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Show "FYDI WM n I mil DLu s j a s i OF k RflWP And the Hole' that It Tore in the Ground Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. S. A hole In the ground caused by tho explosion explo-sion of a bomb will figure in the trial of tho McNamara brothers for the alleged al-leged dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times. The hole was dug up and boxed for preservation last night. On the morning of the destruction of the Times building last October 1, two unexploded bombs weio found at tho residences of General G. H. Otis, owner of the Times, and F J Ze-handelaar, Ze-handelaar, secretary of the Merchants & Manufacturers' association A detective de-tective was carrying off tho bomb, enclosed en-closed In a suitcase, from the Ci grounds, when he heard a clock ticking tick-ing and dropped the grip and ran. The bomb went off, tearing a largo hole In the ground between the sidewalk side-walk and curbing. Tho hole remained undisturbed and a fev days ago the attorneys for tho defense decided thoy needed the hole for evidence Accordingly four detectives set to work Sunday night and by daybreak-today daybreak-today had tunneled under the hole, boxed it in and prepared to cart it to Attorney Job Harriman's office. While they awaited a truck, passers-by passers-by noticed their operations and telephoned tele-phoned District Attorney Fredericks. Gathering an automobile full of detectives, detec-tives, Fredericks ni6hed to tho scoue "Hold on'" cried Fredericks, peering peer-ing Into the box, "what have we here9" "Nothing but a hole," replied Harriman's Har-riman's detectives. "Oh, very well," said the district attorney, at-torney, "you're welcome to It.' -'- . |