Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-06-04
Declares He Was Hired By Sec
retary Mcnamara to Marx
NOn-Union Structures for De-
StruCtiOn.
SHOWS FAMILIARITY
WITH RECENT 0UTRAGES
Remarkable Tale Is Told to Ok
Iahoma Newspaper Man In
Presence of Witnesses; Police
Said to DiSCredit It.
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Muskogee. Okla. June 3.---John De-
laney, a structural iron worker. today
confessed TO Harry Eagan, repre-
sentative OF the Muskogee Phoenix.
in the presence of witnesses that he
had been employed by John j. Nc
Namara, secretary and treasurer of
the international Association OF
Bridge and Iron Workers of America,
to travel throughout the country care
fully INSPECTING all structures being
erected by non-union labor, securing
carefully made drawings of such
structures and marking the spot with
cross where dynamite could be most
easily placed and would be most ef-
fective.
Delaney in his confession declared
that it was his duty to forward these
drawings to Mcnamara and he did
forward them. He still has a few such
drawing bearing the cross marks in
his pu sssion, together with several
letters VI instructions addressed to
him and purporting to he signed by
Mcnamara
A representative of William j..
Burns was here today and immediate
ly left for the east The following is
his written confession.
Il know G. f. Skidmore of Pitts
burg, Pa, local No. 3, ! met him the
latter part Of 1903, we worked to-
gether in Pittsburg, Cleveland, Phila-
delphia and New J Nork city and Buff
falo. In the spring of 1906 Mr.. Skid
more met ME by request at Cincinnati
and we went to Indianapolis and there
met Mr.. Mcnamara in the local union
No %: Mr.. Skidmore gave me the
Introduction to MIR Mcnamara and at
this time Mcnamara said to me. You
have been very highly recommended
to me by Skdmore and as YOU are not
afraid of anything, | have some work
can use you on with your expenses
paid at all times and good money be-
sides.
AT this time Mcnamara said to me
that he wanted me to look up all
structural work that was being done
by non-uniOn labor and find out
whether 1t was very hard to get at
these Jobs or not he promised to pay
me every quarter my salary To start
from that time. | told him at this time
that | would think the matter over
and tell him more definitely later.
Il went from there to Birmingham,
Ala, and ! was there about tour or
five days when | received a letter
from Mcnamara asking me If | was
going to turn his proposition down. If
so to let him know at once, as he had
another party that he wanted to put
h. h4,
back In indianapolis as soon as this
work was done. that | was working
on, and would take the proposition
up with him.
The first building / located for Me-
Namara was in Cincinnati, an office
building on Vine street which was.
being erected by non-union men I,
wrote to MIR. Mcnamara sending him
d diagram of this office building,
showing him the point where dyna-
mite could be placed for the destruc-i
tion of this building. This building
was blown up by members of the
Structural Iron Workers union In
January of the year 1907.
THE next building | located for
Mr.. Mcnamara was the viaduct in
Chicago. that was blown up in Feb
there to st. Louis and located "a build
ing on st. Charles street which was
blown up at some time later by the
Structural Iron Workers union.
went from there to Denver, reaching
there the fifteenth day of August
| 9O9, and registered at the St Joe ho-
tel. Ninth and Larimer streets.
while at Denver. | received let
M, 30 nlf a Ia
City, and | went, arriving there the
sixteenth day of November. 1909.
registered at the Wabash roomine
house. While there | got two letters
from McNammara instructing me to
find the location of the Utah hotel
and telling me that would have an
other party make himself known to
me with a letter of Introduction from
Mcnamara, whose name ] have for
gotten and this party would blow up
the Utah hotel. This building was
blown up on the twenty-ninth day OF
December at 3 a, IN. At the time
this building was blown up | was
standing one block south Of II. When
tho explosion took place | ran to-
ward it, thinking some one was Kill
ed When | got close to the build
ing | was nearly struck by a piece
of iron. and started to run away again,
when | was taken up by "A police Of
hcer who took me before chief of Po-
lice Sam Barlow and Chief of Detec-
tives George Sheets. | was tried In
connection with this ease and given
six months In the county jail and a
fine of $3.50. | paid them S55 tthe
balance was remitted) and served the
sentence.
after leaving the Jail, I went toI
Houston. Tex. and there wrote 10 Nc
Namara demanding my fee for the
part that I had taken In these affairs
He wrote back to me- refusing To give
me any aid whaever and also advised
the local secretary To take up my
union card. No. 891S3. Since then
have had nothing whatever 10 do
with the union or Mcnamara and
give this statement eheertully of my
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