The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-12-14
MCNAMARAS SENTENCED
las. 3. Sentenced for Life; John j.
Gets Is Years.

The full text of the confession by
James b. Mcnamara, given to Dis
trict Attorney Fredericks, was made
public by Mr.. Fredericks. 1t follows:
II. James b. Mcnamara, defendant in
me case of the people, having hereto
ore pleaded guilty to the crime of
If facts:
And this is the truth On the night
II sept 30, 1910, at 5:45 p m. / placed
n INK Alley, portion OF the Times
building, suitcase containing 16 sticks
'f so per cent dynamite set to eXllode
1t l o'clock the next morning.
it was my Intention to injure the
building and scare the owners. / did
lot intend to take the life of anyone.
sincerely regret that these unfortun-
tie men lost their lives. If the giving
would gladyly give it, In fact in plead
ng guilty to murder in the first de-
gree, have placed my life in the hands
(Signed.) JAMES B. MCNAMARA"
The confession covers one side of
an ordinary sheet of paper and was
written with a fountain pen supplied
by one of the attorneys. 1t is proba-
bly, the only written statement of the
case that will ever be made by the
writer or his brother, John J. Nc
Namara, who pleaded guilty to dyna-
hitting the Llewellyn Iron Works.
John Joseph Mcnamara, secretary
Of the bridge and structural iron
workers, confessed and sentenced
felon, is now with his younger broth
err James Batuna Mcnamara, in San
Quentin prison.
For Is years John J. will serve
within the same walls for his con-
fessed part in dynamiting plots that
have reached from ocean to ocean.
James B. Mcnamara, the brother
who confessed he did the LOB" his
elder brother planned, and who said
he set the bomb that destroyed the
building Of the Los Angeles Times,
when 81 lives were lost, will spend
the rest TO his life in confinement.
The two men were sentenced by
Judge Walter n. Bordwell Led in
to court by sheriffs, the two men
waited while clerk was sent sour
rying out to get chairs for them. The
prison pallor on the face of the
younger man had been displaced by a
nervous flush. Nervously chewing
the gum between his teeth he looked
around the court room with quick
catlike glances, his head dropping
iOA w pi u OuloldC tic uClNOuo 10Y Ills
with his hands at watch chain that
dangled from his waistcoat, he dis
played no sign of nervousness.
A striking figure was John Joseph
Mcnamara, the elder brother, big,
strong and distinguished, as he stood
waiting for the days events. Both
men were dressed with extreme care.
Both wore black. ]. J. might have
been an attorney, to judge by his APP
pearance. He wore a high collar
around which was draped a black
tie. Presently the chairs were pro.
cured and the men sank into them.
Elaborate precautions were taken
to prevent any demonstration, or at
tack on any of the actors in the
closing scene Of the great drama. The
sentence was passed in a small court
room, near the Jail, so that the men
could be brought across a Bridge of
Sighs,' and not have to be escorted
through the streets. There were over
a hundred deputies, bailiffs and po-
licemen guarding the room and the
corridors. At one time the room was
cleared, and all who afterwards en-
tered it. who might in any way be
suspected. were searched. A heavy
bar was laid across the door so that
there might be no rushing" Of the
guards there