Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-01-11 | Page 1 | Parks Says Others Knew of Dynamiting

PARKS SAYS OTHERS KNEW Of DYNAMITING Star Witness in Conners Case Implicates and Misner r. r LOS ANGE ANGErs Cal Col tan Jan 11 Conners rs told me mc that Misner himself Bender Maple raple and Charles Stevens planned to dynamite the hall haJJ hallof of records and that he- he he with ith Bender and Maple were told to do the work k Confronted b by p a strong case provided pro vided the evidence adduced by bJ the state tate can cin withstand attack attorneys attorney for Bert Conners the tho alleged han hall of records dynamite conspirator made a determined onslaught ht toda today upon the testimony of Mansell Parks the states state's star witness who was put under I cross examination This declaration of ot Parks Park made de oa on I r redirect examination at the mornin morning session of the court was elicited by Deputy District Attorney Attorn y Horton who said yesterday he expected to connect man many labor union leaders with the al al' pl plot t- t tto to destroy stroy the Hall of Rec Bce- ord is s the man nian whose name namo was vas brou brought ht in connection the thc letters fI introduced photographically in evidence evi eri dence yesterday ye j in which Connors Conners asked for money with which h- h to get out of the tho country Misner Millner Union O Ii Official OCIaL The rho ii Misnor n r named amed bY 33 A. A Jh Misner ner an official of the organized me me- who vrho walked out ot of the Rani man railroad shop last Jast year roar Stevens Stevens' first t name ia Is Charles H Hi Hp i i b ervi Ji a year two two term in in Ui Sau Qu tin for r baring beaten beatO 1 a a. strikebreaker strike br breaker employed by the tho Llewellyn Liewellyn iron ironworKs ironworKs' ironworks ironworks works worKs' after the union men mea n struck Parks Park declared that these men inca men were wera on In U the iron workers workers' strike strike- committee e and that Conners' Conners information was given en to him on May 1 1 when he met the tho prisoner on tho way war to Needles Parks aJ also brou brought ht bt the name of J. J E. E Timmons local chief of the structural iron workers into the case cale to to- da day He lie said that when he ho delivered the letter from Conners to Gunier asking ask ask- inu ing for for getaway money TImmons was with Next day ny Parks Park sai l ho he saw aiu arH and the thc latter told him to tell Conners he would have havo to see Timmons about it Refe Referred red to Other Oft Officials Timmons Parks added was out o of town at the tho time and then ho he Raid Mid told him he would wO have hare to see ee Min Min- Minner ner ncr or president of the Los Lo Angeles labor Jabor council According to Parks others besides es Conners Maple fend bud gender Bender the pris pris- onora onor's co defendants had knowledge of oft t thu hu alleged c conspiracy to de destroy troy the county building and ana a photographic copy orY of a letter alleged ed to have ne been n nd addressed r sc-d sc to Geor George o v a prominent nent official in the structural tru tural iron ironworkers ironworkers' ironworkers ironworkers' workers workers' union by Connors in wh which ich tim tho latter asks aks for money with which to beat it out of the country is sn dU exhibit in the ease case Tho The def defense nee bv by bits its questions indicated indi that it would mako make a vigorous effort effort ef ef- ef fort to in GOn convince the jury that the testimony tes tea of Parks Parka was worthless b because I he was was' a detective