El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-12

in the destruction of the Los Angeles
Times building, October /, 1910.
He was born at BlOOmTille, Ohio
April I, 1874. his mother died when
he was 4 years old, and her parents
who lived e the same place, took him
and his sister and cared for them until
he was or years OF age. Then his
father remarked. and took the children
back to his home, where they remained
until Ortie was about II years old. A
separation then occurred between faith
er and stepmOther, and the children
were sent to live with the fathers
parents in Hutchinson, KAN where
they lived for a year or two
Father 1Tarries Three Times.
When AIcNanigal was about Is years
old his father ventured for a third
time into matrimOny. and took his chill
dren with him to q. farm near Forest
OHIO Shortly afterward they removed
to Iiffln, Ohio, where A1cMan1gal, ST.,
is still living
But Mrs. McAIanigaI the third, OBJ
jected TO her husbands children, Ortie
said. and so once again he and his sis
ter were sent to the home Of their
mothers parents in BlOOmville- There
McManigal stayed until he was IS,
when he returned TO Tiffin TO work
with his father in the ice business and
in stone Quarries-
When war was declared against
Spain in 1895, McManigal enlisted, but
did not get out Of the training camps
He was made orderly to an officer, a
position he said he liked very much.
Upon being mustered out of the mill
uary service he went to Milwaukee,
where his uncle, George Benin, who fig
tired recently in contempt proceedings
here for refusing to answer questions
prOpOuuded In The grand jury room,
wanted him to become q railroad work
er.
He started to enter railroad employ
ment, but later went into a quarry in
foundry there Then he removed to
Melrose Park, a suburb of Chicago, and
vs. orked for a copper concern
Falls In Love In Milwaukee.
Mc1IanigaI fell in love with his wife
w lille she was visiting his relatives in
Milwaukee, and married her May 8,
1901. After his marriage he became
an iron worker, and Joined local union
No S, in Milwaukee, In 1903.
He worked at his trade in Louisville,
Milwaukee. Chicago and other cities,
then LETT the ranks Of the iron workers
to Join his father and half brother in
the saloon business IN Tiffin. But ne
had trouble there with his half brother,
and sold out his liquor interest
That was in 1906, and he remained
in Tiffin, working in the iron trade,
until his self-alleged connection with
the AIcNamaTas.
Called a @Dare DeviI.7
OF reckless nature. McManigaI
e9rueQ the SODElQueL dare devil by
Ieats Of agility on the towering skele-
tons Of szyscrapers. IN Chicago, while
working on the talIest buildings, he
would leap off the top story TO catch
beam being swung upward by the der
rick.
When he was a small boy, McManigal
fell off a wagon, and, wheel passing
over him, severely injured his head, he
said.
NcManigaI appears to regard his
coming ordeal as chief witness in the
Mcnamara trial with as little UncOn-
Germ as he does the accidents Of his
childhood and his exploits on the tops
of high buildings.
He recently determined to break with
bis wife, because he said she was too
active on behalf of the McNamaras. His
only regret in this connection grows
out of the fact that he believes a break
with her means separation from his
children. Evelyn, s years old, and Wal
ter. aged 6, who were out here with
their mother last July and August, but
who were not permitted to see their
father-