Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 09, 1911, NEWS SECTION, Page 6, Image 6
i. DETEGTIYE TELLS OF ARREST Boast of J. B. McNamara Led His. Companion to Confeis. SHADOWED FOR LONG PERIOD curded m fflcUnt il Tin MrNsniara. Mny Be at Oner n Prison. tho name train comma; to thopv1,,stn 1st fc m ileifKutrd II. tai l; oflwrft brouglit A tlrM days' confer' me f) h Amrrlran 1'Skii sr.-won iwntjna; tlto fUrlpwr Hml nriilnali'i?i ' t!m ronvrntlon city for l.'lil. of coiirr tliey knew Hi , wltniMn f t'i.. ni i .il.'.rMt...! At tti liiualia roiifi n-ni active work 3 l M?.nlal'a i ct !at iom t.nuK'it. will t'p done towarl thn nwukFrlns; of Hufnii! I,. Urowiip, chief ln rn Itrator iil.'Hprrml lntrit In the HumL-ty school fir Ilntrt( t Attottiry John I. Krerterli ks mnvrmotit MirmiKhout Nebraska att'I the In tho McNnniaia trial, nsvrrrd today sli rounding Muter. 1.0S ANCKI.E?. "al., Dec. . "I've ot hundreils of thousand, of dollnrs and ths AiunHn ldcratl"ii of Lbor back of im It tok only $".00ff to clear Vincent Altiran of Chlcaso. and If they could not coiivli t lilni. they can't convict me." This p.Tt, attributed ytsterday by te t.vtlvr. Mulrnlm Mrlren to Jamca B. 5!-.-Nani.-r:i. ns the lattrr being taken on a trui.i from Prtrott to Chlrasjo on tha n'.kht of April 12 laat. csussd Ortla E. M. Manlg&l. then also under arrt, to become sneered at McNamara for his Indiscreet statement and wss tho first circumstance that leJ McManlgal to break from Iiia companion, and eventually to rr.iif.-ts his connection with varloua dyna ni.i'n? explosions throuirliout the country. McManlfal real confession had been raved fr 1 1 . trlala of James B. and John J. McNamara. now under aentencc rf llfn Imprisonment, and fifteen year, respectively, but thin evidence. n well ax thn.t which had been leathered by the (tle naa turned over today it the Vnlted 4ata government. Tho federal grand Jury beard Mellaril Bal'a Hory all day and will hear more nt It tomorrow, laying the foundations for the proceeding In the alleged dyna miting conspiracies that extend from Ooa-t to co.ift In the laet three years. Ilrotbrra Mar Xot Appear. The MfXainaraa were not brought be fore the federal grand Jury, and It may b that McManlgal'. story will be re Rnrdnd aa aufflclcnt, and the other two will be removed to Kan Quentln without Interrogation hrre. . John J. MrNnnura told Jailer Gallagher today that i: r no rlrcumstancea would he glvs tho K. ci ul grand Jury any Infor liiatlon of m.y lilnd. )lt wait understood that Jamea B. Mo TVamara would refiiaa to give testimony to the fedeial grand Jury. : Dotal! of what McManlgal knows of tlie alleged conspiracy were given to the grand Jury today. That lila story 1m pllcatea other men In the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers became known through various sources. McManlgal alleges that persona 'other than John J. McNamara, the secretary-treasurer, paid him for the twenty "Jobs" of dynamiting which he aaya he aecompllahed line 1907. Aa the question had been raised aa to competency of tes timony from oonvlotsd felons. It was con sidered unlikely that the revelations of the McNamarga would be of consequence, for auch testimony could not be used In vourt against those Indicted. Ths story of McManlgal, who has not ye( been brought to trial, will be of rreat valu to the government's Investigation and the stats will not try him on the In dlctmenta against him until the federal authorities are through. Kven then, it was asserted tonight on good authority. .District Attorney Fred-' ricks will reeoromend Jils discharge on account or signal service rendered. ' tory ,. of . ArrMt. Malcolm McLaren. , the detective who arrested J. B. McNamara and McManlgal. and who baa soen In cloas. co-operation witn uecar Lswler tht special attorney appointed by the proaeoutor In the fed eral Investigation, today gave a complete version of the evidence and clroujustancM which led up to the arrest of MeManlgal wltU McNamara In Detroit. Mclaren told In mlnuto detail the dates, 1 hours and places of his shadowing of No Manlgal for a long period prior to his arrest. When ho confronted McManlgal with the knowledge that, he had thus gained the dynamiter decided to breaJc from his companion and tell all he'knew. , "About the seventh or eighth of April lal." said McLaren, "I picked up Mc Manlgal at tits home In Chicago, lie had Juit arrived ' from prlngfleld, Mass., where, he afterward said, be had blown up the Municipal tower, lie had stopped at Indianapolis and, he said, obtained Ifcx) from J. i. McNamara for the Springfield Job smd the una at Milwaukee. "Wa ahadowed him the next day aa he went downtown with his wife to the Hibernian bank. ' "Wo tra'lnd McManlgal and his wife the next day again as they