Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-05-05
CONFESSION MADE
TO GREAT SERIES
OF VIOLENT CRIME
Detective Burns, 1t Is Said, Ha'
Amazing Mass of Evidence
Against the Men He
Accuses.

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dynamite outrages upon property
arc laid at the door of j. j. Me,
Namara, secretary of the lnterna
yional Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers union, according to &
statement published in the Chi
eago Tribune,
These charges are based on the
confession of Ortie Il. McManigal,
one Of the men now in custody, to
Detective William j. Burns. Me
Manigal, it is said, has admitted
his personal participation in q
dozen such crimes.
Most of the crimes were mere
destruction of property. Others
involved loss Of life. 1t is said
that over 100 deaths have been
Traced as a result of the dynamite
explosions which Mcnamara has
engineered, including those lost in
he Los Angeles Times horror.
The &c crimes date from May
81, 1906, to April 5, 1911, and COW
n II states. The Tribune prints
n itemized list Of them. The dis
ribuiion OF the crimes is as fol-
.Ows:
New Jersey. s; Pennsylvania, 6;
ohio, y; New York, s; Illinois, 9;
Maryland, 3; Massachusetts,, 4;
Missouri. 4; Indiana. 6: Michigan,
Utah, i; West Virginia, /; Cali
'ornia, 3; Oregon, /; Wisconsin, /
md Nebraska /.
The Alleged Confession.
The Chicago Tribune says:
"A confession duplicating -four men
md including II complete story Of the
Wrecking Of the Los Angeles Times
building and the killing of 81 men on
october /, 1910. is in the hands OF tine
California authorities.
The maker of the confession, in
addition to the Los Angeles explosion,
has told how he and the same four
men have planned and carried out
more than a dozen other bomb explo-
siOns, resulting in the loss Of several
more live rs n upwards of $3,0 00, 900
worth Of property damage-all the out
AfASNS - iAANAA - ~ Mn ~
"Ortie F. McManigal, of Chicago, the
structural lronworker who was arrest
ed in Detroit with j. w. Mcnamara
for the Los Angeles horror, is the au-
thor of he story Of death and de-
struction. He told it to Detective Will
lam J.. Burns and Chicago police Off
GERS on April IL, less than "a hours af-
ter he and Mcnamara were arrested.
His recital Of the explosion and work
ings of h gang overs 90 foolscap
pages OF typewriter matter.
duplicates Four Others.
He duplicates with himself as mem
bcrs OF the bomb Wrecking crew these
men:
JOHN J. MNAMARA, secretary OF
the International Bridge and Structur-
al Iron Workers union. of Indianap-
oils, who was arrested by w. J. Burns
in his home city Saturday night and
now is being taken TO los Angeles to
face the charge Of blowing up the
Times building.
-. w. M'NAMARA, Cincinnati.
Ohio, brother of John J and pal OF
McManigal, arrested in Detroit.
HARRY KAPLAN, now under in
dictment in Los Angeles as of the
three men who set the bomb which
blew up the Times building, but still
at large.
MATT SCHMITT, former wood
worker In Chicago, accused with Kap-
Ian and ]. w. Mcnamara in grand jury
indictments returned in Los Angeles.
Schmitt has not been captured.
"Details OF the confession made by
McManigal were disclosed yesterday,
together with the methods used TO
break the spirit Of the man who adj
mits that he is responsible for death
horrors which have only a parallel in
the story of death and destruction told
by Harry Orchard concerning the
death dealing bombs planted and
hurled In the Miners warfare in the
Occur d A!ene district.
Every possible method to extort the
confession from McManigal were used
by Burns before the iron worker, thor
oughly worn out finally admitted his
guilt and implicated his alleged gang
brothers. Promises OF immunity are
said to have been made when the
man was first accused. immediately
upon his arrival in Chicago on the
morning OF April Is. He denied all
knowledge of the Los Angeles matter.
He kept up his stubborn fight against
the officers from early morning until
after midnight.
"McManigal was urged to tell the
truth. because of his wife and little
children, and this plea is said finally
to have won him over. For seven
hours during the early morning OF
April IA he continued his story OF
crime before he declared with drop
ping head and weakened voice:
Honest to God, that's all OF it,
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UNION HITS BACK
AT PROSECUTORS
indianapolis. lid. April 26.-Walter
Drew, of New York. counsel for the