The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-11-30
N 'NAMARA TRIAL
DEVELOPSTHREE
SEPERATEF FIGHTS
ATTORNEY DARRoW WILL Di-
RECT CASE FOR ALLEGED BRts-
ERS AND DYNAMITERS.
Franklin Gets Cash Bail-Three Men.
to Be Tried for Alleged Attempt to
Blow Up Hall of Records While 1t
Was Being Constructed.

Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. 29.-Three
battlefelds instead of one loomed up
today before District Attorney John
ID. Fredericks and Clarence S. Dar-
row. chief counsel for James b., and
John j. Mcnamara, Jointly indicted
for murder in connection with the
Los Angeles Times explosion October
1, 1910.
Besides the daily clash before Judge
Walter Bordwell, in the case of James
B. Mcnamara, the opposing chiefs
viii direct their attention also to the
latest development-the arrest of
Burt H. Franklin, an ex deputy United
States marshal, on a charge Of having
briber a prospective juror in the Nc
Namara case and of having attempted
to influence the verdict of the jury.
A preliminary hearing was set ror
today by justive of the peace, and
counsel for the McNamaras, who yes
terday furnished $4,000 cash bail
for Franklin, will wage a vigorous
fight to clear him of the charges.
Third battle-ground.
Approaching too, is the trial Of Ii.
B. Connor, A. b. Maple and F. Ira
Bender, indicted by the grand jury
for an alleged attempt to dynamite
the hall of records in August, 1910,
the same building then under Don-
struction but now completed that
furnishes ahe HtaBe for the central
McMamara trial. The trial of the trio
is scheduled to begin on December ~,
and viii be a third meeting ground
as counsel for the McNamaras Will
also defend the three men indicted,
all of whom are members of the iron
workers union.
Both District Attorney F'redericks
and Attorney Darrow therefore faced
today the prospect of distributing
their assistants to handle the ramifi-
cations Of these cases. From the regu-
lar proceedings of the McNamara trial
Attorney Darrow designated his right
hand man, LeCompte Davis, to take
charge today of the Franklin defense.
1t is a tentative arrangement, how
ever, and additional counsel may be
secured later. Attorney Darrow has
been considering this contingency in
connection with the trio indicted for
the alleged attempt to destroy the hall
Of records.
Ranks Are Trimmed
The ranks Of the district attorneys
office likewise have been thinned
since Assistant District Attorney Jo-
seph Ford now will handle the case
against Franklin for the prosecution,
while G. Ray Horton, chief trial dep
uty, will look after the hall of rec
ords case for the state.
Gossip in the court room today
where James B. Namara's trial was
continued, centered before court CON
yened in the arrest of Franklin and
The hearing set for today AS far as
the eight sworn jurors and one man
passed for cause were concerned the
deputies as usual carefully censored
the newspapers and no knowledge of
the alleged bribery attempt had
reached them. Once yesterday coun-
sci for the state referred to Franklin,
asking a talesman if Franklin ever
visited him, but he did not develop the
point far enough to indicate that
which earlier in the session caused a
hustle of excitement among attorneys
for both sides.