The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-09
LABOR AND CAPITAL AWAIT
 OPENING OF M'NAMARA TRIAL
The of the Two Brothers Charged With the Destruction of the Times Building at Los Angeles October 1910 in Which Twenty Men Lost Their Lives, Will
 Begin There This Week

tirely satisfied with their attorneys and
 the manner in which their defense has
 been prepared. Long before John J. Me-
 Namara was arrested at the headquar-
 ters of the Structural Iron Workers in
 Indanapolis he knew Clarence Darrow
 They were intimately. acquainted and
 shortly after his arrest the secretary in
 sisted that Darrow be induced to take 1 charge of the defense. It was only upon
 the plea of McNaniara and Samuel Com
 pers, president of the American Fedora
 tion Of Labor, that Darrow consented to | defend the two men.
 The retaining of Joseph Scott with the
 defense came as a surprise to many members of the Chamber of Commerce , and the Merchants and Manufacturers
 association. Scott had been an advo-
 cate of the open shop and upon num- Der of public occasions had spoken
 against the tactics employed by union
 men in dealing with their employers. the i only statement which Scott makes in I this regard now Is that he hopes the
 defendants will be full and complete
 hearing before an unprejudiced jury.
 Great care is being taken now by the
 district attorney and by the lawyers rep
 rsentng the defense that only unbiased 1 jurors will be empanelled. Special inves- 1 tigators have been canvassing the county
 for months, and the leaning of almost every prospective juror has been de-
 termined. As a result of these inquiries | it has been announced that the jury will
 undoubtedly he composed of farmers.
 McManigal Talks
 l In a statement to the International News Service yesterday, McManigal made
 no attempt to justify the crimes he says | that he committed. He admitted that his | ic necessity. | and that the course he has taken was | the only one left open to him. He now | says that his wife is hopelessly estranged l from him, and tkat ne has only one hope | ito tell fully to the world what he | knows.
 1 Those who know McManigal well say 1 that he will make an excellent witness l for the prosecution. He is cool and de- l iberate and speaks slowly but without
 hesitancy Burns detective, Malcolm Me 1 I4aren, says that McManigal committed l his first crime while almost delirious witn
 enthusiasm, and that the commission or this first alleged crime gave J. J. NC Namara a reason to have confidence V
 McManigal and to assign him to othee | such work. l Repeatedly. McI.aren says, McMan1gaa l tried to break away, and each time he was threatened and forced to continue until he was arrested with J. B. Mc- Namara in Detroit. It was because or his alleged ahtipathy for the work In which he claims that he was engaged Tn | that McManigal confessed so quickiy | after being confined in the home Of De- tective Sergeant Reed in Chicago. This | is the statement of the prosecution.
 Neither J. J. McNamara nor his brother | have ever categorically denied the charges made against them. Their state l nents of denials have been confined to l this brief but emphatic announcement: l We are innocent and if given a fair l trial will prove our innocence" asr l Preparations for the holding and hand- 1 ling of the trial here have been under
 way for several months here. Judge Wal
 ter Bordwel. who is to hear the case. ! has decided that the trial will be held in | the new Hall of Records building. The | court room in this building has not yet
 been selected. but it is probable that | the largest room in the building will | be used. Sheriff w.. A. Hammel has
 charge of the policing and has arranged 1 that the two prisoners and McManigal will not be taken back to the jail after
 the proceedings of each day. Under the present plan the two brothers will be | kept in the jury room during the night;
 and the district attorney has arranged | for McManigal to have quarters near to l the district attorneys floor of rooms l They will be closely guarded during
 the entire trial and any attempts of riot l ing will be promptly checked. McManigal | will not appear In the court room ex- I cept to give his testimony and upon those l days the guard will be doubled. It IS l claimed that threats have been made that l McManigal will not take the witness l stand. Although not believing that any | such threats would be carried out Dis 1 trict Attorney Fredericks Is prepared to l tokol avery t1rarautiOn