The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-02
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GUILTY TO WRECkING
Los ANGELES TINES
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Wants Clemency for McManisai.
There's Just n thing I want to
ask you." said E.I4aren to Fredericks,
and that is that you do all you can
for McManigal."
F%redericks held up hts right hand
as he answered. II promise you I'll do
all in my power for him. He may
have to take = light sentence. but I
will do tho best I cam"
Later in McManigals cell. after the
the Llewellyn Iron Works explosion.
last Christmas. McLaren told him.
privately Of what Fredericks had
promised. MECHANICAL was greatly at
fected when he learned hat the state
had become his friend. He could
hardly stammer thanks.
Before h. heard the news. McMani-
gal had been. appraised Ct the pleas of
the McNamaras. and had said with
a chuckle no was glad to hear OF
their action. as 1t confirmed his as
serttons. and he thought the public
now would regard him differently. :.
II suspected something was going"
said McManigal. with a smile. when
J.'B. did not go over to court as early
as usual this afternoon. And then
when j. j. was taken over I was posi-
tive. I could not tell just what had
happened. however. until some time
afterward when ewsboys came around
the jail calling out the McNamaras
plead guilty
mo about the proceedings in court. OF
course I was surprised. I had not
expected them to do 10 SO soon."
And what next he was asked"
"oh. I suppose I'll get mine," he
answered. II ought to get something
for all I did. I think I might be
given anywhere from n year to
i. He laughed as he suggested his
in. Response to the question, that he
never had been promised anything
for what he had done, a statement
later confirmed by Detective McLaren
who said that the promise Of District
Attorney Fredericks was the nearest
approach to immunity suggested for
McManigal.
The latter then told the story. Of
his dynamiting experiences with some;
Their necessity for secrecy on his part.
McManigars Story Of Dynamiting.
: McMahigal said he first began dyn-
amiting June 26. 1907 in Detroit,
Mich. where the Russell Wheel
Foundry Company's building, then in
course of construction. was destroyed.
He skipped from that time until a
year ago. when he was in Conover
Woods. in Wisconsin, with Jas. B.
told him then Of having previously
dynamited the Times building.
I'VE left Conover Woods. about a
year ago." said Mechanical, land r
went back to my home in Chicago
and lay around there a few days. It
was December s, last, that I received
9 telegram from Indianapolis signed
Frank and asking me to go to that
city, Frank meant Jas. B. McNama-
ra as he at times used the name Of
Frank Sullivan.
II went to Indianapolis and in John
J McNamara's Office was given instruc-
lions by John himself regarding the
Llewellyn job. He said he had been
promised that a Christmas present was
to be sent to Los Angeles and I was
to. bring It,.
James B. and I went to US vaults
on h fifth floor Of the American Cen.
trail building in Indianapolis. where
his Offices were and took out 4 case.
tn his. possession here now. - :.
well, that was Dec. s.. We hired:
rig and drove out to Beach Grove, an
indianapolis suburb. where he had the
explosive cached. There were twelve
ing two empty cases. We went back
to J. Us office and I got instructions
from J.. j. himself to come to Los An
geles. He told me to put shots under
the :Llewellyn Iron works and the
Baker Iron works. and to be sure to
put one under the Times auxiliary
plant, to add a few more to the list.
Departed for Los Angeles.
II left Chicago Dec. 10 for Los An
case and two quarts in my suit case.
I gave q case with ten quarts in it to
q porter to take care of. r rave him
q dollar for his trouble"
= Just before arriving at the. depot
ON Dec. Is in Los Angeles, the train
came along by the Los Angeles river
and I took special notice Of the river
When I got here I went to the Hotel
Rosslyn and got q room under the
name of T. r. Mckee. Then I went
back to the river, hid the stuff and
marked the spot.
Il had been told by j. b. how to
get to. the Llewellyn Iron works. It
took me a few days, though, to find
Blew Up Llexellyn Plant.
Then I looked about for the Times
auxiliary plant. I.had a long talk with
the Waterman. I looked the place
over and decided it was too. we'll
guarded to do anything there. At 1880
the night Of Dec. - I placed the whole
twelve quarts of dope at the Llewellyn
Iron works. timing 1t to explode at 2
o'clock.
about 9 o'clock that night I took
the Southern Pacific Valley train
north to San Francisco. where I re-
manned a few days. and arrived back
in. Chicago New Years day. :.
AT. this point in McManigal's story.
Detectives McLarep and Barry who
were present. stopped him, saying
that as the crimes committed in Los
Angeles were few. compared to the
whole number charged against the
McNa1nara brothers and Of which
McManigal was. said to. have know
ledge. 1t would not do for him to talk
Etoo much.
t. The confessed dynamiter. however;
told Of having been. instructed Of
seeing the dig :chief". and man
named CLANCY. III San Francisco
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