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Order Number	00093021
Title	Ortie E. McManigal, Los Angeles Times Building bombing
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 3501
Date	1911
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Historical Data	On October 1, 1910 at 1:07 am, a bomb exploded in an alley adjacent to the LA Times building known as "Ink Alley". The south wall facing Broadway Street collapsed, the blast weakened the second floor, which also collapsed under the weight of its machines, onto the first floor, in turn, falling into the basement. A fire resulted due to the natural gas lines that were located beneath the bombing site, and barrels of ink ignited. The explosion and subsequent fire destroyed the building, trapping and killing 20 employees who were working the night shift printing that day's edition, and many more were seriously injured. Charged in the crime were two brothers, James B. ("J.B.") and John J. ("J.J.") McNamara, members of the Iron Workers Union; they were arrested in April 1911. A third man, Ortie McManigal, was also implicated and would later agree to testify against the McNamara brothers. Noted attorney Clarence Darrow was hired by the American Federation of Labor to defend the brothers; their trial was set to begin October 11, 1911. Darrow initially believed the McNamara's to be innocent, but upon learning of their guilt arranged a plea bargain to spare them the death penalty. James McNamara got a life sentence, and John received a sentence of 15 years. Following their trial, they were sent to San Quentin State Prison. James B. was transferred to Folsom State Prison for a time, and then sent back to San Quentin for medical reasons, where he soon died of cancer on March 9, 1941. His brother John J. died in Butte, Montana two months later, on May 8, 1941.
Description	Photograph caption reads, "This picture, taken on Oct. 12, 1911, shows Ortie E. McManigal being marched under guard of district attorney's office investigators from the old county jail to court for his preliminary hearing in the Times building dynamiting case. Left to right, Dan Miller, McManigal, the late Frank McLaren and Billy Anderson. Miller, who has lived in Los Angeles all his life and now is retired, was one of 10 men who guarded McManigal day and night. McManigal turned state's evidence and was given a suspended sentence, while the McNamara brothers were sent to prison. McManigal now is working as a watchman in Los Angeles." Image was used for an article dated May 2, 1934.
Subject	Trials--California--Los Angeles. Criminals--California--Los Angeles. Los Angeles Times Bombing, Los Angeles, Calif., 1910. Bombings--California--Los Angeles. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection