Arizona republican., 1911-12-08


 hundreds of thousands of dollars and
 the American Federation of Labor be-
 hind me. It only took $3O,0O0 to clear
 Vincent Altman, and if they can't con-
 vict him they can't convict me
 This boast. attributed today by De-
 tective Malcolm McLaren to J. B. Nc
 Namara as the latter was being taken
 from Detroit to Chicago on the night
 of April r last caused Ortie McMani-
 gal also then under arrest. to be-
 come angered at McNamara for his
 indiscreet statement and was the first
 circumstance that led McManigal to
 break from his companion and even
 tually make clean breast of his con- nection with various dynamiting out
 rages throughout the country.
 McManigaTs real confession had been saved for the trials of J. B. and J. J.. who are now under sentence on their pleas of guilty, but this evidence as we'll as all that has been collected by the state was today turned over 10 federal officials. The federal grand jury heard McManigaTs story all day and tomorrow will hear more of it. laying the foundation for the probe into alleged dynamiting conspiracies that extended from coast to coast the last three years.
 The McNamaras have not been brought before the federal grand jury and it may be McManigars story will be regarded as sufficient and the two prisoners will be removed to San Quentin without interrogation here. That the story of McManigal impli cates others in the International As sociation of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers became known through various sources as McManigal alleges persons other than J. J. McNamara paid him for the twenty jobs of dy namiting he accomplished since 1907. The story of McManigal. who has not been brought to trial, will he of great value ot the government investigators and the state will not bring him to trial until the federal authorities are ! through with him as a witness. Even { then it is said tonight District Attor- i ney Fredericks may recommend his | discharge because of the signal service ! he has rendered the state.
 McManigal never killed anybody. in i fact he took great care never to in jure anyone. said Assistant District Attorney Ford tonight Malcolm Me Laren, the Burns detective. who ar rested J. B. McNamara and McMani- gal at Detroit. today gave the Associ- ated Press a complete version of the new and many important details of the events and circumstances sur rounding the arrest of McAIanigal and McNamara in Detroit and how the thoughtlessness of J. B. on the journey from Detroit to Chicago gave the de- tective ground for persuading McMan- igal to confess his crimes.
 MacLaren confronted Me McManigal with dates, hours and places where he had shadowed McManigal for a long period prior to his arrest. and when he confronted the latter with this knowledge McManigal decided to break from his companion and tell all he knew.
 About the 7th or Sth of April last said McLaren. T picked up McMani gal at his home in Chicago. where he had just arrived from Springfield. Mass. where he had blown up the municipal tower He stopped in In dianapolis and obtained $4OO form J. J. McNamara for this job and one at Milwaukee. We shadowed him the , next day as he went down town with his wife to the Hibernan bank. Our office happened to be right across the street, and I told Burns if he wanted to get good look at McManigal here was his chance So Burns went North ; on Clark street and doubled back as McManigal came Ou' Of the bank. He got a good look at him. McManigal then went to the headquarters of the ironworkers and finally home. We trailed McManigal and his wife and children next day as they walked down town looking at shop windows. Finally they entered a shoe store near q the Palmer house. I had been in Me ManigaTs neighborhood several days r and was afraid his children, who had seen me might recognize me and call their fathers attention.
 McManigal bought the pair of shoes he is now wearing and I remember d he afterwards was amazed when I told 7 him when he bought them. Next day C left home carrying a suit . case and l took the Lake Shore train with him for Toledo. J. B. McNam- ara was waiting for him at the station exit. They shook hands and sat