The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-08

tentton OF some police officers, SO we
all had to go back to the police sta
ton. The rest of the afternoon we
worked hard trying to get them away,
and finally McManigal, who had his
money in Chicago, persuaded Nc
Namara they would be better off In
his home town, and ]. B. signed a
waiver to proceedings in Detroit
Said A. r, Of L. Would Back Him.
I'VE left on the night of April ia
In drawing room car. Ban Johnson,
Charlie Comiskey and other baseball
magnates were on the same train
coming to the opening of the American
league season at Detroit. OF course.
they knew the detective sergeants
with us, and naturally we had to tell
them who we had. We said they were
a couple Of yeggs' whom we had got
ten for safe-cracking.
Later on, James B. resented that
remark, which he overheard, and said
to us In the drawing room that he
had never blown up safe or robbed
one in his life, and that every dollar
had been paid to him by the man up
stairs
"He got bit talkative then, and
said: I'm another Vincent Altman,
am. 1t took $4,000 to clear him, and
I've got hundreds of thousands of dol
lars and the American Federation Of
Labor back of me. Clarence S. Dar-
row will be my attorney They didn't
4 convict Altman and they never can
convict me- You fellows don't want
me for no safe-blowing, You want mo
for that job in Los Angs 'es'
"Here it was that McManigal
reached out from the top berth and
grabbed Mcnamara by the hair. say
ing: Say, fellow, do yor know what
you are talking about?'
i "sI know what I'm talking about.
you pinhead, answered J. B., and Nc
Manigal dropped back into his berth
with the remark, All right, if you do,
go ahead
'McManigal had nothing more to
say. Along toward morning ]. B, took
' different tack All you fellows he
said, have your price, now what is
5 it?' Biddlnger told him it would take
D great deal, as there were lot of us.
/, Tried to Brlbe Detectives.
~. B. finally offered 100000 If we
9 would let him off before reaching Chi
q cago, and give him thirty-six hours to
8 reach the man upstairs of whom he
g had spoken. Remember, I've got a
i lot of backing he added, and If you
e fellows don't come across We'll get
I you-and you-and you And he point
ed to each O. US threateningly.
g AFTER we reached Chicago Burns
4 talked with Mechanical and j. B.
separately. | tipped my chief that NC
e Manigal was the more likely OF the
S two to give up, as he had family
D whereas J. B. didn't. Burns talked to
a McManigal all afternoon, giving him
r details of what we had on him, how
: we had trailed his movements and
e knew everything he had done for some
e time Then Burns told McManigal to
send for him when he got ready te
e give his answer and left.
a 81 had long talk with McManigal
e too, and told him that had seen him
say good-by to his wife and children
a ! described how he had kissed them
n and informed him that there was
s good chance he never would see them
d again as a free man and that 1t was
s his duty to save them.
n THAT night at O'Clock Mechanical
n sent fer MI Burns, and in the pres
Il ence of a secretary, gave my chief {
VI long statement. That was how tht
y confession was made, and, Of course
it the real details of it never have beer
!. made public We had prepared to have
d him tell it on the stand in the trial
but now the federal government cal
use it.
r MoMsnleal Good at Heart.
d ~ have been with him every nigh
lie since last April and brought him t.
c. Los Angeles. ! have talked a goot
lie deal with him He is good fellow a
a heart, but reckless. He never woul'
ot hurt anybody, but took his pay TO