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Show MILLER MAKES SENSATIONAL AMIS Opening Statement of Government Gov-ernment Attorney in Dynamite Dyna-mite Conspiracy Case Grows Stronger. HINT 'THAT MUNSEY IS MAN WITH PAST Edward Clark, Former President Presi-dent of Cincinna.li Iron Workers' Union, Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy. I.VDIAjVAPOLIS, Tnd.. Oct. 7. Pages from the careers of the .NfcNam-aras .NfcNam-aras and Ortio AfcManigal, as loaders of "tho flying squadron of dynamiters," with conversations in which they were said to have plotted to send MeManigal to Panama to blow up the locks of the -Panama canal, were read by Districl Attorney Miller before be-fore the jury at the trial of the accused ac-cused "dynamite conspirators" today. to-day. Tho incident in reference to Panama, Mr. Miller said, occurred just, before j tho arrest of tho Los Angeles l3"na-miters, l3"na-miters, when they wore becoming desperate des-perate in their efforts to secure explosives ex-plosives without, bctrayiug their identity. iden-tity. ; "John J. called '.Tamos B. MeNamara, his brother, and MeManigal to the headquarters of International Association Associa-tion of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers.-" said Mr. Miller. "John J. said to MeManigal, 'wo can't get any more dynamite around here without stealing it.. Now you go to Panama and see what you can do down thero. The McClintic-Marshall . Construction company has a lot of dynamite stored down there. You could easily got hold' of it and blow up the locks. That would make 'em sit up an(i take notice and take .their minds off tho Los Angeles affair.' MeManigal refused to go at that time. Soon after they all wcro arrested." The contractor mentioned W3S ono of thoso who had declared for tho "open shop" in the United States. Clark Pleads Guilty. Other developments of the day were: Edward Clark, Cincinnati, former president of tho local Trnn Workers' union, changed his plea from "not guilty" to "guilty," and was locked up, pending sentence. Olaf Tveitmoo, San bVaucisco, now on trial, was accused in tho government's govern-ment's statement to tho jury, as hav-iug hav-iug boon the " protector y of the dynamiters dyna-miters on the Pacific coast, who-pointed out how tho Los Angeles Times buildiug and the Llewellyn Iron Works were to bo blown up, who wanted tho Baker Iron Works and tho Times auxiliary aux-iliary plant blown up and who promised prom-ised to tho dynamiters that his (Tveit-moc's) (Tveit-moc's) friendship with P. H. McCarthy, then mayor of San Francisco, would insure in-sure protection from the police. Tveitmoo Tveit-moo was then editor of a trado paper and secretary of the Building Trades council of California. McCarthy recently re-cently was in Indianapolis. Kvcnts implicating the present defendants, de-fendants, as charged by Mr. Miller before be-fore the jury follow; Declined the Job. W. Bert Brown, then business agcut of a local union at Knnsas City, Mo., James B. MeNamara and "a citizen" whose name wns not divulged, in August, 1010. had a conferonco about blowing up a $1,500,000 bridgo being constructed by an employer of nonunion non-union lnbor across the Missouri river at Kansas City. Previously negotiations negotia-tions had been conducted by Brown aud William .T. McCain, also a bu6i nesa agent at Kausas City, with tho iron workers' headquarters in Indianapolis, Indian-apolis, Tamos B. offered to omploy tho "citizen" regularly, saying " thero 's lots of money in it. We are going to Los Angeles and blow tho wholo town to hell. Wo have unlimited money back of us. and if wo over get in trouble we'll have tho best lawyers that money can buy." 'The citizen did uot go into tho deal. Ou August 22 MeManigal, 3ftor being throo (Jays in. Kansas City, placed twolvo quarts of uitro-glycorin beneath the under structure of 'the bridge. Tho explosion did not occur until tho uoxt day aud after MeManigal had replaced the weak batteries on tho bomb timers with stronger ones. Part of tho cuus wore recovered by tho government. Meantime James B. had gono to arrange ar-range for tho Los A.ngolefi Times ox- i (Continued on Page Twelve.) MILLER IKES VERY STING STATEMENT - (Continued from Pago One.) plosion, after accomplishing which and hiding for two weeks in Salt Lake City, he returned, cast, being met in Nebraska by Prank Eckhoff of Cincinnati Cin-cinnati with a message from John J. James B. said: v "I havo boon keeping pretty low. If I could, gel; by for fivo years liko