United labor bulletin., 1911-07-13
ANOTHER STEP IN
M'NAMARA CASES
MEN HAVE ENTERED PLEA-MRS.
M'MANIGAL GIVEN THE
THIRD DEGREE

Los Angeles, July 9-lt is stated that
contempt proceedings will be Instituted
against Mrs. ortie e. McManigal for re-
fusing to answer questions before the
grand jury. Mrs. McManigal has been
before the grand jury and subjected to
such severe ordeal in an effort to make
her testify, that she was taken from the
grand jury room in a fainting condition
and Attorneys Darrow, Scott and Davis
| took her to the elevator to leave the court
| house. Burns detectives tried to enter
the elevator but were stopped by Attor-
ney Jos. Scott. who said: "This woman
is in care of doctor. She is III. You
cannot poster here further now. If you
try to enter this elevator, it will be over
my body" statement has been signed
by Clarence barrow, Job Hartman, lie
Compte Davis and Jos. Scott, attorneys
for Mrs. McManigal and the McNamaras,
as follows:
While we recognize the so-called
dynamite cases should be tried in the
courts and not in the newspapers we
feel statement is due the fair-minded
citizens of this community from us as
attorneys for the defense.
1T is difficult to characterize in tenn
perate language our opinion of the treat
ment accorded Mrs. McManigal when be-
fore the grand jury. Knowing that she
was acting under our advice not to tes-
tify, for well-known statutory reasons,
| the district attorney for the fourth time
had her in attendance before the grand
jury, and under subterfuge that he was
going to prepare contempt proceedings
| against her for failing to answer his ques-
tions, she was thrust through side door
unawares into the presence of her hus-
band, three or four deputy sheriffs and
Representatives of Detective Burns
Then for an hour and a half she was
tortured to such a state of mental and
bodily extremity that she finally tainted
and physician was called in and had to
give her a halfhour's medical treatment
before she was in a condition to go home
During all of this time she was at the
| mercy of these men, masquerading as
officers of the law, who were without
| right of any kind whatsoever to so de-
tain her. great deal has been said
about the horrors of the third degree
administered to men charged with a
grave offense, but We did not think it pos
sible that such an attempt would be
made in California, upon a woman
against whom no charge has been made.
I'VE want to serve notice in this pub
lie way on the district attorney and his
! horde of private detectives, that Mrs
McManigal will not set foot again in the
jury room to be subjected TO any fur
ther indignity and torture, except by di-
rect order Of the court. and it viii be
tunity to interrogate the grand jury as to
whether they We're aware of this out
rageous proceeding of the district attor-
ney, and if so, to challenge the qualifica-
tions of such grand jury as being untitled
to sit dispassionately and calmly without
prejudice upon charges affecting the de-
PENDANTS in these cases. From one end
of the country to the other, from ex-
President Roosevelt down, in every
shade of public print the cry is a fair
trial for these men A good deal of this
is genuine and sincere, but some of it is
hypocritical. We appeal, therefore, to
the fairness of the citizens of this COM
munity who are desirous of seeing the
majesty of the law sustained and vindi-
Gated, that they condemn this abuse of
the constitutional rights of this unfortu-
nate woman"
Yesterday the Mcnamara brothers
John ]. and James B.-stood before the
presiding judge in Los Angeles and with
shoulders touching they each answered
in a firm voice, Not guilty" They are
charged with murder in 1e different
counts connected with the destruction of
the Times building. and for alleged dyna-
miting of the Llewellyn Iron works.
The prosecution desired that the trial
be set for Aug. l, but the defense de-
sires that Dec. 1 be set as the date. How
ever the defense asked for continu-
ance until Joseph Scott could return
from San Francisco. This was granted.
\ motion to quash the indictment was
overruled by Presiding Judge Walter
Bordwell.