The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-11-26
WOULD BLAST CANAL
Not Satisfied With That. lie
Wanted to Raid Motor
Speedway.
McM\NIGAL TELLS OF IT
He Was to Have Been Tool in
nrvaStatin" War-l'ut
Turns Stepped In.

I>uIA<ArOIIs. Nov. % How desperate
John j. Mcnamara had hecome within
week Of his arrest by the Barns detectives
and 10 what lengths he proposed To go in
carrying on, the great dynam,ing cam
paign Of 1911 was the story that Orrir T..
McNanigal told on the Witness stand
to- day in the dyramiting eases II came
~ the conclusion Of the evidence of the
self confessed dynamter and was u
fitting finale To revelations that barred
;he plot and which the Government eN-
poets will send the furry-fve men ON
trial to the penitcntiary under cumu-
latve sentences that may aggregate
,hirv-seven years
For some reason John J Mcnamara
felt strong resentment against the city
OF Los Angeles aud he rarely Spok. of il
without an oath His brother had made
his getaway after dvnamitiug the Los
Angeles Times and killing twenty persons.
but somehow J. J. could not get over
the feeling that there ought 10 be- "A larger
programme of destruction for tha, cily.
htNldilSdl WIS dlblIllu ll'tI'llHllltlS w
April. 1911. and on the seventh day of that
month the plan was unfolded - him 10y
John j.
II provided for one Cf The greatest
outrages of modern times. the setting of
numerous fires in different parts of the
city with machines made for that pur-
pose and the coincident blowing up of the
waterworks system so that the fire depart e
men, would he helpless in eXtinguishing
the flames.
The time Of the event was 10 le fixed
so that the fire would be carried 10 all
parts of the city by favorabl. winds and
the place would be wiped out of existence.
Another plot Of which Mcnamara
spoke, hut which did not reach any par
ticular development Of means in their
conversations. was To orgari2e for a
holdup at the Speedway in MAY following
when he said there would hc not less
than SljoOc from receipts in the Offices
of the Speedway company. The plan
was 10 hav. the holdup men provided with
automobiles and to make the attack at
n certain hour when the crowds atten-
ton would be rivett ed on the races
We may have to kin two or three.
hut what the hel! is the difference il we
get the $50 00O." said Mcnamara
The union secretary. according to the
dvnGmiier. said he had "A plan to Put the
Beaver Fridge Into the creek jus, prior
To letting the dynamiters go on another
hunting trip which was TO follow short Is
after the proposed Detroit dynamtings.
II not sending McManiGal on a huntr 2
, ri said tho Mo 20 M - al
he would send. him TO Pane ma to blow
up the locks McManigal said he asked
if the explosive would be carried all
the way to Panama, hut j. ! said it was
manufactured down there and the dyna =
inter could steal whole agaZine and
dump il into the locks" McManigal
'>said he pointed out that there were too
many guards there. lie testified that
J j suggested that he enlist in the army
las he had previously served in the Span
iSh- American war; and be detailed to
Panama, but the dynamiter pointed ont
that the enlisted man had nothing to say
as to where h" was sent
"Wcll. go down anyway and put il in
by the wagon load" he testified McNa =
mara said
NfNiHI'IDHl l'ill bl III" lTlp n' anu
J. B. made from Toledo to Detroit; OF
their arrest at Detroit. where they were
accused of being safe blowers who had
done "A job at Chicago the preceding
Saturday night He told of what oc-
CURED on the train. saying j. B. said he
knew he was wanted at Los Angeles,
but he could prove the explosion there
was due to gas
i've got the whole Federation of
Labor back of me with n million dollars,
was boost McAlanigal said j. B. made.
~Ncs. you have whole lot Of gas on yonr
stomach you are trying to get rid of. +"
McManigal interposed The dynamiter
told the story Of how } 3. tried to bribc
Guy Biddinger. the Chicago detective,
to let them oN the train, beginning with
s., 200 and finally raising this to $40, ,0Gn.
Ashed by RiddinGor where he could
obtain the money j r. said he would
gel II from his brother. J j Mcnamara
III you don't take the $4,000 Clarence
Darrow will get il, said j. r., according
to the witness, saying also at anothc"
time:
"Clarenc" Da-row for mine"
Failing in effort to hribe, said McNIani-
gal j, u. threatened that he would see
that "A gang got" every one Of his cap
tors.
McNlanigal told Of being taken to De
tective Reeds house in thicago. whore in
a conversation }. Is. said: Every man
for himself" McManigal said that in
a conversation later with ". j Burns,
he lMcAIanigaD told in substance what
he knew about the dyramiiing plots,
The dynamiter ,hen was turned over
to the defence and cross examination
by Senator Kern was begun
McManigA in reply to question of
continued on F0urth PdDr.