The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-11

CuueplTdcy III his case as IL would be
II John were tried.
Crowds Attend.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 1.-THE
trial Of Jas. B. Mcnamara, charged in
indictments with the murder of the
tWenty-one persons who lost their
lives when the Los Angeles Times
building was destroyed by an explo.
sion one year ago, opened here today
u a special court room in the hall OF
justice before Superior Judge Walter.
Bordwell Following the trial OF
James B. Mcnamara his brother John
Y. Mcnamara, secretary of the Bridge
and Strliot1fafsIron+ Workers of Amer
lea, will face jury on the same
cnarge 1t being alleged that he paid
ior and Instituted the blowing up of
the Times.
when Judge Bordwell took his seat
on tne bench the small room was pack
90 almost to suffocation. There were
dozens OF reporters, special writer's.
ai.ists and photographers present be-
siaes the imposing array Of legal tai
ea. LOT both sides. Representing the
uelense We're: Clarence Darrow. chief
,ounsei, assisted by Lecompte Davis,
sos Scott, Job Hartman, Cyrus Nc
Au.t and ]. ]. Harrington. For the
r.a'e were; District Attorney John D.
rfeoericks, in charge of the prosecu.
.on and his assistants, w. J. Ford, G.
nay Horton and Arthur veitch.
long before the time for the trial
70 start, huge crowd assembled in
mont OF the hall of justice, everyone
hoplng for a seat or at least a GLIMPSE
= 'ne accused. Few succeeded in get
.us inside the court, as there was but
'som for only dozen or more after
PAGES had been taken by the lawyers,
Aa"sirper representatives and court
attaches
me prlsoners were brought to court
aahu.cuffed together but apparently
confident of victory.
immediately upon the opening of the
.iai the defense introduced a motion
~ q change of judges, charging that
.uuse Bordwell was prejudiced against
.ue defendants. This motion was i'm
mediately denied.
me defense then demanded sepa-
.a'e trials for the Mcnamara brothers
NV me prosecuting attorneys retired
= CONFER regarding this situation.
me actual trial will not start until
Jury is selected. which will take at
,yas' ,0a week, If not more, and proably
wv VIII be examined before twelve
~ ,'n are round who will be acceptable
y oolh defense and prosecution The
se.ection of the jurymen will be hotly
soa'ested by both sides.
on the night of October i, 1910 an
~, ssploslon turned the Los Angeles
.a lines building into an inferno of
..s.ea ,. steel and flame. Ink was scat
bnnu. ,u ior half block, windows In
tsnuings across the street were shat
ns,' aeu oy the concussion. Inside of a
H.. nl'e the entire building was seeth-
~ VI names. Caught ike rats
s s0, efhpioyes fought blindly to get out.
sa'e succeeded, twenty-one died. Half
ono ao@en fell one by one through an
NJ, .sa pace in the floor and their
n,,. Ia'es We're burned to crisp. Others
ssased s.nsed blindly through the roaring
daa.e and through open windows to
c,as 'n ON the sidewalk below. Others
,os @ !. 10 the window sills, shrieking
~ the nets until the flames burned
wsa. s hngers to the bone and they
Az Nv plunging to death, while hun
r..l vus OF spectators groaned and
non soned the doomed men. They were
'Serless to help.
M. ne prosecution will try to prove
-. sohn Mcnamara engineered and
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