Show DEAL DAL i SWEEPING I DARROW SAYS EXTENT NOT REALIZED Organized Labor Not Hurt Leaders Will win Be Less Bitter Later EVIDENT FEAR OF FURTHER EXPOSES S B Business iness iness Men Would Have Hav I Been Satisfied With One I Confession I i LOS ANGELES Dec 2 Fatigued 2 Fatigued d and worn hi his face face- deeply lined and pale Clarence nce S S. Darrow veteran of I man many legal battles in which labor has hasI I been involved arose arose today a disheartened I ened man He read the comments comments' of labor leaders throughout th the country on the pleas leas of g guilty ent entered red yesterday y yby by both James B B. B and James J J. McNamara MeNai MeNa- MeNa i mara ara treasurer secretary of the International International International Inter- Inter national Association of Bridge and andI I Structural Iron Workers He declared de lared that this was not tho the time to make exPlanations explanations ex cx- that the sentence on both prisoners had not not yet jet fixed but that labor leaders would understand in indue indue indue due c course urse hat the procedure yesterday was the only solution of a vexatious problem that had worried him for mouths months I cannot talk about it now Darrow Darrow Dar Dar- row declared s as be he stood on eu ou the tle veranda eranda of a a. bungalow pun alow gazing azin at hills but butor or organized labor was not hurt hurt and the will will not be he so eo bitter when hen the they know the fact It is believed that believed that i Attorney Darrow w ni meant a that aDt-that that the compromise effected d w was s more e extensive than hitherto has been hint inte namely r-namely that f th e of tb jn Sn rt Hs- Hs t y session information that would have in- in In tOl tOld d other prominent people and that the he agreement to to jt get t the the M amar S Sto to Pl plead guilty u i-u Ht practically saves saves-a esa a score of or indictments indictment's and 1 prosecutions rose Da Darrow r w was perturbed ed by the reports that labor lenders leaders had b been en l ia J to be be- sieve ie e the defendants innocent aud that thit heY bev had DO no advance information on the pleas C Conference w Was s Asked TIme The i impracticability of t taking kin the labor la la- bor hon leaders pen i tri their confidence dence it it-is it is thought is isone one reason this thee was was not done though it is known that Darrow sent messages to several prominent nent Dent labor leaders a week weck ago urging them to como come here for foT a conference U Well they accepted their fato with resignation resi nation but felt f lt glad J I think that they had Mil a averted a possible death penalty penalty pen pen- pena a alty Ity for one of ot them Edward secretary of the Chicago Federation of Labor who l has been in in the city ity for two weeks knew new of the with respect to the time 1 pleas and is s said to ha have hae e accepted the solution of yesterday as tho only practicable practicable tica ble one S Taken as a whole the fear of further exposes exposes' during the trial is said to havo ha-e cut off its continuation and it was hinted hint hint- ed that ed-that that at some future time labor men would know the details The The b busin business ss- ss s men men of the city who instituted the move to end the trial it was learned today would h have e been satisfied with the confession of James B. B McNamara They thought ht that would be sufficient vindication for the pro prosecution Cution b but bitt t the state officials thought otherwise The Time committee of business business- businessmen men argued argued ar ar- ar gued and argued but hut District Attorney John D D. Fredericks was s obdurate te It n was a plea of guilty by both brothers at at- this time that he be contended for or a continuation of the trials Fredericks' Fredericks rr dericka Ultimatum remarked That wa was my ultimatum the district attorney tod today y and the committee of business men who were practically go o persuaded the defense that it was ms the last straw Just ten days days' ago explained Attorney Darrow wo we talked with the MoNa MoNa- niara mara brothers about pleading but tut only in tho the last few days did the thing come ome to a II- climax How did they feel about the matten matter mattert mat mat- ter ten I Attorney Darrow declared that as the parole Darole laws law covered the eases ease of the John J. J McNamara might ho he ie out after serving a brief term As Asor Asfor for or James B B- with a life imprisonment sentence the situation would ouId be more 1 difficult Though many statements purporting to have hae como come from the have b been en current counsel announced today that the brothers had bad not been interviewed since inee they left the courtroom courtroom courtroom court court- room l nd and would not be until after sentence sen een tence wall wao pronounced on Tuesday next The office of District Attorney Fred Fred- cricks ericks and aud the corridors leading to it itin itin in the tho hall of records were wore crowded with people waiting to see him Mm He arrived ed late and first received Davis Davill one of counsel for the defense Davis declined to discuss the nature of his visit but it is supposed he be asked concerning the states state's attitude toward pressing the Franklin bribery briber charges Darrow Will Best Rest