Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-06-29
D|SSENS|ON RIFE
IN N MAN|GAL
FAMILY
WIFE DECLINES ADVICE
OF OYNAMITER HUSBAND
Risks Jail By Persistent Refus-
al to Answer Questions Put to
Her By Los Angeles Jury,
Probing Wholesale Murder,
my Morning Journal Special Leased wireI

IBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wire
Los Angeles, Cal, June 2S.--At a
limited interview-the first of any
kind given since his arrest, more
than two months aEo-Ortie Me
Manigal. alleged confessed dynamiter.
today, between sobs spoke Of the ar
rival OF his wife ana made assertions
that largely contradicted statements
given out by the defense of the Me-
Namara brothers, charged with the
murder of twenty-one persons in the
Times dynamite disaster of Oeto-
Der l, 1910.
The interview was given in the
presence of Burns detective, and
McManigars statements were princi-
pally in response to list OF ques-
tions which officials were willing for
him to answer
They related almost exclusively to
incidents of the last few days since
Mrs. McManigal and her two children
arrived here from Chicago, and ar
rayed himself on the side of the de-
fense. The questions were put to
McManigal by the detective.
McManigal declared that it was at
his request that the interview between
himself and his wife in the ante
room of the grand jury chambers
was arranged yesterday.
when she was ushered In there
after having been told by the off
GERS that she laid herself liable to
Jail sentence for contempt by refus-
ing to answer questions" said Me-
Manigal "she did not see me at
first. ! went over to where She sat,
tock her hands and kissed her. ]
asked her if she thought that would
be right and she said why don't you
tell the TRUTH?
Instead Of answering my ques-
put her fingers in her ears so she
could not hear me.
THE detectives present did not say
or do anything ungentlemanly to
her and there Sas nothing approach
ing the third degree in their treat
ment Of her. | would not have al
lowed such thing. They said Mrs
McManigal ought to ally herself with
me. and tell the truth.
she was not cajoled. threatened
or inundated in any manner | had
her in my arms all the time"
At the remembrance. McManigal
broke into sobs and when he could
control himself again, he said bit
terry:
Her mind has been poisoned by
the Stick guys on the other side.
would give my life for that woman If
it would do her any good--but not for
the others"
McManigal said that when his wife
first visited him in the county jail
last Sunday, shortly after her arrival
In the city, she told him she had
only fifteen minutes to talk to him.
She wanted me to write a note
to Clarence S. Darrow, the attorney
for the McNamaras. saying: Mr.
Darrow: | want to see you. continu-
ed McManigal "She told me unless
did so | would never see her again.
influence | wrote that note. Later |
to my cell and thought 1t
over. Then | wrote another note re-
pudlating the first anu absolutely re-
fused TO see Darrow or any other per-
son on the other side"
McManigal said he had not been
promised immunity or reward of any
\ Ind I..s l,. a
ed his wife had been subject to nerv-
Gus prostration for years and SO ac-
for her fanting and hysteri-
cal condition yesterday in the grand
Jury ante-room. He started to con-
tinue his Talk about her swooninp.
but suddenly checked himself say
ng:
I'm afraid to talk too much: I !
might give evidence"
Nc Manigal said he had not been
subjected to any third degree" treat
ment, and that he had been kindly |
md uniformly treated throughout his |
Incarceration.
why. while i was in custody in
Chicago | played ball In the alleys !
with the officers" he said. Il
climbed telegraph poles for exercise
md was allowed to walk in the |
parks. | even had a glass of beer |
McManigal appeared without coat |
)r vest and with his shirt open at
he neck and throughout the inter
'iew ruffed steadily on 4 cigar. He |
ooked in good health and invited his |
to call upon him again. |
Contempt proceedings were begun
oday against Mrs. McManigal be-
'ause of her refusal to answer what !
he prosecution declares were peril
rent questions when she appeared IN
'pen court Saturday to determine II
he should answer them. If they are
declared pertinent she will be given
mother opportunity to answer and II
\ said by the urOgerution Ia save "A |