J. E. Munscy in Salt Lalto, they'd for- get about tho Los Augele-s affair. Coming Com-ing back on the train everybody was reading about the Los Angeles Times disaster, and I thought, everyone was looking at me. That's what "made mc get off atS'all Lake" Tames B. and McManignl then Tvent hunting in tho woods of "Wisconsin to hide. Tho next month at the iron workers' work-ers' convention in St. Louis Tveitmoo had a talk with ,T. J., sa3-iug it was all right on the Pacific coast, and they wanted some " Christ mas presents," in tho shape of blowing up the Llewellyn Iron Works, the Baker Iron Works and the Times auxiliary. McMnnigal returned re-turned to Indianapolis. John J. told him of what Tveitmoe had said. Told to Use Dynamite. 'It will be a great thing u-hile Lhoy are looking for the other fellows to have eight or ten more of them out there by somebody r.hev never saw," said John J. to Me-Manlgal. "No one knows you. and you can slip in and do tho oba. But don't use nitro-glycerin. It is not as safe as dynamito and you don't have to bo so careful. Tell the old man (moaning Tvoitmoe), that he'll get his Christinas presents. Ho told nie his friend Mayor McCart.hv controls con-trols the police force and we'll be protected." pro-tected." After the Llewellyn Iron Works explosion ex-plosion on December 25, J, J. wrote to Eugene A. Clancy of San FTancisco, "tell tho old man his Christmas present pres-ent has been dolivored," and Tvoitmoe Tvoit-moe wrote a letter to J. .T. concluding, 'trusting Santa Glaus will bo as generous gen-erous to you with surprises and presents pres-ents of the season as he has to ua in tho Golden state." Charges against Clarence R. Dowel, Rochester, N. T.; Charles Wachmoistor, Detroit; Frank J. turphy, Detroit; William K. Benson, now of" Last Gol-wa Gol-wa N. T.; Spurgoon P. Meadows, Indianapolis, In-dianapolis, and Tlirara dine, itfuueie. Jnd., involving unions other than the iron workers-, were outlined by the district dis-trict attorney. He said it would' be shown that they all met in Detroit in 1911 "to have a wholesale blowing up," bnt that J. B. McNamara hest tated about the jobs hecauso there wore too many in on the deal. Hiiio and Meadows wero officers of the International In-ternational Brotherhood of Carpenter and Joiners and Dowd was a national organizer of the International Association Associa-tion of machinists. Deteotivci Gets in. "A detcciive, representing himself as a momher of tho sheet metal workers, work-ers, got into the 3cul." said MiHor. ' 'How are yon going to blow up these places whore's tho dynamite?' asked tho detective. 'Why we've got it l ight in town, brought it here" on a I Irabu' answored Cliiie. " 'Do vou mean to sav you brought, if. on a train along with women and children!' "'Of course. It's easy and saf ' said Cline. 'Xo one will ever know of it.' ' A map of Detroit was prepared with live locations marked where explosions were to tjiko place. McMnnigal w;ih soul to do the job and wan given a list. Mr--MunlgaJ said: "There are only four on the list where s tho other places.'' .T P, .McXamara. replied: ,rVTo arc to throw n falso bomb on the porch of the home of a member of the Detroit Merchants ami Manufacturers association." MeNamam and McManlgal wer on their wav to do tho .lob In April, 100'J, when Ihe'v were arrc.4trd. When court adjourned until tomorrow Mr. .Miller had spoken for four day or a total of twenty houra, and had not vet completed presenting- the go crnnienY aide of the caBu. Pohlman Goes Free. SA.V FTIAXCISCO. Oct. 7. The United States circuit court of appeals dismissed todav the appeal of 71. w. I'ohlmini from an order Issued by Cnltcd States District .ludg-. "Wellborn, ordering hhn imprisoned for contempt for having refused to pir.-duce pir.-duce before a fudeinl grand jurv certain papers hearing on t lie McNnma'ra dynamiting dyna-miting cusc. The evidence in iiucstlou Is wanted bv the government In the prosecution of th'-Indianapolis th'-Indianapolis cunsplraw irases. and Pohlman Pohl-man will be subpoenaed as a wl limns and required to submit the papers in that city. He is llnanclnl secretary and buI-ness buI-ness asent of tho Seattle branch of the International Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. As the remit of today's proceeding. Pohlman will go free, ns it was conceded by the government attorneys that It would be Impossible for hlni to complv with the order of tho court, the fodyr.il grand Jury before which he was ordf-red to appear having gone out of existence. |