The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-01
ANARCHIST SCHMIDT WOULD
KILL los ANGELES FacsE-
cuToR, He DECLARES.
M'NANARA NOT GUILTY
Says Schmidt, Who Declares Ne Blew
Up Times BuiIdin0--Burns Not
Scared--MilIion For De-
fense.

Chicago, April 30.--A eletter threat
ening to blow to atoms Detective
William J. Burns, his son Raymond
and District Attorney Frelericks, os
Los Angeles. was received today by
Cnef Burns, head of the agenc-
which caused the arrest OF the Me.
Namara brothers and Ortie r.. Mo
Manigal charged with blowing up tie
Los Angeles Times building, and
with scores of other dynamite or.
RACES.
| The letter was postmarked Times
Square Station. New York. April 25
p. m, and was signed M. j.
Schmidt From Its tenor as well as
from the signature Burns believes the
letter Was written ana mailed by Mat
thew ]. Schmidt. a Chicago anar
chist, for whose arrest as one of tie
clique concerned In the blowing I'D
OF the Los Angeles Times building
$4,000 was offered In a circular let
ter sent out to the police OF all tia
world by the Los Angeles district
attorney on Jan 10. Schmidt was
formerly a member OF Amalgamatea
/ Weed Workers International Union
land the Prothcrhod Of Carpenters In
Chicago, lie Ii about 81 years old
lie has lost his right eye and wears
/ 4 glass cyc in Its place.
I The letter in which Schmidt de-
clares that the Mcnamara brotheia
are innocent of the dynamite crime
and that he. Schmidt. is the guilty
one. reads as follows
i Sailing Fer Europe.
/ Detective William j. Burns: Yog
/ arrested the Mcnamara brothers IL
4 legally and, furthermore, they ara
innocent.
| q am the guilty one You ard
your operatives thought you were
smart when | was being hunted for
| In the west. Ever since the Los AH
gees job came or. | have been In
New York.
Tomorrow | shall sail at 10 A. m.
for Europe. these to remain untii
\. this trouble is over. While abroad o
will be kept informed as to the pro
gress OF the trial of the McNamafa
boys, and II ]. J. Mcnamara, secre.
tary and treasurer Of the Internation
y al Bridge and Structural Iron Work.
ers' Union, Is convicted. as sure as
your name is Burns, will come bach
and kill you like dog.
your son Raymond will also meet
! the same fate, as we'll as everyons
b guilty OF the prosecution. Mcnamara
8 Is innocent and | win avenge his
blood. know that you are being
/ paid a big sum OF money by the capi.
talistic clique for your work and YOU
J. are not able TO bring the guilty ones
!. to justice. SO you get after union
, labor officials am an all-around
machinist and clock maker, AMI
can make any kind OF explosive with.
out anybody's aid.
IF nave to return TO the United
States I will make enough explosives
to blow You and your clique to atoms.
fincluding Raymond Burns and Dis.
trict Attorneys Fredericks. am not
a union man. but | am sympathizer
of unionism and | win avenge their
e cause. NJ. ]. SCHMIDT"
Case Is Complete.
A rough drawing OF skull and
8 crossbones followed the signature.
G Detective Burns said Of the letter:
!. 1T bears internal evidence OF hav
Q ing been sent by Schmidt. who is an
Z avowed anarchist McManigal's con-
!. fesslon states that Schmidt vas ona
4 OF the men who helped James b. Me-
/, Namara to blow up the Times build
9 ing. However, ! am not afraid OF his
threats. II should be killed tomor-
row the case against the McNamaFa
brothers and McManigal Is complete
and | know they will be convicted"
Detective Burns received tele-
lgram from San Francisco which stat.
ed that employees at the Giant Pow.
lder Works in that city had positively
identified James B. Mcnamara as the
man who hal bought 1000 pounds
OF dynamite from the firm q month
before blowing up the Times build
Ing.
n I'VE have also traced the launch
E that was used by Mcnamara In TAX
iling the dynamite away from tna
4 plant across San Francisco bay" said
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