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McNamaras, he confided this to a journalist as the reason he was reluctant to take the case. Ryan turned to
Harriman, who agreed to be the brothers' defense attorney. Gompers, however, visited Darrow in Chicago and convinced him that the case required his expertise. Reluctantly, Darrow consented to be lead defense attorney. Harriman stayed on as his assistant. Darrow also recruited former Los Angeles county assistant district attorney Lecompte Davis, pro-union Indiana judge Cyrus F. McNutt, and president of the
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reported back that there were no signs of a dynamite explosion at the Times building, and that it was solely a gas explosion. They also concluded that Otis knew that it was an accident, but had fabricated charges against the McNamaras, partly to discredit labor unions, and partly to evade blame for his negligence that allowed the gas accident to happen. The report declared:
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Tarrytown, New York, where a number of anarchists, including one of the dead bombers, were due to face charges connected with attempted invasion of the Rockefeller summer estate. The incident seemed unconnected with the Iron Workers bombings, but William J. Burns learned that fragments of the bomb showed similar construction to the Los Angeles
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handling of McManigal and J. B. McNamara. The local circuit judge had unlawfully denied J. J. McNamara access to legal representation and had no authority to approve his extradition. Both McNamaras had been arrested on the basis of a confession wrung from a third man who, they believed, had been kidnapped and perhaps coerced into confessing.
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at one o'clock the next morning. It was my intention to injure the building and scare the owners. I sincerely regret that these unfortunate men lost their lives. If the giving of my life would bring them back I would gladly give it. In fact, in pleading guilty to murder in the first degree I have placed my life in the hands of the state.
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Angeles prosecutors had agreed not to pursue other labor union officials for the L.A. bombings. But the federal government was not a party to the agreement, and in 1912 brought charges against 54 union men, mostly national and local officials of the
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I, James B. McNamera, having heretofore pleaded guilty to the crime of murder, desire to make this statement of facts: On the night of
September 30, 1920, at 5:45 p.m., I placed in Ink Alley, a portion of the Times building, a suitcase containing sixteen sticks of 80 per cent dynamite, set to explode
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to catch the guilty parties. Burns had been investigating the nationwide wave of iron manufacturing plant bombings for the past four years on behalf of the NEA, and took the City job as part of his investigation. From Hockin, his paid IW spy, Burns learned that McManigal had been handling the union's
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Angeles. Matthew Schmidt was convicted of murder in December 1915, and received life imprisonment. Upon his conviction, Olaf Tveitmoe, secretary of the California Building Trades Council said: "There will be ten years' war in Los Angeles. They will pay
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bombing was irrelevant to the federal charges, because that incident did not involve interstate transportation of dynamite. Citing abundant evidence in the trial record, the court upheld the remaining 25 convictions. The following month, the US district attorney announced that, in light of the court
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Franklin on charges of attempted bribery of jurors, Darrow needed to hurry up the guilty pleas, because he knew
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Angeles employers were worried that defense attorney Harriman would trounce Mayor Alexander on election day (December 5). Nothing short of an actual admission of guilt in open
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Angeles. Steffens, convinced the McNamaras were guilty, visited them in jail. Steffens proposed to defend their actions in print as "justifiable dynamiting" in the face of employer violence and state-sponsored repression of labor unions. J.B. was an eager proponent of Steffens' plans,
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explosion on an accidental ignition of a gas leak, and denied that dynamite was in any way involved. The rest of the evidence, such as the other bombs found in Los
Angeles the next morning, and all the material seized at union headquarters at Indianapolis, they claimed was planted. They accused Otis
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building on October 1, 1910. John J. McNamara, setting foot for the first time in court, admitted to having ordered the bombing of the Llewellyn Iron Works on December 25. J.J. McNamara later told an interviewer that Darrow had kept the McNamara brothers isolated from public opinion. Had they known
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The agreement was laid before the McNamara brothers. J. B. initially refused to agree to any plea bargain that did not set his brother free. But when Darrow told him that a settlement was possible only if both brothers pleaded guilty, J. B. gave his consent. Darrow sent for a representative of the
