Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-11-23
!: Ortie McMolligal ::


i tie room. and McLarren was in the
room. They suggested to me Wat
should testify to ana they begged me
| to testify as they wanted me to Then
my husband shook his fist in my face.
| / was informed afterWard that faint
ed then. / was then taken from the
room and for ten days ! was under
the care Of physician. All this. time
the Burns operatives made every eft.
fort to spy upon me. When was
able to leave my bed and go about in
Los Angeles was constantly followed
and was soon taken into court charged
with contempt Of court for refusing to
testify before the grand jury. After
listening to the arguments of the law
yers who represented me at the pro
ceedings, the judge freed me from the
charge Of contempt of court and freed
me from answering any such questions
as had been asked.
After this ordeal my health again
broke and was confined 60 my bed
for week, at the end of which time l
was taken to the Pacific hos pital,
where remained for about three
weeks. It was thought on seyersl Oc-
casions that / would suffer stroke of
paralysis.
On leaving that hospital came to
Chicago in Company with one Of the
nurses Of the Pacific hospital, ard dur
ing our trip to Chicago aud during all
the time since / have been followed
by agents of William ]. Burns and ]
am still being followed.
Speaks Of Grand Jury.
MY husband also told the grand
jury in Los Angeles that he had a
charge of dynamite under some iron
work being erected by the Hyls and
Patterson company at Milwaukee, and
another job Of the same company at
Superior, Wis, across from Duluth,
MINI.
This latter piece of construction
was a coal tipple. He said that he had
nitreglycerine stored at our homo ana
that when he blew up a building he
carried about twelve quarts OF explo-
sive in q suit case or suit cases.
During the month of June Of this
year william ]. Burns told J. Esrvey
origins that my husband confessed
to him, this being Tor the purpose OF
misleading the public as to the con-
spiracy between Burns and my hus-
band that the rifle my husband had
in his possession when arrested was
fitted with Maxim silencer so that
he could pick on night watcbmen"
without being heard. Burns at that
time further stated to O'Higgius:
A Burns Brainstorm.
.McManigal disappeared from Chi
cago for ten or twelve days q: one
time and we found that he went to
Los Angeles to blow up the auxiliary
plant of the Times, not satisfied with
the original outrage; that this auxil-
iary plant was too well guarded. So
he duamited the Llewellyu Iron
works as an evidence of good faith.
and came back home again. He car
ried the dynamite and Illuminating
caps from Chicago on the tram IN q
hand satchel. Imagine what would
have happened to passengers on that
train il q little accident had eVp,oded
the satchel."
MY husband expected me to meet on
friendly terms all his associates III the
employ Of the Burns agency, whether
they were thugs or prostitutes. i was
these people who aided the grand
Jury at Los Angeles in its cruel treat
.ment OF me. am informed that q
reward Of 100000 is to be paid to
Burns il the McNamaras are convicted
and that my husband is to share IN
this reward.
/ am physical wreck. because Of
the treatment which has been received
by me at the hands Of Burns agents
and that is why have pleaded with
the court to get an Injunction 70 pro
tect me in my weakened condition ana
to protect my children.
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