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Show 1 t H JAMES B. M'NAMARA CONFESSES TO CAUSING THE TIMES EXPLOSION JOHN J., PLEADS GUILTY TO WRECK- ING LLEWELLYN IRON WORKS. I IE WAS COUNSELLED 10 CONFESS" DARROW M Day of Sensations Brings About Sudden Ending M of Union Labor's Greatest Legal Battle m Confession of Accused Had-Nothing to Do m With Los Angeles Political Situation M Says the Socialists. f j H ' H 'O'OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO H O Like a bolt from a dear skj' came the report from O H O Jjos Angeles yesterday afternoon, that James B. and John H O J. McNamara had pleaded guilty to the charges pending H O against them regarding the Los Angeles dynamiting cases. O H O The dispatches carrying the news to the Labor H O unions and leaders throughout the country, brought forth O H O exclamations of astonishment H O Samuel Gompers and other officials at once issued H O strong statements. Mr. Gompers, when shown the dis- H Q patch, said in tears: "The cause of labor cannot win by c' H O such methods as these men pursued. " H O The home of the McNamaras, at Cincinnati, was cast H O into great sorrow and the mother of the defendants HI O said, "I know my boys arc innocent." Hj The feeling of one of the labor councils of the Hj "O country is shown by the following: O H O ST. JOSEPH, Mo , Dec. L At a meeting of the Cen- Q H O tral Labor council of -St. Joseph tonight, resolutions were O H O adopted unanimously, demanding the death penalty for H O the McNamaras. Indignation is at a high pitch among Q H X) the union men on account of the affair. o H nooooooooooo oo ooooooonoooo H LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 1. M James B. McNamara pleaded guilty to H murder In the first degree in Judgo M waltor Bordwell's court today. His M brother, John J. McNamara, secretary M o tho International Association of M Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. M entered a plea of guilty to having H dynamited tho Llewellyn iron works fl in Los Angeles, on . Christmas day, M James B7-McNamara' s confession H clears up absolutely the tragedy of H the explosion and fire at 1:07 o'clock H on the morning of October 1, 1910, M which -wrecked the plant of the Los M 0 Angeles Times at First and Broadway M and caused the death of twenty-one M persona. For nineteen of these deaths M the McNamara brothers were indicted M and J. B. McNamara was on trial M specifically for the murder of Charles M J. Haggerty, a machinist, whose body M was found nearer thnn that of any M other to the spot where the dynamite M was supposed to have been placed. M Both men's sentences were set for De- M cember 5, when it Is expected District M Attorney John D. Fredericks will ask M for life imprisonment for James B H McNamara, the confessed murderer, H and probably fourteen years for his M brother. The men's lives arc consid- M ered saved. The great contention that j the Los Angeles building v. as not M dynamited is dead beyond resurrection M or argumenL Tonight, as the two brothers sat together to-gether in the county jail, refusing to see any one or make any statement, an interest second only to the occurrence occur-rence Itself hung about the question with reference to Jams B. McNamara "Why did he confess?" To this opposing counsel gave the same answer. "Ho confessed because he was jguilty, and that's all there is to it," declared District Attorney Fredericks. "Pie was counselled to confess because be-cause that was the best thing he could do, in tho opinion of his counsel," said Attorney Clarence S. Darrow, chief oi counsel. "I will say now that there was no other reason or motive in it. Tvo (studied this case for months It presented a stone wall." Darrow's statement was made ifter looking squarely in the face the charges that the recent arrest of Bert H. Fianklin, an Investigator employed by (he defense, and two others with him, miqbt have precipitated a situation situa-tion untenable save by confession oi the prisoner. "Negotiations have been or for weeks," asserted Darrow, and this was corroborated by District Attorney Fredericks. "We expected at one time that Jim would confess last Monday, but he aidn'L" ,Darrow also denied that externa' pressure was exerted from union laboi i .... .. ... i I sources and Socialist sources, as General Gen-eral Harrison Giay Otis charged tonight to-night in a formal statement, or that ; the municipal election to be held next j Tuesday, In