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Show M'NAMARA ' TRIAL 0?I-CTOBERIO 0?I-CTOBERIO Date Set Today by Judge Bordwell at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, July 14. John J. MeNamara aad his brother, James B., will be brought to trial October 10 on the first of the nineteen murder indictments indict-ments found as a result of the explosion explo-sion which wrecked the Times newspaper newspa-per building ia October of last year. The date was set today by Judge Walter Bordwell of the superior court as a compromise between the contending contend-ing claims of the defense and proseco-tion. proseco-tion. The defense wanted tha ease delayed de-layed until December, while the prosecution prose-cution insisted upon a trial aot later thao August 1. As soon as the ease was called' John D. Fredericks, district attorney,, announced an-nounced that the prosecution was ready to go to trial at any time. Wanted Trial Delayed. Joseph ScottYor the defense, argued in favor of setting the trial for aot earlier than December 1. He referred to the ease as one of peculiarities, called attention to the fact that the trascript of evidence takea before the grand jury filled 300 pages, and said that aside from the alleged confession of Ortie E. McManigal, the defense had only remote ideaa relative to the evidence evi-dence the prosecution intended to adduce. ad-duce. He said be knew no reason, judging from tba transcript, for the first indictment against Joha J. Mc Namara, aad thea declared that tha "procedure followed in bringing the accused brothers to Los Aagalaa arag a disgrace upon the court. " That brought forth a protest from the prosecution and a rebuke from tbe court. Rebuke From Bench. "There ia no reason for your making mak-ing that remark, Mr. Scott," aaid Judgo Hordwell. "I am sorry you made it." Scott then aaid that the prosecution had taken days and weeks to obtaia the views of experts on the explosion nt tbe Times plant, where nineteen employees em-ployees lost their lives. He said the defense de-fense wished to make scientific investigations inves-tigations and urged that tha trial be not set before December 1. Fredricks said tbe prosecution wished to be as fair aa waa consistent with duty, but thought the best time for the trial waa about September 1. Clarence S. Darrow, for tbe defense, 4uiid the grand jury deliberated seven months before the indictments were returned and declared it his belief that the defense, in view of the large quantity quan-tity of evidence it wished to produce and the distance from the defendant's home, should have a lengthy period of time in which .to prepare. He said he would agree, however, to November Novem-ber 1. The prosecution still held out for September Sep-tember 1, but aaid that if the defense would agree not to ask for a further con tinuance it would be willing for the trial to ba act October 1. Davia said if given to November 1 the defense would ask for ao further continuance. Judge Fixes Data. Judge Bordwell, stating be must consider con-sider both sides, set October 10 and it was agreed that the first trial would be that in which tbe McNamaras are ae- cused of having murdered J. Wesley Reeves, a Times stenographer who met death ia the explosion. There was some discussion as to whether the brothers would be tried toget her or separately. The defense declined to state positively its intentions but said that after' a proper investigation investiga-tion to learn which procedure would te 1 of greater benefit to its elienta, it would notify tbe prosecution. Following the setting of the HcNa-mara HcNa-mara trial date it was said by the district dis-trict attorney that some action would be taken laic today oa the contempt i proceedinga againat Mrs. McManigal, i who recently declined to answer questions ques-tions asked ner by the grand jury. |