New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-06

Los Angeles. Dec 5.--James Barnaoas
Mcnamara and John j. Mcnamara
brothers. natives of Cincinnati. To-Day
felt the strong hand Of justice which they
long had thought 10 evade. James b.
NcNamara was sentenced 10 imprison-
,oept for life for murder committed in
dvnamiting The Los Angeles Times
nuiIding and killing twenty-one persons
ond his brother TO fifteen years IN the
nenitentiary for blowing up the Lever
lyn Iron Works.
7, rras the retaliatory action Of the law
asainst those lawless methouS ""'''
John ]. Mcnamara, secretary and treas
urer of the international Association ol
bridge and Structural Iron WORKERS
n,rsued in lighting employers VINO kept
open shops. .
Though the younger brother James
IN formally presenting his concession
70 the court day, declared that Ne
tended no murder when he placed SIX
teen sticks Of dynamite beneath 'He
Times" building on october l, 1911 Jon"
: Mcnamara. recounting to-nlsnt 10 n''
attorneys his principles. broke down aS
ba r,ut,ered that he fought against great
odds in the best way he couId. NaS
SEQUEL to the court scene earlier to-day
,,har be received MS sentence In tears
CT abject surrender.
r.d.,,I probers to Call Brothers.
sheriff Hammel received word from
c.,ao,ai United States District Attorney
rayler tonight TO postpone prepare"
.,ors for removing the McNamaras 10
tho n,nitentiary. Subpenas are sald 10
bo,,o been drawn. requesting the appear
ance Of the prisoners before the ieuera,
Grand Jury to divulse further de'~''S o'
thair 6ynamiting conspiracies.
Tho United states government VIII ue-
ord of them information concerning
interstate trafficking in dynamite "n''"
* alleged to have resulted in more 'han
ono hundred explosions at bridges anu
.aotories where labor warfare was IN
volyed.
James B's Confession.
a,,.,s proceedings in court included
.bo reading by District Attorney rreu-
,r,c,,s Of the brief confession ~ James
p Mcnamara. The confession pehhed
~. ucNamara's own hand late yester-
do,, and bearing many evidences OF
,,o, little skilled in letters. follows
lanes 3. McNamara. detendant IN
.b. csse Of the People, having nere,o,0e
rIeaded guilty TO the crln1o OF n'uroe,
desire TO make this sta'emenH anu ''
10 on Sn' .he niqht of September 80; 1910.
- s.E5 n M, placed in Ink RIley'
ort;on of the Times" Building, 4 SUIT
rsse containing sixteen eticks OF oo per
cent dynamite. set 20 eHpiooe |"
o'cIook the next morning, u was ny
;n.sntion TO injurc tho building ana
.. .,'.eh the owners. die not intend to
81. the life Of any one. ! sineerey
.t ,bat these unfortunate men lost
.S;r lives, If the giving OF my. iite
,,,o,,Id brno them back ! woulo glaoy
~. Il In fact, in pleading guilty 20
nourder in the first degree, nave p'scea
my life in the hands of tne SAGA sac
L,do. Bordwell Flags Steffens.
udge Walter Bordwell issued for
nal statement late to-day giving his
,iews as to the Mcnamara trial and es-
nociallv as 10 what brought about its
termination. The statement follows:
In a splrit OF indifference 10 everything
I'm the Mcnamara cases save the facts
and the law applicable thereto, ! deem
a. due To the court and 10 this commu-
nity that | should make a brief public
statement regarding the circumstances
attending the abrupt close or these
cases together with sufficient comment
=, Indicate my views as To- such clrcum-
stances. This is done IN the nope OF cor
recting. II possible some misconceptions
due 10 erroneous publications, and par
ticularlv 10 an article which appeared IN
a local newspaper on the I'd instant over
the signature OF Lincoln Stehons.
In the first place. the claim or sugges-
tion that the termination OF the cases
was due to the efforts of himself ana
other outsiders who undertook TO lnilu-
ence the officers of the court-Other thah
the judgef-is without Justification IN
fact.
also wish To denounce the claims or
that gentleman and of other persons Tor
him that the change of pleas nom not
guilty" to guilty" was due to his et-
forts as groundless and untrue. He Is
correct i'm the statement that the court
was not a party TO any negotiations Tor
what he terms a compromise or these
cases but there is no ground Tor any
CLAIM, that he induced the prosecution'to
come 10 an agreement in the matter.