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campaign. Between 1906 and 1911, the union blew up 110 iron works, though only a few thousand dollars in damages was done. The NEA was well aware who was responsible for the bombings, since Herbert S. Hockin, a member of the IW's executive board, was their paid spy. These hundreds of bombings were
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Darrow was indicted on two charges of jury tampering. His chief investigator turned state's evidence, and even implicated Samuel Gompers in the bribery attempt. Darrow was in financial difficulty, and asked for AFL assistance in raising funds for his defense. Gompers declined to give it. When the
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were accused of using dynamite to assassinate an ex-governor of Idaho. As in the McNamara case, a union member had confessed and implicated union leadership, the defendants were extradited in a highly irregular manner, and the prosecution's investigation was led by a detective with strong ties to
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After sentencing, Judge Bordwell issued a long statement minimizing the role of Lincoln Steffens in bringing about the plea deal. Bordwell wrote that the prosecution had long sought a plea deal, but could not agree to J. B.'s insistence that his brother go free. The judge stated that what really
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Darrow argued that he would need $ 350,000 ($ 11,000,000 in 2024) for the defense. The AFL, who had already paid Darrow a $ 50,000 retainer, immediately began to raise the additional funds. The AFL Executive Council established a permanent "Ways and Means Committee" to seek money. The federation
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unanimously enacted an ordinance banning picketing and "speaking in public streets in a loud or unusual tone", with a penalty of fifty days in jail, a $ 100 fine, or both. Most union members refused to obey the injunctions or ordinance, and 472 strikers were arrested. The strike, however, proved
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The Iron Workers suffered severe membership losses, and appealed to the AFL for funds. The AFL declined to offer financial assistance or permit Gompers to speak at the next Iron Workers convention. The heads of a number of AFL unions did speak, however, and Iron Worker delegates re-elected Ryan
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A man who would put sixteen sticks of 80 per cent dynamite in a building * * * in which you, as a printer, knew gas was burning in many places, and in which you knew there were scores of human beings toiling, must have no regard whatever for the lives of his fellow beings. He must have been a
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in 1906. However, Darrow was in ill health, and although organized labor was convinced of the McNamaras' innocence, Darrow realized that the evidence against them was overwhelming and that the brothers were almost certainly guilty. Soon after the arrest, and before he agreed to represent the
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Sergeant William Reed and held from April 13 until April 20. Burns apparently convinced McManigal that he knew everything and that McManigal could save himself by cutting a deal with authorities. McManigal agreed to tell all he knew in order to secure a lighter prison sentence, and signed a
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strike, clubbed by the police, jailed while his family is evicted, and his wife and children are hungry, and he will hesitate to condemn these as criminals who fight against the crimes of which they are the victims of such savage methods as have been forced upon them by their masters.
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but J.J. refused to cooperate unless Darrow agreed. Darrow was stunned by Steffens' report that the brothers had admitted their guilt to him, but with his health worsening and his pessimism about the defense growing, Darrow agreed to permit the McNamaras to cooperate with Steffens.
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building. The undercover private eye also surreptitiously took a photo of J.J. that Burns presented to a hotel clerk in Los Angeles, who recognized him as a "Mr. J. B. Bryce" who had checked in the day before the bombing and hurriedly checked out the following morning.
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the suitcase, the clockwork alarm went off inside the suitcase. The police ran to safety just before the bomb exploded. Investigators speculated that, like the Zeehandelaar bomb, the clock mechanism at the Otis house had been wound too tightly, delaying the explosion.
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that he would be accused of attempted bribery as well, and one of his defenses would be that a plea deal had already been agreed upon, so that he had no motive to bribe jurors. Darrow defended the guilty pleas by citing the overwhelming evidence against the brothers:
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bombing. Gompers believed him completely, and threw all his influence behind the McNamaras. With Gompers' endorsement, the entire US labor movement supported the McNamaras, with parades, mass rallies, publicity campaigns, and donations to the McNamaras' defense fund.
