National news. (Chicago, Ill.) 1915-19??, 1915-12-31
MCMAN|GAL At
THE SCHMIDT
TRIAL
Job Hartman Rays he
Times and The
Grey Wof
By Ed. GAMMONS.

Ortie McManigal has disappeared in
another cloud of mystery. To para
phrase the old Roman saying, He
came. he saw"-but be conquered
nothing save his price Of six dollars
a day and house rent Matthew A.
Schmidt stands unscathed after ~
supposedly damning evidence Of tle
arbitrator of the lronvorkers'
Union. So il looks like the Ner.
chants and Manufarturers' Associs-
tion of Los Angeles are bsund to
swallow . bitter dose.
The sacrihcial altar ef eapitalisa,
still dripping with the blood Il its
LuAlow and Rayonae victims, ssseAt
to straasIe The hsdy Il SeAniat
through the eonspiyaey lsv-ths 80
cred erscsaaile" - ~ h0A - -
~ eapitalist sysses-a - AuAzl1g
attorney anA his minisas eanast -
liver tie goods SeAni1k's nans
never figured once b MeManigal's
testimony and at NJ stags sf tAe 49,
timony was he linked With svsn eae
Of the ironworkers whom McNaaigal
sworr into prison. The tea-csnt halo
placed on Ortie's brow BY the Burns
Drew Otis McLaren- Wee1vine CON-
bine has been sent spinning beek -
the Times office. and his tinssl glory
has been permanently dimmsd b. the
damning facts revealed BY tie de-
fense on ross-examination. Schmidt
at no time feared MeManigal, and the
daily press which led Tie public - b.
lieve that McManigal was such .
'bete noir" to Schmidt and his cesn-
sel-well. they misinteFpFstsd tAiAgs!
They can bring on their witnesses IN
shoals. and provided they are - 4sad-
ly unimportant in their relation -
this trial as McManigal was, we'll
wear the smile that won't come ~.
As regards the gentleman ~ frea
Honduras. we'll say in oil charity.
"Requiescat in pace"
A record crowd filled Judge Willis
court when Ortie McManigal con-
tinued his tale Of crime and treaeh-
cry. When the court came to order.
Judge Willis admonished the district
attorney to avoid irrelevant details in
the examination Of the witness, and SO
save time.
His Memory Fails.
4 no, legal battle was staged rs TO
whether a telegram addressed to J. J.
Mcnamara by Eugene Clancy. San
Francisco. should he admitted ~ evi-
denoc The prosecution won and il
was rrad. |, asked whether -. r."
Wa on has way to the coast He de
tailed conversation with y. Il"
whilst on the train to Chicago in
whioh the latter stated that he Was
gong to give them a ID good
cleaning up" on the coast. Mr.. Wool
wine seemed nonpussed when the
star failed to recall q conversation
about Los Angeles. Ortie remembered
II on Friday.
The bailiffs and deputy sheriffs were
exceptionally strict in their supervi-
sion of the spectators Friday morning.
When court opened the star" witness
explained the mechanism Of an ''in-
fernal machine" as Prosecutor Noel
lovingly terms il. Afterwards he told
how he STORED eighty quarts of nitro
glyeerine in the lronworkers' head
quarters on the fifth floor Of an In.
dianapolis office building. This was
done by direction of J. ]. MeNamara,
who gave the combination of the safe
to McManigal with directions TO store
the explosive in il.
"aar" Has Warm nne.
The district attorney endeavored to
question McManigal about events sub
sequent to the Times explosion, but
tContinued nm nsxe Al