| Show Great Murder Trial Is Ended by Pleas of Guilty FIRST F lUST fiST impressions arc not always accurate nordo nor nordo do 10 the they rank with Avith the thc later Inter sober second bought ht which h may modify the lie entire aspect of the case ease in iu the mind of the thc observer cr Consequently the general belief which swept over o the country yest yesterday yes yes- t that the pleas of guilty entered by the Mc- Mc in the Los Angeles Angele dynamiting cases set et the clock of industrial ria unionism back hack at least half halfa a century is s too suddenly formed Later developments develop eop ments showing to what extent the tle officers of the unions ol involved d shared in the ho guilty knowledge of these crimes will have ha much to do with the effect upon the tue progress progress of unionism That the members of labor unions universally believe in in murl murder r as asa asa a means of victory is tOOl too ridiculous to be lC for a I moment entertained by the unprejudiced Those who hate ho the Very cry thought of unionism naturally 0 will think what they wish to think James B. B pleaded guilty to first degree de de- de- de grec gree murder in connection with the death of Michael Michael Mich Mich- ael Haggerty a 1 victim of the L Los s Angeles Times rimes explosion and fire The indictment in the case of was pressed by the prosecution because e in inthis inthis this his case the evidence seemed most favorable orabe to conviction His brother brothel John J. J J. J McNamara l pleaded plead ed guilty guilt to dynamiting dynamiting- the Llewellyn Iron works Los Angeles They will he be sentenced December 5 and the rumor is that James B. B is to be sentenced to life imprisonment and that John J. J is to get fourteen years cars It 11 is not believed ed that this can call be bo tive Clarence D Darrow arrow V chief counsel el for the brothers brothel broth broth- el ers acquiesced and confessed that the thc action had been contemplated for some sonic time It is to o be he hoped that no bal bargain ain ll has 1 been made with the court or ur with the prosecution in III the case If iz It these men meu h have we been guilty of taking human life of the he wanton and willful shedding of blood there is Ls but one punishment devised by the law that will fit the case and that is is' death The fhe mere merc fact that they came into court and confessed their complicity complicity com corn by no means absolves Cs them the heads of the various labor organizations of the country should be the first to demand that the most ex ex- extreme trem punishment the Jaw law knows should be he meted out The devilish de act of James B. B McNamara l in dynamiting dyna lynn the L Los s Angeles Times to get revenge re upon I 4 its proprietor who had consistently and stubbornly fought all unions is far too brutal for the finite mind to conce conceive c The I lives Ics cs of scores of men were 1 placed 1 ced it in jeopardy by hy his fiendish cr crime me If it itis itis itis is wIthin th the Ilic power of the court and the tue states stales attorney to condone his act by hy imposing a life sea sen sentence tence rather than capital punishment then it l is time lime that such power be withdrawn He has merited merited merit merit- ed cd the extreme penalty and that is what he lie should receive c e. e I By their heir pleas of guilty neither of the Mc- Mc has hns any hope of exciting public thy There has been a great deal of sympathy for them because of the spectacular r and and entirely asinine manner in which the arrests were made But the he pIcas pleas have ha vindicated Detective urns Burns in much that h- h did lid and have hac added more laurels to his career as a detective Many l people have e I believed in the lie innocence of the accused men and the feeling for them has been widespread This has been entirely entirely en- en en en- dissipated by their pleas picas One wonders how much the coming election ejection in Los All Angeles had to do with the case casc Job Harriman Harriman Harriman Harri- Harri man is the Socialist and union labor candidate for mayor He stood an RU excellent chance of or being elected elected elect elect- ed cd but the sudden turn in the McNamara l case will undoubtedly defeat him Is it possible a bargain has been made and that officers of the law Jaw have played their part pail therein 7 |
