The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-05
J. B. Mcnamara Makes Detailed
Statement Fo.. Benefit
OF Prosecution I
lMPLlcATEs No ONE INDEEI
Details Will Be Made Public
Today After Bordwell
Sentences Brothers

i4as Angeles, Calf. Dec, A..
James b. WcNamara, who on Friday
y eaded guilty of having committed
murder, through dynamiting of the
Los Angeles Times building. wrote
his confession tonight and gave it
to the district attorney His broth
q. John j. Mcnamara, secretary OF
SO international Association ci
III Il se and Structural Iron Work
cra who pleaded guilty TO having
dy"aw.ted the Llewellyn Iron
Wc,'t; Ia Los Angeles. Dee. rs,
.ialp. \ dc no confession. 1t was
ssit, le was not asked or expected
To do 30,
Before James b. MeNamara's con-
iession was made, District Attorney
Fredericks declared he would not
give it out until after the men are
sentenced and tomorrow Is the day
for that proceeding by Judge Bord-
we'll.
Statement Is Brief.
1t was learned. however, that the
statement duplicates no one besides
the writer. 1t deals with nothing
except the actual happening insLe'
lAngelea.
Ii does not describe the trip frora
indianapolis west, nor tell whom
Mcnamara saw when he got here
nor is the name of any other person
brought into it,
Clarence S. Darow, chief counsel
for the defense, and LeCompte Davis
! visited the brothers this afternoon
They came away and later returned
accompanied by Fredericks.
No Stenographer Present.
| Z Observers waited for tho almos
inevitable addition to the party--ai
official stenographer None came
however
"Therell be 10 statement" wa'
tho word which went around
Rumors of complete re-adjustmen
Of the situation, including renewet
activity on the part of the prosecu
t!on, against persons not yet name;
in any criminal connection, flew
about.
Meanwhile in jail, James y. Me
Namara sat with block Of scraI
paper on his knee. writing his con
fesslon. more or less his own way
lie did It deliberately with care q
TO tho forming of the letters, a
y. b." does not take to wriiinI
as easily as his brother, and this wa
the supreme document of his life
When he had it done he passed t e
Darrow who read it and handed 1t t
Fredericks
Fredericks Takes Confession.
The names Of the witnesses wer
attached and Frederlcks buttono,
his coat over single piece of pap
err bearing, perhaps. 200 words,
The brothers nodded to the jailc
and filed back into the cells,
The limited scope of the confes
sion aroused much excitement to
night. While 1t was assumed tha
nothing else was suggested at IT,
time the confession was made, IT wa
questioned whether this was all th
state expected to obtain.
There was talk, also, regarding Il
influence on further prosecutions.
Prosecutor Is Willing.
The position of F'redcricks ha
been and was still, ne declared, tha
20 long as be was district attorney
he would proceed with what he con
sidered to be his duty, and that hay
ing information of alleged crimira
acts against anyone, he would in
vcstigate, If warranted, and prose
cute the supposed offenders.
There remains wde-sprea
sentiment here tonight that Il,
meager confession Is not disal
pointment, in so far as local official
are concerned, was not less than ha
been hoped for in other quarters 7
view Of tho nationwide aspect g
the situation, and would not be like
ly to deter more extensive prosecu
tions here,
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