The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-08

that he will tell the truth about what
he claims was gigantic conspiracy
on the part of the structural iron and
bridge workers union to destroy prop
critics owned and operated by the steel
corporation.
In statement to the International
News Service yesterday McManigal
made no attempt to justify the crimes
he says he committed He admitted
that his present action is prompted by
necessity and that the course he has
taken was the only one left open to
him. He now says that his wife is
hopelessly estranged from him and
that he has only one hope-to tell
fully to the world what he knows.
Those who knew McManigal we'll
say that he will make an excellent wit
ness for the prosecution. He is cool
without hesitancy Burns detective,
Malcolm McLaren, says that McMani-
gal committed his first crime while
almost delirious with enthusiasm and
that the commission of this first al
legged crime gave ]. J. Mcnamara,
reason to have confidence in McMani-
gal and to assign him to other such
work.
Why Me Confessed.
Repeatedly, McLaren says, McMan.
igal tried to break away and each
time he was threatened and forced to
| continue until he was arrested with
J. B. Mcnamara in Detroit. 1t was
because of his alleged antipathy for
the work in which he claims that he
was engaged in that McManigal con
fessed SO quickly after being confined
in the home of Detective Sergeant
Reed in Chicago This is the statement
of the prosecution.
Neither ]. J. Mcnamara nor his
| brother have ever categorically denied
the charges made against them. Their
statements of denials have been con
fined to this brief but emphatic an
nouncement: Eve are innocent and il
given a fair trial will prove our limo
cence."
The physical evidence which will be
presented in the trial by the prosecu
ton hAs been gathered in the fifteen
states where it is claimed dynamite
explosions occurred under the direc
ton of the McNamara's and McMani
gal. Hotel registers. dynamite
clocks, nitro glycerine and instruments
employed in the construction of infer
nal machines have been secured
These. according to the district at
torney. will be introduced to show the
gigantic scope of the alleged conspir
acy and to prove the movements OF
the accused men.
All of these have been secured
through the information furnished by
McManigal. His memory has been tax
ed by the detectives to explain almost
his daily action for five years and tC
relate that which he claims to know
concerning J. r. and J. j. Mcnamara
At this time all of the exhibits are
held by the county clerk They will
not be taken into court until each is
required
| A Dramatic Feature
One OF the dramatic features which
will add to the tense interest of the
trial will be the possibility of the ap
pearance of either David Caplan or NJ
A. Schmidt. both of whom are charg
ed with J. r. Mcnamara with beins
responsible for the death of 20 me1
in the Times building. Schmidt ant
Captain are supposedly fugitives
Neither the prosecution nor the de
tense will admit or deny that the,
know the whereabouts OF these two
men.
While in Los Angeles recently De
tective Burns intimated that he knew
where the two fugitives are and tina
they will be here as witnesses at tn,
time of the trial. No authoritative an
nouncement has been made since
however. and if the two men are under
arrest or held in restraint it will no
be announced until they are called il
the court room. They will probabl,
remain as the unknown factors of tn,
trial-the possibility of their testi
mony or of their appearance will b,