Weekly journal-miner., 1911-12-06

nearer than those of any of the others to the scene of the explosion. December ., when it is expected that District Attorney Fredericks will ask for A life sentence for ]. B. Me. Namara and probably from ten to fourteen years for !. ]. MrNamara. The mcn's lives are considered saved. The great contention that the Los Angeles Times was blown up by gas and not by dynamite Is dead beyond resurrection. Why Did He Confess7
 Tonight as the two brothers sat in the county jail refusing to see any. one or make any statement. an in. terest second only to the occurrence itself. hung about the question; "why did he confess,"
 1o this the opposing counsel gave the same answer:
 boeaubo Ah' Wao | "Iie confessed because he was guilty and that's sll there is to it." said District Attorney Fredcricks.
 Presented a Stone Wall.
 ''' He vas counsellcd to confess be | cause that was the best thing he could do in the opinion of his coun. sel, v declared Attorney Clarence s. Darrow. tonight. "i will say now that there was no other reason or motive tn it I've studied this case for months. IL presented a stone wall"
 Was Darrow's statement made sf ter looking squarely in the face the charges that the recent arrest of Bert II. Franklin. the investigator for the defense and two others with him, might have precipitated situation that would be untenable save by the ! confession of the prisoner.
 Not Done Hastily. . Negotiations have been on for weeks" asserted Darrow and this vas corroborated by District Attorney Fredericks. "we expected at one time that Jim would confess last Monday. but he did not"
 No External Pressure.
 Darrow denied that external pres. sure had been exertsd from union labor sources and from socialistic sources as General Harrison Grey Otis tonight charged in an informal statement, that the municipal election to be held next Tuesday in which Job Hartman, one of the counsel for MeNamsrs and candidates for mayor carried any weight. IL was learned that Hartman was not consulted at sil in the deliberations of the coun- sel for the defense. White, gaunt and hoarse. Hartman leaned against the wall of his office and confirmed this.
 Why Harriman Was Not Consulted
 "The trial has nothing to do with local issues.' he said. "I was not called into conference because the other attorneys said they did not wish the local situation brought into it I knew nothing of 1t until it happened. !"
 Brothsrly Affection. Brotherly affection bordering on worship it became known tonight was what brought about James n. Me. Nsmara's confession through s de. sire to save his brother from the necessity of confes.ing to anything at all but he held hack day after day the word that would end the trial.
 John isn't in on this desl,n the pslefsced man reiterated with an in. sistence born of the one great idea. CT don't care what happens to me. {"
 Hts state of mind was known to District Attorney Ftederieks who was m communication about it continually with Dsuow and his colleagues of the defense, Attorneys Leeompte Davis, Joseph Scott and Cyrus McNutt of Indiana.
 Final Decision.
 The solution wss finally found in the proposition that John J. McNa. mara plead guilty to dynamiting the Llewellyn Iron works for which he and ortie MeManigal were jointly indicted