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Thirty defendants appealed. In June 1914, the US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and ordered new trials for five of the convictions, including that of Olaf Tveitmoe. In the case of Tveitmoe, the court ruled that evidence implicating him in the Los Angeles
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different parts of the country. There were scores of witnesses to identify J. B. McNamara as being present practically on the very day, and one at least, in the building. There was overwhelming evidence of all kinds, which no one could have surmounted if they would.
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bombing, but that J.B. had told him all about it, and that it was done by J.B. and two others, Matthew Schmidt and David Caplan (Schmidt and Caplan evaded arrest until 1915). McManigal also said that others involved included Ryan, J.J., Hockin and other IW leaders.
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building). Burns repeatedly implied that Gompers and other labor leaders were involved in the national bombing campaign, and AFL officials feared a national campaign of arrests designed to destroy the nascent labor movement might be in the works. Meanwhile,
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broke the deadlock was the arrest of Bert Franklin, a detective hired by the defense, on a charge of attempted bribery of jurors. The bribery attempt, he wrote, revealed how desperate the defense was, and forced them to agree to a prison sentence for J. J.
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issued an appeal for donations, the AFL Executive Council postponed consideration of a donation until the issue was moot. Darrow was acquitted in his first trial. When charges were brought in the second bribery case, the trial ended in a
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bombing, James B. McNamara had asked him to murder Mary Dye, a stenographer at union headquarters, because "she knew too much." Jim McNamara had wanted him to plant an explosive under her seat on a commuter train. Eckhoff had refused.
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was so troubled by the vituperation heaped on the McNamara brothers that he began a campaign to ease economic and class differences in the United States. By mid-1912, a number of prominent individuals — including social workers
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irresponsible in accusing Burns of framing the McNamaras, in the face of overwhelming evidence. Burns wrote that Gompers could not have been unaware of the four-year dynamiting campaign, which should have given him pause.
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David Caplan's first trial ended in a deadlocked jury. In December 1916, a second jury found him guilty of second degree manslaughter. The court sentenced him to ten years in prison. He was released in 1923 after
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and prosecution informer Herbert Hockin, were given six years. The others received sentences of between a year and a day and four years. All prisoners were sent to the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas.
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1910, U.S. Steel had almost succeeded in driving all unions out of its plants. Unions in other iron manufacturing companies also vanished. Only the IW held on (though the strike at American Bridge continued).
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had their paid spies in the other's camp), and was pressing Fredericks to reject any plea bargain. As a compromise, Fredericks demanded that J.B. receive life in prison and J.J. receive a much shorter term.
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corporation. American Bridge was the dominant company in the iron industry, and within a year the IW had not only organized almost every U.S. iron manufacturer, but had also won signed contracts including
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On 28 December 1912, the jury found 38 of the remaining 40 guilty. Two days later, Judge A. B. Anderson handed out sentences, calling the dynamite campaign "a veritable reign of terror," and commenting:
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building. After he confessed to the bombing, he insisted that he had not known of the gas pipes. However, Ortie McManigal testified that before their arrest, J.B. had told him that he had gone into the
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while knowing all along that the McNamara brothers were guilty. Darrow said that his first duty was to his clients, and that he did whatever needed to raise the funds for the best defense possible.
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well, but finally settled for Schmidt alone. But a search of Schmidt's belongings found a letter that led them to the Seattle area, where local police arrested David Caplan on February 18, 1915.
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Darrow also insisted that he needed popular support, to put political pressure on the prosecution. Pins, buttons and other paraphernalia were sold to raise money, and a film about J. J. McNamara—
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appealed to local, state, regional and national unions to donate 25 cents per capita to the defense fund, and set up defense committees in larger cities throughout the nation to take donations.
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building – he was challenged twice, but each time passed by saying he was on his way to the composing room – went into the basement and wrenched off a gas valve to maximize the destruction.
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to engage in a campaign against the unions. Local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies generally cooperated in this campaign, which often used violence against union members.