walked with their children, looking Into shop windows aaJ final))' vlaltlng a shoe store. I Meets J. II. NcVimin, ; "McManlgal left horns carrying a suit case and 1 took a train with him tc Toledo, keeping well away front his sight II the time. When we arrived In Toledo, Jamea U. McNamara was waiting for McMtttilsvU ,,t the station exit. They shook, hands and sat down In the stutloc for a talk. McManlgal pulled out a mar which I saw was of Detroit aa I naaee4 thorn. They traced over It with a lead pencil, but finally went to the Mcyerhoff hotel. J. It. registered as V. Caldwtl' J. B., as soon as I had located hint, so and McManlgal aa Q. Poster. "I had received Instructions to srresj I called up Chicago on tho long distance telephone for Instructions ar I got Kay mood Burns on the other end. Ho toll? ms to call In a half hour, and In the meantime got into communication over tho telephone with bis father who was la Boston. Itaymonl Burns cams ftoic Chicago with Detective Sergeants Bid dinger and Jteed. "We stopped at a hotel on tho opposite aide of tho street but. aa tha police In Toledo were But la sympathy with us we were afraid to risk an arrest theio and determined to foiiuw them to the neat place. "The next luornliig MrMaiagal left the hotel with J. U. Mc.Namuiu. AUManll-'a1 bad a suitcase and ut the station, J...B. got a small grip from the check stand. 'lny bought tickets for Iietrott. The police off litre there were our friends and wo felt happy as we boarded a train at U o'elock that morning for Detroit. Mc Msnigai ana Mosmara eat rive seatr ahead of us iu the seme day coach. 'trrrl4 at Uetrolt. "We rti hed Uetrolt at noon and they went to tue Oxford hotel. We decided to make I he arrest there. We did so a thst hotel snd took them to ths depot, Luli'g t!ckt for Chicago. J Li. kept hollaijDg about being kid. I.- ped and finally attracted the attention i f mine police officers, so we all had tc to latk to the police station. Ths et ft the afternoon we worked hard trlni to get them away, and finally McUanlral vl o had his money In Chicago, persuaded McN'itnsr they would te better off Ir aia home town, and J. B. signed a we!ver tii proceedings In Detriot. "We left on the night of April 13 In a drawing room ear. Ban Johuaoo, Artie i CouiiaWcy and other base ball tuaguate vo io on upciilliK of nt Ietrc!t. dclcrtive crjteant with us and natumlly w. hail to tell them lvho we :ftd. We '."aid tlu v wne a couple f yecsrs whom v.e had jiottcii for safe keeping. "Later on Jamej II resented that re mark, wMrlj he overheard, and aald to us in tlm drnwlnf; room that h-) hml never blown ii! eafo or robbed one in his life, and that every dollar had iM-en paid to him l.y the man upstair. ' "lli R..t a bit talkative then and said; Tin another Vincent Altman. I uniler Kiind It took to clear him utul I've Ki't ruiKireus cr tiiotisanUK or iionais unci l.e .mcrlcaii Federation of lbor back o,' me. Clarence ft. L'anow will le my attorney. They did not convict Altman ai t' they never can tnnvlct me. You fel louci' don't want me for no safe biowliiK. You want me for that Job In Los Angeles." "Hire It waa that McMantcal reached out from the top berth and grabbed Jlc Namar.a by the hair, saying. "Say. fellow, do you k now what you are talkln;; about? "'I kr' what I'm lathing about, yo pin head,' answered J. H , and McManlgi tl dropped n itlt Into his berth With the r -mark: 'Alt riKht If you do, go ahead.' "McManliVil had nothing inro to r i.y. Along townn's morning J. B. took a dif ferent tack. 'All you fellows.' he xald to us. "have you.' price, now what, is It?' Illddinger told V'lm It would tdV a Kreat deal ns there weva a lot of us. "J. It. finally of.'ered 3(j.(iO0 If would let him off beforw reaching Chi i ago and give him llilrty-sl hours to r tch 'the man upstairs' of w.iiom he hae I spoken. Kemember I've got a lot of backing,' he added, 'and if you fellows do. I't come across, we'll gi t you and you s hd you.' And he pointed to each of us t broaten liiKly. "After ws reavhed Chlcsgo, Burns talked with McMaMgal and ,1. I!. sepa rately. 