Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1911-12-06
JAMES B. M'NAMARA CoNFESSeS CRIME
Acknowledges Blowing Up Times Building
and Pleads Guilty Of Murder.

o~A0S -. ulaIb pl6aU0t
guilty TO murder IN the first de-
gree in Judge Walter Bordwell'.
court here today. His brother
John J. McNAmra, secretary o,
the international ASS citation o.
Bridge and Structural Iror
Workers, entered a plea of hav'
ing dynsmited the Llewellyr
Iron Works in Los Angeles or
Christmas Day. 1910.
James B. McNamara's comics.
sion clears up absolutely the
tragedy of the explosion and fire
which at 1907 O'Clock on the
morning of October l., 1910
wrecked the pant Of The Lot
Angeles Times at First and Broad.
way and caused the d, ath of 81
persons For 10 of these da,ths
the McNamara brothers we're il.
dlcted and J. B. McNamara was
on trial specially for the murder
Charlas J. Haggerty. a machinis
whose body was found nearei
than that of any other to the sp>t
whore the dynamite was suppose
to have been placed
B 9TH mems s%entences were SET
for December 5 when it is sup.
posed District Attorney John D.
Fredericks will ask for life i'm
prisonment for James B. Mo.
Nsmara, the confessed murderer,
and probably IA years for bis
brother. The mems lives are
considered saved. Tn sgreat con.
tsntion that the Los Angeles
Times was not dy.amited is dead
beyond resurrection or argu.
ment.
Tonight as the two brothers sat
together in the county jail refus-
ing to Q anyone or make any
statement an interest second only
to the occurrence itself, hung
about tho question with reference
to James B. McNamara-"Why
did he confessP"
To this opposing counsel gave
the same answer.
"He confessed because be wat
guilty and that's all there is to
it," declared District Attorney
Frederlcks.
"He was counselled to confess
because that was tho best thing
to do, in the opinion of c-unsel,'
said Attorney Clarence S. Oar
ROY, chief counsel. 81 will say
now that there was no other rea'
sen or motive in it. I've studied
this case for months. 1t pre-
sented a stone wall"
Darrow also denied that ex
ternal looking squarely in tn
face he charges that the recent ar
rest of Burt H. Franklil, an in
vestigstor employed by the de-
Tense and two others with him
might have precipitated a stu
alton untenable save by confes.
sion of the prisoner. "Negotl-
alton have been On for weeks
asserted Darrow, and this wa
corroborated by District Attorne'
F%redericks. "We expected a
one time that Jim would COMES
last Monday but he did not
said Dsrrow.
Darrow also denied that ex
ternal pressure was exerted iron
union labor sources and Socialis
s-urces, as General Harrison
Gray Otis charged tonight in
formal statement, CT that tn
municipal election to be he'll
next Tuesday in which Job Hu
rimsu, OF . of the def 'nse's coun
sci is candidate for mayor, Cal
rled any weight. 1t was learne
that Hartman was not copsulte
At ell in the deliberations.
White. gaunt and horse, Hal
riman leaned against the wall c
hi. Office and confirmed this.
1.-The trial has nothing to d
with local issues,' he said.
A telegram to Darrow frol
Andrew Gallag her, a San Frar
cisco iabcr leader, confirmed tn.
declaration.
A bgotherly affection, it b.
came known tonight, brougt
about James B. McNamara
confession. A desire to save b
brother from the necessity {