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and law enforcement authorities announced that the perpetrators would be caught immediately, but weeks passed and no arrests were made. The City of Los Angeles posted a $ 25,000
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bombers had escaped arrest and gone to ground. The IW decided it was time for more bombings in Los Angeles and sent McManigal with a list of five bombing targets, including the
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who liked to drink and hunt at the same time. Burns infiltrated one of their late-winter hunting trips with a spy, and during the trip J.J. boasted of having blown up the
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boarded his train, woke him, and handed him the dispatch regarding the guilty verdicts. "I am astounded, I am astounded", he said. "The McNamaras have betrayed labor."
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and alarm clocks were found in their suitcases. The men were told they were being arrested for robbing a bank in Chicago. Since they had watertight
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publisher Otis and Felix Zeehandelaar, secretary of the M&M. He then boarded a train to San Francisco, and was out of town when the bomb at the
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auxiliary building, in which two men were chased off by a security guard. The incident was at first assumed to be another bombing attempt.
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throughout the nation was declared to be "McNamara Day", and mass marches were held in 13 major cities in support of the defendants.
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bombing campaign on orders from union president Frank Ryan and secretary-treasurer J.J. McNamara. McManigal and J.J. were borderline
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of appeals ruling, that the government would not retry the five defendants whose convictions were reversed; the five were released.
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Kraft, James P., "The Fall of Job Harriman's Socialist Party: Violence, Gender, and Politics in Los Angeles, 1911,"
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on December 9. J.B. McNamara's post-trial conclusion was: "You see? ... The whole damn world believes in dynamite."
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effective: by September, 13 new unions had formed, increasing union membership in the city by almost 60 percent.
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building, the Otis home, and the Zeehandelaar home) were set for 1 am ("M'Manigal repeats boast of M'Namara,"
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Thinking Big: The Story of the 'Los Angeles Times, Its Publishers, and Their Influence on Southern California.
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to defend the McNamaras. Darrow had become a hero in labor circles for his successful defense of labor leader
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for the American labor movement. J.B. admitted to setting the explosive, and was convicted and sentenced to
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unionists. John (known as J.J.) and his younger brother James (known as J.B.) were both active in the IW.
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building and Ink Alley. Of the 115 people still in the building, 21 died (most of them in the fire). The
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Terrorism on American Soil: A Concise History of Plots and Perpetrators from the Famous to the Forgotten
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Judge A. B. Anderson dismissed charges against eight men after the trial started, for lack of evidence.
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embezzled $ 200, and fired him. J. J. spent the rest of his life drifting from job to job, and died in
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court would discredit Harriman and prevent his victory, and the employers were pressing hard for one.
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how strongly the public was on their side, they would not have agreed to the plea deal, he claimed.
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for that alleged crime, both men agreed to accompany Burns and the police officers back to Chicago.
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auto race. The bomb collapsed the side of the building, and the ensuing fire destroyed both the
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remained weak and much of the industry remained unorganized until 1902. That year, the IW won a
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for the Iron Workers' Union. J. J. McNamara assured Gompers that he had nothing to do with the
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anti-union business interests. In that case, the accused union leaders were found not guilty.
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candidate. The bombing, some felt, might simply be a plot to keep Harriman out of City Hall.
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At 1:07 a.m. on October 1, 1910, the bomb went off in the alley outside the three-story
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Gerald F. Uelmen, "Fighting fire with fire: a reflection on the ethics of Clarence Darrow,"
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of taking advantage of a tragic accident to imprison union leaders on fabricated charges.
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Barons of Labor: The San Francisco Building Trades and Union Power in the Progressive Era
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American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century
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building minutes before the October 1 bomb blast. See: "Fire Kills 19, Unions Accused",
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Geoffrey Cowan, The People v. Clarence Darrow (New York: Random House, 1993) 78-79, 110.
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Comparative and Transnational History: Central European Approaches and New Perspectives.