which Job Harriman, one ' of the defense's counsel, is candidate for mayor, carried any weight Harriman Har-riman was not consulted at all in the deliberations. White, gaunt and hoarse, Harriman leaned against the walT of his ofllco and confirmed this "The trial had nothing to do with i local issues,'' he said. "I was not called into conference because the . other attorneys said they did not warlt I tho local situation brought into it 'I knew nothing of it until after It hap- ' pened." A telegram from Darrow to Andrew Gallagher, a San Francisco labor leader, confirmed this declaration ' Brotherly Love Causes Confession. A brotherly affection, boiderlng on t worship, It became known tonight. ; brought about James B McNamara's ' confession A desire to save his brother from the necessity of con-i con-i fessing anything at all held back day . after day the word that would end the trial. I "John isn't in on this deal," the place-faced man leiterated with in- H i -" - ' "t" j ' ' i Mini!! iS bs bs aw sjilfi BifferPM fc, fgM -QS AMGELES COURTHOUSg -f F-B H 111 J. BtrNAWARM. ViSJ H j,i ' - ' inn- i i ii iii liak" J """"' " ''"'""-nTinwMi . 1 sistence born of one great idea. I don't care what happens to me " His state of jnind was known to District Attorney Fredericks, who communicated 'about it continually with Attorney Darrow and Darrow's colleagues, Attorneys Lecompte Davis, Joseph Scott and, Cyrus McNutt of Indiana In-diana A solution finally was found in tho proposition that John J McNamara Mc-Namara plead guilty to the dynamiting dynamit-ing of the Llewellyn Iron works, for which ho and Ortle E. McManlgal jointly were indicted All of today's proceedings wore lumped in au few minutes At the morning session of court. District Attorney At-torney Frelericks obtained an adjournment ad-journment until afternoon. This- was 1 considered plausible because of registration regis-tration fraud warrants known to be impending ip connection with the coming election Darrow In Fredericks' Office. Faith in this doctrine, however, was jolted when Jt became known that Iawronce SulMvan. an Investigator Investi-gator cmnlo ed bv the defense, had been in Froflcricks' office, and that Attorneys Darrow and Lecompte Davis Da-vis also had been there At .the afternoon session of court, the court room was packod. many attaches at-taches of Fredericks' office being present G Ray Horton an 1 W Joseph Jo-seph Ford, two 'f Fredericks' depu ties, wore tliqlr best clothing and Mis Fredericks had a seat inside the rail James B McNamara sat next to At-tornev At-tornev Scott, who slapped him on the back and nut his arm around him When John J. McNamara entered court and took a seat beside his brother, vacated for him by Darrow, there was small doubt of what would occur. The nleadlng of the men aroused no stir in the court loom No bailiff poundd for order. A H"il cie could not have been more qii'ev con- ( ducted, and no amount of hysteria could have emphasized or equalled the Impression of tense anxietv which pervaded the room. Once for a moment mo-ment before J B McNamara stood up to plead a baby cried. Its startled mother hustled it out of the room and the prison"!' did not even look around Building ,Was Dynamited. Two floors above tbe rourt room, a few minutes rfter court was adjourned the office of the district attorney was alive with a- throng of people friends of tho prosoc itlon, newspaper men and nhotographers The district attorney at-torney threw wide tho doois and they trailed in Exhibits cf all kinds in connection with tho case, were conspicuous, and the verv Bteel bomb upon which James B McNamara was shown to have placed tbe dynamite bomb that wrecked the Times plant was exhibited exhibit-ed to vlsitorsj It was related that only a few nights ago a dynamite explosion ex-plosion was conducted by the state In tho outskirts of the city in much the same wav that the Times is believed to have been destroyed Many a detail de-tail which hitherto would have been considered vital was talked about freely, but it lost its importance in view of the concession of guilt in tho court room today Gas and dvnamite both plaved their part, but dvnomite started the trouble and caused the explos'on proper this was Attorney Darrow's eplanatlon from his talks Jh th defendants. Day's Happenings. A summary of tbe dav'3 happenings included tho following incidents: James B. McNamara pleaded guilty to having placed a -dynamite bomb under un-der the