The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
pnfession Of McManigal Clears Up Numerous
Dynamite Outrages and Tells of the Death
Of Over One Hundred People.
HOUGH7 LITTLE OF HUMAN LIFE
abor Leaders Protest That the Arrest Of Men
Charged With Los Angeles Crime is Frame
up and That Men are Innocent.

CHICAGO, H.. April 24.-The ex-
tence of remarkable document
etting forth in it's ninety closely type.
rtten pages the grewsome story OF
low the lives of 112 men were snuff
out, property worth more than
3,5O0,000 destroyed; how arch plot.
krs, outrivaling the hideous Borgia
history in their thirst for blood,
et in secret council and condemned
death innocent working men, be-
anne public today.
It Is the story told by Ortie Nc
danigal, the structural ironworke- ar
ested with John J. Mcnamara Of In
ianapois. secretary of the Interna-
ional Association of Bridge. Structur.
i and Ironworkers, and his brother,
James w. Mcnamara The story was
old by McManigal as he sat in bed
Foom In the home Of City Detective
William H. Reed, 9034 Commercial
Ryenue, South Chicago, on the night of
April 10. He started talking at mid
night and it was breakfast time when
he finished.
Seated in the bedroom were Will
lar; J. Burns head of the detective
agency responsible for the arrests:
Detective Reed, several operatives
from the Burns agency and an official
stenographer of the police depart
ment. In an adjoining room Jim
Mcnamara was sleeping, not knowing
that his acknowledged confederate
was telling a story Of fiendish deeds.
swears story is True.
The little group in the bedroom sat
awestrlcken. held spellbound by the
horror of McManigaPs tale He spoke
careless of the crimes, telling of how
the explosive was planted" how he
had visited union officials and was
paid for his death-dealing work, and
sof the explosions in which the three
other members of the "wrecking'
band had figured.
When he finished he lifted his right
nand and swore he had told the truth.
This document was in wallet car
.ried by Assistant District Attorney
Ford Of Los Angeles when Captain OF
Detectives Stephen Wood turned over
McManigal and Mcnamara to the
california officials at $50 Saturday
afternoon.
While labor leaders throughout the
country were yoicing their indignation
at the framed-up charges and the de-
llberate kidnapping of the accused man,
tne three men--the two McNamaras
ana McManigal--were being rushed to
Los Angeles. where twenty-three in.
olctments charging murder and like
crimes are hanging over their heads
Jim Mcnamara and McManigal
We're officially turned over to the Los
angeles officers at $3.50 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon. The two men were
bundled into big touring car at the
keed home in South Chicago and with
Los Angeles detectives, they sped
toward the city limits.
1t was their purpose to board the
nyer on the Santa Fe railroad at
Joliet at 8 o'clock Saturday night, but
sunday It was admitted their scheme
Had been tipped off, and fearing
1onble from labor sympathizers, they
aoandoned the scheme. Reports last
sis'i'ss we're that the party was hidden
u little town near Joliet. and eS.
pected to begin the trip early this
morning. Detectives Reed Of the
5hicago department was a member of
he party.
McManigaI duplicates Others.
After the arrests were made 1t was
'ecided that Nc anigal was the logi-
'al man to sweat
fhey told him they were govern
nenf detectives and that he was
wanted for robbing safe in a sub
'os'al station at Thirty-frst street
'nd Cottage Grove avenue. McMan-
sai was taken into q room and quiz
'ea. AT first he denied any knowl-
'uge OF the crimes. For twelve hours
'e was questioned with but little
est,
but shortly after midnight he be-
ian to break down. At first his story
vas incoherent. but as he proceeded
le told with vividness Of the crimes
4 which he acknowledged he had