The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-08

ence S. barrow will be my attorney.
They did not convict Altman and they
never can convict me- You fellows
don't want me for no safe blowing
You want me for that job in Los An
geles.
Here it was that McManigal reach
ed out from the top berth and grabbed
Mcnamara by the hair, saying, Say,
talking about?' I know what I'm
talking about, you pinhead,' answered.
J. B.. and Mechanical dropped back
into his berth, with the remark, All
right if you do, go ahead
s'McManigaI had nothing more TO
say. Along towards morning J. B. took
a different tack All you fellows ne
said to us have your price, now what
is it2' Biddinger told him it would
take a great deal. as there were lot
of US.
u. B.. finally offered $40. 900 if we
would let him off before reaching chi
cago and give him SO hours to reach
the man upstairs of whom ne mao
spoken Remember, I've got lot OF
backing he added. and if you fellows
don't come across, We'll get you-and
you=and you And he pointed to each
of US threateningly-
Burns Talked With Them.
After we reached Chicago, Burns
separately. I tipped my chief that
McManigal was the more likely or the
two to give up, as he had Idnliy,
whereas. J. B. didn L Burns talked 10
Mechanical all afternoon, giving MN
details of what we had on him, how
we had trailed his movements, and
knew everything he had done FOR
some time. Then Burns told MeMani-
gal to send for him when he got ready
to give his answer and left
Il had long talk with Mechanical,
too. and told him that [ had seen him
say aoodbv to his wife and children
7 4. Sl7,I hoy kissed them
and informed him that there was a
good chance that he never would see
them again as a free man and that it
was his duty to save them.
THAT night at 9 o'clock. MECHANICAL
sent for Mr.. Burns and in the pres
ence of a secretary, gave my chief a
long statement That was how the
confession was made and, of course,
the real details of it never have been
made public. We had proposed to
have him tell it on the stand at the
trial, but now the federal government
can use it.
It have been with him every night
since last April and brought him to
Los Angeles. I have talked good
deal with him. He is a good fellow at
heart but reckless He never would
hurt anybody but took his pay for the
dynamiting jobs and did what he was
told to do He was on the inside in all
that happened and learned from J. B.
how the whole thing was planned"
Ford Endorses 1t.
Assistant District Attorney Ford, to
whom has been delegated the task of
handling the evidence and examination
of the witness for the state discussed
McManigal's revelations:
'An that McLaren says is So he
declared, ''for MECHANICAL corroborates |
all of it. OF course, when MECHANICAL
made his first confession in Chicago, /
time did not permit him to go into
very much details. Since he came out
here We have taken him out nearly |
every day, and have written down each
day the new things he remem bered, |
until today we know all that he pos
sibly could recall. His story was val |
liable. not only for the facts them |
selves, but for the clues it gave US to |
work up to other ends of the case. |
We ran down all hints and clues and |
in every way his story was cOrrObO- |
rated by US. We made a search of |
hotel registers, records of express
railroad tickets and many |
other things which 1 am not at liberty |
even now to disclose, owing to the |
federal investl CATION
From the district attorneys office. |
Deputy j. "A. Hill accompanied Nc |
Laren to the federal building, carrying |
suit cases of evidence, including books, |
papers and data of many kinds. When |
the federal grand jury adjourned Nc
Laren walked back to the hall of re- |
ords. where Mr.. Law9or has a room in |
the district attorneys Office.
McManigais story, it is believed will |
form the basis for any indictments re- |
turned, but the only persons who |
could be indicted would be those who I
could not be shown to have been impi- |
Gated in. cOnspiracies within the jurisdic- /
ton of the court or to have transported |
dynamite unlawfully to points within the |
jurisdiction of the court, it is said that |
the investigation here can extend only to |
those conspiracies that are alleged to |
have resulted in the explosion at the |
LleweTyn Iron works and the Los An |
geles Times. John J. McNamara pleaded /
guilty to having directed the explosion OF |
the Llewellyn plant; McManigal. who |
confessed having placed the dynamite, /
aAeges that John J. paid him the money I
therefor. McManigaPs mention of other /
persons who talked to him about the |
Llewellyn plant or of the persons whom /
J. 3. Mcnamara may have told him /
wanted to see the Times destroyed are I
possible subjects of investigation
Samuel L. Browne, chief investigator /
for District Attorney John D. Fredericks /
in the Mcnamara trial, waveFed concern I
ing trip to San Francisco with possible /
arrests IN view and finally did not go.
THE next arrest in this case will be a /
higher up . he said "A man well /
known in the labor world and it will take /
place soon-''