1 tipped my chief that Mc'fanlKal was the more likely ut the two to l live up, as he had a family, whereas J. B. didn't, iiurna tallied to .Mc.Uiiltfal all aftrrnoon. giving him details t what -we had on him, how wo had trailed his movrmmts and knew everything ho had dutio for some time. Then Bun si told Mr.Majilgal to send for htm when he got roady to give his answer, and left. I had a long talk with McManlgal. too. and told him that I had seen him say goodbye to his wlfo and children. I de scribed how hs had kissed them and In formed him that there was a good chanoo that he never would see tltem again as a free man and that It was his duty to save them. That night at t o'clock McManlgal sent for Mr. Burns and In th presence f a secretary gave my chief a Dong state ment" Assistant District Attorney Tord, to ci incernlng a trip to Pan rianclsco, with p ssalhlo nrreKts In view, nn.l finally did ti ot Kl. " The next arrest lii tills race will be a ; Hither up.'" be aid. "A man well I mown In the labor world utul It will t like place soon." HALT IKi; CITY. Vie?:, 1'ec 7 -The king arm of the f-Oorit: government reached Salt Lake Oty today and caih treil In wl at may prove, to be oral ami tlocumenlary evidence for the kibikI jury it Los Ancelrs, called to Investigate In dustrial dynamiting. Deputy l'nited States marshals took possession of the books of tlm Iron workers' local union thi. nflernoon. A summons to appear before the crar.d Jury was nerved upon J. V'. Munsey, tho buxliiCHS nKcnt "f the union. Munncy is known to have been Intimate with James B. McNamara and Is raid to have kept surplus of IUZ.0J1.93') a year from first. .McNamara at IiIm hou ie after the Timet j i lass matter, Including letters, while st explosion nt Los Angeles. the same time the sum of l''.3a,62 Is be ing lost each ear on the carrying of Plan Increases in Newspaper Postage CLEVELAND. O., Dec. S.-hpeuklng di rectly for the I'ostofflre department and as the personal representative of Pom tnaHter tjeneial Illtrluock, James J. Brltt. asHlbtmit postmaster general, tonight be fore the Cleveland Association of Credit Men, declared that the department, through tho uprclul postal commission, In tended to recommend to congress within a few days that the rate on all news papers and periodicals be increased from 1 to 2 cents a pound and Increased by denrees later on UHtil they paid a rate peering the cost to the government of handling them. "Tho government Is now making a Mrs. Larson Testifies to Save Her Husband TICKAMAJI. Neb., Dec. .-(Sper!ul Tel egram.) Mrs. Wank Larson on the wit ness staid In the trial of her husbimd for shooting his brother, Charles Larson, today declared she had told iter husband of Illicit relations that had existed be tween heme If n nd Charles, who was killed. Mrs. Larson Is a woman of about 35 years, apparently of timid and shrinking disposition. Her two children, aKed 12 and 9 years, are In the court room during the propress of the case. Tho state In Its run .-examination of witnesses is seeking to show that the de fendant was actuated more by Jealousy of the prosperity of his brother than by Jealousy over family relations, seeking to threw doubt on the truth of the testi mony of the wife In her husband's be half. Fhe, howeve-, was scarcely ques tioned after her direct testimony. It Is believed arguments will be reached tomorrow. PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO MEET IN OMAHA MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. .-(Speclal TVlegram.) The Presbyterian Sunday Fchool Missionaries' society of the north- second -class matter," said Mr. Brltt. RIGHT TO USE WATER FOR PURPOSESjHJTSIDE STATE (From a Staff Corrspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. 8. (Special.) Has the Hate. Board of Irrigation power to give permission to take water from tlx? rivers of the commonwealth? Such a case came up before the supreme court today for trial. Over two years sgo Ec I Kirk of fcloux City made application to the Nebraska Plate Board of Irrigation to take certain water out uf the Niobrara river, for power purpoHes, the point of division be ing in Knox county. ' The plan was to utilize this power for Ploux city enter prises. For a short time after thus the state board granted the right .to Mr. Kirk, but according to section 42, article 2 ot the Nebraska Irrigation laws, such a grant could net be made by the stcte board. After this defeated Mr. Kirk's plan he appealed to the district court of Knox county, and hero the Irrigation law was sustained. Accordingly, the case waa taken to the supreme court, where Kirk takes tho position that the state legisla ture can take in measures it may see fit In a case of this kind, but that the State Board of Irrigation has no legal right to do other than what Is prescribed by the legislature. We Bake .Thfogs,CToo9 Mrs.- Housewife. WAV Vni.l . nf1 -'-A .V X Bread, biscuit, pastry every thing. We are doing it evet-y day. That's how we found out just the flour that you wanted. Now we know.tlie wheat that makes it Now we know how to grind it. Every kernel goes through twenty sets of rolls. Now we sift it ten times through ten sheets of silk cloth to sift out the perfect flour. ' That flour and that only goes , in bags branded "Gold Medal." Our baking insures its unvarying goodness. Wc test out each batch of flour. And millions know the result. 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