The Detroit times., 1911-04-24
LABOR INSISTS MEN
WERE KIDNAPPED
ON DYNAMITE CHARGE.
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Detective Reeds home. They natur'
ally didn't want TO spend week OF
more In tiny cell In police headauar'
ters II they could have good peos IN
private home.
"McManIgal wanted a little time 10
consider the confession and wantea
10 confer with Mcnamara regardlhs
the details OF II. They were kept lot
week I'm Detective Reeds home ana
were treated more like guests thah
prisoners, though. OF course, they were
under constant surveillance. Ihere
was no need for Third degree meth.
DDS. McManigal was all ready to tell
all he knew. The men positively were
not mistreated nor bulldozed lhey
were not In the custody OF our ponce
department: they were held by city
detectives working at the time for the
Burns Agency. was not at the mouse
but I had constant reports and ! know
they were well treated. McManigai
had a stenographer with him Tor more
than a week and was compelled 10
consult numerous memorandum DOCKS
and papers and 10 think for long
time on numerous occasions before ne
could get a straight running story OF
his crime. The confession takes up
so pages of foolscap paper, closely
written.
Reed and Beddinger, still acting
for the Burns Agency, are taking me
McNameras and McManigal to the
coast"
Capt. Wood furnished the United
Press a description OF Matt Schmidt
and Harry Kaplan. or Caplan, wanted
in connection with the Times explo-
sion.
Schmidt, he said, is an American,
OF German extraction. He is five feet,
ten inches tall and weight 100
pounds. He is Chicago man and
was formerly a member of the Anal
gamated Woodworkers' council and
the Brotherhood of Carpenters.
Kaplan, or Caplan, is a Russian |
Jew, Ave feet, six inches tall and
weighs about 155 pou-ds. He has |
black hair, literally sDrinkled with |
gray. and an aqualine nose, kap-
Ian formerly lived in New York,
where he made his headquarters In
the Manhattan Liberal club.
Find Many ceady Relics.
clockwork arrangements found in
little workshop OF McManigal in the
rear of his home, Ala South Sanga-
mon-st. McManigal is said to have
done much work In this shop. the de-
tectiyes alleging that il was here he
made the clockwork arrangements
which they say fired many OF the
bombs he is charged with having ex-
n, Iafn n
with a peculiar looking screw fastened
to the back was found. The detective
declare this mechanism could have
been used for nothing except bomb
explosion. II was seized and will be
sent to the coast 10 be used in the
trial II is said McManigal was ar
rested here several months ago to ex-
plain large quantity OF express pack
ages he had stored In this workshop.
He was released without trial.
The ponce are making a determined
effort today to locate a woman who
was seen often in McNamaras COM
pany when the latter was with Nc
Manigal and Mrs. McManigal. The
officers say she knows more about the
movements or Mcnamara and would
make a valuable witness for the
prosecution IL she can be found.
II is admitted today that McManigal
and Mcnamara have been under po
lice surveillance here for more than
two months and that every move they
have made has been reported The
police intimate that detectives OF the
Burns Agency have even seen the two
men in the act of exploding bombs I'm
recent outrages, since they have been
under surveillance. No arrests were
made however, until Detective Burns
felt his chain of evidence In the Los
Angeles Times case had been com
pieted. II Is said that II the men can.
not be convicted In connection with
the Times explosion, they will be
brought back to this section OF the
country to answer for bomb explo-
sions which have actually been wit
messed by the Burns operatives.