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Judge Bordwell rejected the defendants' assertions that they did not intend to harm the
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went to the Oxford Hotel in Detroit and arrested McManigal and J.B. McNamara. Dynamite,
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2101:, San Bernardino, California, Sunday 1 December 1912, Volume XXXVII, Number 37, page 2.
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scum," "cowardly murderers," "leeches upon honest labor," and "midnight assassins."
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Ortie McManigal testified that Jim McNamara had told him that all three bombs (the
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Historian Philip Taft characterizes this as a kidnapping, due to the lack of
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approve a commission, and it did so on August 23, 1912. The reports of the
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Frank Eckhoff, a friend of John J. McNamara, testified that, following the
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via train to California. All three men arrived in Los Angeles on April 26.
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Heinz-Gerhard Haupt and Jürgen Kocka, eds. New York: Berghahn Books, 2012.
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for the capture of the bombers, and the M&M raised another $ 50,000.
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An unresolved contradiction was J.B.'s knowledge of the gas pipes in the
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1996:"Twenty-One Killed and More Injured In the Dynamited 'Times' Building,"
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Shapiro, Herbert. "The McNamara Case: A Crisis of the Progressive Era,"
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had been successfully resisting unionization for nearly half a century.
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On April 14, 1911, Burns, Burns' son Raymond, and police officers from
2686:"Labor conspiracy cases disposed of in federal court," Rochester (NY)
2057:"M'Manigal repeats boast of M'Namara," N.Y. Times, 15 Nov. 1912, p.4.
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The Origins and Evolution of Industrial Relations in the United States
1510:. Reprint ed. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1974.
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papers for McManigal and both McNamara brothers. Burns then left for
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October 2, 1910; "Los Angeles Times Ruins Yield Five More Bodies",
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Foner, pp. 7–8; Welskopp, pp. 156–57; Gottlieb and Wolt, pp. 88–89.
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discredited, the defense's hope for a simple plea agreement ended.
2799:"David Caplan held guilty in Times dynamiting case," Indianapolis
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2747:"Schmidt and Caplan face murder charge on coast," Indianapolis
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edition of December 27, 1911 (v. 70, no. 1817) depicting the
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building for 1 am. Dennis McDougal, however, wrote that the
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1663:. Hardback reprint. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957.
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explosion, there was a reported attempted break-in at the
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1656:. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1955.
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annex, known as "Ink Alley", which contained the paper's
2959:, C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, Los Angeles Times.
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had obtained enough evidence on his own to secure, with
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confession. He said that he had not participated in the
2790:"Labor leaders and hypocrisy," Sunset, Feb. 1916, p.32.
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United Press, "Ryan is given 7 years," Pittsburgh (PA)
1548:. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, 1995.
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Raid on union headquarters and arrest of J. J. McNamara
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Foner, pp. 12–13; Stimson, p. 389; Adamic, pp. 155–56.
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and jurisdiction. Taft, p. 277; see also Foner, p. 13.
1590:. Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1987.
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when the change in plea was made. A reporter with the
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and the deadliest crime to go to trial in California.
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bombing shocked Americans and remains both one of the
2554:"With the two brothers in San Quentin all is quiet,"
2511:"With the two brothers in San Quentin all is quiet,"
2498:"With the two brothers in San Quentin all is quiet,"
1567:"I Have Seen the Future": A Life of Lincoln Steffens.
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2419:Foner, p. 23-24; Darrow, p. 183; Steffens, p. 682.
2354:Foner, p. 21–22; Darrow, p. 182; Steffens, p. 662.
1921:(New York: Random House, 1993) 87, and Lew Irwin,
1539:The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and Contested Space.
736:Organized labor unites in defense of the McNamaras
2149:McDougal claims that McManigal and McNamara were
1604:. Reprint ed. New York: Perseus Publishing, 2002.
985:, and an estimated 50,000 people paid to see it.
3000:Deadliest terrorist attacks in the United States
1473:Dynamite: The Story of Class Violence in America
3213:History of labor relations in the United States
2675:United States Circuit Courts of Appeals Reports
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1583:. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1992.
