The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-05
FOLLOWING TRAIL.
OF MURDERERS
AND BR|BERS
Wife Of Mcnamara Juror Was
Offered $500
TO INFLUENCE HUSH AND
. -sEgszIa&
Traces Of the Gigantic Conspiracy arc
Being Found In Many
TO INFLUENCE HUSH AND

Los Angeles, Dec. 5.-James b.
Mcnamara, who on Friday pleaded
guilty to murder in the dynamiting of
the Los Angeles Times building,
wrote his confession last night and
gave 1t to District Attorney John ID.
Fredericks. His brother, John j.
Mcnamara, secretary of the interna-
tional bridge and structural iron
workers, who pleaded guilty to hav-
ing dynamited the Llewellyn iron
works in Los Angeles, made no con-
fession. 1t is said he was not asked
to do so. Before James b. McNa-
maras confession was made District
Attorney Fredericks said he would
not give 1t out until after the men
were sentenced and today is set for
that proceeding by Judge Walter
Bordwell IL was learned, however,
that the statement implicated no one
beside the writer II deals with moth
ing except the actual happenings in
Los Angeles. 1t does not describe
the trip from indianapolis west or
tell who Mcnamara saw after he got
to Los Angeles.
Clarence S. barrow and Lecomte
Davis, OF counsel for the defense,
visited the brothers yesterday. They
came away and returned. accompani-
ed District Attorney Frederick. There
was no stenographer with them.
James B. Mcnamara sat with block
of scratch paper ON his knee and
wrote his confession his own way.
He did it deliberately and with care,
for u. b." does not take to writing
easily as his brother When he had
finished 1t he passed the paper TO Mr..
barrow who read it with Davis look
ing on. They handed II to Fredericks.
The names of the witnesses were at
tached and Fredericks took away a
sheet of paper bearing perhaps 200
words. The brothers nodded TO
Jailer Gallagher and fled back to
their cells after saying goodby to the
attorneys.
The limited scope OF the confession
aroused much excited discussion last
night. 1t was asked by many whetr
her the state had obtained what 1t ex-
pected There was no official reply.
The position of District Attorney
F'redericks had been and was still, he
declared yesterday. that so long as
he was district attorney he would
proceed with his duty, and that, hav-
ing information of alleged criminal
acts against anyone, he would investi
gate and prosecute the supposed Of
tenders If he felt justified
James b. Mcnamara, who pleaded
guilty to the charge of wrecking the
Los Angeles Times building and caus-
ing the death of twenty-one men,
wrote out his confession in full but
implicated no one else. The confess
sion will be made public after McNa.
mara is sentenced today. His broth
er, John j., made no formal confes-
sion.
From Los Angeles and Indianapolis
came information, substantiated In
New York, that the Federal authori
ties would not rest until the men
back of the Mcnamara brothers were
brought to justice. II was said thai
the Federal Grand Jury at IndianaP
oils would indict from twenty TO thir.
ty union men. some OF them leaders
in the movement. The prosecutions
will hinge largely on the transporta
ton of dynamite in violation OF the
Interstate Commerce laws.
One man will be placed in full
charge of the case, II is said; in al
probability Federal District Attorney
A. |. Mccormick of Los Angeles who
has been in Washington for severn
days comforting with Attorney Gener
al Wickersham, or perhaps Districi
Attorney Charles Miller of lndianapo
lis.
II was asserted in Los Angeles yes
terday that one Of the lawyers for the
self-confessed dynamiters was to b,
arrested, and Il was stated on tn,
authority Of the Indianapolis counse
for the International association o.
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
that Frank NJ. Ryan, president OF tina
organization. would remain under Gov
er for several days at least.