The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
M'LAREN GIVES DETAILS OF
 M'MANICAL'S CONFESSION
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 tention 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 McNamara they. would be better off in his home town and J. B. signed waiver to pro- ceedings in Detroit.
 I've left on the night of April 12 in a drawing room. In answer to questions we said they were a couple of yeggs who had been taken for safe cracking
 Later on, James B. resented that re- mark which he overheard, and said to us that he had never blown up a safe or robbed one in his life. and that every dollar had been paid to him by the man upstairs He got bit talkative and said: I'm another Vincent Altman. It took S30,0O0 to clear him, and I've got hun dreds of thousands of dollars and the American Federation of Labor back of me. Clarence s. Darrow will be my att torney. They did not convict Altman and they never can convict me. You fellows don't want me for safeblowing You want me for that job in Los An geles.'
 Here McManigal reached out of the top berth and grabbed McNamara by the hair, saying: Say, fellow do you know what you talking about?'
 T know what I'm talking about, you pin-head, J. B. answered, and McManigal dropped back with the remark, All right; if you do, go ahead.
 Tried Bribery
 "McManigal had nothing more to say. Along towards morning J. B. took diff ferent tack.
 All you fellows he said to us, have your price, now what is it.?
 "Biddinger told him it would take great deal, as there were a lot of us.
 "J. B. finally offered $30,G00 if we would let him off before reaching Chicago, and give him 36 hours to reach the man up- stairs of whom he had spoken
 ' Remember I've got lot of backing,' he added, and if you fellows don't come across we'll get you, and you, and you,' and he pointed to each of us threaten ingly.
 After we reached Chicago Burns talked to McManigal all afternoon
 q had long talk with McManigal, too. and told him that I had seen him say good bye to his wife and children. l discovered how he had kissed them and informed him that there was a good chance that he never would see them again as a free man, and that 1t was his duty to save them.
 That night McManigal sent for MT. Burns and gave a long statement. That was how the confession was made.
 T have been with him every night since last April. He is reckless but never would hurt anybody. He took his pay for the dynamiting jobs and did what he was told to do.'
 Ford Talks
 
 cussed McManigaFs revelations tonight.
 "All that McLaren says is so,' he said, flor McManigal corroborates all of it. Of course when McManigal made his first confession in Chicago time did not perSait him to go into much de- ,ail. Cuc here we have taken him out nearly every day and have written down the new things he remembered, until today we know all that he pos sibly could recall His story gave us clues to work up other ends of the case. We ran down all hints and in every way his story was corrobo- rated"
 McManigaIs story, it is believed, will form the basis for any indictments re- turned but as the only persons who could be indicted would be those who could be shown to have been implicated in conspiracies within the jurisdiction of the court or to have transported dy- riamite unlawfully to points within that jurisdiction, it is said that the investi- eation can extend only to the explosion ct the Llewellyn Iron works and the ines.
 Samuel l.. Brown, chief investigator for the district attorney, wavered today sncerning trip to San Francisco with possible arrests in view and finally did not go.
 .'The next arrest in this case will he higher up" he said, "a man well known in the labor world and it will take place soon."