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Detroit History: A Terrorist's Trail Of Mayhem And Betrayal

One hundred years ago, Detroit TNT terrorist Ortie McManigal sold out his pals to save himself from a life behind bars.

The scene was the Twentieth's first "Trial of the Century"-- the fatal destruction of the "Los Angeles Times" newspaper plant. WWJ Newsradio 950's Joe Donovan says McManigal, as the prosecution's star witness, gave the jury the testimony it needed for a double conviction.

Hear the whole story in Joe's Detroit History report:

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