Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-08

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Chicago. and upon Geographic advices
from Burns, the grand jury in Los An
geles returned secret indictments against
ReQuisition and extradition papers were
obtained with the utmost secrecy from
Gov. Hiram johnson at Sacramento, and
Assistant District Attorney w. Joseph
Ford of Los Angeles, with Detective
James Hosick, hurried to Indianapolis.
Meeting Burns and his men there on
April % they went straight to the Offices
of the Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers' Association and arrested John J. Nc
Namara-
In an hour or two the formalities of
arraigning him before a justice and fill
ing the extradition papers were gone
through and Mcnamara was on his way
to Los Angeles.
The news of his arrest was flashed to
the waiting Burns lieutenants in Chi
cago, and with equally feverish haste
James B. Mcnamara and McMantgal
were started on their transcontinental
Dodge, Kan. and arrived here together
April 20.
Ford remained in Indianapolis and was
arrested on the charge of having kid
naped John j. Mcnamara. Burns and
Hosick were afterward indicted on the
same charge, and both were held in $iO,-
GOO for trial.
Efforts at Identification.
Efforts were then made by Burns and
his men to identify their prisoners, the
two McNamaras and MoManigal, with
the three men, Bryson, Morris and
Leonard, who purchased the 1,000 pounds
of dynamite in San Francisco.
McManigal was taken before the
grand jury May 4, and MADE a sworn
statement. What he told the grand
jury came out July Is. when the at
torneys for the defense. to save Mrs
tempt for having refused to answer
questions in the grand jury room. used
certified copy of his alleged confess
sion.
In this confession" McManigal de-
clared he had come to California to
destroy the auxiliary newspaper plant
of the Times but, finding it guarded,
blew up the Llewellyn works instead.
Namara in the Offices of John J. Nc
Namara, in Indianapolis, in the summer
of 1910. The following November the
two were hunting in the woods near
Conover. Wis. and he swore that James
then told him he had blown up the Times,
and that when in California he had
been known as ]. B. Brice.
About the time this confession" was
given to the grand jury, John j. Nc
Namara issued from the Jail a state
ment declaring his Innocence. and ex-
pressing confidence that trial would
result in the vindication Of himself and
his brother. He refused to comment
on the McManigal confession.
Say They Are Unworried.
that the district attorney hopes to show
the connection Of John j. Mcnamara
with the alleged conspiracy. But the
are unworried and untroubled by any
fears as to testimony. on matters Of
fact.
grand jury. they maintain. was mere
hearsay. and sending his wife. Mrs.
Emma e. McManigal. into the legal lists
against him, they declare they will tear
into shreds his character and his reputa-
ton. With McManigaIs reputation for
probity and veracity destroyed the de-
tense counts on rendering valueless not
only his testimony concerning the Times
explosion. but. also. all Of his confession
relating to his connection with John j.
Mcnamara and the latter's participation
in an alleged conspiracy which not only
involved the Times and the partial wreck
ing of the Llewellyn iron works here last
Christmas. but was responsible. also. for
numerous explosions on steel construction
work In various sections Of the east.
Believing it can crush McManigal with
the aid Of his wife. the defense will then
turn its attack upon Mrs Ingersoil. who
all along has beenregarded as g. material
witness for the state. II she Is called to
the stand. 1t is asserted. witnesses found
by detectives who have been searching
her life and record for weeks and months
will be produced to testify against her.
Twenty.one Indictments.
Nav Z. the day after Mechanical had
testified. the grand jury returned twenty
one new indictments. One Of these held
MoAianigal responsible for the Llewellyn
iron works explosion. Another charged
John ]. Mcnamara with completely as CO.
conspirator in the Llewellyn case. The
other nineteen true bills related to the
Times case alleging that nineteen OF the
twenty victims were murdered by john j.
Mcnamara. James B. MCNAMARA, milton
A. Schmidt. David Captain. John Doe.
and Roe according to the prosecution,
were placed In the list OF accused as
nrecaution in the event that any other
alleged conspirators are found.
Clarence S. Darrow took charge OF the
defense May %. Mrs. Mechanical enter
ed the case two weeks later. sne came
! Later she was summoned to testify be-
fore the grand jury. and for three days
she pitted her wits against those OF the
deputy prosecutor designed to question
her
prosecution brought Mechanical over
from the jail and confronted his wife
with him. She emerged from the inter-
view screaming In hysterta. Subsequent
Iy McMauigal. in the presence Of Burns
detectives. gave . statement to the re-