The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-28
NJ 'MAM|GAL GIVE S
FULL CONFESSION
TO PROSECUTOR
Supplies Detailed Account Of Many
0utrages Which He Lays to Nc
Namaras and Himself and
Explains Time Clock"
System.
Attorneys For McNamaras Say He Is
Trying to Save Himself and Brand
Him As Another Harry Orchard.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 2S.-
With all the alleged details furnished
by Ortie McManigal in his confession
OF yesterday. District Attorney Fred
ricks today began preparing the
states case against John ]. and James
Mcnamara on charges OF dynamiting
the plant of the Los Angeles Times
last October.
Two stenographers under Frede-
ricks' personal direction, today mace
five copies OF the confession, In
which McManigal alleged that SO dy-
namiting Jobs, involving property
damage of 100000, had been carried
out since 1909.
McManigaI declared that James
Mcnamara alone dynamited the Los
Angeles Times building, and that the
other suspects, Caplin and Schmidt,
were not in Los Angeles at the time,
having only acted as accomplices In
securing the necessary dynamite from
the Giant Powder plant. McManigal
declared that James Mcnamara was
actually on a train four hours out TO-
wards San Francisco when The Times
explosion occurred but that this re-
moteness from the scene was mace
possible by the clockwork apparatus
attached 10 the bombs used. ..
McManigal declared that John j.
Mcnamara was the guiding spirit or
all the dynamitings and was also the
official paymaster. John MCNAMARA
knew the value OF the time-clock dyna-
hitting plan and urged the use OF this
plan on all occasions, according 10
the confession. McManigal declared
John always pointed out that only In
this way could the dynamiters prove
an alibi.
McManigal asserted further that he
always got 5000 In advance or each
explosion and more later, sometimes
bringing the total payments for sim
gle explosion up to $1,000.
McManigal was cool throughout his
whole abatement. Today he asked
the authorities not 10 Permit any
labor leaders 20 sea hiU
According to Fredricks the most inn
portant dynamitings McManiEai con-
fessed were: y
19O6-october 13, Engine P. ".
Company railroad, Clarion, Pa; Oc-
tober 30. Baltimore & Ohio bridge,
Youngstown, Ohio.
1907-December 81, Cleveland Short
Line bridge, Cuyahoga county, Ohio.
190S-April /, tried to dynamite
Blackwells Island bridge, New YORK;
August 6, Illinois Central bridge over
Calumet river Chicago: September
IS, tried TO dynamite hosting engine
,on the Chicago Junction railroad; De-
cember s, steel corporations house,
Struthers, Ohio.
191O-October 1. Los Angeles Times
dynamiting: October 5, West End
hotel, Kansas City; October 10,
Charles X. Henrys residence, Port
land, Ore; December 25, Llewellyn
Iron Works, Los Angeles.
1911-February "a, Iroquois Iron
Works. South Chicago; March l. West
ern Fuel Co, Milwaukee; March 10.
coal hoisting plant, erected by Heyl
& Patterson Co.: April l, Municipal
building, Springfield, Mass.
McManlgal explained his mention OF
the Times dynamiting In his confes-
sion by saying he personally did not
participate in that explosion. but that
James Mcnamara had told him the
details. McManigal said he was un.
certain who placed the bombs found
at the homes OF Gen. Otis and +. j..
Zeehandelaer and how they we're
pIaced. He said today that he be-
lieved Caplin might have placed these
bombs. though in his formal confes-
sion he declared Caplin did not come
90 Los Angeles at all.
Attorney Hartman declared that
not only was McManigal in close
touch with Detective Burns, but that
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