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Show FIENDISH PLOTS LAID Witness Tells of Plans for Wholesale Murder Mur-der by McNamara. Indianapolis, Nov. zp. Witnesses at the "dynamite conspiracy" trial today testified concerning "wholesale explosions" ex-plosions" which tho McNamaras wore alleged to have contemplated, but which wero prevented by tho arrest of the dynamiters at Detroit and Indianapolis In-dianapolis in April, 1911. The explosions ex-plosions contemplated, as told by witnesses, wit-nesses, were: To blow up tho locks of the Panama Pan-ama canal. Ti blow up a building In Pittsburgh occupied by officials of iron and steel contractors who employed non-union mon. and alBO to blow up offices In other eastern cities. To blow up the acqueduct and water wa-ter worsk nt Los Angeles. To blow up a 6leeplnc car to get rid of a stenographer formerly employed em-ployed by the Iron workers' union, becau8o she knew too much "I'll blow the whole town off the map; the peoplo will think there has been another earthquako similar to San Francisco," said J. B. McNamara. discussing tho campaign he expected to make at Los Angeles, according to Ortle E. McManlgal. McManlgal testified that James B. McNamara. admitted he wanted to kill him (McManlgal) in the Wisconsin woods Judge Anderson announced he would not Increase the bonds of tho other defendants and would "pass" the motion for the present. Indianapolis. Nov. 25. Plots to blow up the Frlck building In Pittsburg, to blow up other buildings in eastern cities cit-ies where "open shop" Iron and steel contractors had their offices, and to explode a bomb In a sleeping car In order to kill Miss Mary C Dye, a stenographer, ste-nographer, were described by Lindsay L Jewell at the dynamite conspiracy trial today as having been revealed to him by Herbert S. Hockln 'When was It Hockln first disclosed to you Information about explosions?" Jewell was asked by Senator Kern for the defense. McNamara Plotted Murders. "He told me he waB opposed to the wholesale murder being planned and got mo to pro'mlse him I would nov-er nov-er reveal the source of my Information. Informa-tion. He told me President Ryan knew nothing of the plots to murder. That was McNamara's scheme. "After Hockin told he who blew up the Times building I promised him if he over got into trouble I would see that after he got out he would get a position paying $2,500 a year for two years. When Hockin began to communicate with Burns, Burns assumed as-sumed that obligation to Hockln." Plan to Blow Up Sleeping Car. "Did Hockln tell you JameB B. McNamara Mc-Namara was planning to blow up a whole sleeping car full of persons In order to kill Miss Dye because sho knew too much?" asked District Attorney At-torney Miller. "Yes; Hockin told mo of plots for wholesalo murder and that the Frlck building was to be blown up with other oth-er buildings in tho east In which were officers of noii-uulon labor employers. employ-ers. " Jewell also repealed tho statement that Hockln reported to Burns direct within a month after the Times explosion, ex-plosion, telling Burns the dynamiters wero on a hunting trip in tho Wisconsin Wiscon-sin Woods. It was bocauso of Jewell's testimony that Judge Anderson increased in-creased Hockln's bond from $10,000 to $20,000, In default of which he was in custody of a deputy marshal at the trial today. No action was takn by the court on the government's motion to increase in-crease the bonds of six moro of the defendants. McManlgal Resumes Confession. Ortle E McMunlgal next resumed his confession on the stnnd. "Tell what. If anything, you aud tho McNamaras said about blowing up work on tho Panama canal," said District. Dis-trict. Attorne Miller. "In April, 1011. In Indinnapolis,"sald McManlgal. "J. J. said the McCllntock-Marshall McCllntock-Marshall Construction company, a non-union concern, had two years' work on Uio Panama canal and he wanted mo to go there. He said I should go to Panama and enlist as a soldier, aa I already had servlde In the Spanish-American war. I asked him if he expected me to tako nitroglycerin nitro-glycerin to Panama. Ho said, 'No, the McCHntock-Mnrshall peoplo havo great stores of dynamite down there. You cau watch your chance to steal it. Put a wagon-load In oach lock.' 'I didn't take much to the Panama trip and told J. J. so, but ho Insisted he would take it up later. J. n. nt that time hald ho had more work on tho Pacific coast He said he was going go-ing back there with an arrangement to set off bombs by touching an electrical elec-trical current miles away. ue 8aij( 'I'll go to Los Angeles and undermine the aqueduct and the waterworks, then put bombs at various parts of the city and blow tho whole towu off tho map. The peoplo will think thore has been another earthquako similar to tho one In Sau Francisco" McManlgal then described hlB going go-ing to Detroit with James U McNamara McNam-ara to blow up four jobs and their arreBt thero. which prevented tho wholesale explosions which were soon to be carried out, he said I "After wo were arrested In Detroit and while wo wero on the train going to Chicago. James B. began to yell about being kldnuped," aald McManlgal. McManl-gal. "Guy Blddlngor. a Chicago detective, de-tective, had ub handcuffed. J B. offered 35,000 to let us escape. Blddlngor Bld-dlngor erfused Then J. B. raised the amount to 530.000, saying he would get the amount from J. J. McNamara. Ho said If Biddlnger did not let us off the train thero would be a gang waiting wait-ing for him at Chicago and that they would got him. Then J B. said to Blddingcr: 'If you don't take the $30,000 Clarence Darrow will get It. for we will have Darrow J. B. begged Biddlnger to allow mo to go or to allow my wife to go to Indianapolis to arrange to procure the money. 1 said I didn't want my wife mixed up In It. "At Chicago wo were taken to the homo of a detoctlve named Reed. J. B. sent for me and was allowed to talk to me. I reminded him that he had talked too much on the train, that ho had told the detectlveB the Los Angeles explosion was caused by gas, and therefore he had shown he knew too much. Ho said he would deny all that. Ho asked me what we should do. 1 answered 'Every man for himself.' "William J. Burns camo to see me and I made a clean breast of It to him. Later, in Los Angeles, I told the authorities my whole story " Senator Kern thon began cross examining ex-amining MoManlgal. |