Show OF AGIt ll lS J T S O LSD LS l DEAL DEAD OF THE NEAR jt t i Wednesday in Los An- An Ana a les Curtain Will Rise on onIK IK r Great Legal Battle EYES ON INFORMER INFORMERs INFORMER's I s 's s Ca Case e Hinges Chiefly on Tea Tea- fJ any lony of Ortie ConI Confessed Confessed Con Con- I r. r Dynamiter t y International News New Service servI e. e S e Cal Oct 7 on 7 On Weday Weday Wed Wed- ay ay y morning October 11 11 in hi h a. a large room on the fifth floor 1 or of the new of records building the curtain bo bc drawn for tor the first act of ot an- an great drama which has been writ writ- Sn n the struggle gle between labor and al a. John J. J McNamara secretary ho lie International Association of ire c and al Iron Workers Yorkers and rother brother James Bryce McNamara be called to answer before Judge ter er Bordwell to charges of whole whole- murder by dynamiting In I the destruction of ot tho the Los eles les Times building at First street roadway on the morning of ot Octo- Octo 1910 In which disaster twenty lost ost their lives District Attorney D. D Fredericks stated yesterday is e is prepared to present this case a fury ury and that the web of evidence st the two men is concluded The Thenet's nets net's for tho the defense sa say that they Iso so ready to proceed and that they ask for neither delay deJa nor a con con- nC nce It Is possible however that rothel's will be e tried r almost six months the district ne ney assisted b by agents as of the Wll- Wll il lJ J J. J Burns detective agency has p preparing for this trial Almost lion lIlon dollars dollars has been spent b by P prosecution and wits wit wit- s have been summoned to appear st the two McNamara brothers 1 is M C I 1 t t l' l h. h c E. E an aner i s rue U era UI U tree VII cr er former Spanish-American Spanish war waran waran an an and informer has been in dally daily with the district attorney he last month nl is a dynamiter and it Is upon that a great portion of ot fates case has been built irce ree months ago o it it was believed e i he fhe would not be called as a wit wit- In ln the case Recently however it decIded by District Attorney Fredis Freds Fred- Fred 4 is s 8 and Assistant District Attorney that Mc should be called decision It was as stated was ed only after ever every bit of In forn for for- n in n furnished by b al had St given s-Iven complete corroboration 7 rda who Is held In Inere inere ere lere under grand jur jury indictment I dynamiting dynamIting- the Llewellyn iron irons s In this city said he lie was preto prefix pre pre- II fix to tes testify liy e C legal batteries for the defense i directed by Clarence Darrow Ver er philosopher labor leader ann ana jer r. r Associated with him are I Lc Le e te Davis who has been prominent south California every ery criminal case in south south- during the the- thelast last ten Joseph Scott former president Chamber of ot Commerce prominent i I 1 lie layman president of ot the city of education and known through state estate for his oratory orator and ability as Deader eader and Job HarrIman Socialist for mayor these lawyers an able corps corns Detectives under tho iho direction of oC At At- Tiey Cy John L L. Harrington of or Chicago Three weekly newspapers being published in the tho Interests of ot McNamara brothers here and a 1 organization has hns been effected In f Ai city precinct to benefit HarrIs Harrl- Harrl s' s s fight for the mayoralty It Is isa a that at least has spent by the defense In the prep- prep JUon of or its case V p Intimation has been given as to line iline of defense which will be pre- pre ted cd Man Many rumors have ha It that Mr lr 1 Tow ow and his associates will arguo argue arguea a case without calling a single wit wit- c The most generally accepted I r Is that the defense will admit a ai i er of points In evidence which will by the prosecution and that be he able to present an nn ex expiation ex- ex 1 which will wm show that the en- en JI case is a conspiracy to Injure un yn labor It has been openly that Mc detective al Is an o the Burns detective e a agency gone This ge has been denied b by Burns and andry cy ry other officer interested in the s case caso th the McNamara brothers are en- en j satisfied with their attorneys and 1 anner in which their defense has hasti ti prepared l' l Long before John J. J jamara mars mara was as arrested at the tho head r r. r Scenes ce e and arid Pr Principals nc pals pals' in the McNamara amara Case r i w JJr h i 4 Ari c. c f y vl d n A AF