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Show I EDWARD CLARK I PLEADS GUILTY 1 Cincinnati Man, Accused Of Dy M namlte Conspiracy, V Confotet I Indianapolis. Oct, 7 Edward Clark 1 of Cincinnati today pleaded guilty to 1 tn0 government'a charges In tho dy- namlte conspiracy. Ji- Aa soon as court opened District V Attorney Charles W. Miller address- M -ei Fedoral Judge A. D. Anderson. "If it pleaso tho court, the defend-1 defend-1 nt, Clark of Cincinnati, wishes to change his plea from not guilty to guilty." Clark then stepped forward. "Do you plead guilty?" aked Judge Anderson. "I plead guilty," said Clark. Tho prisoner was separated from tho othor forty-flvo defendants and taken to Jail to await tho imposing of l.ls sentence. Clark pleaded guilty to all tho charges, nvo counts of conspiracy con-spiracy and fifty counts of being a pilnclpal to tho nctual Illegal Inter-B'ato Inter-B'ato Bhlpme.it ot ilyrr-mlto and nltro -glycerin. m Clark's Umbrella In Wreckage 1 Clark was business agent and pros- I ldent of local union 44 of tho Inter- X national Association of Drldgo and Structural Iron Workers from Janu- 1 ary, 1908, to July, 1911. His actlv- jf ltles In promoting explosions, Mr. Mil- s ler assorted, were carried on through letters written by Frank M. Ryan I president of the union, and tho Mc-B Mc-B Namaras. An Ivory handled umbrella I bearing tho Initials "B. C," found B In tho wieckago of a .dynam:ed 1 bridge nt Dayton, Uhin, Mr. Miller 1 aald, let.' to tho dlsclcHUo that CluV Mtually had caused thj ezplos'nn. m having used tho umbrella to protect J tho dynamlto from tho rain and then leaving It behind. m Clark was also charged with car- a rylng out plots against employers of H non union laborl In connection with m t scheme to blow up tho Harrison a avenue viaduct at Cincinnati, Mr. J JViier allss'.d, Clark wrote to Ryan- 3 "It would bo dangerous for me to tJj buy explosives down hero. You had M better send a stranger. I havo got- xm ten ono man out of a lot ot trouble jl already. I am afraid I can't do much M more, for tho police Judgo said, For fa goodness sake, do not bring this m bunch before mo again, or I'll have jff to do something. Tljf Charge Hockln With Double Dealing m Herbert S. Hockln, acting secretary j treasurer o' tho union, was chirncd I by Miller wl'.li doublo dealing with Clark. i "The executive hoard of tho Iren workes union r-piced upon a flxed , prlco of J201 for each Job," said Vr. sillier to tho jury. "For tho blowing ; up of a brldgo over the Miami river i at Dayton May 3, 1908, Hockln paid j Clark only $122.50, thus holding out part ot tho fee. Pointing toward Eugcno A. Clancy Clan-cy and Olat A. Tvlctmoo ot San Francisco. Fran-cisco. Mr. Miller said it would bo shown that they holpcd In promoting tho Los Angeles Times disaster and that "Jack Bright," known as J. E. Munsoy, for two weeks after tho explosion ex-plosion harbored J. B. McNamnra at Salt Lake City, Utah. |