New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-15
McManigaI Relates Convicted
Labor Leaders Own Story
of the Los Angeles
Dynamite Outrage.
"HOPED TO GET GEN. OTIS"
witness Makes Direct Charge
That Frank M. Ryan, Presi-
dent of Iron Workers.
Had Full knowledge
Of Explosions.

indianapolis. Nov. l4.-For the first
time since twenty-one persons were
vnIed in the blowing up of The Los
Angeles Times" building, on october /,
1910. James &. McNamara's detailed
confession to having caused the eX-
plosion, with his motives for doing it
and his comments on the fact that so
many persons were killed, was related
IN the witness stand In the dynamite
conspiracy trial to-day.
ortie E. McManigal testified that the
confession was giveH to him while he
was hiding Mcnamara in the woods
five miles from Conover, Wis. both of
them having gone to the Wisconsin
woods on the pretext of being hunters.
Olaf A. Tveitmoe and Eugene l..
Clancy. San Francisco labor leaders,
McManigal testified, were named by
Mcnamara as having made arrange
ments for the Los Angeles explosion
and as having furnished two men-F.
A. schmitt and David Caplan-to as
tsist in buying the high power nitro
selatine, "beca Use Schmitt and Caplan
had been regularly employed on the
Coast by the Building Trades Council
of California"
Tveitmoe and Clancy are among the
forty-fve defendants now on trial.
Caplan and Schmitt, named by McMan-
igal, were indicted in Los Angeles
County with James 3. Mcnamara on
charges Of murder. but they never
have been captured. Government
agents have been informed that Caplan
was kill' . ....
Hoped to Get Otis"
When he asked Mcnamara why he
twisted off gas jet in the basement
OF The Times" building before the
explosion, McManigal testified. this
conversation -eRsued:
MeManissl--Why did you break of
tie gas jet?
MeNams-a-5eesuss when the OK
pIesion occurred ] wanted the whole
building 10 go to hell.
meManieaI-And you knS" there was
so many people in there, too?
MeNsmara-Whst's the differences?
was TO make q good cleaning out and
4 did Il. But am sorry SO many were
killed. heped to get General Otis.
McMauigaI said that on November ).
1910. he was at his home in Chicago
and expected 10 leave the next day FOR
Kenosha, Wis. whence he was to start
with a hunting party in charge OF
Marion Sharpe. That very day. he
said, John ]. Mcnamara, brother OF
The Los Angeles Times" dynamiter'
asked him to take James B. on the
hunting trip. McManigal said he had
learned that James B. had been IN
hiding on the way back from the Pa
clfc Coast and was two weeks with
J.F. Munsey in Salt Lake City.
witness said he went to Kenosha and
James B. joined him there. They pro-
cured hunting licenses, and went with
the party 10 conover, and then to
camp Ave miles in the country. Nc
Msnigal went on:
On November 9 I missed James B. and
started out alone 10 look for some deer.
Standing on a tree stump, suddeniy
.6 OH ~ n niGfOl. nlt, lOOklIlk
around saw no one. Every one was sup
posed 10 wear a red cap 10 distinguish
people from deer. saw no red cap, put
presently / saw James b. Suspicion
flashed into my mind. ! accused MIN
rght out
~ think you were taking q shot st
me- I said. az you do you had better
Continued on second page. fourth column.