Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-10-09

confession of Ortie E. McManigal,
and when the McNamaras are brought
to bar next Wednesday they will find
this man their chief accuser.
But on the other side-on the side
of the defense-will be McManigars
wife, Mrs. Emma MECHANICAL, who
once at least, caused her husband
to waver, and over whom for several
w.seks both defense and prosecution
struggled for the benefit Of her favor
and, whatever testimony she might
have to render. She defied the grand
Jury, won in contempt proceedings
brought against her because she had
refused to answer questions in the
inouisitorial chamber, and incidental
ly. Through the attorneys for the Nc
Namaras, made public the confession
in which her husband accused John
J. Mcnamara of being the master
conspirator, and his brother, James.
his chief instrument.
Nevertheless, while sanguine of the
final outcome Of the trial, the attor-
neys for the McNamaras and the
prisoners themselves expect a long,
hard battle before they are freed Of
the charge of having destroyed the
Times building and slain 10 men.
John J. Mcnamara says there is not
the slightest vestige Of fear of the
outcome in his mind and the attor-
neys representing MIN and his broth
err James assert that when the prison
ers, on Wednesday catch the first
free glimpse 81 the sky they have had
for months it will be only foretaste
of the liberty to come after weeks
of fierce legal strife which admittedly
lies before tden The prisoners have
the laws presumption in their favor
and they are supremely confident
tiat the Jury vet to be chosen will
vindicate that presumption by declar-
ing them innocent.
The ruins of the Times building
were still emitting clouds of smoke
and steam on the morning of October
t, when the throngs of spectators
were given additional fright by news
that an internal machine had been
found under a dormer window at the
home of Felix Zeehandelaar, who, as
secretary of the Merchants and Man.
ufacturers' association, had been act
i've in an "open.shop'' campaign in
this city Fright became panic few
minutes later when word was sent to
police headquarters that another
bomb had been found at the residence
e General Harrison Grey Otis, pro-
prietor of the Times.
The latter bomb, Enclosed in suit
case, exploded leaving nothing but a
hole in the sward of a park opposite
the Otis place where it had been hung
by it's finders. But the Zeehandelaar
bomb. with it's clock spring wound a
turn beyond the working tension, re.
NAMED intact. A policeman cut the
battery wires connecting the clock.
work ana the Illuminating cap, and
with it's power for harm thus par
TALLY destroyed, it was taken to pc.
lice headquarters.
In it was heavy charge of 80 per
cent gelatin, an explosive of twice
the destructive power of ordinary
dynamite and seldom used. This gel
attn bore tie label of a San Francisco
powder company. Detectives hurried
forthwith to the north, while the
tightly wound clock mechanism re-
MANNED at headquarters to reveal, &C
cording to the authorities colossal
criminal conspiracy ramifying
throughout the country
The burden of proof against the
Mcnamara brothers lies on the state.
and as far as the case has developed,
the prosecution apparently must rely.
aside from expert testimony upon
four main points of reputed fact to
prove that James B. Mcnamara, as
the instrument. and John J as d.
recting head of conspiracy, were
responsible for the destruction of the
Times building and the deaths of the
victims. These points are:
The alleged fact that James B. Nc.
Namara was in San Francisco at the
time 1000 pounds of high power ex-
plosives were purchased from a pow
der company.
The alleged fact that he was in Los