The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30
HILTON SEES M'MANIGAL.
Attorney for the McNamaras Secures Inn
porta IT Admissions.
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune
| Los ANGELES. April 2o.-The seal
which the prosecution believed il had
| fastened securely on the lips OF Ortic
| T.. McManigal after ne decided 10 turn
states evidence and made his confession
TO District Attorney Frcdcrlcks was per-
| foratcd today by eX-Judgc O y. Hilton
attorney FOR the alleged dynamiters.
| No responsible official connected with
| the prosecution knew what was happen
ing until Hilton had left the county jail
with complete story OF the methods
| employed by the detectives to induce Nc
Manigal to "squeal"
II got down 10 the nub Of it and learned
| all the circumstances leading up 10 his
making these statements and ] tell you
| that any man that would resort TO such
contemplate methods TO induce q man
out and shot" was Judge Hllton's state
mcnt tonight.
Judge Hilton made no pretense of dis
guisins his qualification al having reached
MCMaDigal after the experience yestor
day OF Attorney Job Hartman. TO whom
McManigal said:
II don't want TO see you nor Hilton nor
Darrow nor any other labor union lawyer.
I don't need any lawyer and don't want
one"
Surprise for Hilton.
Judge Hilton. who is general counsel for
the Western Federation OF Miners. and
who won fame in the Meyer Haywood
Pettbone defense and in the clearing OF
"A
ecutions went to the Jail expecting TO
see only the two McNamaras,
II was never more surprised said Hill
ton. than when MGManigsl came down
the Jail corridor. How did ! do II? II
was very simple. l sent by one OF the
guards the message that l was there in
pursuance OF my promise Of Thursday
that / would call on him again. And he
came. I am not going TO tell the amaz
ing story that he related to me. II will
come out In due time at the trial Nc
n
his case open. He asked me II did not
think his trial would come after the 9TH
ers. provided he was not granted The inn
munity which he had been promised by
Then McMangal has been promised
immunity"
"McManlgal says he was promised alb
and then proceeded;
II told him that IL seemed probable
that his trial would be the last to be
called. and he said he would not decide
him"
Did Mechanical explain why he told
you he had made no confession?,
He acknowledged TO me that he had
denied making one" said Hilton.
81 put it to him this way: McManigal.
you told us yesterday that you had not
made a statement TO Burns or TO any
BODY Now. I wish 10 quote you cor
reGtly, Did You tell me that? McMani.
gal replied. Yes. did Whether or not
TO Judge Hilton concerning the methods
employed 70 induce him 10 confess, The
defense in this one interview, lasting
more than an hour, procured invaluable
material for cross examination. What
Mechanical said induced him to make his
confession To thn detective and 10 Dis
trio, Attorney Fredericks. Judge Hilton
declined to tell.
Feeling Is Intense.
There have been many evidences of The |
intense feeling that has been aroused in
labor ranks by the arrests OF Mechanical |
and the McNamaras and their quick cx- |
tradition 10 the coast. This feeling has |
been vented in public by labor men and |
In meetings here and else where and In |
kilograms OF denunciatIon that have been |
pouring into Los Angeles from all over
the country.
The feeling In all ranks is further in |
tensifed today bv persistent reports that |
leaders are to be arrested and accused Of |
completely in the series Of dynamite OUT
RACES charged up 10 McManieal and |
James w and John ]. Mcnamara
The labor men and the public authori-
ties all are preparing with all their might
day. Clarence Darrow. the Chicago law
YER who defended the accused in the /
Meyer HAYWOOD trials. Is expected to be
one OF the speakers. and many other
speakers In labor's cause have been
asked TO come and talk
The authorities on their par; are
making arrangement toward the renros
sion OF any signs OF violence that may l
develop In competition with the meetings
or at any time before the gathering takes /
pIare.
Tho nolce are under orders and The 4
stu" tion has been communicated ia The Il
state authorities SO that II occasion re- !