New-York tribune., 1911-12-08
JIM M'NAMARA'S BOAST
Continued from first page.

While thus waiting, McLaren gave
version, new in important details. OF the
evidence and circumstances which led
Up t. the arrest of McMauigal with
Mcnamara in Detroit and how the
thoughtlessness of James B. Mcnamara
on the journey from Detroit TO Chicago
gave the detectives ground for pcrsuad-
ing McManigal to confess.
The statements of Mcnamara were
made according to McLaren, in the pres
ence Of Guy Biddinger and William Reed
detectives of Chicago; Raymond Burns,
son Of William j. Burns and McLaren
himself.
McLaren gave the dates, hours and
places of his shadowing Of McManigal
for long period. When he confronted
McMangal with the knowledge he had
thus gained, the dynamiter decided to
break from his companion and tell all
hc knew. McLarcHs story follows:
About the 9Th or Sth of April last
picked up McManigal in his home IN
Chicago. He had just arrived from Spring
field, Mass, where he said he had blown
up the municipal tower. lie had stopped
IN Indianapolis ana, ne Sdlu. obltllI'p StV
from ]. J. Mcnamara for the Springfield
job and the one at Milwaukee,
We shadowed him the next day as he
went downtown with his wife TO the HI
bernian Bank Our office happened to
be right across the street. and told Mr.;
Burns that If he wanted to get a good
look at McManigal then was his chance.
SO Burns WfaI 0pt ,hf hnu vent s1o to Uu thS head
quarters of the iron workers union finally
going home.
Nc trailed McManiSal ard his wife the
next day again as they walked with their
children looking into suOp windows. ]
had been IN. McManigals neighborhood for
several days ana was afraid his children,
who had seen me. might recognize me and
cail their fathers attention TO me. ] saw
NcManigal buy pain Of shoes, which ne
IS now wearing, and / remember he was
amazed. after / arrested him. when |
told him the size. of the SHOES he had on.
how much he paid for tim. and who was
with him when he bought them.
Mechanical left home carrying a suitcase,
and l took train with him 10 Toledo, keep
ing well away from his sight. When we ar
rived in Toledo James b. Mcnamara was
waiting for McManigal at the station, and
they sat down in the station for a talk
McManigal pulled out map, which ! saw
was Of Detroit as passed them. They
traced over Il with a lead pencil. but finally
went TO the Meyerhor Hotel. j. b. regis
tered as F. Caldwell and McManlgal as u.
Foster
/ had received instructions to arrest ]. B;
I
nm Chicago on the long distance telephone
for instructions. and got Raymond Burns
on the other end He told me TO call IN
| half hour, and In the mean time got INTO
| communication over the telephone with his
| father wh) was in Boston. Raymond
Burns came on from Chicago with Biddinger
and Reed. detectives.
We stopped at a hotel on the opposite
| side OF the street but as the police in
Toledo were not in sympathy with us We
| were afraid TO risk an arrest there, ana
determined TO follow them 70 the next
| place.
The next morning McManlgal left the no; no.
tel with J. B. Mcnamara. McManlgal had
a suitcase, and at the station !. .. got a
| small grip from the check stand. They
| bought tickets TO Detroit. The police Of
| hcers there were our friends, and we felt
! happy as we boarded train that morning
| for Detroit. McManigal and Mcnamara
! sat five seats ahead OF us In the same day
We reached Detroit by noon and they
went TO a hotel. We decided TO make the
! TO the depot, buying tickets for Chicago
| I B. kept shouting about being kid
Mapped" and finally attracted the attsn-
| tion OF some police officers. 50 We All hau
! TO go back to the police station. The rest
| of the afternoon we worked hard trying 10
get away. and hnaly Mechanical who had
ms mGmey e nr,d IN be better on in his nome
town and J. B. signed waiver 10 pro-
] ceedngs in Detroit.
| We left on the night OF ADlil II, in q
| drawing room car. Several baseball mag
| mates we're on the train and they knew the
| detectives with us. Naturally We had 10
| tell them who We had. We said they were
"a couple Of yeggs" whom VIC had taken
| for safe cracking.
| Later on James r. resented that remark.
| which he overheard and said 10 us that
] he had never blown up a safe or robbed
/ one in his life and that every dollar had
! been paid TO him by the man upstairs -
| He got a bit talketive and said:
| I'm another Vincent Altman. II took
! $50 900 to clear him and / got hundreds OF
| thousands Of dollars and the American
| Federation OF Labor back of me. Clarence
| S. Darrow will be my attorney. They did
not convict Altman and they never can
| convict me. You fellows don't want me for
no safe blowing. You want me for that job
| in Los Angeles"
| Here McManigal reached out from the
| top berth and grabbed Mcnamara by the
| hair, saying: Say. fellow. do you know
| what you are talking about7'
| II know what I'm talking about, you PIN
head" j. y. answered. and McManigal
dropped back with the remark, "All right;
| II you do, go ahead,
| Mechanical had nothing more to sav.
Along toward morning j. b. took dif-
| ferent tack