The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-10-12
INC NAMARA TRIAL
. TO COST TWO SIDES
MILLION DOLLARS
Total of 700 Witnesses
Will be Ex-
annined
MANY WEEKS TIME
Will sbe Required for Case,
According to Present
Indications
MANY WEEKS TIME
$
FACTS CONCERNING THE
LOS ANGELES TRIAL.

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The Defendants--John j. and
/ : James b. Mcnamara, members
! members Of the International
Association OF Bridge and Struc-
y tural Iron Workers.
The Charge Completely in $
the alleged dynamiting of the i
Los Angeles Times building, $
Oct. 1, 1910, resulting in the 4
death of twenty-one men.
. Chief Counsel for the Prosecu- :
tion-District Attorney John d. 8
- Fredericks. =
Chief Counsel for the Defense :
Clarence Darrow, of Chicago. It
Number of Witnesses to Tes- ,
tify-Seven hundred. s.
* Estimated Cost of the Trial s.
100000. *
s.
Los Angeles, Calif.-Following a
conference between counsel for the
McNamaras, the defense has decided
not to press it's motion for a change
of venue. when the trial Of the III On
is called tomorrow, for dynamiting
the Los Angeles Times. Attorney
Darrow for the defense says he wish
es to load the records with irrefuta-
BILE evidence OF prejudice by eXamin-
ing the jury venire, before making
the motion.
Los Angeles, Cal.-Not since the
trial Of the officials of the western
Federation of Miners for the alleged
assassination of Ex-Governor Steu-
nenberg of Idaho, has trial in this
country excited the intense interest
in labor circles and among the pub
lie generally as is manifested in the
case of the Mcnamara brothers, who
are about to be brought to the bar
to answer for alleged completely in
the alleged dynamiting outrage that
resulted in the destruction Of the Los
Angeles Times building and the
death of twenty-one men working
there, on October l, 1910. The long
and bitter fight waged by the Times
against the labor unions and their
the confession of Ortie E.
McManigal alleging that an organ
lied band of labor leaders made a
business of destroying the lives and
property of those antagonistic to the
labor unions, and the active and gen
erous support given by the American
Federation of Labor and other labor
men, have fed the popular magma
tion and led the public to believe that
the trial will result in startling dis
closures
The specific charge upon which the
trial will proceed is covered by in
dictment number 6,946, relating to
the death of j. Wesley Reeves, an
employe of the Times at the time the
building was destroyed. The eigh-
teen other indictments will be set
over pending the trial for the alleged
murder of Reeves. who was private
secretary to the general manager of
the Times.
Claim Use Of Dynamite.
The lines of battle planned by
Clarence ]. Darrow, chief counsel OF
the defense, District Attorney John
D. Frederick, who will conduct the
prosecution, already have been pretty
clearly revealed. The prosecution
will first seek to establish that the
Times building was destroyed by All
explosion of dynamite. Then will
come the testimony of relatives tC
establish the number of victims. cor.
roborating evidence and the confes-
sion of McManigal. This will be fol
lowed by the Identification of wit.
nesses who will swear that they
knew j. B. Mcnamara as j. B. Bryce
in Los Angeles and in San Francisco
during September and October Of
last year. An endeavor will be made
to trace the accused almost to the
Times building, where the explosion
occurred. The case against j. j. Nc.
Namara will be centered upon cores
pondence furnished by McManigal
and books found at McNamara's Of