The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-08
THIRD DEGREE FOR :"
MRS. 'MAk|GLE
Frail Woman Subjected to Most
Cruel Treatment BY De-
tectives.
Has Been Confined to Her Bed
Ever Since Her Terrible
Ordeal.

been a strong revulsion of feeling on
the part of the public during the last
few days on account Of the i'll treat
ment of Mrs. Ohtie Mechanical, wife
of the self alleged dynamiter. The
Burns operatives subjected the frat
woman to the brutal third Degree
in an ante-chamber of the grand
Jury room on the third day Of an in
effeetual inquisition.
The whole cruel, inhunan perform
ance was deliberately planned with
the intention and hope Of breaking
the woman down and forcing her to
make statement supporting the al
legged confession Of her husband:
you'll never leave the state if you
don't come through with the state
ment Wen send you to San Quentin
tell you, is what theBurns operatives
roared at the shrinking trembling
little woman.
II have nothing to tell. I want to
to go to my babies. They are wait
ing for me. On, please let me go to
them,' pleaded the woman.
you can't go out of here till you
answer the questions. We will never
let you go if you don't confirm Critics
story"
Beaten, crushed, sobbing and plead
ing the woman looked out the window
at the bleak walls and barred WIN
dows where she was to be incarcer-
ated. She looked into the brutal faces
of the threatening Operatives" and
tainted.
It took the prison physician half
an hour to revive the victim of de-
tective brutality and the detectives
! wanted to go on with their sweating
process but were prevented by the
doctor.
Mrs. McManigal's refusal to answer
questions was an advice of the attor-
neys who told her the laws protected
her and she did not need to answer.
Since the hour of her arrival the
detectives have logged Mrs. McMan-
| igaland her children. They stole her
trunk and held it two hours when
! they secured a search warrant to try
and give the proceeding semblance
Of legality. After breaking open the
! trunk nothing whatever that served
their purpose was found. It was
openly charged the detectives wanted
| to make a. plant" in the trunk but
they were too closely watched to
| make the attempt successful.
After her terrible ordeal with the
gun men Mrs. Manigal has been con-
! fined to her bed. She will be taken
| into court tomorrows and it is be-
lieved the detectives who have the
/ full run of the district attorneys Of
! flee and the sheriffs office and jail
| will succeed in getting the woman
sent to prison for contempt Of
| court" so they will be able to work
| on her and have no restraint. They
say If they can do this they can break
her down. She is already physically
! in cell will kill her.
Mrs. McManigal's children are also
badly frightened and fear their
mother Is to be taken from them.
| Torture and Imprisonment of wo-
men is part of the program that
has not pleased the public but Burns
men seem desperate and determined
to get some manner of evidence to
support the statements of McManigal
The MECHANICAL children aged four
and seven were subpoenaed before
| the grand jury but the babes were
only frightened, bewildered and tor
tured by the procedure. District at
torney disavowed responsibility for
this atroctty and said Burns men
had lied to them about the ages of
the children.
Burns has filled Los Angeles with
low browed gun men and these crea-
lures have been a source of great an
noyance to everybody connected with
the defense of the Mcnamara borth-
| ers.