The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-23
N 'MAN|GAL knew
He WAS :SHADOWED
More Details of the War of
Dynamite Laid Bare
in the Trial.

Indianapolis. Ind. Nov. 2S.-Ex-
plosions on non-union iron work in
Milwaukee, Wis. Omah ha, Neb., and
Springfield. Mass, Was explained by
Ortie +. McManigal at the dynamite
ronspirarcy" trial as having been
done by him shortly before he and
James r. Mcnamara, arriving in De-
troit to "clean UP" that city were ar
rested with suitcases filled with dyna-
mite.
For weeks before his arrest, he tes-
titled, he had observed he was being
followed and had seen strange heads
dodging around the corners of elevat-
or shafts In the iron workers head
quarters in Indiana polie.
Il told James Is. Before we started
for Detroit that William ]. Burns had
detectives after us; that detectives
were even coming up near the vault
where VIC stored the dynamite and
that one of them followed me on the
street when was going with suit
case ot dynamite to blow up the South
Chicago job" McNlanigal said.
"McNamara said If we. saw any
more of them we would go to Chicago
and rent a room next to Burns' Office,
put an electric wire through the walls
and arrange to set off a bomb at
Burns desk when he was sitting there.
That would end our troubles with hmi,
he said. ! told him l didn't think we
would ever do anything of the kind
or get near Burns.
That was about April 5. 1911" Nc
Manigal said.
He and Mcnamara were arrested
seven days later. ....
For blowing. up an unloading hoist
and damaging a steamer near the
docks at Milwaukee. on March is,
with loss Of $4,000. McManigai
said. he received the compliments of
John j. Mcnamara. "for the best job
he ever did"
When he destroyed part of the
Douglas county court house at Oma
ha. on March "a. he said he was Call
ed down." because he did not cause
the explosion to occur at exactly the
same hour James B. blew up a lob at
Columbus, Ind. telegra phi signal
having been arranged to send word
when he was ready to John j. to In
dianapolis. At John ]. Mcnamara S
instructions. McManigal said. he went
to Springfield. Mass, and there met
Michael j. Young. the union official at
Boston. who pointed ont a tower in
the group Of municipal buildings he
wanted blown up.
young told me to lay the tower
Ildt OH tHe RTound. MCMantSal teS-
tified. "He said he had some trouble
with the foreman. but I said ! had not
come to clean up any person but to
blow up job He also told me $50
he had sent me In care of Frank c.
Webb in New York was a present and
Herbert s. Hockin. who took that
amount out Of my pay. had no right
to II.
II put two bombs in the tower on
April and took a train for Utica, N. Y.
At Utica I examined vest pocket
gun, James B. had told me that M.
a. Schmidt. who helped him on the
Pacific coast. used to carry small
gun in his teeth so he could shoot
without reaching to his pocket when
he was doing a job. Then went to
Rochester. N. Y. and bought a dozen
alarm clocks to be used in making
bombs. After returned to Indian
apolis we mapped out the four Jobs to
be blown up in Detroit. ]. ]. said we
were to receive $500 for each job. I
went to Detroit to look over the
ground. purchasing a map of the city