Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-08
SAID He WAS we'll Backed
DECLARED THAT FEDERAIioN
OF LABOR STOOD BY HIM
SOME NEW PHASES.
CAUTIONED TO keep Still
McManigal Closetcd With Grand Jury
All Day-Ncxt Arrest Wal bc
Among the Higher Up.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. Tive got
hundreds of thousands Of dollars ana
the American Federation OF LABOR
hack of me. 1t took over S3O,O0O 10
clear Altman of Chicago, and II they
oouldn't convict him, they can't me-
This boast attributed today by De-
tective Malcolm McLaren to James
Il. Mcnamara, as the latter was peihs
taken on a train from Detroit to.
Chicago on the night of April 2Oth
last with Ortie McManigal, then IN
dicted with Mcnamara, was the lrst
circumstance that led McManigai TO
break from his companion ana even
tuallv to confess to his connection
with various dynamiting explosions
through the country.
The federal grand jury heard NC
Manigals story all day, and VIII near
more of 1t tomorrow laying the foun-
dations for the probe into the al
legged dynamiting conspiracies that
happened from coast to coast III the
last three years.
McI.aren alleges the conspiracles
were made known to the grand jury
TODAY That his story duplicates 9TH
or men in the International Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers became
known through various sources
Detective Tells New Stuff.
Malcolm McLaren, the detective
who arrested j. B. Mcnamara and
McManIgal, and who has been IN
close cooperation with Oscar LAWYER
prosecutor of the government inVes-
tigation. stayed outside the grand jury
chamber today waiting for McManl-
gal. While thus waiting, McLaren
gave n yersion,~new In important de-
tails of the evidence and circumstance
which led up to the arrest of Nc
Manigal with Mcnamara in Detroit.
Got His Pay for Dynamiting.
"About the 7th or Sth Of April last
McLaren said, Il picked up McMani-
gal I'm his home in Chicago. He had
lust arrived from Springfield, Mass
where he later said he had blown up
the municipal tower. He had stopped
in indianapolis and, he said later, OBJ
talned s400 from John j. Mcnamara
for the Springfield job and one at
Milwaukee.
I'VE shadowed him the next day as
he went down town with ms Wlle 10
the Hlberian bank.
Some startling Information.
1--WE trailed McManigal and his
wife the next day again as they walked
with their children looking into shop
windows. [ saw McManigal buy a
pair of shoes which he is now wear
ing, and / remember he was amazed
after | arrested him, when | told him
the size of the shoes he had on, how
much he paid for them, and who was
with him when he bought them.
"McManigal left home carrying
suit case, and | took train with him
to Toledo, James b. Mcnamara was
waiting for McManigal at the station.
They went to the Meeyrhoff Hotel.
J. Il Mcnamara registered as "F.
Caldwell" and McManigal as IN.
Foster"
THE next morning McManigal left
their hotel with j. b. Mcnamara.
McManlgal had n suit case and at the
station, James b. got small grip
from the check stand. They bought
tickets for Detroit. McMangal and
Mcnamara sat five seats ahead of us
in the same day coach.
Arrested In Detroit.
1--WE reached Detroit at noon and
made the arrests there. We took
them to the depot, buying tickets to
Chicago.
James B. kept kicking about be-
ing kio1apped." McMan\ll. who
had his money in C>cago. persuaded
Mcnamara they would be better off
in his home town. and James signed
wayer to proceedings in Detroit.
I'VE left ON the night of April ~
In n drawing room car. In answer to
queries, we said they were couple
Of yeggs.' whom We had taken for
safe cracking.
Knew For What He Was Wanted.
Later on James B. resented that
remark, which he overheard, and said
to us that he had never blown up a
safe or robbed anyone in his life,
and that every dollar had been paid
to him by the man upstairs. He
got bit talkative and said:
"I'm another Vincent Altman.
They paid $4,000 and cleared him,
and I've got hundreds Of thousands
and the American Federation Of La
Dor back Of me. Clarence 8. Darrow
will he my attorney. They did not
convict Altman and they never can