Attorney Darrow Dan will take a few months' months rest at bi his country home borne here bere and will win return to Chicago in the 1 spring It was wu said today today today-on on good authority au an- that John J. J McNamara probably probably proba proba- bly would tender his resignation s as sec see treasurer of the International Ilo A Association of Brid Bridge e and Iron Structural tural tura Workers Worker immediately after sentence sen sea tence tenee is is pronounced upon him Tues day dat with rp regard ud to the disposition of un no- used funds for the McNamara 1 r defense e. e little could be learned today A large part of the in the fund is is said to have hae been en spent in JD preparing tl tIle e cas once case A shortage e of funds to tl carry on on a vigorous rigorous defense of tho Sac fac factors tors that led to its quick conclusion ion according to one of the attorneys The relation of tb the lir ease as caso to the local oeal political situation came tOle itt in in ton for or a bi a big a-big big share of n today Will Vill Defeat Im afraid it means mean the the defeat defeat of Job Harriman th the 8 Socialist ilist candidate candi andi date declared A Attorney Darrow today to to- day dav but it will not hurt burt the S t m movement ent t here bert It will cill Ill gut get jt r rin in in a short time I m pi sorry for Job Hal Har riman The incident h happened at an unfortunate time for him binI but if we ie had bad waited until later the arran arrangement ar ar- ran could not have e ha c been effected and lives mi might ht have been lost In Socialistic circles loaders leaders were ere not ready to admit that the confession of of the McNamara had r reduced the chances chances' of Harriman who also was an as assistant tant counsel of ot the two brothers brothers- They declared de tIe- e. e dared they felt tIme the blow but were prepared pre pre- pre prepared p pared red to pursue the fight to its wE en end on Tuesday next and entertained the hope hop that the people would not associate Harriman with the McNamara ra affair inasmuch Sea asa he be has not Dot been active in it since ince b be he became the single opponent of Mayor or W e Alexander for re dee tion The Th Los Angeles Record an afternoon afternoon after after- afternoon noon paper which b has been supporting the So Socialist candidate issued extras extras' today today to to- da day with headlines announcing that U politics figured in the McNamara case cas and that yesterdays yesterday's episode was framed to d defeat feat Harriman Pleaded Guilty H Because Guilty Quilty Gunt As far as an the district attorneys attorney's office office of of- fice is concerned the defendants pleaded guilty because they were guilty J That was the tho explanation of District Attorney Fredericks l H As As to what thing induced the defense dc- dc to yield It ho he dc declared lared U that that is ia I Continued on pate page 2 2 Continued from page e 1 something which they alone can crin explain ex ex- plain Many ny members of the district attorneys attorney's attorneys attorney's ney's staff however fever were of the opinion I ion that the defense had been forced j to lay down its arms as t a result not I only of the evidence which was gath gathered ath ath- ered by its men but bitt of the effect which a conviction cOD in the bribery case might e have upon the chances of the That the Franklin incident forced foi the acceptance acceptance acceptance accept accept- ance of the compromise b. b bv by the defendants themselves still is is believed belien d in inmany in many quarters We V e had a aery ery very strong case ease whichever whichever whichever which which- ever way wilY You ou look Jook at t it said Assistant Assistant Assistant Assis Assis- tant District Attorney G. G Ray Horton On the other hand those who participated participated in the movement to influence the defendants to yield through their counsel hold that the and their attorneys saw the handwriting on ob the wall and nd became convinced that a I much better solution for all concerned than a trial could give would be reached by bv a h mutual agreement ag at this juncture James B. B McNamara Not Well One of the factors which is said to I have entered strongly into the matter is the physical condition of James B. B McNamara the youn younger er brother Fears lears I have been expressed by some who knew him him personally that though he be faces a 3 alife alife life sentence and that his ye years rs anyway anyway anyway any any- way are re numbered carelessness in in caring caring car car- ing for his physical welfare is said to have weakened his heart John J. J Mc- Mc Namara has admitted tl heretofore to friends th that t James lames B B. B has not taken the best of care cre of himself The possibility of the appearance of heart trouble while the tho trial was in progress had been discussed by b- his bis counsel Once when a member of the jury jury was excused on account of illness Attorney Darrow it is recalled suddenly exclaimed ex cx- cx claimed I 1 hope nothing happens happen to James B. B He To does docs not look well Pronouncement of sentence now i is in inthe inthe the tho hands of Judge W Welter Walter lter Bordwell Bordell Th The district attorney can ean make recommendations me and usually they are accepted accepted