The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-26
The American Nihilists and
the Modern Sherlock Holmes

dynamite and. twelve clocks for tim
ng the fuses were found.
Accompanied by Chief of Police
Knapp Of Toledo went to the pack
age Office in the Union depot and
found one of the four suitcases which
and McManigal left in
storage there on April 10. The dress
suitcase contained nothing but twine,
but it bore visible and tangible marks
of having been used to carry dyna-
mite. The stains made by dynamite
are unmistakable and the valise can |
be identified by two of my men who
saw Mcnamara and McManigal here
on April IL and who can identify the
valise by stains on the outside.
also got proof that the dynamite
stored at Tifin and indianapolis is
part of lot of 1,6Oo pounds of dyna-
mite stolen from the France Stone
quarries at Bloomville, Ohio, On jan
uary II last. have also proof that
James Mcnamara and McManigal
were in Bloomville at the time of the
robbery.
A Mass Of Evidence J.
There is such lot of evidence that
it is difficult for me, SO far away from
my Office and the records, to tell just
where to begin in cnumerating the
case. can prove by the handwriting
of j. B. Mcnamara and Ortie e. Nc
Manigal that they were two of the
men who registered under false
names at the Park hotel in Toledo on
April IL and went to Tiffin, where they
had store of dynamite, part of which
they carried away with them. can
prove that they left one dynamite
dress suitcase in the package room
Of the Union railroad depot in this
city. can prove that the dress suit
case contained dynamite.
can establish the fact that these
two men had a hand in the theft of
dynamite from the France quarries at
Bloomville, Ohio, and | can prove
that it was just that brand of dyna-
mite that was afterward stored in the
union labor headquarters building and
at Jones stable in indianapolis and al
ttMcManigal's fafher's shed at Tiffin.
1 can also prove that this identical
brand of dynamite was used in -four
/ disastrous explosions.
| can also prove by the testimony
of my operatives. who shadowed these
men for months, that they were act
1 ually seen carrying packages OF dyna
mite in the neighborhood of the
Llewellyn Iron works at Los Angeles
and the plant of the Western Fue
company at Milwaukee.
\ | can prove by handwriting tina
4 James B. Mcnamara, using the name
i of James B. Brice, registered at ho
tells at various cities about the tim,
i of the explosions. | can also prov
n that James B. Mcnamara purchase
the piano box in which was hiddel
several hundred pounds of dynamit
found in the F. Jones stable at Indian
: apolis.
The dynamite suitcase found by m
/, in the package room of the union de
, pot here, and which my men say
James b. Mcnamara carrying, Is RI
i inforced on the inside with wire SO a
to make it strong enough to carry
! heavy load without bursting open. Th
| wire is of the identical quality, ga.ug
l and strength as that used to fix th
t clocks and batteries to boards fc
: exploding purposes in three of the di
: astrous explosions,
: Several of these wrecked clocks an
Y bris after explosions and they contai
specimens of this very same wire ia
tened into holes in the boards by
n twist of the nippers or pinchers. Al
, other important piece of evident
: that | have tracked is purchases
g nitroglycerine by James B. McNama1
s when going under the name of ],
McGaw. We have a tracing OF Ii
). handwriting taken from the regist
# of the Peoria hotel at Peoria, I'll. TT
!. clerk also gave us a full description
n the man and it tallies exactly with Il
a. man under arrest.
q Explosive Bought in West.
e We have found that this same m;
II purchased 200 quarts of nitroglyceri
from a manufacturer at Portlar
G. Ind. just before the explosion viii
1t destroyed lot of McClintic, nj;
+ shall & Co.'S structural iron
lie Peoria
N One charge of the quantity of
te troglycerine used failed to explot
i'd and we can identify this as part
"a the. nitroglycerine bought by McN
m mara from the manufacturer at Po
ty land We can show that McNama
was in the vicinity of the scene
at the explosion from twenty-four to I
it ty-eight hours before it exploded.
to- The finding of the uneXplod
lie charge of nitroglycerine also enlig
az ened us as to the methods of
a. dynamiters The nitroglycerine hae
re clock and battery attached for
a. purpose of bringing about the expl
ion IT was No. 8 dry battery W
es an ordinary 50-cent alarm clock.
id was attached to a board with lens
el of copper wire of the gauge a
an quality which | have already III