East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-28
Five Copies viii be Made of
Confession Which Took
Three Hours TO Give
LETTERS THREATEN DEATH
OF DETECTIVE BURNS
Prisoners Will Probably BE Arranged
Wednesday and Preliminary Hear
ing Held Week Later-Burns
Positively Asserts That He Has
Evidence That VIII Convict Sus-
poets.

Los Angeles, Cal, April 2S,-Just
when the legal battle for the convic-
ton Of or the acquittal Of the Nc
Namara brothers and McManigal will
actually begin is still a matter of
doubt. Wednesday they probably will
be arraigned and the pre-
liminary hearing set a week later.
No attempt will be made to secure
the prisoners release on habeas cor
pus. at least until after the arrival
OF Clarence Darrow. who has decided
to act as their chief counsel. 1t is
possible that he will ask for a change
OF venue.
McAIanigal Makes Confession.
with details supplied them by NC
Manigal, the district attorneys Of
flee today began the preparation of
OF a case against John and James Nc
Namara for dynamiting the Times
and against McManigal for the ex-
plosion which partially destroyed the
Llewellyn Iron works. The steno-
graphers are making five copies which
took McManigal three hours to give
out He said that James Mcnamara
placed the dynamite under the Times
and then took a train and was four
hours en- route to San Francisco be-
fore the explosion. He said John fur
nished all the money for the Times
plot and others. McManigal also
gave a long list OF crimes which he
did alone, among them dynamiting
the Henry residence In Portland.
Local labor leaders asserted today
McManigal has been employed for
Burns for weeks. that his confession
should not be taken too seriously.
Portland Story Denied.
Portland. Ore, April 27.-The
Charles Henry residence was not dy-
namited and no attempt was made.
After Henry who Is wealthy real
estate man. and an open shop advo-
cate, notified the police that an at
tempt had been made to dynamite
his house, an investigation showed
that three sticks of dynamite were
found in tree near the house which
had been left by the foreman of the
tober 1910.
Burns Il Threatened.
Chicago. April 2S.-Letters threat
ening his death, he says, are pouring
in on Detective Burns, who is respon-
sible for the arrest OF the two Nc
Namaras and McManigal. 1t would
not do them any good to kill me. said
Burns, "for all the evidence l have
secured is in writing and safely in
the hands Of the officials. This
means that the men who are guilty
of the Times explosion will be con-
victed."
Says Burns Bribcd McManigal.
Los Angeles-Attorney Joe Har-
riman, a defense attorney declared
that McManigal is in close touch with
Burns and was paid money by Burns
and given reward for confession, and
promised he would be taken care OF in
court no matter what came UP.
Burns Denies Charge.
Chicago, April 2S.-"It is an out
rageous lie," shouted Burns contra
dieting the reports current that Nc
Manigal in confessing had agreed to
furnish Burns with the details of plots
he was carrying out. 'It Is a desper-
ate effort of desperate men to cloud
my reputation to save themselves"
said Burns.
McMlanieal Refuses Defense.
Los Angeles, April 2S,-McManigal
today repulses the effort Of organized
labor to defend him. When ap-
preached by Attorney Hartman, who
has been retained to assist in the de-
fense of the McNamaras he said: II
won't want to see you, Hilton or any
nth Of " t,.t1 OF ttn,.c
take their course" When asked If
he had been grautcd immunity Nc
Manigal turned his face to the wall
and refused to talk further.
Los Angeles, April 2S-John Ba-
ker, superintendent of the Giant
Powder company at Giant, California,
arrived here today from san Fran
cisco to determine whether James
Mcnamara is James Bryce, the man
who bought and signed for dynamite