Los Angeles Times building in October, 1910, and caused the death of 21 persons. John J McNamara. secretary-treasurer of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, brother of James B., did not enter a plea at this time to the indictments similarly eutered against him for the Times explosion, but when he Is arraigned ar-raigned next Tuesday, it Is virtually virtual-ly certain, proceedings against him , for this charge will be dismissed, as the state admits it has no evidence connecting John J. directly with this particular disaster John Also Enters Plea. John J. McNamara, however, pleaded plead-ed guilty to the chargo of having caused the explosion at tho Llewellyn Iron works, in which no fatalities occurred. oc-curred. District Attorney John D. Fred-er.cks Fred-er.cks will recommend life imprisonment impris-onment for James B. and 10 years for John J , but Judge Wnlter Bordwell alone can fix the sentences Ortie F. McManlgal. who confessed to having actually blown up the Llewellvn iron works here in December, Decem-ber, 1910. at the direction of John J McNamara. will be brought to trial, but it is expected the state will recommend only a. light sentence because be-cause ho turned state's evidence. Bribery charges against Burt H Franklin, a detective employed by the McNamara defense, probably will be dropped now as Irrelevant to tho main issue. Will Help Other States. This completes the part ol the state of California in the affair, but District Attorney Fredericks declared tonight that if the United States go eminent Instituted any investigation concerning concern-ing alleged unlawful transportation of dvnamite or if authorities elsewhere In the United States wished to delve into causes of explosions whore labor la-bor waifare was Involved It was a matter in which he had no further concern, though any iulormaLoh at his disposal would be given to proper prop-er authorities desiring it. The scene in the courtroom today was one of protracted tension Sensation Sen-sation followed sensation with such rapidity that the gap ng ciovvd hardly hard-ly realized what happened In those few minutes of formal procedure. In less than 20 minutes the big case wa6 disposed of, but for hours prev-Inioly prev-Inioly tboro had been an uncertain, unsatisfied feeling that something startling would develop and so closely close-ly guarded was the information that the spectators were prepared for almost al-most any kind of a scone except tho one presented. McNamaras Unconcerned. It was not thought that after tho vigorous battle waged thus far one side would lay down Its arms so willingly, will-ingly, so freely and even so happily for both prisoners smiled, chewed gum and appeared as they have for days confidently unconcerned. But there are many persons who claim tonight to have had advanco information on the turn which affairs af-fairs took, even the district attorney attor-ney was not sure until just before noon that tho end was in sight There were to bo developments in tho courtroom, court-room, he told his associato3, and all brought their wives and friends They crowded into the chamber and even swarmed into the newspaper enclosure, enclos-ure, where many beats had been vacated. va-cated. In reporters who once had been there and intended to return for developments more 'sensational than thoso of getting a jury, in tho crowd were detectives for both sides, many women and even a baby that emitted emit-ted a wh'nc almost simultaneously with the announcement of the plea of guilty bj John J McNamara. Attorneys All Were Present. Thin brown curtains shaded hot sunlight fiom tho room. A mass of heads leaned forward oxpectantlv as tho hour for the reconvening of court approached Tersely waiting was a squad of newspaper men who had waded to no avail through a maze of possibilities today to determine the icason for the sudden halting of the morning's proceedings Three littlo boxes concealing telegraph wires wore prepared for the developments and less than two seconds after the word "guilty" left tho mouth of each defendant the news was being flashed flash-ed forth across the land Seated with District Attorney Fredericks Fred-ericks was his entiie staff. Facing him was Clarence S Darrow and three associate counsel for the defendants de-fendants James B McNamara at first took a seat to one side as usual, with two deputies, but soon Attorney Joseph Scott beckoned to him. The two men sat togethor for a few minutes min-utes