The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-08
NJ MANIGAL STORY
BEING TOLD TO
GRAND JURY
Inner Workings of DynamitIng
Conspiracy Being Revealed
lNFORMER MAY ESCAPE
His Discharge May Be Recommended
Because of His Assistance 10
Authorities

Los Angeles Nov. S-"lVe got
hundreds of thousands of dollars and
the American federation OF labor
hack of me. II took only $4,000 to
clear Vincent Altman OF chicago
and if they could not convict NM
they can't convict me-. This Doast'
attributed here yesterday by Detect
i've Malcolm McLaren to James b.
Mcnamara, as the latter was Delng
taken on train from Detroit to chi
cago on the night of April II last,
caused Ortie f. McManigal, then also
under arrest, to become angry with
Mcnamara for his Independent state
ment. and was the first circumstance
that led McManigal to break firm his
companion and eventually to confess
his connection with various dynamit-
ing explosions throughout the coun-
try.
McManigals real confession had
been saved for the trials of James b.
and John ]. Mcnamara, now under
sentence after their pleas OF life i'm
prisonment and Is years, respectively
but this evidence, as well as that
which was gathered by the state, was
turned over yesterday to the United
States government The federal
grand jury heard McManigal's story
all day and will hear more of 1t to.
day, laying the foundations for the
inquiry into the alleged dynamiting
conspiracies which have extended
from coast to coast in the last three
years.
The McNamaras were not brought
before the federal grand jury, and 1t
may be that McManigal's story will
be regarded as sufficient and the 9th
er two will be taken to San Quentin
without interrogation at Los Angeles.
Details of what McManigal knows of
the alleged conspiracy were given to
the grand jury yesterday. That his
story duplicates other men in the in
ternational association of bridge and
structural ironworkers became known
from various sources. McManigal al.
leges that persons other than John ].
Mcnamara, the secretary and treas
urer, paid him for the 20 "jobs" OF
dynamiting which he says he carried
out after 1907 AS question has been
raised as to the competency of testi
mony by convicted felons, II was con
sidered unlikely that revelations by
the McNamaras, If any, would be OF
consequence, because such testimony
could not be used in court against
those indicted.
The testimony of McManigal, how
tfhA hac uat hanV hrAnnhi
to trial, will be of great value to the
governments investigators aud the
state will not try him on. the indict
ments against him until the federal
authorities are through. Even then
II was said last night on good au
thority. District Attorney Frederick
will recommend his discharge on ac
count of signal service rendered. "MC
Manigal never killed anybody; IL
fact he took good care never to en-
danger human life" Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Ford said last night.
Malcolm McLaren. the detectiv,
who arrested ]. b. Mcnamara anC
McManigal and has been in close co
operation with Oscar Lawler, the
specially appointed prosecutor OF tn,
government investigation, stayed out
side the grand jury chamber yester
day waiting for McManigal. Will,
thus waiting. McLaren gave yer
sion, new in important details, of IN,
evidence and circumstances which
led up to he arrest of McManiga
with Mcnamara in Detroit and how
the thoughtlessness OF Jane b. Nc
Mcnamara on the journey from De
troit to Chicago gave the detective,
ground for persuading McManlgal {,
confess.
The statements by Mcnamara wer,
made, according TO McLaren, in IN,
presence OF Detectives Guy Bidding
er and William Reed OF Chicago, RAY
mond Burns, son of William j
Burns, and McLaren himself. Nc
Laren himself. McLaren gave tn
dates, hours and places OF his shadoy
Ing of Mechanical for a long period
When he confronted Mechanical witt
the knowledge he had thus gained
the dynamiter decided to break fror
his companion and tell all he knew.