The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-15
'MANIGAL SAYS
HE DIDN'T GET
HIS FULL PAY
Dynamiter Complains That His
Checks Were Short
FINANCING THE CONSPIRACY
How Funds Were Discussed TOT
Blowing up Of Over 100
Structures

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 15.-Golng
directly to the heart of the alleged dy-
Mantle conspiracy while the federai
Grand Jury held its initial hearing IN
the case, yesterday, District ATTORNEY
Charles S. Miller took up the ques-
tion of who furnished the money TOT
buying and carrying about the country
the explosives by which more thap-
100 structures were blown up. Mrs.
Andrew J. Hull, now of Kimball, Neb',
who as Miss Edith Winebrenner, was
bookkeeper for the international asso
citation of bridge and structural IRON
workers. and was familiar with It's
money receipts and disbursements,
was closely questioned by Mr.. Miller
and into the grand jury-room were TAX
en- the stubs of checkbooks and &C
count records Of the association during
the five years in which the explosions
took place.
II was during large part OF these
five years, according to his confession,
that Ortie f. McManigal did dynamit-
ing for John j. Mcnamara, the convict
ed secretary treasurer, and was often
in company with James b. Mcnamara
An important feature of McManigals
confession attracted attention. This
was the admission that he usually re-
ceived about 5000 for each lob, and
that when he complained that part OF
the money was being held back from
him. James B. Mcnamara admitted see
ing the stub of the check and saying
that John J. would fix 1t up"
Mrs. Hull's appearance at the feder-
al building followed that of II. s.
Hockin, acting secretary OF the iron
workers association, who has been
comforting with Frank M. Ryan, the
president. Hockin now occupies the
position in the union formerly held by
John j. Mcnamara. Police officials OF
Indianapolis who we're present when
the records we're taken. out of the iron
workers headquarters, and former stem
ographers of Mcnamara were also
present.
McManigal spoke in his confession
OF having been paid at least $4,000, and
he said some other person than John
J. Mcnamara did the paying; but after
he and James b. Mcnamara blew up a
viaduct in Cleveland in June. 1910, he
had had a dispute with the man over
the amount he was 70 receive, and in
consequence y. j. took the matter in
hand himself all the way through.
For the Cleveland job McManigal said
he and James b. were paid 800 each.
Referring to an explosion at the lro-
quois steel plant at South Chicago,
MECHANICAL said he used so pounds OF
dynamite, and added. when | went
to Indianapolis J. j. Mcnamara paid
me 500 in cash. as that was all the
cash he had in the officee. | saw him
pay ]. B. Mcnamara for the job"
That records were kept OF some OF
the money paid out was indicated In
that part OF the confession in which
McManigal refers to his complaint as
to the small pay he received before he
dealt directly with Mcnamara. He
said that previously he received only
Sl25 each for the jobs. but on a train
between Cincinnati and indianapolis
he discussed places that were still "a
be blown up with ]. b. Mcnamara
u. b. told me he had seen the stubs
for the Mount Vernon Qll) job, and
that they were made for 1925, while
received only $780, After that ].
Mcnamara handled the money" he
said.
Among the other items mentioned by
McManigal were 5000 each for Jobs al
Greenville, n. j., Mckee Rocks, Pa.
Superior, Wis, Omaha. Neb., Los An
geles, Cal. HohoFon. n j.. Worcester
and Milwaukee, Va.