The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-03
All Agree that this is the Start, Not the End of
the Most Sensational Case in the History
of the Nation.
FORMER FRIENDS NOW TURN ENEM|E;
Gompers Repudiates the Brothers Entire.y and
Bitter Messages Are Received From all
Over the Country.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2.--Now that
thirty-six hours have elapsed since the
sensational confession of John J. and
j. B. Mcnamara that they We're the
central figures in the dynamite con-
spiracy that eliminated in the destruc-
tion of the Los Angeles Times build.
Ing, the mystery of their complete sur
render is growing more dense as the
hours go by.
tinues to smile blandly and declare
that the only reason was that I'VE
had EN- buffaloed and they had to
surrender to save their necks'
Against this is the declaration of
Judge O. N. Hilton. the noted Denver
attorney, who was selected to fight
the case after Darrow had declared
he could not fight it. Hilton, who has
had access to all of the proceedings Of
the defense and much of that of the
state, declares the best the state could
have expected was hung jury.
But Darrow. wan and tired, his face
more deeply lined than ever before,
tearflilly declares to Hll callers that
while we will be misunderstood. we
are content that we have saved human
lives from the wreckage. They had
the goods on us"
is the Beginning.
Los Angeles is hot bed of rumor
tonight. On only one proposition do
all agree and that is that the confes-
sion of the Mcnamara brothers. is
the beginning, not the end, of the most
sensational case in the history of the
nation. What the next moves are to
be no one knows The state as repre-
scented by Fredericks, district attor
neys, says that it will act, not talk.
Darrow and Davis wearily declare
that they do not know what is com
ing, that nothing would surprise them
and that they are prepared for any
thing. :"
Over in the gloomy Jail, closely
guarded by half dozen picked depu
ties, John J. and James b. McNamars
sat in gloomy silence in the earl,
hours of tonight. In their case tht
reaction was over and they were real
izing what it all meant. They are be
ing carefully guarded as in their de
pressed condition some fear is eS
pressed by the jailor and his attend
ants.
Heartbroken Mother.
For few hours today both men de
clared they had done the best the.
could and they were glad it was al
over Then came the word that ava.
back in her lonely home in Cincinnati
their heartbroken, old mother ws
hysterically proclaiming their confe.
sion had been forced from them an
that they were still innocent in he
notherly mind. Within a few hour
telegrams began coming from the me-
who had believed in their innoncenc
and who had stood by them in thei
fight for freedam.
First of these was from noted lf
Dor leader whose name was withheld
In 1T he said:
Have Just read the damnable stor
in the evening papers 1t is hard to bt
lieve whether you are insane or l
league with the forces of capital tina
have determined to crush the wag
Garner at any cost"
Bitter Messages.
From that time On the kilograms
protest kept coming Many We're
strong in tone that there was wonde
openly expressed that the telegrap
companies had not held them up A
were read by the two men and car
fully destroyed.
Neither man had anything to sa
for publication BY order OF the she
iff, all access to the men was refuse'
They have agreed to tell their stor
to the district attorney and 1t Is e
pected that the first nstallment WI
commence Tuesday When an attemi
was made to ask them what the
thought of the letter OF Samuel Con
pers. head of the American Federatio
of Labor, repudlating them utteri
the sheriff ordered that the messae
be not communicated to them,