The Calumet news., 1911-12-02
Detective Asserts Prominent Men
are Involved in Los An
geleS 0utrages
BUSINESS MEN GIVEN CREDIT
Citizens Brought About Comics.
sion of the MCNamaras
Compromise Effected in Effort to Re.
store Era of Good Feeling. Some
Degree of cIemenoy to be
Shown Guilty Men.

Chicago, Ills, Dec. 2.-iIourthcr ar
rests in the Los Angeles Times dyna-
hitting outrage may come at any time.
according to Detective Burns, who dis
cussed the case at length today. Burns
said there are other prominent men
implicated and that he expected to
keep on working until every one was
run down and brought to justice.
Will investigate Further
New York, n. Y. Dec. 1.-The fight
has only begun. This is only the first
chapter. What we want to find out
now Is who were the men behind the
McNamaras, and this we propose to
do"
This statement was made today by
Chief Counsel Drew, of the National
Erectors' association, which employed
Detective Burns to investigate the Los
Angeles case.
Drew declared the whole affair is an
issue, and the sooner labor frees itself
from the criminal element the bet
ter it will be for labor, and the
sooner the country realizes it is an
issue, the better and sooner the prob
lem will be put ON its proper foot
ing"
The Tribune gives Lincoln Steffens,
magazine writer, the credit for bring
ing the business men together to sug-
gest compromise. The Examiner
says the defense crumbled as result
of tranklin's arrest.
The Times, whose plant was de-
stroyed and employees killed. declared
the McNamaras were forced to con-
fess through absolute proof.
That other persons implicated i'm dy-
Mantle conspiracios elsewhere may be
arrested in san Francisco and Indian
apolis, and that the McNamaras may
ports today.
Considerable investigation is being
conducted by the federal authorities
at Indianapolis. 1t is of the highest
Importance.
Frederioks Tells Of Negotiations.
Los Angeles, Dec. 2.-District Attor-
ney Fredericks gave today full ac-
- count of the negotiations leading upI
To the pleas of guilty entered yesterday
In the Mcnamara murder trial. He de
clared that i'm making the agreement
for the confessions the counsel for the
defense came TO his terms and outside
influences did not prevail upon him. He
admitted business men had conferred
with him, but he rejected their propo-
sition.
t'redericks declared that since July
he had an offer from the defense To let
James Is. Mcnamara plead guilty tol
save his brother. A month ago, he
said, Darrow made virtually the same
offer and he refused to accc9t it. Then
barrow and Steffens got together and
Steffens induced men To call ON Fred
ericlIs and urge acceptance of Darrow's
proposition. But he refused F'reder
icks said he had talk with Darrow
and Davis, insisting that both the Me
Namaras must plead guilty. Finally
an agreement was reached and both
the men pleaded guilty.
Confessions TO Save Others7
Fatigued and worn. with his facel
deeply lined, and pale. Clarence Dar-
row. the veteran of many legal battles,
IN which labor was involved, is today
a disheartened man. He did not think
this was a time for explanations, but
expressed the opinion labor leaders
would understand i'm due course that
tho procedure of yesterday was the
only solution OF a vexatious problem
that had worried him for months. II !
Is believed Darrow meant that the com
p1Nmise yesterday was much more ex-
tensive than hitherto had beer hinted |
namely that the state had in It's pos
session information that would have
involved other prominent persons and
that the agreement to get the McNam-
aras to plead guilty practically saves
score OF indictments and prosecutions
Taken as a whole. the fear Of further
exposes during the trial is said to have
cut off it's continuation, and IL wasl
hnted that at some future time labor
men would know tho details.
"Just ten days ago." explained Dar-
row, 1--WE talked with the Mcnamara
brothers about pleading, but only In
the last few days did the thing come
20 a climax"
"They accepted their fate with resig- !
nation" said Darrow, "and seemed
glad they had averted a possible death
penalty for one of them"
Darrow Thought that under the pa
role law, John J. might be released
after serving a brief time. but as Tor
the brother with life sentence, the
situation was more difficult
The McNamaras. IL Is said wheh |
fbax. 40 .ootooood naxt Tuesday will 4