Scott's arms were about tho prisoner's neck and he counselled courage for tho supreme crisis. It was James B. McNamara who had balked at entering into an arrangement arrange-ment to plead guilty if it might affect af-fect his brother He was willing to sacrifice himself, but he wanted his brother to go free But the attorneys attor-neys convinced him that the better course was for both to plead guilty and take their chances on a merciful sentence " John J. Brought to Court, Word that John J. McNamara was coming caused the first ripple of excitement ex-citement He had not visited the courtroom since October 11, when the tuals were begun and the caae6 ot . the McNamaras were severed. When ' he entered, It was generally realized that tho case had reaohed a climax'. He took a seat behind his brother , and awaited developments. Between i two deputies ho sat chewing gum and smiling. Once he turned a flushed J face toward the crowd and observed f it in silence. i The bailiff rapped louder than usual when Judge Waltor Borawell mounted the bench. Instant silence followed. t "Tho people versus McNamara," remarked re-marked the court, and attorney Lecompte Le-compte Davis of the defense arose. ' Your honor," he declared, "tho defondant Is In court In this case, people veisus McNamara, that Is now ou trial, may it please the court, after j a long consideration ot tho matter and final consultation between counsel coun-sel for the defendant, we havo concluded con-cluded to withdraw tho plea of not guilty and have the dofendant enter ' in this case a plea of guilty; and the like course we intend to pursue with reference to J. J. McNamara. In the case of the people against him, wherein he is chargod with having j destroyed the Lleweyyln iron works. J We have sent for hlni, and he prob- J ably will be hero." ; Mr. Darrow He is hero now. ! Mr. Fredericks Mr. Clerk, will you let me have the papers In this case? (Continued on Pnge Three ) ' y (Continued from Page Two.) r ! Mi. Clerl:, this Is case No. C030, is ' It' : The clerk The case at bar, yes, sir. ; s Mr. Fredericks Mr. J. B. McNa-; McNa-; mara, will you etnnp up, please? The defendant arose. i l J. B. Changes Plea. j " Mr. Fredericks Mr. J. 13. McNnma- , in, you have herctofoic been ar- ralgncd on this lndlctmcnl N'o. GD39 i r.'id have entered your plea thereto 'of not guilt. Do you wish to wlih-; wlih-; k'Uraw that pleH of not guilty? The defendant Yes, sir. - Mr Fredericks The prisoner an- t shitb yes." Mr. J. B. McNamara, ) ou have heretofore been arraigned - en this Indictment as 6tated heroto-.; heroto-.; k foie and you have withdrawn your I V plea of not guilty heretofore entered. ' I)c you wish uow to plead at this J time? ' " Mr. Davis At this time, yes, sir. : f Mr Fredericks To this Indictment. ; "No. C939, charging jou with the crime $ . " of murder, do you plead guilty or not pulltj'' The defendant Guilty. Mr. Fredericks Guilty, your honor. Do the court and couusel for the defense de-fense wish to tnke up tho other case? The court I will dispose of this matler and fix the timo for sentence. What Js tlie number of the section of the code with respect to scntenco? Mr. Ford 1191 of the penal code. Will be Sentenced on Election Day. Mr. Fredericks The court can make the 6nmc order with regard to the other case. If you wish to proceed with It at this time. The court I will make the order in this case, and then I will take up the other. The court appoints the lime for pronouncing Judgment in this case at 10 o'clock on Tuesday, the fifth day of December 1911. Mr. Fredericks Lot me have the paper in the other case. J. J. McNa-mara, McNa-mara, will you stand up, plense? The defendant, J. J. McNamara arose. Mr. Fredericks J. J. McNamara. you have heretofore been arraigned on indictment No. C953 in which you are charged with the crime of exploding ex-ploding or attempting to explode dynamite, dyn-amite, nilro-glycerino, etc.. In the buildings, or near the buildings, adjacent ad-jacent to the Llewellyn Iron works. You have been nrralgned on that Indictment In-dictment and entered your plea of not guilty. Do you now wish to withdraw with-draw that plea of not guilty? Tho defendant I do. Mr. Fredericks Do you wish at this time to plead to the indictment? The defendant I do. J. J. McNamara Pleado Guilty. Mr. Fredericks J. J. McNamara, you hao heretofore been arralgnod on Jndlctment No. G955. This the time agreed upon for you to plead to the same. Do you