New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-02

with tears and his voice chokcd 90 that he
could hardly stammcr his thanks. Before
he heard the news McManigal had been
apprised OF the pleas OF the McNamaras
and had said with chuckle that he was
glad to hear of their action, as II confirmed
his assertions. and he thought the public
now would regard him differently, adding:
] suspected something was doing when j..
Il. did not go over 10 court as carry Or
usual this afternoon. And then when ). y.
vas taken over ! was positive. ! could not
lell just what had happened, however, IN
I'll some time aftcrWard when the neWsDpNS
around The jail ealing Ec gGt came
over end told me about the proceedings IN
court. or course | was surprised. l had
not expected them 10 do IL so soon.
And what's next" he was asked.
"Oh. | suppose I'll get mine he an
swered. II ought 10 get something for all
that l did. I think ! might be given any
where from one year TO life"
He laughed as he suggested his own pos
sible punishment and added in response 10
n question that he never had been prom
ised anything for what he had done, a
statement later confirmed by McLaren, who
said that the promise of District Attorney
approach 10 immunity suggested for Me
Mangal, rhe latter then told the story Of
his dynamitng experiences. with some de-
tails about which there is now no further
necessity for secrecy on his part.
MeManlgs's Story Of the Plot
McManlgaI said he first began dynamiting
OIL June %, 1907, I'm Detroit where the Rus
! coll NThna1 Eo.tnIr,r lttiI la
then in course of construction, was de-
stroyed. lie skipped from that time until
a year ago when he was in the Conovsr
woods, in Wisconsin, with James b. Nc
Namara and the latter he said, told him
then OF having just previously dynamited
Che Times" Building. He continued:
We left the Conover woods about a year
ago, and | went back 10 my home in Chi
/ caGo and lay around there for a few days.
/ II was December last that | received a
telegram from Indianapolis signed Frank"
and asking me TO 80 10 that city. Frank
meant James B. Mcnamara, as he az times
used the name OF Frank sullivan. went
! to Indianapolis, and in John g. Nc
Namaras Office ! was given instructions
| by John J. himself regarding the LleNellyn
job. lie said IL had been promised that a
! Christmas present was 10 be sent To Los
Angeles, and that ] was to bring it.
james Il. and | went TO John J.'e vaults
on the fifth floor OF the American Central
liulldlng I'm Indianapolis, where his offices
were. and took out case specially made to
carry nitrogycerlne. The District Attorney
las that case i'm his possession here now.
, Wei. that was December o We hired n
rig and drove out to Beach Grove, an In
dianapOlis suburb. whore he had the eX-
plCsives cached. There were twelve quarts
tGcre. and we took H. all. leaving two empty
cases.
We went back to J.; j. office and l got
Los Aneelee. lie told me to put shots
under the Llewel!yn Iron Works and tho
Baker Iron Works. and TO be sure 10 put
one under The Times's" auxiliary plant,
TO add few more 10 the list
Carried Dope" in Suitcase.
I left Chicago on December y for Los
Angeles had ten quarts Of the dope
IN the special carrying case aud two quarts
in my suitcase. ! gave the case with the
/ ten quarts in II to the porter 10 take care
OF. ! gave him 81 for his trouble
Just before arriving AT the depot, on De
cember b., In Los Angeles. the train ran
along by the Los Angeles River. and / took
special notice of the river az q good place
10 cache the stuff When ! got here I
went 10 the Hotel Rosslyn and got q room
under the name Gf T. f. Mckee Then I
went back 10 the river, hid the stun and
marked the spot SO I could not possibly
fail to find It when | wanted il.
| had been t3ld by ), H. how to get 70
10 the part Of the city where the streets
bore names instead OF numbers so | To-
Gated II all right. II took me few days,
though. tn find the Baker Iron Works
Then ! looked about for The Times"
auxiliary plant J. y, had told me 10 buy
a copy Of The Times" and look on the
editorial page and ! would find the address
! did so, but 7 found only tie business
and editorial Offices on Spring street where
the paper had moved after its building at
LIST street ana Broadway had been blown
up.
| finally found the auxiliary plant The
were setting up new press there at the
time. ! had q long talk with the watch
man. | looked the place over and decided
il was too well guarded TO DO anything
there. About 7:30 o'clock on tie night OF
quarts of dope" at the LleWclyn Iron
Works, timing it 10 explode at . O'Clock
About O'Clock / took the Southern Pa
cinc valley train north To San Francisco
where ] remained few days and arrived
back IN Chicago New Years Day
At this point In McManigaIs story Nc
Laren and Barry. the detectives who were
present, stopped him, saying that ~ the
crimes committed in Los Angeles were few
compared 10 the whole number charged
against the NcNamara brothers, end ~
which Mechanical was said to have knowl-
edge. Il would moi do FOR him 10 talk too
much The confessed dynamiter, however.
var asked about his confession I'm which he
told Of having teen instructed To SEQ the
big chief md d man named Chimney" IN
san Francisco before coming 10 Los An.
peLes ou the nIIeWelIlp Job" hut the de-