Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

not determined, he said, whether to rec
ommend clemency for the McNamaras.
make a complete statement of the affair
to the world
This statement. he said. might be
given out the day of sentence. which Is
next Tuesday.
Asked if it were true that the state
had obtained from prospective witnesses
money supposed to have been given them
in such quantities that the total prac-
wards offered by the city. state and
county, in all about $4,000 Mr.. red
ericks said it was more or less true
Declines Further Discussion.
When asked for more details regard
ing the fund of $4,000 which prospec-
tive witnesses and talesmen are alleged
to have received in brides, and which
the prosecution said it had obtained.
District Attorney Fredericks said he
was unprepared at this time to discuss
the matter further.
In connection with arrangements for
witnesses for the state, the district at
torney declared the railroads had prom
Used him assistance. agreeing to ad-
vance transportation to individuals to
save time. The bills were to be sent
later to the state. the railroads agree
ing to assist as far as possible In rush-
ing witnesses here when desired by
the state.
Hope of the Defense.
That prosecutions would end by the
Mcnamara confessions has been the
hope of counsel for the McNamaras,
and tacftly they have believed the
state would lay down it's arms. 1t was
asserted by business men interested
in bringing about a cessation o. the
Mcnamara trial that Schmidt and kap-
Ian eventually would not be brought
to trial. and that the Times incident
could be considered closed.
1.-THE citizens committee. I should
say, had practically everything to do
with the settlement of the Mcnamara
row, when informed of District Attor-
ney Fredericks statement on the sub
ject.
81 could not act without an opening.
The committee made this opening pos
sible / made no proposition to have
James B. Mcnamara plead guilty until
after the committee had begun it's
work. / could not"
"And there has been no such thing
as a standing offer to plead guilty"
said Attorney Davis, who was sitting
by.
"Fredericks' statement concerning
Steffens is completely his own conjec-
ture,' Darrow continued. ut is not
true"
Did you put steffens on?" some one
asked.
, Il did not" said barrow He acted
entirely on his own initiative and au-
thority, so far as the defense is con-
cerned. We did not get him to do
what he did,
What barrow Said to Fredericks.
Attorney Davis said he had no ar
engagements to enter the Franklin case.
as had been suggested. barrow said
in explaining his position that he re-
peatedly had said to Fredericks that
if the district attorney saw any way
of ending the trial he, Darrow. wanted
to know about it. Lawrence Sullivan,
an investigator employed by the de-
tense, and credited in some quarters
with having been a go-between, never
carried any proposition from barrow
to Fredericks regarding a plea of guilty,
barrow said.
In connection with the comment of
National Erectors' Association in New
York, quoting the McNamaras as say
ing that they had principal and were
sent out here to do the dynamiting, 1t
was pointed out at the offices of the
Mcnamara defense that the prisoners
have given absolutely no interviews on
the case since pleading guilty, and
would not until next Tuesday.