wnnt to plead guilty or not guilty? The defendant Guilty. Mr. Fredericks Guilty, your honor. Tho court Well, I will appoint the time for pronouncing tho judgment In this cabo at 10 o'clock a. m., Dec. 5, 1911, which Is next Tuesday. There was a rush for the enclosure, vhero the nttorneys sat when court adjourned. A group flocked around District Attorney Fredericks to congratulate con-gratulate him on the way ho had worked up his case. Ho smiled In return not a smile of exultation, but rcnqi. Fredericks Makec Statement. "I don't want a pound of flesh," he explained. "I look at this from two viewpoints. As a lawyer, 1 wanted these men to plead guilty because they were guilty because the evidence evi-dence we gathered showed them guilty guil-ty beyond any doubt. But as a mau, I want to say that If I can recommend recom-mend a less severe punishment than death or be morclful In any way and at tho same time rid union labor of Its desire to use violence to obtain iis ends, I want to do that thing." Around Attorney Clarence S. Dar-row, Dar-row, too, there gathered a crowd. From him they wanted to know how Ii all had happened and why. Dar-row's Dar-row's faco was pale. The long wrln- kles In his chocks looked cvdn deeper deep-er than usual and he talked in a low liusky voice that indicated great fatigue fa-tigue It was a hurd struggle to bring this about, hut It was the beat thing that could have happened," lie said. "I did tho befit I could." Ortlo E. McManlgal, tho confessed dnamlter whoso admissions are said to have been a big factor In the McNamarafl pleading guilty, will go vlrtunlly free, If the plans ot the htatc In his behalf do not go wrong. After court had adjourned this nf ternoon Malcolm McLnron. the Butub dctcctlvo who hnH been a dally visitor to McMnnlgal's coll since the dynamiter dyna-miter was brought here last spring, and has always spoken in a rrioiidly i wo of the prisoner, came up District T Attorney Fredericks in tho laltor's ' offlce. j Will Try to Help McManigal J "There's Just 6ne thing I want to I ask you," said McLaren to Fredericks ""and that Is that you do all you can for McManlgal." Fredericks held up his right hand bj he anBwored: "I promise you I'll do r.li In my powor for him. He may have to take a light sentence, but I'll do the best I cnn." Later, In McManlgal's cell, after the dynamiter had gone Jnto the story of the Llewellyn iron works explosion last Christmas Mr. Mcl-iren told him privately of what Fredericks had promised. According to McLaren, he was greatly affected when ho learned that the state had become hlB friend His eyes tilled with tears and his olce cholted so lhat he could hardl stammer his thanhs. I Before he hoard the news, McManigal McMan-igal had been apprised of the pleas of tho McNamaras and had said with I a chuckle that he was glad to hear of their action, as it confirmed ids I assertions and he thought the public now would regard him differently. Knew There Was Something Doing. "I suspected something was doing. " ! said McManigal with a smile, as his I Ilttlo black eos snapped, "when J. B. did not go over to court as early as usual this afternoon. And' then when J. J. was taken over. I was positive. I could not tell just what had happened, however, until some time afterward when the newsboys came around the Jail calling out 'McNamaras plead guilty. "Then McLaren came over and told me about the proceedings In courL Of course,' I was surr.rised. I had not expected them to do It 60 soon." "And what's next?" he was asked. "Oh. I suppose I'll get mine," he answered. "I ought to got something for all that I did. I think 1 might be given anywhore from one year to life." He chuckled as he suggested his own possible punishment and added In response to a question Hint he never had been promised anything for what he had done, a statement later confirmed by Detective McLnron, who said that tho promise of District Attorney Fredericks this afternoon was the nearest approach to Immunity Immun-ity suggested for McManigal. The latter then void the story of his dynamising dyn-amising experiences with some detnlls about which there now Is no further necessity for secrecy on his part. no sain no nrsi oegnn uynammng June 2G. 1907. In Detroit. Mich., where tho Russell Wheel Foundry compan's building, then In course of construction, construc-tion, was destroyed. He skipped from Lhat time until a year ago. when ho was In tho Conover woods In Wisconsin Wiscon-sin with James B. McNamara, and the latter, ho said, told him then of hnv-lng hnv-lng just previously dynamited tho Times building. Tells of the Dynamiting. "We left the Conover vcods about a year ago," said McManlgal, "and I wont back to my home In Chicago and la nrouqd thoro for a few days. It was Dec. S. last year, that I re-cehed re-cehed from Indianapolis a telegram signed 'FranU' and asking mo to go to that city. 