The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-24

tradition without complaint. McNa-
mara, however. evidently suspected a
plant" before he left Detroit. for he
tried to get the station agent there to
aid In his release. claiming he was
being kidnapped In spite of his pro-
tests he was thrown on a train and
rushed to Chicago.
Are Given Third Degree
Here the case. assumed turn
which smacked OF the Russian police
methods. labor leaders declare. In
stead OF being taken to police head
quarters. the men were taken to the
home OF Detective William Reed in
South Chicago. They were separated
and william J. Burns. of the Burns
National Detective Agency, Ais assist
ant and city detectives began putting
them through an interrning BILE third
degree" which lasted for hours. using
all the methods known to the police.
Mcnamara. always protesting his In
nocencs, refused to talk. After hours
Of constant questioning, II L. said. Nc
MMnt9al broke down. A stenographer
was summoned and Mechanical is
raid to have told his story. For hours
he talked, II IL said. describing what
he declared was q long series of bomb
outrnges,
Denies Furc1ng Confession.
Captain Stephen Wood. chief of the
Chicago deteetive bureau. denied to-
day to the United Press the charge
that the men were mistreated,
Mcnamara and McManigal were
brought here from Detroit by Detec-
tives Reed and Beddinger OF my force
who, however. were acting under the
direction OF william J. Burns. OF the
Burns agency. BY the time they
reached Chicago. McManigal was
ready to confess. 1t was at his own
suggestion that he and McNamara
were taken to Detective Reeds home.
They naturally didn't want to spend
week or more In a tiny cell in po-
Hoe headquarters IL they could have
good beds In a private home.
'McManigai wanted a lot OF time
10 consider the confession and want
ed to confer with Mcnamara regard
ing details OF Il. They were kept for
=. week in Detective Reeds home and
were treated more like guests than
prisoners. though. OF course, they
were under constant surveillance.
There was no need for third degree
methods MECHANICAL was already
willing to tell all he knew. The men
positively were not mistreated nor
bulidored. They were not in the Gus
tody Of our police department; they
were held by city detectives working
at the time for the Burns agency. /
was not at the house, but i had con-
slant reports. and I know they were
well treated. MECHANICAL had a stem
ographer with him for more than a
week and was compelled to consult
numerous memorandum books and
papers and to think for long time
on numerous occasions before he could
. get straight running story Of his
crimes. The confession takes up 30
pages OF fooiscap paper. closely writ
ten.
Reed and BeddinGer. still acting
for the Burns agency. are taking Nc
Namara and McManigal to the coast. ("
Had Regular Bomb Shop.
The Chicago police report a lot of
clock work arrangements found in
little Workshop of McManigal, In the
rear Of his home, Ala South Sanga-
mon street One almost complete
clock with a peculiar looking screw
fastened to the back was found. The
detectives declare this mechanism
could have been used for nothing ex-
1cept q bomb explosion. 1t was seized
and VIII be sent to the coast for use
In the trial. .-s..'s" r, '''--''' - E
McAanigal was arrested here sew
efal months ago 10 explain possession
OF q large quantity Of brass which he
had stored in this workshop He
was released without trial. The po-
lice are making . determined effort
to-day to locate q woman who was
seen often In McNamara's company
when the latter was with Mechanical
and Mrs. Mechanical The officers say
(, shA knows more about tho movements
Of McNAmArA and would make vaiu-
able witness for the prosecution II
she can be found.
II u admitted to-day that McNam-
ara and McMAnigal had been under
police surveillance here for more than
two months ana that every movement
they made was reported. The police
intimate that detectives OF the Burns
agency actually saw the two men in
the act Of exploding bombs in recent
outrAses. since they have been under
surveillance. No arrests were made.
however. until Detective Burns felt
hi chain OF evidence In the Los An
geles Times case had been completed.
ft - said that II the men cannot be
o0nvicted In connection with the
Times explosion. they will be brought
1aek to this section Of the country
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