F l' l n rya y v Q j f fr r s i t-T t 1 f 4 Ar I. I z w r i i Y t. t r I ba f g w. w wf n H ow Fr 4 w. w M o S Sj v S' S M Ga j w J fa o N y iM 4 Vrn f My Ar f nf Ft Wr V 4 h Y fro au quarters of the structural Iron tron workers In Indianapolis he knew Clarence Darrow Darrow Dar Dar- row The They were Intimately acquainted arid shortly after his arrest tho the secretary secretary secre secre- tar tary Insisted that Darrow be Induced to take charge of the defense It was only upon the tho pleas of McNamara and md Samuel Gompers president of the tho American Federation of Labor that Darrow consented to defend the two men The retaining of or Joseph Scott with the defense came as a surprise to many man members olf of tho the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants Manufacturers Manufacturers' association Scott had been an advocate advocate advocate cate of ot the open shop and upon a l number number number num num- ber of public occasions had spoken 11 against the tactics employed by union men in dealing with the their l' l employers ers The only onh statement which Scott makes In this regard now Is that he hopes tho the defendants will be given g a full and complete completo hearing before an unprejudiced unprejudiced diced jury jun Gre Great t care is being taken b by the district district dis district dis- dis attorney and b by the tho lawyers representing rep rep- rc resenting the defense that on only I unbiased unbiased unbiased un un- biased jurors will be Imp S Special Special e- e cial in Investigators estimators have ha been canvassing g gning the he county count for months and the leaning ning I of almost cyer every prospective Juror has b been cn determined As a result of these inquiries it has been announced that I the tle Jury undoubtedly will be bo compos composed d or of farm farmers rs In a statement to the International News Service Ser yesterday c made malic no attempt to Justify the crimes he says sa that he committed He admitted admitted admItted admit admIt- ted tl that at his present action Is prompted bY bv necessity and that the course he has taken taleen was the tho only one left letl open to him He now says that his wife wire Is hope hope- le sh estranged from him and that he has only onh one hope hope to to tell fully to the world what he knows These who know 1 well sn say that he will mal make e an excellent witness for the prosecution He Is cool and deliberate de deliberate de- de liberate and speaks slowly but without without without with with- out hesitancy Burns' Burns detective Malcolm McLaren says that l committed commit commIt- ted his fIrst crime while almost de delirious do- do with enthusiasm and that the tho commission of this first alleged crime gave J J. J J J. J McNamara reason to have confidence in lc and to assign him to other such work Neither J J. J J J. McNamara lc nor his brother have ever categorically denied the charges made a against them Their statements of denials have been confined confined confined con con- fined to this brief but emphatic an announcement announcement announcement an- an We Vo are aro Innocent and nd If It given gl a fall fair trial will prove pro our Innocence in In- In The physical evidence which will bein be presented in the thc trial by the at p A AAr Ar N rr I tion Hon has been gathered i sn an n the fifteen states where It is claimed dynamite explosions ex explosions ex- ex occurred under the direction of ot the Ow Me and Mc Hotel registers dynamite clocks corin carIn and instruments employed in the construction of Infernal machines have been secured These according to the tho district attorney will be bo Introduced to show tho the gigantic scope of the al alleged alleged alleged al- al conspiracy and to prove the movements of or the tho accused mono mon All of or these have o been secured through the tho information furnished b by Mc al Isis Ills memory has been taxed by the detectives es to explain almost his daily dally action for five fhe years cars and to re relate relate re- re late Inte that which he claims to know concerning concerning concerning con con- J J. J B B. and J. J J J. J McNamara At this time all of ot the time exhibits are held by tho the county clerk cleric They will not bo taken Into court until each is required One of the dramatic features which will Ill add to the tense Interest of ot tho trial will wUl bo be the possibility of ot the tho appearance appearance appearance ap ap- ap- ap of ot either David ld Caplan or