'Frank' meant James B. McNamara. as he at tlmoH used thf name of Frank Sulllyan. I went to Indianapolis and in John J. McNama-ra's McNama-ra's office I wan given instructions by John J. himself regarding the Llowelljn job. He said it had been promised that a Christmas present was to bo eont to Los Angeles and that I was to bring It. "James B. and I went to John J.'s vaults on the fifth floor of the American Amer-ican Central building In Indianapolis, whore his offices wore, and took out a case spccialij made to carry nitroglycerine. nitro-glycerine. The district attorney has that case in his possession here now. "Well, that was DetroiL We hired a rig and drove out to Beach Grove, an Indianapolis suburb, where we had the exploslvos cached. There were 12 quarts there and we took it all. leaving two empty cases. "We went back to J. J.'s office and I got instructions from J. J. himself to come to Los Angeles. Ho told me to put shots under tho Llewellyn iron works and the Baker iron works and to bo sure to put one under tho Times auxiliary plant, to add a few more to the Hat. "1 left Chicago on December 12 for Los Angele6. I had ton quarts of tho dope in the special carrying caso and two quarts in my suitcase. I gao tho case with the ten quarts iu it to the porter to take care of. I gave hi in a dollar for his trouble. "Just before arriving at tho depot In Los Angoles. the train ran along In tho Los Angeles river and 1 took special notice of tho river as a good place to cache' tho dope. When I got here I went to the Hotel Rosslyn and got a room under the name of T. F. McKec. Then I wont back to the river, hid the stuff and marked the spot so I couldn'l possibly fall to find It when I wanted It. "I had been told by J. B. bow to get to the Llewollyn iron works. He said to go to that part of the city whore the atrcots bore names Instead of numbers, so 1 located It aI right. It took mo a few days, though, to find the Baker iron works. "Then I looked about for the Times auxiliary plant. J. I). told me to buy a copy of the Times and look on the editorial pagand I would find the address. ad-dress. I d'.d so. but I found only tho business and editorial offices on Spring street, where the paper had moved after Its building at First and Broadway had been blown up. "I finally found the auxiliary plant. They wpro setting up a new press at tho lime. I had a long talk with the T wntchman. I looked the place over ' and decidpd it was too well guarded to do anything tliorc About 7:30 tho night or December 24. I placed tht, vholo 12 quarts of dope at the Llewellyn Llewel-lyn Iron works, timing It to explode at' 2 o'clock. "About 9 o'clock that night I took the Southern Pacific valley train north to San Franolsco, wlioro I remained re-mained a few days and arrived back In Chicago New Year's 'day." Detectiven Stop HJm. At this point In McMnnigal's story, Detectives McLaren and Barry, who wero present. Btopped him, saying that as the crimes committed iu Los Angoles An-goles were (o' compared to the whole number charged against the McNa-I McNa-I niara brothers and of which McManigal McMani-gal was Bald lo have knowledge, It would not do for him to talk too much. The confessed dynamiter, howcrer, was asked about his confession In which he told of huIng been Instructed Instruct-ed to ace 'the big chief apd a man named 'Clancy" In San Francisco before be-fore comnlg to Los Angeles on the "Llewelljn Job,' but the detectives instructed him to mention no person by nnmc That statement, however, was made a part of the court proceedings proceed-ings when his wife, Mrs. Emma McManlgal, Mc-Manlgal, was a witness before tho grand Jury ,hore last summer "I haven't soon my wife since sho left here," said McManlgal bitterly "Darrow promlned her a life's living If she would desert mo and she took him up I suppofie she'll soon be selling sell-ing McNamara buttons nga'n. There ought to bo n big demand for thorn the next few days. I have scratched my uncle. George Bohn, off the map, too. All 1 want Is my children, but I dou't Hiippose I can have them If I have to go to prison " McLaren declared that Mrs. McManigal McMan-igal was cognizant of all hor husband's hus-band's dynamiting criiuo3, despite hor statements to the contrary. The do-tective do-tective stated thnt it was Mrs McManlgal Mc-Manlgal who cut from the newspapers accounts of all the explosions caused by her husband, and kept them for h.'m to show to John J. McNamara, because tho secretary-treasurer of tho International association of iron workers work-ers always forced McManlgal to produce pro-duce such clippings before he would ns.