Arizona republican., 1911-10-09


tural steel work being done by mem
bers of the National Erector's Asso
citation. an open-shop organization, ha
been destroyed. had likewise perpe
trated The Times" horror.
Burns had been engaged upon the in
vestigation of the dynamite outrage
IN the east for a month before 9TH
Times" building was blown up. An,
here again a trivial thing proved o
the greatest Importance. a handful o
sawdust, of peculiar color and cut
found in a box near another unex
ploded bomb which was picked up af
ter an explosion in the railroad yards
at East Peoria, Ill. led to the discovery
that man named ]. w. McGraw hat
purchased a large quantity of nitro
| glycerin ostensibly for a man whom hC
said was G. w. Clark. of Indianapolis
McGraw was Swallowed. In December
he disappeared from his haunts, and
on Christmas day Los Angeles re-
ceived another shock The Llewellyr
Iron Works, one Of a number OF con-
Germs involved in controversy with its
striking union employees. was partial
ly wrecked by an explosion. Telling
Of his work afterward, Burns said his
men followed McGraw to his home in
Chicago. and there learned that his
real name was McManigal. McManigal
confessed later that it was he who had
blown up the Llewellyn plant
One day. McManigal went to Ke-
nosha Wis, and the detectives con-
stantly following saw him meet a man
who resembled the description of ]. B.
Brice. accused Of THE Times" outrage
This man proved TO be James B. Nc
Namara, brother Of the secretary treas
urer Of the International Association
of Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers. McManigal and Mcnamara met
again in Toledo on April II. and on
April u, they were arrested in De-
troit
The two prisoners were hurried from
the Michigan city to a hiding place in
Chicago, and upon Geographic advices
from Burns. the grand jury in Los An
geles returned secret indictments
against McManigal and the Mcnamara
brothers. Requisition and extradition
papers were obtained with the utmost
secrecy from Governor Hiram John
son at Sacramento. and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney W. Joseph Ford, Of Los
Angeles. with Detective James Hosick,
hurried TO Indianapolis. Meeting
Burns and his men there on April %
they went straight to offices of the
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Association. and arrested John ]. Nc
Namara
In an hour or two the formalities Of
arranging him before a justice and
filing the extradition papers were gone
through. and Mcnamara was on his
way 10 Los Angeles.
The news of his arrest was flashed
TO the waiting Burns lieutenants in
Chicago. and with equally feverish
Manigal were started on their trans
continental journey to prison. the two
parties met in Dodge. Kan, and arrived
here together April 26.
Ford remained in Indianapolis and
was arrested on the charge of having
kidnapped John ]. Mcnamara. Burns
and Hosick were afterward indicted on
the same charge, and both were held
in 1000 bonds for trial.
Efforts were then made by Burns
and his men to identify their prisoners,
with the three men, Bryson, Morris
and Leonard. who purchased the 1000
pounds of dynamite In san Francisco.
McManigal was taken before the
grand jury on May and made a
sworn statement. What he told the
grand jury came out on July IS, when
the attorneys for the defense, to save
Mrs. McManigal from being adjudged
in contempt for having refused to an
ever questions in the grand jury room,
used certified copy of his alleged
confession.
In this confession" McManigal de-
clared he had come to California to
destroy the auxiliary newspaper plant
of The Times" but finding it guard
ed. blew up the "Llewellyn works in
stead. He asserted he first met James
r. Mcnamara i'm the offices of John J.
Mcnamara in Indianapolis in the sum
mer Of 1910. The following November
the two were hunting in the woods
near tpdlpNtl' " 49, anu it SNpA' Nidt
James then told him he had blown up
The Times. and that when in Cali
fornia he had been known as ]. B.
Brice.
About the time this confession"
was given to the grand jury. John ].
Mcnamara issued from the Jail a state
ment declaring his innocence and ex
pressing confidence that a trial would
result in the vindiCation of himself
and his brother. He refused to COM
ment on the McManigal confession"
II is by this confession" however.
that the district attorney hopes to show
the connection of John J. Mcnamara
with the alleged conspiracy. But the
attorneys for the defense declare they
are unworried and untroubled by any
fears as to testimony on matters Of
fact
McManigars confession. as given to
the grand jury. they maintain. was
mere hearsay. and sending his wife
Mrs Emma f. McManiSal. into the
legal lists against him, they declare,
they will tear into shreds, his charac-
ter and his reputation. With McMani-
gals reputation for probity and veraci-
ty destroyed the defense counts on
rendering valueless not only his tes
timony concerning the Times" eXplO-
sion but also all of his confession re-
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