The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-28
IS ANOTHER HARRY ORCHARD PROBLEM" Believed McManigal Either Has or Will Confess STATEMENT IS MADE McNamara Issues Denial of Guilt to Associated Press-Mrs. lnger- soil Completes Her Identi-
 fication of McNamara
 
STATEMENT IS MADE

Los Angeles, April 27.-So far as the by counsel tonight that the case of the alleged dynamite conspirators will be conducted upon the theory that there is Harry Orchard problem to be dealt with in the forthcoming battle for the lives of John J. McNamara, secretary treasurer of the International Bridge and Structural Iron Workers association, and his brother, James
 The two McNamaras are now the only clients of the attorneys retained by the labor organizations, and their legal fire will be turned upon Ortie McManigal, the man arrested as a fellow conspirator.
 McManigal, about whose alleged con- fesson so much has been said and writ ten, was examined for three hours today by District Attorney Fredericks.
 Attorney o. N. Hilton. chief counsel of the Western Federation of Miners. said this afternoon he was convinced that McManigal made sworn statements at that time purporting to fix the guilt of the Times explosion and other dynamite outrages.
 But Hilton declared that the state might be in the position of having an alleged confession that was denied before hand by it's author McManigal will have no attorney At least, he told Hilton so when the latter called upon him today and later District Attorney Fredericks made a similar statement for him.
 Expert Confession
 q knew there was to be a confession, 7 said Hilton, ''as soon. as I talked with McManigal. He said he would not en- gage an attorney until he had seen Burns, the man who arrested him.
 Then, in the presence of competent witnesses, I asked McMan1gal the dlrec. ouestion whether he had ever made a direct confession or expected to make one. He answered that he had not, and would not Twenty minutes later he was ericks replied in the negative. q made it a point to see McManigal first Now. if an alleged confession IS presented in court, we will be in posi- ton to present to the jury deniaL MT. Hilton denied that he knew irn- munity had been granted to McManigai. When asked whether .McManigal had ex- acted freedom as the price of turning states evidence. District Attorney Fred ericks replied n the negative.
 Other lines of attack and defense de veloned today. According to District At torney Fredercks, Mrs. Ingersoll, the San Francisco boarding housekeeper, completed her Identification of James Me- Namara as J. R. Bryce. and signed an affidavit to that effect.
 On the other side it was stated by At Itcrney Job Hartman, who was with Hll- ion at the conference with the prisoners, that the defense cov,d contend that the plant was destroyed by an explosion of gas W
 John McNamara sent a dispatch today to his mother, Mrs. M. T. McNamara, of Cumminsville, o. The telegram read:
 We are absolutely innocent. Confident of acquittal. Receiving every nttontiol.
 .JOE., The signature Joe is McNamara's middle name sa M fse
 Issues Statement
 John T. McNamara. secretary treasurer of the International Bridge and Struc- trraI Iron Workers association, gave his first authorized statement as to his ar rest to the Associated Press today. Ths statement follows .ro the Brotherhood of Organized Labor in California and the United States: Tn this second attempt to crush and discredit the cause. wc represent l re N- ize fully the desperation, of the enemies of labor, arrayed against us. but ,am of good heart, for 1t will fall
 That am inno .cnt of any infraction