- him frf tho "lrl- Causes Gloom at McNamara Home CINCINNATI, O, Dec. I. A bolt from a clear sky could not have cai a greater shadow over the home of James B. and John J McNamara hero than did the news of their pleas f guilty. "I know my boys are Innocent. ' walled Mrs. Mary McNamara, mother of the men. "I am forced to belle; they have pleaded guilty, but 1 know they aro Innocent When questioned as to her plan-' and as to whether she would go m Loi Angeles to her boys, sh said 'I do uot know, in fnct, I cannot decide upon anything now." Tears that had been held bark bravelv In this slort Interview brimmed to tho surface, and in a burst of sorrow the aged mothei wa led into another room by her daugh tor. Miss Mary McNamara. Mrs McNamara first' learned of tho pleas whllo on a street on her wav home. She returned from the west a few das ago. Also protesting in tho face of the confession, Robert and Mary, brother and sister of the men. refused to br lleve them guilty. Neither seemed wrought up over the confession, and whllo they refused to answer manj of the questions put to them, thev said they believed the brothers innocent inno-cent In a clear, cool manner, Robou McNamara said: "I don't believe my brothers aro lullty of the crimes to which thev hae confessed. Our fnmlly received a letter from James, datod November 4, In which he wrote favorably of tho progress of the case In courL" At tho time of the arrcal of the McNamaras, detectives of the loral police force made a thorough search of tho McNamara homo In this city Thev found an amount of wiring, a number of steel saws and sevoral dry battery testers. James B .and John J. McNamara wore associated with tho union labor movement In this cltj for year, aud at the time of their arrest their numerous nu-merous personal, friends here scouted the Idea of their gullL So well were the men known heio that almost evory labor union In this city drafted resolutions proteftliu against their arreBt and pledging financial aid for the trial There Is no way to estimate the amount of money that wus collected In this clt to be used in their defense To Protect "Higher Ups." DAYTON. O., Dec. 1. "Manifestly the object of the confessions Is to protect tho American Federation or Labor and ''higher up' officials of several national unions from expos-uie expos-uie by the suppression of all the facts, but In my judgment this will fall," was tho comment of J. Klrby, Jr., president of the National Association Associ-ation of Manufacturers on the McNamara McNa-mara confession tonight. "Tliit llin ti-lnlt! nnnll.....l lV,r. could have been no further question ab to tho association of labor unions officials with this, the most Inhuman and diabolical conspiracy of this or any other age. "I havo been expecting tho confessions con-fessions some time. The noose has been drawing tighter and tighter,, the evidence Is so conclusive and overwhelming, over-whelming, Involving so many pioin-liionl pioin-liionl labor officials that escape through perjury, Intimidation or bribed Jurors seemed impossible. "It has been evident for some time that Hie defense was planning to prevent pre-vent the fuels being disclosed In the trial. "Perhaps the developments at Los Angeles will cause politicians who havo stood for anll-lnjuuctlon and other vicious labor . legislation to change their minds as to the justness mid patriotism of this policy. It Is to bo hoped it will." Board to Meet Soon. CINCINNATI. Ohio, Dec. L ""Until the executive, board of tho International Interna-tional Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers meets nt Indianapolis, In-dianapolis, probably within the next 10 dajs, I cannot say v. ha I action will bo taken by our nssooliuion in reference to the pleas of gulltj entered en-tered toda by tho McNamara brothers," bro-thers," said H, S. Horkln. second vice president and acting scciotur-treasurer