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3188:Commercial building fires in the United States
2951:Finding Aid for James and John McNamara papers
1649:. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1931.
1639:vol. 59, no. 3 (Fall 1977), pp. 271–287.
1541:Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 2009.
452:Building after the bombing disaster on October
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1835:Cross, p. 278; Kazin, p. 203; Milkman, p. 35.
1597:vol. 70, no. 1 (Spring 1988), pp. 43–68.
1534:vol. 12, no. 7 (Jan. 1912), pp. 397–401.
697:Burns wired California officials and secured
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1483:. New York: Columbia University Press, 1966.
661:Arrest of J. B. McNamara and Ortie McManigal
601:, and two non-union construction sites: the
3228:Labor-related violence in the United States
2569:Cases and Other Authorities on Legal Ethics
2487:Cases and Other Authorities on Legal Ethics
2474:Cases and Other Authorities on Legal Ethics
2241:"Law's classification in kidnapping case,"
1960:"Robert Sawyer." Motorsport Memorial. 2012.
1885:Miranda, Carolina A. (September 22, 2017).
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1555:. New York: International Publishers, 1980.
1529:"The McNamara Case and the Labor Movement,"
1508:History of the Labor Movement in California
850:case of 1906. In that case, leaders of the
585:After several months, it appeared that the
569:The IW strike committee in Los Angeles and
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228:, United States, on October 1, 1910, by a
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2883:"M'Namara, Bomber, Dies In San Quentin",
1937:(Cambridge, Mass.: Perseus, 2001) 50, 53.
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830:Learn how and when to remove this message
2721:"4-year chase lands alleged dynamiter,"
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1632:. Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1969.
1297:years, with time off for good behavior.
1159:Samuel Gompers was traveling by rail in
939:Iron Workers president Frank Ryan asked
389:Merchants and Manufacturers' Association
242:newspaper, which occupied the building.
2626:"Tells of dynamite plot to slay girl,"
2175:Burns, pp. 151–55; Stimson, pp. 387–88.
2017:(Guilford, Conn.: Lyons, 2013) 337-338.
1735:. Rowman & Littlefield. p. x.
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1412:Domestic terrorism in the United States
863:, accusing Otis himself of bombing the
361:later described as perhaps the largest
264:deadliest criminal acts in U.S. history
3183:Building bombings in the United States
2923:"John J. M'Namara, Dynamiter, is Dead"
1455:, a carpenter indicted but not charged
498:building, located at First Street and
2734:"Letter found here betrays Caplan,"
2613:"38 labor leaders are found guilty,"
2275:Taft, pp. 278, 280; Foner, pp. 17–18.
1708:. Sentient Publications. p. 35.
1661:The A.F. of L. in the Time of Gompers
1647:The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens
1569:Berkeley, Calif.: Counterpoint, 2011.
1517:. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1994.
1481:Age of Industrial Violence, 1910-1913
1443:1919 United States anarchist bombings
27:1910 bombing by trade union activists
7:
2764:"Fair play for Schmidt and Caplan,"
2255:The Commercial Telegraphers' Journal
2079:Foner, pp. 11, 14; Irwin, pp. 14–15.
768:adding citations to reliable sources
328:in their industries. Employers used
299:clauses. The McNamara brothers were
3124:Milwaukee Police Department bombing
2912:(Guilford, Conn.: Lyons, 2013) 335.
2628:New York Times, 17 Nov. 1912, p.12.
1576:Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press, 2013.
1448:Milwaukee Police Department bombing
290:, a subsidiary of the newly formed
3268:Terrorist incidents in Los Angeles
2664:Taft, pp. 283–84; Stimson, p. 412.
2638:"33 dynamiters get prison terms,"
1971:Cross, pp. 282–83; Adamic, p. 151.
1950:(Guilford, Conn.: Lyons, 2013) 71.
1875:(Guilford, Conn.: Lyons, 2013) 74.
1558:Gottlieb, Robert and Wolt, Irene.
1365:Commission on Industrial Relations
603:Los Angeles County Hall of Records
307:Strike against American Bridge Co.
