The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
The CONTEST WILL Be BITTER
Defense Expects to Try to Prove That
Building Was Destroyed by ExpIos-
ion Of Gas-McManisaIs Testimony
Will Also be Questioned.
(By Union Associated Press.)


Mcnamara. secretary-treasurer of the !
Internationd Association of Bridge |
and StruC ,.. lronworkers. and his !
brother Jiu. 3. Mcnamara, charged !
with murde ly the use of dynamite !
IN connect DIP. vs. II the explosion which |
wrecked the building of the Los Ange
les Times, will appear in court today
and plead not guilty to the indictments
found against them.
Today's hearing marks the begin
ming of legal battle which will un-
douhtedly be more bitterly contested
than any which has heretofore been
fought in the long warfare between
capital and labor in America The
trial itself will hardly begin before
September, and possibly not until the
first of next year. In the meantime
the opposing forces of lawyers and de-
tectives are piling up evidence and
spending money without stint.
Clarence S. Darrow, the distinguish
| Gu ShiSdSO dtlOlhCy WIZ ouCCCoolulls
defended Meyer, Haywood and Petit
bone, the leaders of the Western Fed
Grafton Of Miners, in their trial in
| Idaho for the murder of former Gov.
Steunenberg, will be chief counsel for
the defense He will probably be as
sisted by Judge o. B. Hilton of Po-
| nDr h., ,,,sfh
Darrow at Boise; Job Hartman, Leo
Rappaport of Indianapolis. and Cleve-
land Dam, attorney for the San Fran
cisco Building Trades Council. Sew
eral Los Angeles attorneys will also be
brought into the case in an advisory
capacity. There will be no lack of
funds for the defense, as labor unions
all over the country are pouring a
golden food into the Golfers of the
bridge and ironworkers' union.
District Attorney John D. Freder
icks will have charge of the prosecu
ton, with many able assistants De
tectives at his disposal are busily en-
gagged in unearthing new evidence and
alleged confessions, and the sleuths
of the defense are in turn shadowine
the detectives employed by the prose
cution.
From recent developments it is ex
pected that the prosecution will pre-
sent its case something along this
order
Testimony of victims and exper
witnesses to prove that the Los Ange
les Times Building was destroyed b!
dynamite, and testimony of relatives
to establish the number of persons
killed.
Confessions of Ortie T. McManigaly
and other alleged corroborating cor
fessions and evidence.
Testimony of about seventeen vii
nesses who will swear that j. B. No
Namara was in California last fal
= under the name of ]. B. Bryce. A
u endeavor will be made to prove tha
Bryce" was seen in the neighborhoo
of the Times building on Oct. las
when the explosion occurred.
The case against J. ]. McNamar
will include correspondence supple
by McManigal, books found in Nj
Namaras office and the clocks, wire
, and dynamite found in Indianapoli
Detective w. J.. Burns, who worke
up the case against the McNamars
and who was recently indicted in L
q dianapolis for the alleged kidnapir
e of the accused men, will probably |
e the principal witness.
1t The defense is expected to first a
lie tack the allegation that the Tim
h. building was destroyed by dynami
er and will introduce the testimony
v experts to prove that the explosit
lie was due to gas
as AS to the McManigal confession,
W will probably be alleged that McMal
er gal was in the pay of the anti-uni
Mt manufacturers and witnesses will
ce called to establish an alibi for the
be Namara brothers. In every ca
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