Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-08
NJ NAMARA CASE
ADVANCES SLOWLY.
Work of Securing Jury Elongated
and Tiresome--Fiue Only Ac-
cepted So Far.
MAKING POLITICS A FACTOR.
Challenging Continued today-Defense
to Renew Motion for a Change OF
Judge During the Next Few Days.

Los Angeles, Nov S.-Robert f
Balm. retired carpenter, organizer ol
the. first Carpenters union in this
fcity, and tacit believer in the theory
that an explosion OF gas destroyed
the Los Angeles Times; William F.
Clarke, retired undertaken, who has
read little about the case. and thought
less, believes unions are good thing
for the country, but personally be-
lieves strikes wrong and violence to
win them intolerable; Byron Lisk,
capitalist and stockholder in the Pas
adena Milling Company, who has read
about the case, but does not believe
that unions countenanced violence,
although personally he does not en-
ploy union men: G. D. Green, CAPT.
talist and rancher, progressive and
original La Toilette man in Los An
geles county, opponent Of District At
torney Fredericks and Gen. Otis, but
also opposed to unions. as he believes
they are now conducted.
These four men were certain to re-
main permanently on the Mcnamara
jury when the court convened today.
A fifth man still in the box after yes
terday's exercising OF peremptory
challenges, was being discussed by
the defenses attorneys. Although
Darrow personally favored keeping
him, Attorneys Scott and Davis, his
associates, opposed. The man was
Samuel Mendenhall, millionaire farm
er, who admitted he knew Fredericks
we'll, but said he had little use for
him. AS a general proposition he
thought unions all right, but feared
they occasionally went wrong. AS
soon as the defense decides what to
do in his case, the box will be filled
and Interrogation will be renewed,
there being fifteen members of the
fourth panel still available.
AS exclusively stated in the Unit
ed Press more than a week ago, the
defense vii next week renew its mo-
tion for change Of judge. Both Nc
Namaras will repeat their original
affidavits and add thereto the action
of the court in refusing challenges
against Talesman Frampton, who said
he believed Mcnamara guilty, but
was willing to acquit if he were
proved innocent, and Talesman Win
ter, Mckee and Case. They insist
also that it has been proven by the
record that the best attorney for the
state is not Fredericks but Judge
Bordwell himself. The defense law
yers are so worked up that they as
sert they are willing to go to Jail
for contempt if Bordwell forces the
issue, SO that they can get the Su-
preme Court of the United States
to pass on the questions involved,
which include the constitutional
rights Of a defendant. They will cite
Bordwell's ruling on the Morton case
yesterday where he eliminated the
veteran, whom, they say, was obvious
ly in full possession of his mental
faculties, because he admitted that
he was Socialist and kept Talesman
Case, whose answers were almost par
allel, because he is member of the
same fraternal organization as the
judge. The situation is tense.
Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. S.-The
Indiana Supreme Court today re-
fused to advance the hearing on the
motion to dismiss the appeal taken
by the international Association or
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
from the order of the Indiana State
courts, directing that the evidence in
the Mcnamara dynamiting cases be
turned over to the United States au-
thorities. The motion to dismiss the
appeal was made by the United States
authorities.