The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07

LOo AhStlCSy l4ASS. W. 1pCSluA' II
is declared positively that a special
grand jury will be summoned next
week when Chief Hutton, of the SUI
preme court returns, which will probe
the Franklin and other jury bribery
cases in the McManigal case. Ortie
are to be taken before the federal
grand jury by Oscar LAWYER, special
prosecutor for the government.
Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 6.-Interest
today In the Times dynamiting case
| conferred in the governments probe
into a gigantic conspiracy to which
the Mcnamara brothers had confessed
they played part,
According to Oscar Lawler, special
prosecutor for the government, the
| McNamaras will appear before the
| federal grand jury Thursday, sub
poenas having been served on Sheriff
Hammel commanding him to produce
| his prisoners on that day, and the
great doors of San Quentin prison will
not clang shut behind James B. Nc
Namara, sentenced to live his life out
there, and John Joseph Mcnamara,
his brother, doomed to fifteen years
confinement, until the men have APP
peared and testified before the fed
eral inquisitorial body.
BordweII Issues Statement.
Following the sentencing of the
prisoners, Judge Bordwell, who has
kept silent during the trial, issued
| striking statement in which he con
firmed the story of the district attor-
ney that no bargain had been made,
and further declared that the disclos-
ure that bribery of jurors had been
attempted by the defense in the Nc
| Namara trial was the real reason that
led to the plea of guilty entered last
| Friday, suddenly terminating the great
murder trial.
The Judge scored the proposition OF
The defense that James B. Mcnamara
| be allowed to enter plea of guilty
and take the consequences, even OF
death, to save his brother. Comment
ing on it, he remarked;
Isn't that a proposition that would
make the blood run cold"
Calls II First Degree Murder.
Sentence of the McNamaras was
/ pronounced at brief court proceedings
J Judge Bordwell began with a formal
statement reciting the indictment for
the murder Of Charles ]. Haggerty
upon which Mcnamara pleaded guilty
and asked Mcnamara if he had any
/ statement to make.
Il have not" he said.
No Bargain, Says Fredericks.
! Have you anything to say" he
asked Mr.. Fredericks.
There has been no dickering or
bargaining in this matter" he said.
Counsel on the other side are well
aware of the custom of granting elem
ency to persons pleading guilty. This
defendant by so pleading has settled
for all time a question which other
! wise would always have been in
doubt. He saves the state great ex-
penditures and serves the state in
other ways"
THE defendant win rise" said
Judge Bordwell, and commented on
McNamara's declaration that he did
not intend to destroy life.
: contradicts Prisoners Statement.
THE circumstances are against that
statement" he said. "A man who will
place sixteen sticks of dynamite in a
place where you, as a printer. knew
gas was burning in many places and
knew many were toiling, must have
had no regard for life; must have
been a murderer at heart and unde-
serving of clemency."
For reasons other than any offered
by such a plea of non-intent, Judge
Bordwell declared he would impose
the penalty of Imprisonment for life,
John J. Has Nothing to Say.
John J. Mcnamara came next. The
Llewellyn Iron works indictment was
read to him by the Judge. The pris-
oner said he had nothing to say.
Judge Bordwell declared that the
structures against James B. McNa'
mara would apply to John J. Glenn
ency, ne sara, was not because ol HheI'
1t as to intent. He then imposed SEN
tence of fifteen years in San Quentin
penitentiary.
The McNamaras were taken from
the courtroom back to the Jail.
Confession Is Made Public.
James B. McNamaras brief con
fession. penned by his own hand. was
made public, as follows:
II, James B. Mcnamara, defendant
in the case of the people, having here
tofore pleaded guilty to the crime OF
murder. desire to make this state
ment of facts; and this Is the truth:
"On the night of September So
1910, at 5:45 p. m, placed in Ink
alley, q portion OF the Times building,