The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-02
HEAVY SENTENCES Will Be
IMPOSED ON THE M'NAMARA
BROTHERS IN WEST TUESDAY
JAMES TO Be SENT UP FOR
Life gHlLE JOHN Will. GET
At LEAST TWELVE YEARS

WILL sE ARRAlcNi=p IN
COURT TUESDAY BY AGREE
MENT BETWEEN PROSE TcuTloNI
AND DEFENSE ATTORNEYS.
Los ANGELES. Dec. 2-Tae broth
ers Mcnamara. John and James, who
yesterday confessed to being implL
cate In the charges of dynamiting
the Los Angeles Times building and
the Liewllyn iron works, for which
they were about to be tried, will be
arraigned for sentence next Tuesday.
The pleas OF guilty were entered
by the two men upon advice Of their
attorneys, who forsaw that convic-
tion would come. and was done to
escape the death sentence. which
would likely follow because of the
many deaths I'm the Frecking of the
Times building. The Times build
ing was blown up Oct. !. 1910. and
the LIewellyn iron works was dyna-
mIted Christmas day, 1910. James Nc
Namara pleaded guilty to the dyna-
hitting Of the Times building, and
John Mcnamara pleaded guilty to an
attempt to dynamite the iron works.
According 10 an agreement be-
tween the prosecution and the at
torneys for the defense, John MeNa.a
mara. who pleaded guilty to attempt
ing to dynamite the Llewellyn iron
works. VIII get sentence Of from IL
to 1s years in prison. while James
Mcnamara. who confessed to piac-
ing the bomb IN the Times building,
will probably be given a life SEN
tenee. II is believed that Ortie Nc
Manlgal, who turned states evidence.
will shortly be released from jail.
Clarence barrow, chief counsel for
the defense, realized that nothing
could save the men from q convic-
ton In the coming suit, and advised
the McNamaras to accept the states
promise Of mercy.
James Mcnamara said today: Il
am guilty of the charge. but / did
not intend TO murder any man. We
placed the bomb In an alley and set
il to 60 off after all the men had
left the building and gone home, but
the clock went wrong. We have
been fighting for the right to live.
while the Los Angeles Times has
been fighting and prosecuting US for
years. When / set the bomb I
meant only to scare the owners of
the Times and was horribly shocked
when l heard of the deaths which
had followed in the explosion"
Both McNamaras are expected to
make detailed written confession in
a couple of days.
President Gompers SurprisAd-
NEW YORK, Dec. 2-C0mmentfng
on the sensational ending OF the Nc
Namara trial in Los Angeles. Presi-
dent Samuel Gompers of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor today said:
Il am astonished, am overwhelmed.
would have backed the McNamaras
with my life. | had their personal
assurance they were innocent, and
now find they are imposters OF
the worst type.
"The American Federation of La
Dor Is q law abiding institution and
has always condemned acts of vior
lence. The McNamaras have be
trayed labor We have been imposed
upon most cruelty, for there was nc
doubt in my mind that the accused
men were innocent They begged me
to convey to organized labor through
out the country they were innocent
and had been made victims of dam
nable plot They do not represen
organized labor, which does not coun
tenance brutality or crime"
Denounced BY FEDERATION
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2-The Amer
lean Federation of Labor today is
sued an official statement in the Nc
Namara case in which the federation
decries the use OF violence and as
serts the confessed dynamifers hav
outraged the condolences Of the worh
ing men who have rallied TO thei