alleged dynamiting of tho Los Angeles Times. Tho hole was dug up aad boxed for pro-servatfoa pro-servatfoa last night. On the morning of tho destruction of the Times building last October 1. two nnexploded bombs were found at the residence of Oen. 6. H. Otis, owner of the Times, aad F. J. Zehandelaar, secretary sec-retary of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Manufac-turers' association. A detective waa carrying off the bomb. Inclosed ia a suitcase, from the Otis grounds when he heard a clock begin ticking, and dropped the grip and ran. The bomb went off, tearing a largo hole ia the ground between the sidewalk and curbing. curb-ing. The hole remained undisturbed, aad a few dava ago the attorneys for the defense de-fense decided they needed the hole for evidence. Accordingly, four detectives set to work Sunday night, snd by daybreak bad tunneled under the ho lei boxed it in and prepared to cart it to Attorney Job Harrimaa'a office. While tbey awaited a truck paaseraby noticed their operationa and telephoned District Attorney Fredericks. Gathering Gather-ing aa automobile full of detectives, Fredericks rushed to the scene. "Hold on!" eried Fredericks, peering peer-ing into the box, "what have 'wo heref" "Nothing but a hole,'.' replied Bar-rimsn's Bar-rimsn's detectives. "Oh, vary well," said ths district nt-torney, nt-torney, ' you 're welcome to it." . f |