Evening journal., 1911-12-06
UNCLE SAM GETS
INTO INQUIRY
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should they turn up, and even if they
do. it is said their cases may go &C
the Federal courts. While Fredericks
asserts that he withdrew from the
case after the Mcnamara pleas of
guilty because he believed the Fed
eral government could do the work
best, followers of Job Hartman. de-
feated Socialist candidate for Mayor,
declare he was called off as part of
the "dicker" by which big business
interests retained control Of the city.
When men from San Francisco,
whose names have been banded about
in the grand jury investigation Of the
Times explosion we're granted inn
munity by the agreement between the
business interests, Darrow and Fred
ericks, IL became certain an effort
would be made to involve them in the
Federal investigation. To do this
Ortie McManigal and both McNamaras
will appear before the Federal grand
Jury. The former will tell all he
knows, while the two latter, if forced
to appear, will probably keep quiet.
When Darrow and his associates
we're retained in the Mcnamara case
it was arranged that they should rep
resent any western labor men who
might be involved by Detective Burns.
! II is impossible to learn whether this
agreement will be adhered to.
II is practically certain that as the
result of the Federal Investigations
here and i'm indianapolis, the govern
ment hopes to separate the accused la
bor leaders into two classes, those
who advocated direct aggressive ac-
ton and those who believe only in pas
sive resistance to enemies of organ
lied labor.
John ]. Mcnamara was leader Of the
advocates Of direct action. When Nc
Manigai goes before the Federal grand
Jury he will tell a new story. He VIII
declare the reason John Mcnamara
believed IN him was because he was
good gun man." and could mako
good and get away" II necessary. But
he will declare he was an amateur
with high explosives compared TO
James b. Mcnamara.
The latter's bombs never missed hre.
Traffic in Dynamite.
McManigal will tell also, it is said,
inst how dynamite was traffced in
on the Pacific Coast He will declare
that he. j. b. Mcnamara and Schmidt,
brought TO the coast several suit cases
filled with dynamite purchased by j.
/ Il. Mcnamara al Muncie, Indiana.
Some was used on the Yukon Company
Offices i'm September. 1910, while the
rest was used on the plant OF the
/ Oakland Pacific Lumber Company In
August, 1910. I'm
These explosions McManigal Will
allegc were planned by Pacific coast
/ labor leaders and Lawler hopes to get
indictments against them early next
woez and force an immediate trial.
Incidnetally I'm Connection with the
destruction Of the Times building j.
/ Mcnamara has declared he often
used more than fifty pounds OF dyna-
mste in demolishing buildings and
felt when he put sixteen sticks OF
dynamite in Ink Alley at the Times
building that it would do no great
7, damage.
Left the Bomb and Fled.
/, He had just placed the suit cast
, with the bomb inside alongside tn
, building when Joe Brown. who's
identification OF him first caused J. b
to weaken, appeared, and demand
ed
what IN the -- are you doing?
At that time Brown was driver OF {
delivery wagon. ]. ,. said he wat
looking for the Times ad. room anC
went through the building to that de
partment. Returning he saw soal
box across the street. picked it up
covered the suit case and fed.
jim insists that either his boml
broke the gas main or else his accom-
plice went back and knocked off thu
gas cocks. He insists that If thu
Times had not been so flimsily con
structed and had there been plent,
of fire escapes, nobody would havi
been KILLED.