The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-12-09
M'HAMlRlS TO Be WITNESSES.
WILL TELL STORIES BEFORE
GRAND JURY.
Testimony Will Supplement- Younger
Mans Confession and May Reveal
Gigantic Plot - Echoes OF Recent
Bribery Scandal.

Los Angeles, Dec. 4.-James B.. and
j. j. Mcnamara will appear before
the federal grand jury here tomor-
row morning and tell their stories
They will go before that body imme-
diately after having been sentenced
by Judge Bordwell. This declaration
was made late tonight on unimpeach-
able authority.
The announcement afforded an ex-
planation Of the meagre confession
written late today by James B. Nc
Namara in the Jail corridor in the
presence Of his attorneys, those Of
the State and his brother, John J.
Mcnamara, in which Jim" explained
how he blew up the Los Angeles
Times on October l, 1910, causing
loss Of 21 lives.
District Attorney John d. Freder-
icks admitted tonight that in addition
to the written confession, both BROTH
ers had furnished information of
signal value to the State" 1t is yir-
tually assured that when the men ap-
rear tomorrow before Judge Bord-
well, the district attorney will rec
ommend such leniency as the court
may see fit to bestow. The momeat
sentence Is pronounced, according to
plans completed tonight, the broth
ers will be served with summons to
| appear before the federal inquisitorial
body.
The decision reached by the Nc
Namaras is regarded here as Of vast
! Importance. If there is a gigantic
dynamiting conspiracy, which is what
the grand jury wants to know about,
the State tonight is convinced that to-
morrow's developments will place on
record the name Of every man con-
nected with 1t. With this informa-
ton, it is believed. the work Of fed
eral grand juries here and in In
| dianapolis will be comparatively SIM
| pie.
This outcome Of the trial is urged
in a message received by District At
torney Fredericks from Walter l..
Drew, chief counsel for the National
Erectors' association, as leading to
true solution Of the troubles which
have vexed portions Of the labor
w nd ,fn1
state We now 20 be In a fair
way OF ng explained.
His her, John J. Mcnamara,
sccretar - the international Asso-
| citation - GI.1se and Structural Iron
Workers. who pleaded guilty to hav-
| ing dynamited the Llewellyn Iron
works in Los Angeles, made no con-
fession. It was said he was not ask
cd to do so.
Before James B. McNamara's con-
fession was made, District Attorney
Fredericks declared that he would
not give 1t out until after the men
were sentenced and that tomorrow
was the day set for that proceeding
by Judge Walter Bordwell. It was
learned, however, that the statement
| duplicates no one besides the writer.
1t deals with nothing except the ac-
tual happenings in Los Angeles. 1t
does not describe the trip from In
| dianapolis West or tell whom McNa-
mara saw after he got here.
Clarence S. barrow and Lecomte
Davis Of counsel for the defense WIS.,
tied the brothers during the after
noon. They came away and later re-
turned, accompanied by District At
torney Fredericks. There was no
stenographer with them.
James B. Mcnamara sat with
block Of scratch paper oh his knee
and wrote his confession his own way.
He did it deliberately, for ]. r. does
not take to writing as easily as his
brother. When he had finished he
passed the paper to Darrow, who read
1t with Davis looking on. They handed
it to Fredericks. The names Of the
witnesses were attached and Freder-
,cks took away a sheet of paper bear
ing perhaps 200 words.
The limited scope Of the confession
aroused much excited discussion. 1t
was asked by many whether the State
had obtained what it expected. There
was no official reply.
Todays developments included the
publication Of the deposition Of Mrs
Robert f. Balm, made to the district
attorney, that at the insance Of Bert
II. Franklin. Investigator for the de-
fense, now charged with bribery, she
persuaded her husband, the first Nc