Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-05-01
Attorneys for Both Sides Ar
range for Early Arraign-
ment of Accused
THE DEFENSE IS OUTLINED
Contention Will be Made that
Gas, Not Dynamite Caused
Times Explosion

Los ANGELES, April 29-Attor-
neys for both sides in the dynamit-
ing case completed arrangements to-
day for an early arraignment of John
and James Mcnamara and Ortie r..
McManigal The appearance of the
prisoners in court will not be de-
ferred later than next Wednesday. by
which time it is expected Clarence
Darrow, of the defense, and Assist
ant District Attorney w j. Ford, who
has been named to assist District At
tOrney Fredericks. will have arrived in
the city. Detective w j. Burns is
also supposed to be on his way here
and there are reports that his ap-
pearance here will be the signal for
further arrests in connection with the
Times explosion.
Job Hartman. the socialist attorney
who has been retained in the inter-
ests of the alleged dynamiters with
Darrow. today had long visit with
the two Mcnamara brothers. For
three hours he was in conference with
them. following which he issued
statement in which he declared that
the two accused men had been in
formed of the confession alleged to
have been made by McManigal but
that there was nothing in it which
the defense need fear.
To Call Government Expert.
In connection with this, Attorney
Hartman declared the defense would
hinge the fate of the McNamaras on
the question of whether the wrecking
of the Times building and the con-
sequent death of 21 men, was caused
by gas or dynamite. He also said
that DR.. J. A. Holmes, director of the
United States bureau of mines, would
be one of the chief witnesses called
to uphold the contention that gas and
not an internal machine caused the ex-
plosion in the newspaper plant on the
morning of October l, last.
The contention of the defense. ac-
cording to Hartman, will be based ON
these grounds:
First. That the dynamite made by
the factory from which the dynamite
that is alleged to have caused the ex-
plosion was purchased was tested in
the government bureau of mines and
would not set fire to gas.
Would Not Have Caused Fire.
Second. That dynamite will not set
fire to inks and oils and an explosion
of dynamite of the kind said to have
been sued would not have been fol-
lowed by sheets of flame, but on the
contrary, would extinguish flame
Third. A gas explosion, on the
other hand, would set fire to inks and
oils and would be followed by sheets
of flame.
One Of the most important develop
ments of the day from the viewpoint
of the prosecution was thee indentii-
cation of James B. Mcnamara as J. B.
Bryce by Trebor McCachren, a bell
boy. who was employed in the Argo-
naut hotel in San Francisco last
September.
Bryce Further Identified.
j. B. Bryce, the man who is alleged
to have purchased the dynamite that
destroyed the Times, lived at that
hotel James B. Mcnamara was led
into the Jail office today with a num-
ber of other prisoners and. accord
ing to officials of the district attOr-
ney's office. the lad quickly picked
out Mcnamara as the man he knew as
Bryce.
Hartman interviewed only the two
McNamaras. His visit followed that
of Attorney o. N. Hilton, chief coun-
sci of the Western Federation Of
Miners, whose declaration this after
noon that Ortie McManigal had dis
cussed his alleged confession to Dis
trict Attorney Fredericks was en-
phatically denied by the prisoner, as
well as by Jailer Gallagher and
Turnkey Norell of the county Jail, who
were present during Hilton's inter-
view with McManigal.