The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-28
TINE CLOCK HELPS
TO PROVE An hLIB|
M'MANIGAL SAYS MNAMARA WAS
FOUR HOURS AWAY
AT TIME.
LONG LIST OF GRIMES
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENSE TRAIN
:. GUNS ON CONFESSION AND CUT
LOOSE ENTIRELY FROM
FINANCIAL.
LONG LIST OF GRIMES

Los ANGELES, CAL. April 2s.--
With all the alleged details furnished
by Ortie McManigsl in his confession
of yesterday. District Attorney Fred
ericks to-day began preparing the
States case against John ]. and James
Mcnamara on charges of dynamiting
the plant Of the Los Angeles Times
last October.
The photographers under Freder-
ieks' personal direction to-day made
five copies of the confession In which
McManigai alleged that sixty-nine dy-
namiting jobs, involving property
damage of 100000, had been per-
formed since 1909.
McManigal declared that James Me-
NaInara alone dynamited the Los An
geles Times building. and that the
other suspects Caplan and Schmidt,
were not in Los Angeles at the time.
having only acted as accomplices in
securing the necessary dynamite from
the Giant powder plant.
McManigal declared that James
Mcnamara was actually on a train
four hours outward for San Francisco
when the Times explosion occurred,
but that this remoteneas from the
scene vas made possible by the clock
used.
Clock Makes Abb.
mcManigal asserted that Jehn J.
mcnamara was tho guiding spirit of
All the dynamfungs, and was also the
official paymaster. John McNamare
knew the value of the time clock dy-
namitfng plan. and urged the use of
this device on all occasions. according
to the confession. McManigaI declar-
a tv.sn
In this way could the dynamiters prove
an alibi
McMantgai asserted further that he
always got $500 In advance of each
explosion. and more later. sometimes
bringing the total payments for n sin
gle explosion up TO $1,000.
MECHANICAL was cooi throughout his
whole statement. To-day he asked
the authorities not to permit any la
hor leaders TO See him
List OF Grimes.
According TO Fredericks, The most
important dynsmitings McManigal
confessed were:
october i3-Engine F. V. Company
railroad, Clarion. Pa.
October ao--Baitimore and Ohio
bridge, youngstown O.
1907.
Dsoerpber 31--Cievelana short Line
bridge, cuyahosa. County, o.
1908.
April Tried to dynamite Black
wells Island bridge, New York
August s--Illinois Central bridge
over Calumet river. Chicago
September lS-Tried 10 dyIN Unite.
hosting engine on the Chicago juno
tson railroad.
December Steel Corporation.
house ST. Ruthers. O.
1910.
October Los Angeles Times
building.
October West End Hotel. KAN
sas City.
October 1s--chsries X. Henry rasi-
dence. Portland, Ore
December 2S--Llewellyn Iron
Works Los Angeles.
1911.
February 2a-lroauois Iron Works
South Chicago.
March Western Fuel Company,
Milwaukee.
March Milwaukee,. Western Fuel
Company. Milwaukee, Coal Hosting
crane erected by Heyi Patterson Gem
pary.
April Municipal building, Spring
'fieid. Mass. - 4
Turn ON McManigal
Although Attorney Hilton and his as
acetate. Job Hartman. to-day admit
ted that ortie McManigai. one of the
three prisoners brought here In con-
nection with the Los Angeles dyna-
hitting. had made complete con-
fession" regarding his alleged partfci-
patton in the affair. counsel for the
defense assert that such "A confession
will he uAeaetss In a trial. ~'se5s' Il
Hilton declares he has already Wit
lated 1t by getting n denial from Mo-
Manigai in the presence Of competent
witnesses.
1t was made clear to-day that from
this time forth Hilton and Hartman
will not regard MeManigai as one
of the defendants but will attack him
as bitterly as any other State witness.
Hilton declares that he hopes to prove
that McManigals statement was in
spired solely by the hope OF immunity,
and that the prisoner IL prepared to !
swear away the lives of his two COM |
radee TO guarantee his own safety.
Has Made Confession 10 Attorney.
District Attorney Fredericks declar- |
ed MECHANICAL has positively made a |
full confession to him in the pres
ence OF 4 notary and a stenoErapher. !
but he denied with considerable heat |
that the prisoner had been coerced. |
Attaches OF the District attorneys Of |
nee declare the confession was made |
freely and voluntarily. I
The district attorney also reiterated |
his announcement Of yesterday that |
Mrs. D. H. Ingersoll had positively |
Identified James Mcnamara as James |
Bryce"
Most Of to-day was devoted by the |
McNamara brothers to lengthy confer |
ences with their attorneys and with |
labor leaders here
John II. Baker. superintendent OF |
the Power Company at Giant, near |
Oakland. arrived from San Francisco |
to-day. He will try TO Identify James |
McNamara az James Bryce, who /
bought dynamite from thA Giant
plant.
Rumors were current to-day that |
MoManiGal In his confession declared |
he had participated IN dynamite out |
RACES after he became an informer |
for Burma District Attorney Fred.
eriokA who took McManigal's con-
fession, refused either 10 afirm or I
deny these rumorp.
Uses tho Short and Ugly.