M.A. M. M A A. A Schmidt both of ot whom aro charged with J. J B n. McNamara with being vere ve- ve re responsible responsible responsible re- re for Cor tho the death of twenty men in the Times building Schmidt and Caplan are arc supposedly fugitives Neither Neith Neith- er the prosecution nor the defense will admit or r den deny that they know the tho whereabouts of ot these two men While in Los LOB Angeles recently Detective Detective Detec Detec- tive Uve Burns Intimated that he knows where the two fugitives are aie and that they will bo be here hero as witnesses at the trial No authoritative announcement has lias been made since however and if tho the two men man aro are under arrest or hold holdIn In restraint it will not be announced until they are aro called in tho the court room They will probably remain as the unknown unknown unknown un un- un- un known factors of ot the trial trIal the tho possibility possibility possibility of their testimony 01 or of their appearance appearance appearance ap ap- ap- ap will be a source of ot speculation speculation specula specula- tion until the tho last witness Is called These two men according to tho the prosecution ast assisted lt ted J. J B B. B McNamara in purchasing BOO pounds of or dynamite in Giant Cal A part of this purchase was found in an unexploded infernal machine at the home of F F. J J. J Zoe- Zoe secretary of or the tho local Merchants Mor- Mor chants Manufacturers Manufacturers' association on the morning following the explosion explosion explosion sion of or October 1 It W was S this explosive explosive explosive sive and the clock which first opened the trail to the identity of or tho purchaser pur pur- chasers chaser One of the most important exhibits of the defense I is nothing more nor less than n. n a hole In the ground This unique exhibit carefully preserved In Ina ina a a. large wooden box and zealous zealously guarded to prevent an any possible shirtIng shirt shift Ing ng of the tho surface dirt Is destined to play a Cl leading part in the tho defenses defense's caso case according to the tho attorneys The Tho depression was made mado in tho the surface of the ground round in Westlake park just op opposite opposite opposite op- op the home of General H. H G G. G Otis b by the explosion of an nn alleged infernal machine contained In a cheap suit case cale discovered underneath the east cast windows windows windows win win- dows of or the Otis home on the tho afternoon of October 1 1 1910 The Tho Infernal Internal machine ma- ma chine was removed remo to the park for investigation In Investigation In- In b by tho the police pollee and an explosion explosion sion slon followed follow d shortly afterward It Jt wa was claimed bv by t to c authorities that the person or persons placing this In Instrument Instrument In- In strument of destruction was responsible responsible sible for tho the destruction of the newspaper news news- at First and Broadway building and p paper pcr On the other hand tho the statement was made that tho the Infernal machine found round under Otis' Otis window was merely a plant to influence public opinion A similar infernal machine was discovered on tho the afternoon near the occupied same sarno pled pied by bv F. F J J. J on Golden Gold Gold- en avenue Early Earl in Au August st of or this the llio attorneys s for Cor the tho defense defens year car finding a as the they claim that th the condition condl condi tion of or the hole hole made bv by tho explosion In e park would furnish conclusive conclusive conclusive con con- proof that the suit case did not contain sufficient dynamite or other other other oth oth- er explosive to cause causo an any appreciable damage to tho the Otis home homo had it ex exploded exploded exploded ex- ex there thera sent a force of men to tho the scene and dug UP the tho holo liole bodily and preserved it for presentation to the tho court as an exhibit At the top on the left Is James B B. B McNamara and at the right John J. J McNamara Tho The main picture shows the count county Jail where tho are confined and in the tho rear tho the hall hallof hallof hallot of ot Justice where tho the great trial will take place Below on the left is a photo photograph of ot Jud Judge e Walter who will preside at the tho trial To his right Is a picture of Ortle Ortie tho the man who was arrested with tho the McNamara brothers as being Implicated I in the dynamiting and who it Is said will be the tho principal witness against the |