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   James B. McNamara admitted to murder by having set the bomb that destroyed the Los Angeles Times 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.

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   Burns arrested his brother JJ and then McNamara and McManigal. [4] McNamara had learned that Burns was hunting him and spoke to McManigal of bombing his office, but Guy Biddinger of the Burns Detective Agency arrested them both in Toledo, Ohio, on April 12, 1911.

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   On April 14, 1911, Burns, Burns' son, Raymond, and police officers from Detroit and Chicago went to the Oxford Hotel in Detroit and arrested McManigal and James B. McNamara. Dynamite, blasting caps and alarm clocks were found in their suitcases.

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   Feb 3, 2023 · By spring of 1911, William Burns discovered that James B. McNamara and Ortie McManigal were involved in the bombing and on April 14th, 1911, the two of them were arrested in Detroit.

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   Jun 26, 2024 · National ironworkers union Secretary-Treasurer John J. McNamara, left, and younger brother James B. McNamara were thought to be the brains and brawn, respectively, behind the 1910 Los...

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   Mar 2, 2020 · On April 24, Burns had two Indianapolis detectives arrest J.J. McNamara at the union office, charging him with 21 murders. In a basement vault, investigators found 200 lbs. of explosives, percussion caps, fuse coils—and 14 alarm clocks identical to those used in the Los Angeles and Peoria bombings.

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   Who were James B. McNamara and Raymond Burns?

   • James B. McNamara and Raymond Burns were arrested on April 14, 1911, by police officers from Detroit and Chicago at the Oxford Hotel in Detroit. They were told they were being arrested for robbing a bank in Chicago. Dynamite, blasting caps, and alarm clocks were found in their suitcases.

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   Who were James and John McNamara?

   • James and John McNamara were Irish-American trade unionists who carried out the Los Angeles Times bombing on October 1, 1910. Their bomb started a fire which killed 21 newspaper employees and injured a hundred more. When the case came to trial in 1911, the unions hired Clarence Darrow to defend the brothers.

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   What did James B. McNamara do?

   • James B. McNamara admitted to setting the bomb that destroyed the Los Angeles Times building on October 1, 1910, in open court on December 1, 1911. He was responsible for the murder.

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   Who were J.J. and J.B. McNamara's identities?

   • Brothers J.J. ("James") and J.B. ("John") McNamara were arrested in April 1911 for the infamous crime that became known as the "crime of the century". The explosion started a fire which killed 21 newspaper employees and injured 100 more. Their trial became a cause célèbre for the American labor movement.

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   Who were the McNamaras and Harriman?

   • 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 Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Joseph Scott as co-counsel for the defense. The McNamaras were arraigned on May 5, 1911. They pled not guilty.

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   Why did the McNamara brothers change their pleas?

   • With their defense team's chief investigator arrested for bribing a juror and their lawyer, Darrow, seen in public passing the investigator money, the McNamara brothers' hope for a simple plea agreement ended. In open court on December 1, 1911, they changed their pleas to guilty. The defense team's situation had become precarious, leading to this change.

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   Dec 17, 2021 · Continue reading that took place between 1908-1911, McManigal confessed to setting the charges in twenty-one, and claimed J.B. McNamara was responsible for sixteen. Detective Burns claimed that all three men had been arrested with pockets full of dynamite and nitroglycerin . [35]