El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-24

tempt " QyudlnlIe a DrlCS6 IN H6Or12
Ill, In September 1910, where an in
fernal machine was planted near thu
bridge had failed to explode The con
ditfons at Peoria conceded so closet!
with those following the Times ex
plosion that the detective believed boil
explosions had been the work of tn,
same men, The detective already haC
suspicious that the Peoria work hac
been done by Ortie E. Mechanical, OF
chicago, AID when he returned tc
Peoria he surrounded McManigaPs
home with watchers
Tronworks Explosion.
McManiga1 in the meantime not
/ knowing he was being watched. re-
turned. to Los Angeles with plan
| the detective claims. of destroying the
auxiliary plant in which the Times
was being issued. 1t is said he made
several inspections of the plant.
Just to show his good faith, Burns
declares, McManigal placed an internal
machine under the plant of the
/ Llewellyn Ironworks in Los Angeles
Detectives watching this were unable
| to make use OF their knowledge to
! prevent an explosion, being FEARFUL of
warning the dynamiters of their pres
/ ence and by putting them on their
/ guard prevent an arrest
Detectives closing In on the Chi
4
meeting with James Mcnamara,
whom at that time they knew only as
J. B. Bryce or Bryson, under which
name the explosive said to have been
| used in blowing up the Times plant
was purchased.
Shadowing Suspects.
McManigal and Mcnamara then
came on the same train bearing the
watchers.
The pair went to Kansas City. to
Peoria again, to South Chicago. to
Milwaukee and a dozen other points,
always carrying a mysterious suit case,
which, it was later learned, contained
the c1ockwork basis from which the
Internal machines were formed Finally
the pair came to Indianapolis, where
Interviews were held with secretary
John Mcnamara, the first time he had
appeared in any connection with the
dynamting.
First the two visited secretary Nc
Namara's office at night and held a
long consultation The next cay secre-
tary Mcnamara kept an appointment
with the two in a street near his office
and the three went into another consul
tation in al saloon.
Then MkManigal and James Nc
Namara again went to Kansas City
and following them watchers found a
plant" arranged under a new bridge
and by throwing a quantity of the nj
troglycerine found there onto the wa
ters below prevented an explosion.
The Wreck Terminal.
From this time frequent visits were
made by the two men to the office of
secretary Mcnamara in Indianapolis,
the detectives gaining new evidence
and preparing for a round up
They followed McAIanigal to To-
ledo where he was joined by James
Mcnamara. The two then departed
for Detroit. both carrying heavy suit
cases Watchers in Detroit had IN
formed Burns, the detect;~e asserted,
that an attempt would be made to
wreck the new $4,000 600 terminal and
Chicago detectives were asked to
aid in the arrests and detectives Bid
dinger and Reed were ssne.
Mcnamara and MeManigaI were ar
rested by the Chicago men and told
that they were wanted for safe blow
ing. Confident they could prove an
alibi on this charge the men made
light resistance Fear THAI premature
disclosure of the fact beh.nd the ar
rests would complicate proceedings in
the arrest of secretary Mcnamara. who
already had been secretly indicted by
a Los angeles grand jury, prevented
the authorities making the prisoners
acquainted with the real nature of the
charges against them
a Giveaway Question.
On their way to Chicago the men,
however. became moody and suspicious
and Mcnamara startled the police with
the question:
SAY. is it for the Los Angeles job
you fellows want u.s."
The men resisted attempts to force
4 confession from them
Raymond Burns. son of William J.
Burns. said Mcnamara had offered him
100000 and later $50. 900 for the liberia
ion of himself and McAfanigal The
story of the offered bribe was said to
nave been heard by the Chicago officers
md verified by them. Il
Neighbors of the AIcManigais say the
lead of the family has been at home
lut infrequently in the last .wo years,
Mrs. McManigal was said al i
Ways to have been Well supplied with
money
McManigal, the police say. was ar
ested last January on charge of
tealing several wagon lo4ds of brass ]
-FOUR wagon loads wene found in the
of the McNTanigals resi-
ence
After spending several Gays in jail {
e was released.
Confession Alleged. +
Capt. Stepher Woods chief of the t
'hicaeo detective bureau, said last s
light that full confession had been Sc 7
ured from one of the men arrested in I
,etroit in connection with the destruc- l
ion of the Los Angeles Times building. {
The alleged confession is said to COW '
r 90 typewriter pages and to relate a
ne movements of the men now under (
rrest, and others sought by the de- q
ectives. t
According to Can't Wood. it de- a
cribes in detail the dynamiting Of t
railroad trains and factories f
here conflicts between union and I
onunion labor existed. The loss of G
yes and the destruction of property b
alued at almost $2.O00.00o is said TO be e
etai1ed. t
The chief of the Chicago detective de-
artment said the confession was placed y
the possession of attorneys repre- e
enting the National Erectors' associ- {,
ton and has been sent to Los Angeles f.
be used in the trail of the cases n
yainst the men under arrest s.
1.-The confession was made at the +
pine of detective Reed of the Chicago Il
olice, in South Chicago said Capt. d
-ood< d
More Dynamite Found.