25:
3168:1910 murders in the United States
1983:"Fire Kills 19, Unions Accused",
1805:Stimson, p. 380; Fine, pp. 33–46.
1383:, and profoundly influenced most
3263:Terrorist incidents in the 1910s
3253:Mass murder in the United States
3158:1910 crimes in the United States
1496:New York: Crown, September 2008.
970:, was not charged at that time.
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2571:(St. Paul: West, 1917) 343-352.
2476:(St. Paul: West, 1917) 349-347.
2140:Burns, p. 146; Stimson, p. 387.
1611:. Los Angeles: Neale Co., 1913.
1532:International Socialist Review,
1476:. New York: Viking Press, 1931.
1459:List of homicides in California
1251:Final cases: Caplan and Schmidt
981:—was produced. It premiered in
966:not guilty. McManigal, who had
955:as co-counsel for the defense.
950:Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
927:Clarence Darrow for the defense
755:needs additional citations for
2088:Taft, p. 281; Estrada, p. 140.
1637:Southern California Quarterly,
1595:Southern California Quarterly,
1312:United Mine Workers of America
593:auxiliary printing plant, the
315:James (left) and John McNamara
1:
3106:Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
1919:The People v. Clarence Darrow
1137:Reactions to the guilty pleas
1035:As jury selection continued,
506:piped into the building. The
3223:Labor disputes in California
3178:20th-century American trials
3118:Buffalo supermarket shooting
3058:UpStairs Lounge arson attack
2870:"McManigal's Liberty Near,"
2768:, Sept. 1915, v.35 n.9 p.23.
2558:, Jan. 1912, v.9 n.78 p.531.
2515:, Jan. 1912, v.9 n.78 p.527.
2502:, Jan. 1912, v.9 n.78 p.530.
2257:, Oct. 1911, v.9 n.10 p.300.
2099:The San Bernardino Daily Sun
2026:"The Crime of the Century,"
1316:Western Federation of Miners
1182:landslide loss on December 5
905:The defense blamed the L.A.
852:Western Federation of Miners
575:American Federation of Labor
2489:(St. Paul: West, 1917) 347.
1623:A History of American Labor
779:"Los Angeles Times bombing"
424:Leading up to the explosion
3294:
3233:Labor relations by company
2929:. Butte, Mont. May 8, 1941
2245:, May 1911, v.19 n.6 p.37.
2243:The Motorman and Conductor
1702:McCann, Joseph T. (2006).
1609:The National Dynamite Plot
882:Socialist Party of America
365:campaign in U.S. history.
3248:Mass murder in California
3173:1911 in the United States
3134:
3100:LaGuardia Airport bombing
3076:Los Angeles Times bombing
3028:Mountain Meadows Massacre
3006:
2677:, 1915, v.132, p.257-305.
1195:Big trial in Indianapolis
1187:The two brothers entered
613:Tracking down the bombers
558:On the same night as the
458:the present 1935 building
407:judge issued a series of
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18:Los Angeles Times Bombing
3112:Preparedness Day bombing
3064:El Paso Walmart shooting
3040:Pulse nightclub shooting
2803:, 16 Dec. 1916, p.1 c.2.
2545:, 2003, v.71 n.4 p.1564.
2485:George P. Costigan Jr.,
2472:George P. Costigan Jr.,
1652:Stimson, Grace Heilman.
1355:, and pacifist minister
1189:San Quentin State Prison
1003:began on October 25. As
643:hired private detective
417:Los Angeles City Council
324:and assist employers in
232:member belonging to the
3070:Wilmington insurrection
2755:, 7 Jan. 1916, p.5 c.3.
2673:Ryan v. United States,
1666:Wagner, Rob Leicester.
1562:New York: Putnam, 1977.
1371:, helped establish the
968:turned state's evidence
581:Bombing returns to L.A.