scciotur-treasurer of the association. Mr. Hockln in rived here tonight from IndlnnapollB. "Will the McNamara brothers be ropudlatcd by your organization?" was asked by the Associated Press correspondent, cor-respondent, "Tho hoard will havo to decide that question." answered Mr. Hockln. "Our members alwaja have had tho sreatest confidenco in the brothers and have done all In their power to assist them in the greatest light that over has confronted the labor world, ' he continued "Only last Tuesday 1 received a letter from John tolling me ho had no doubt of tho outcome of the case. "1 had no intimation of the turn of affalr6 in the case when I left Indianapolis today io meet our president, pres-ident, Frank M. Ryan, and was (shocked When 1 was confronted with one of the local papcrb announcing that one of the brothers had pleaded guilty." Mr. Ryan and the delegates are expected ex-pected some timo tonight. INDIANAPOLIS, lnd., Dec. 1. "The Investigation of tho federal government govern-ment here Into tho dynamiting casus covers a much wider scope than the cases at Los Angeles." said United States District Attorney Charles V. Miller tf night. "The pleas of tho McNamara brothers will cause no Interruption In-terruption of the go. ornment's Investigation Inves-tigation " "Wo wore not surprised tliRt the McNamaras pleaded gu!It." continued contin-ued Air. Miller.- The ledoral grand jury iu thl district, dis-trict, Mr. Miller announced, will rc-litimo rc-litimo on Decomber 14 Its Investigation of allegations that the McNamaras and others asboclntod with thorn wero engaged In a conspiracy to trnnsiort explohlvcB from stale to statu in violation vio-lation of the law. BooSs and coircspondence of tho International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers aro In possession of tho grand Jury and o.-ports o.-ports employed by tho department of justice are now engaged In examining them. These records were, seized in the offices of tho .association here nt tho lime of tho arrest ot John J. McNamara Mc-Namara on April "2 lost. I (Continued on Page Fifteen ) M'NAMARAS PLEADJUILTY (Continued from Page Three.) I Walter Drew, counsel for tho National Na-tional Erectors' association, and detectives de-tectives employed by tho association and William J. Burns have been almost al-most constantly In tho olllces of the United States district attornoy since the beginning or the federal Inquiry, and there have been rumors that later a number of men prominent In organized organ-ized labor would be called before- the grand jury as witnesses. Mitchell Ic Shocked. ROANOKE, W Va., Dec 1 John Mitchell, vice president of the American Amer-ican Federation of Labor and former president of tho United Mine Workers Work-ers of America, when told tonight of the confession of the McNamaras was shocked. "I expected confidently that the McNamaras would bo cleared," he declared, de-clared, "and that It would be shown by evidence that tho Times building-was building-was blown up bv a gas explosion and not by dynamite. "Having been a miner, I havo some knowledge o the use of dynamite. The report of tho inspection of the ruined building shows plainly that the basement was not damaged Knowing that dynamite always blows down, I felt confident that It could not havo been used In this case. From the beginning be-ginning all the omcers and leaders of the federation naked tho public o withhold Judgment until the McNntn-araa McNntn-araa had been given a trial.. This comes as a gTeat shock to me." Believe They Are Innocent. SALT LAKE, Dec. 1. That the McNamaras Mc-Namaras pleaded guilty, although Innocent, In-nocent, to relievo tho unions from the financial burden of the defense, was the view expressed at a special meeting; meet-ing; of the local union of structural and bridgo Iron workers hero tonlghL Salt Lake local, It was said, had contributed con-tributed more than 5G.000 to the defense de-fense fund more per capital thnn any other local ave Indianapolis. The public was asked by a voto of tho local lo-cal union to suppress Judgment until all the factB were known. Surprise and incredulity at the now6 from Los Angeles wero expressed by J. E. Muneey, business agent of tho local union, who has been spoken of as a probablo witness at the Mc-Namara Mc-Namara trial. Ho reiterated his denial de-nial of the statement made by his wife that he had harbored John J. McNamara for a week after the Llow-ellyu Llow-ellyu iron works explosion. |