Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-15
McManigaI Repeats the
Confession of James
B. M'Namara
TOLD TO HIM in WOODS
Witness Claims Attempt Made
to Shoot Him While the
Two Are Alone.

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 15.-James
B. McNamara's purchase of 500
pounds of .nitro-gelatin, with part of
which he blew up the Los Angeles
Times building. was described at the
dynamite" trial today by George H.
Phillips, assistant superintendent of a
powder company. McManigals testi-
mony was interrupted today to enable
the government to question other wit
nesses. More than one hundred wit
resses, including 30 from the Pacific
coast, were waiting. In his testimony
so far, McManigal named II of the 45
men now on trial for alleged shipment
Of explosives as having assisted him
| in causing explosions or having been
| represented to him as knowing about
them.
CONFESSION Is HEARD.
For the first time since the 81 per-
sons were killed in the blowing up of
/ the Los Angeles Times building in
I October, 1910, James B. McNamara's
detailed confession to having caused
| the explosion, with his motives for do
ing it, and his comments on the fact
that so many people were killed, was
related on the witness stand in the
dynamite conspiracy" trial yesterday
afternoon.
Ortie E. McManigal testified the con-
fession was given 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. Tvietmoe, Eugene Clancy,
San Francisco labor leaders, McMani-
gal testified, were named by McNam-
ara as having made arrangements for
the Los Angeles explosion and as hav-
ing furnished the two men. A. F.
Schmitt and David Caplan, to assist
is buying the high power nitrogelatine,
because Schmitt and Caplan had been
regularly employed on the coast by the
Building Trades Council Of Califor-
MIA"
Tvietmoe and Clancy are among the
45 defendants on trial. Caplan and
Smith, named by McManigal, were
indicted in Los Angeles county with
James B. Mcnamara on charges of
murder. but they never have been
caught.
Government agents have been in
formed that Caplan was killed.
When he asked Mcnamara why he
twisted off a gas jet in the basement
of the Times building before the ex-
plOsion, McManigal testified that Nc
Namara replied he wanted the whole
building to go TO hell" adding that he
had hoped 10 get General Otis.
TRIED TO KILL HIM.
At the request of John J. Mcnamara,
McManigal said he took James B. Nc
Namara on a hunting trip with him
into Wisconsin, early in November,
1910. One day he missed James B.
and started out alone to look for deer
Standing on tree stump, I sudden
ly heard the crack of pistol" McMan-
igal testified. but looking around, saw
no one Everyone was supposed to
wear a red cap to distinguish people
from deer. l saw no red cap, but pres.
, emily / saw James B. Suspicion flash.
; ed into my mind. / accused him right
out. I think you were taking a shot
at me- | said, II you do, you had bet
! ter be quick about it. This is a fine
! place up here to get rid of man-just
his body He replied he just did il tc
scare me.
Then, We being alone for the frs
time. We sat down and told me about
the Los Angeles Job. He said Tviet
moe was the big paymaster, and there
was never anything to fear for Tviet
noe was the mayor of San Francisco
He said Schmitt had a scheme to SCI
on bombs by chemicals which he hac
! learned from friend of Tvietmoe'.
but when he (McNamara) showed
them the alarm clock scheme they al
; decided it was best Schmitt and ]
b. went 10 Los Angeles and looked
over the Llewellyn and Baker IroI
works plants and the Times building
james b. sent back TO his brothel
post card on which was partly writ
ten and partly printed: 1t now reads
The Times for the news il will sooI
! read, The news for the Times
Il asked him why he went after tn,
. Times. He answered Tvietmoe hai
;. put him onto it.
!, IN INK ALLEY.
+ "TheC he told me how he had Sc
+ the bomb in what is known as fnl
= alley in the Times building in som,
d ink barrels and old paper. Going il
/. he said he was stopped by the nigh
Q watchman- who asked him what h,
L wanted in there. He replied he va
z going 20 the composing room. Tn,
2 wstchmsn let him pass. he agail
vas stopped by a boy; but he ais,