288:American Bridge Company
119:; 113 years ago
3218:History of Los Angeles
3036:(1921) (75–300 deaths)
2688:Democrat and Chronicle
2363:Chandler had left the
1422:Propaganda of the deed
1417:Anarchism and violence
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1071:McNamaras plead guilty
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3088:San Bernardino attack
3022:Oklahoma City bombing
1438:Espionage Act of 1917
1341:Henry Morgenthau, Sr.
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979:A Martyr to His Cause
962:on May 5, 1911. They
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901:Gas explosion defense
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411:which all but banned
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3278:Trials in California
3198:Events in California
3046:Bath School disaster
3012:September 11 attacks
2861:Kaufman, pp. 3, 8–9.
2843:Cowan, pp. 428, 433.
2816:, 11 July 1923, p.3.
2781:, 31 Dec. 1915, p.6.
2738:, 20 Feb. 1915, p.6.
2725:, 14 Feb. 1915, p.1.
2655:, 30 Dec. 1912, p.1.
2642:, 31 Dec. 1912, p.1.
2617:, 29 Dec. 1912, p.9.
2119:McDougal, pp. 52–53.
1962:Accessed 2012-10-11.
1853:Stimson, pp. 33–133.
1755:Rayback, pp. 219–20.
1537:Estrada, William D.
1522:The Story of My Life
1479:Adams, Jr., Graham.
1018:George W. Wickersham
874:Mayor of Los Angeles
764:improve this article
636:On October 2, 1910,
595:Llewellyn Iron Works
103:34.05284; -118.24500
3258:October 1910 events
3243:Mass murder in 1910
3208:Fires in California
3052:Wall Street bombing
3034:Tulsa race massacre
3030:(1857) (120 deaths)
3024:(1995) (168 deaths)
2885:The New York Times,
2872:The New York Times,
2712:, 5 July 1914, p.1.
2690:, 4 July 1914, p.1.
2567:Geoge F. Costigan,
2316:Darrow, p. 179–181.
2070:, 1 Oct. 1910, p.2.
1729:Irwin, Lew (2013).
1645:Steffens, Lincoln.
1621:Rayback, Joseph G.
1428:Wall Street bombing
1387:labor legislation.
1025:William Howard Taft
958:The McNamaras were
573:, president of the
487:building went off.
381:, publisher of the
209:was the purposeful
94: /
3203:Explosions in 1910
3163:1910 in California
3126:(1917) (10 deaths)
3120:(2022) (10 deaths)
3114:(1916) (10 deaths)
3108:(2018) (11 deaths)
3102:(1975) (11 deaths)
3096:(1886) (12 deaths)
3090:(2015) (14 deaths)
3084:(2009) (14 deaths)
3082:Fort Hood shooting
3078:(1910) (21 deaths)
3072:(1898) (22 deaths)
3066:(2019) (23 deaths)
3060:(1973) (32 deaths)
3054:(1920) (38 deaths)
3048:(1927) (44 deaths)
3042:(2016) (49 deaths)
2927:The New York Times
2601:Hartshorn, p. 215.
2543:Fordham Law Review
2442:Cowan, p. 364-365.
2369:The New York Times
2030:, October 16, 1910
1998:Los Angeles Times,
1987:, October 2, 1910.
1607:McManigal, Ortie.
1600:McDougal, Dennis.
1579:Kaufman, Bruce E.
1565:Hartshorn, Peter.
1520:Darrow, Clarence.
1499:Burns, William J.
1402:, on May 8, 1941.
1357:John Haynes Holmes
1310:presidents of the
1128:murderer at heart.
1100:
1061:John D. Fredericks
998:
937:
730:Los Angeles police
710:Thomas R. Marshall
623:
462:
415:. On July 15, the
379:Harrison Gray Otis
369:Los Angeles strike
363:domestic terrorism
334:agents provocateur
326:busting the unions
317:
3273:Trials in Indiana
3238:Los Angeles Times
3193:Conflicts in 1910
3145:
3144:
2852:Taft, pp. 286–87.
2825:Foner, pp. 29–30.
2699:Taft, pp. 284–85.
2371:, October 2, 1910
2365:Los Angeles Times
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