Show NO CHANCE TO WIN DEClARES DARROW Nothing but Gallows at End He Says Had Trial Gone On to Conclusion IS RECONCILED TO RESULT RESUL T Fought Without Malice to AnyOne Any AnyOne AnyOne One He Asserts and From Devotion to Cause Los Angeles Dec 3 but the allows at the end was as the outcome outcome outCome out out- come predicted tonight b by Attorney Clarence S. S Darrow Barrow as chief of cOl counsel for the tho defense IC If the McNamara Ic trial had run to a jur jury verdict and to appeals For the first time Mr 11 Darrow cited specific instances of evidence evi I dence which he be said It would have o beer been impossible to refute Then to have havo put James Jarnes B. B McNamara on the stand I II In his own behalf would have been hopeless he lie declared Judge Bordwell's lIs s statement says sas that It was proposed by the defense that James B. B McNamara amara should plead guilty and anit even n take a death sentence If the Ule brother could be bo freed Creed Darrow wa was told tote Well replied Mr III Darrow Ive don do- do n d that char charge e so often that Im I'm not going to do it over again aln now nov Mr 11 narrows narrow's statement follows I 1 entered this ease case ase with the tie greatest reluctance and only after the most earnest persuasion I dl did it i t unselfishly I have for man many years ears given giten hen m my time an and best hest ability and m my life to the cause causo of labor an and the poor R I I h have e been e here s several v ral n months and n Di UI- UI L U U nights trying to run lun down clown every clue and make make- every possible Investigation aton and trying to do o the best I could for tor formy formy nl my clients an and the tl cause that I served sel I had able assistants who gave ave their best efforts and their best service through It all Ih had Not ot Sl dinner From Froni the irs there was never the slightest chance to win vin win To those who ho hosay sa say It I would leave have been better to have gone one to trial and suffer complete de defeat defeatS de- de feat featS I would call cati cal attention to the fact tact that there here were thirty or Cort forty hotel registers registers three registers three In Los LOg Angeles many in San Francisco and others In different different differ differ- ent parts of ot thC the cO country There were 1 I scores of witnesses to Identify James n B B. McNamara as Q heln being present practically all ally all all' on the yer very ta day clay and one at least least to hIs Ms having been in fn the building There was overwhelming evidence of ot ill all kinds which no one could have surmounted sur sur- n mounted If It the they would If I lf the tile state lund had put In fn Its Is case we could not even have jut the defendant on the stand to den deny the facts We e coul could not prove pro e an aUb alibi We e could not prove 10 0 he was not here hele The failure to do so would have ha been heen as much of oC an admission son as It was t today day We e were confronted with wih the situation of or dragging drag drag- ging our OUI case perhaps for years ears with nothing but lUt the gallows at the endS end and no chance to raise any doubt In a thinkIng thinking think think- ing mind and in the meantime col col- money from from thousands of or persons per per- perSons sons ons who could not know the facts To Togo Togo Too go o on un under er such uch circumstances would have ha e been madness and ant only postponed an evil e 1 until it would have ha been a still greater I e evil and the consequences sti graver than the they are arc now All Al of ot this was thoroughly understood under under- stood b by m my associates and no one lice hes about accepting It I. I We Vc acted as we thou thought ht right and best and will take the consequences of the act I wl can conceive of ot no Wa way In which we could Justify ourselves cs and save sa th tho lives of or our clients Our first duties dutes as lawyers law law- and men was as to the lives In our char charge e and our dut duty to the cause called I for the samo same action acton caled Reconciled to 10 From the beginning I have ha been beer 1 watching and working to this end Wo 0 have ha accomplished It I. I I am reconciled to the tho result For result myself personally I have lla spent man many years ears in this personal cause if If I had hat not c believed In It I would have I abandoned It I Ihen when hen I wa was young and ambitious In some form torm I shall con con- in It I to th the end I have ha fought this and all al m my fights tights without hatred 01 or malice malce to an anyone one reco recognizing that in this great drama Ilama and all al that la is connected connected con con- with wih the ease case all al men of or both hoth sides are arc helpless as to themselves and arid acting a part that Is hs forced upon them b by a bitter bUel conflict which only right between en capital and labor ever endI end ant can If I people misjudge my motive I can only sa say for tor m myself that I have acted unselfishly and from devotion und and unc I have always alwa's been r ready eat and alone fairly able abo to take upon myself all al the for or m my actions and I shall continuo continue to do It I so lon long as I have ha the thc strength thI th I 1 do not beg anybody's friendship or sympathy in this matter mater I have o ha the conscientiousness that I have Jia e done lone everything c that 1 I could do coul and have acted In the wa way that Is best for allin all allIn al In this world wide world conflict If I q anything more Is i asked of oC me mc b by either side tile the they will wi find me rca read ready when the lie time comes Attorney Joseph Scott Scot of oC counsel forthe for Cor forthe the thc defense Issued a statement declaring Ing ng ho he had participated In n the case because be be- bc- bc cause of oC a desire to give I e tho the i a fair Cal and Impartial trial trial I I Indorse the effort cHort now being made to bring labor and capital to together ether In iii Inthis Inthis this city and will wil be glad to tu give gIve nn any feeble effort eort at nt m my disposal al to tu accomplish pUsh this result resul he said I f realize keenly and with wih intense Intene regret the C dead line lne that is drawn In this city be between between between be- be tween capital and labor Ho lIe who hio first crosses this hue lino lne to the other si side c andIs aOl aOlIs anti and Is received In n a spirit of ot mutual confidence cont- cont dence deuce will wil be a knight errant in establishing establishing lishing a substantial ba basis ls for Cor peace between these two scarred battle batte fc As Ag to anything back of of the time mot motive e actuating this sudden climax to the case I dont don't think It is necessary for fOl forme forme me mC to sa say to m my friends or even En e to those who may not know me rue that I personal personally should welcome the tIme most rigid In Investigation tl on |