ac accepted ac- ac but the court is by hy no means bound to impost impo the sentence suggested sug sug stig- Jud Judge e Walter Bordwell would not talk for publication p today in this connection con con- but it is is known he he- favors life liff imprisonment for James B. B and ana anda a a. few years y ars for John J. J The indictments against John J J. for complicity in the Times disaster are eXpected expected ex dx- to be quashed on motion of the thed d district attorney next Tuesday a as it is said John J. J him hims himself lf did not Dot direct the blowing blowin u up of the Times while he has pleaded to tho charge of having caused th the tho Llewellyn iron works explosion explosion Ision sion in which no lives were vere lost The he minimum sentence for tl tIns this s offense according foe foe- c cordin cording to statute is one year ear and there is no maximum pen penalty a ty fixed find Under the saute same section of the penal code Ortie E E. E will be sentenced sen- sen sen sen- as all be he expected to plead guilty to a similar indictment for Tor having wrecked the plant of the Llewellyn Liewellyn iron works Cost Coat of Trial The total cost to the state thus fa fat far Eu of the trial is estimated to be close to and the abrupt ending of or it JR 4 t- t I CLARENCE S. S DARROW Attorney for defense who persuaded to confess is calculated to lu sa save e c the county nearly s-I s J It was as reported tolla today that the tim theoni eons oni promise pi did not extend to the abandon- abandon of the bribery clar charges es a against Burt II H. Frinklin Ff J J It is our duty to prosecute pro this ease case eil declai-eil District t Attorney Fredericks Fred Fred- ericks today f John J J. J and nd his brother James B. B expected a n. busy Telegrams Tele Tele- grams granis of various anous kin kinds s hc began to pour in 11 from front friends expressing sympathy Many belie eJ that the offered of of- themselves as martyrs mart to a cause and became resi resigned to their fate on that account 5 The m maintained their cheerfulness today tod Their r calmness at atthe atthe atthe the moment of then their confession had not Dot been forgotten by by- a pu public lic Those who Ito were pr present s at the scene Ii ene observed a a. flush of color on the tho otherwise otherwise otherwise other other- wise pallid face of lames James J J. but the ruddy countenance of was un un- un- un changed The prisoners told the jailers that they were glad lad that the ordeal ws was over o A formal statement by them was looked for during the day Darrows Darrow's Version of Times Disaster One of the things thins around which interest interest in itt- terest still centers is the exact manner in in which tho the explosion was pushed The rhe he alarm clock device ice with its fulminating cap touching off the nitroglycerin bomb b now is accepted b by bJ bythe the defense as the methods by which James B. B destroyed the Times but Attorney Attorney Attorney At At- torney Darrow remarked today that the amount of explosives in its the bomb could not not have caused the wreck entirely The bomb exploded and gas was ig ig- The fire fue then began beran to eat up Pp what the explosives had had hadl hadnot not demol demol- This is Attorney Darrows Darrow's ex cx explanation explanation and it is believed that James JamesB B B. cannot throw any more light on the subject as he is supposed to have haYe left town immediately after setting the alarm clock bomb bomo under the Times the afternoon preceding the exp explosion I 1 ten tell you yoi J Japes Janes B. B neer never really intended to till kill anybody dy declared declare l Attorney Darrow but but Im Pm Im not excusing excusing ing hi him on that ground If a man da yd v va a v 1 WILLIAM J. J BURNS Detective who solved mystery of or Times explosion explosion- wh HUr committing e ti ing bur burglary lar merely I o erf o urns a a. 10 lamp mp t that hilt burns urn a t bu building building build build- ild- ild in ing and antI its occupants hr hI is responsible for All nil of or it It wal va as i h n cout rio of ton ten men comprising eight tIt ivorn i jurors ann Hili two talC passed for loi cause who cause who spent pont t dav at tit their homes homed relieved from front serving on the McNamara h jurta jur jury a ta tak k tha tiia was s distasteful to all H. H For Forno or Iwo no of tl the jurors it was n the first ta taste tc lof of freedom for six wc ks The jurors I j were era delighted with th the turn of affairs The They were not in the courtroom when I th tho pleas of guilty were entered b by the d defendants and when hen informed e. e I qu by Judge e of tho cessation ces ces- cation of proceedings some Rome of them themI I forgot the gravity of the occasion and actually clapped their hands iW tot 10 joy jo Settled Only Only- at Last Moment Asked as u to when the compromise agreement finally was n-as settled upon by which the were to plea plead as thor did did District Attorney Fredericks Fred Ired ericks eneks declared leclare 1 that today it never I wa was settled till i it happened Frankly Frank I didn't know that it was really going goin to happen till tho tIn last minute minute min min- nun nun- ute tite though I had Imd every reason to expect ex cx- expect it it he declared I 1 have ha l 1 n never ner to say 1 I |