The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-13
MONTHS TO GET
N 'NAMARA JURY
Attorneys Are Armed With
Questions to Save Per-
emptlory Challenges
CLARENCE BARROW
AT TIMES BUILDING
Chief Attorney for the De-
tense Calls and Chats
Pleasantly With Mem
bers of Staff

! Los ANGELES, CAL, Oct r.
The second days trial Of James B.
Mcnamara, charged with the murder
OF Charles Haggerty. one Of the nine
I teen victims OF the Los Angeles Times
Explosion. will be resumed at 10
| o'clock Tomorrow morning with
Venireman z. r. Nelson. of Long
Beach, again the central figure Of a
cross-fire of questions aimed by at
torneys for the defense. Armed with
the ruling Of Judge Bordwell that
prospective jurors can be questioned
regarding their attitude toward or
ganized labor, Chief Counsel Clarence
barrow and his assistants have franz
ed up a series OF questions that will
make ii possible to get at the feeling
Of the ventremen in this respect with
out placing in Jeopardy their perem2-
/ tory challenge.
Prospective Jurors will be intimate
ly questioned regarding their acuuatn-
| tances. their associates past and prey
ent. their home life. In fact. upon
every point that might tend to show
that there is remote bias or preju-
dice against members Of labor or
ganizations. either collectively or In
dividually. The veniren1an who fails
10 answer all these questions a,.is-
factorily will be excused for cause"
and without peremptory challenge.
The program marked out by attor-
neys for the defense practically pre-
cludes the possibility OF securing a
jury Of twelve men inside of two
or three months.
The examination given yeniremen
by the State. while not so reaching,
Will be almost as thorough.
u. Roy Horyon, chief trial attor-
ney, will question the yeniremen as
to their information regarding So
cialisnl. politics so-called anarchy and
their reasons. If any. for not giving
the defendant a fair trial They also
viii DO asked what they think about
carcumstantial evidence and the weight
such evidence would have on their
decision. The veniremen who be-
lieves circunlstantial evidence should
have little weight in reaching a con-
clusion Will be excused by the State.
1t was announced by District Attor-
ney F'redericks for the State that a.
transcript OF the evidence in the blow
Ing up OF the Maine in Havana har-
Dor and In the case OF DR.. Burke, head
OF a sanitarium at Santa Rosa, Cal,
convicted Of destroying with dynamite
tent house -ou- ti1e-sa nttarttrr.
grounds and nearly causing the death
OF woman and child. will be intro
duced as evidence. John Birming-
ham. of San Francisco. who gave ex-
pert testimony in both these cases. also
will be called as a witness. The idea
OF the State Is to show that the effect
Of both explosions were identical
with the one that caused the destruc-
ton of the Times building.
John ]. Mcnamara to-day gave out
a statement in which he denied that
his brother was weakling or that
he was physically unequalled TO the
ordeal before him.
MY brother was brought up like
one of a million boys" said he. He
is younger. brother and has always
looked to his older brother for sup
port and advice. I hope the public
will not Judge him hastily because OF
the weight OF his chin or the color
of hts eye
The MeNamaras spent the day N
their cell. The only callers admitted
were their attorneys and one or two
close personal friends.
Two incidents that occurred during
the opening day OF the trial came to
light to-day Yesterday uorning short
ly before convened, Chief Counsel
Clarence barrow called at the Times
Office and remained half an hour chat
ting with the members OF the Times
staff As he left the building he met
General Otis coming in. The pair
passed each other without recognition.