The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-07
LEos. cattle BEGUN.
WILL Be HARD FOUGHT


Los Angeles, CAL, July 5.-John
j. Mcnamara, secretary-treasurer Of
the International Association 'Eof
Bridge and Structural Ironworkers.
and his brother, James B. Mcnamara,
charged with murder by the use of
dynamite in connection with the ex-
plosion which wrecked the building
of The Los Angeles Times. will ap-
pear in court today and plead not
guilty to the indictments found
against them. .ss..
Today's hearing marks the be-
ginning of a legal battle which Will
undoubtedly be more bitterly con-
tested than any which has 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 mean
time the opposing forces of lawyers
and detectives are piling mp evil
dence and spending money without
stint.
Defended BY barrow.
Clarence S. barrow, the distin-
guished Chicago attorney who sue
cessfully defended Meyer, Haywood
and Pettibone, the leaders of the West
ern Federation of Miners, in their
trial in Idaho for the murder OF
former Governor Steunenberg, will
be chief counsel for the defense. He
will probably be assisted by Judge
C. B. Hilton of Pomona, CAL, who
was associated with Darrow at Boise;
Job Hartman, Leo Rappaport OF
Indianapolis, and Cleveland Dam.
attorney for the San Francisco
Building Trades Council. Several
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 I'M
ions all over the country are pouring
a golden food into the Golfers of
the bridge and ironworkers' union.
Fredericks for Prosecution -
District Attorney John D. Freder.
icks will have charge of the prose
cution, with many able. assistants.
Detectives at his disposal are bus
lily engaged in unearthing new eyi-
dence and alleged confessions, and
the sleuths of the defense are in
turn shadowing- the detectives. EN-.
ployed by the prosecution. 8
From recent developments it is
expected that the prosecution will
present its case something along this
order: u
Testimony of victims and. expert
witnesses to prove that the Los An
geles Times building was destroyed
by dynamite, and testimony Of rela-
tives to establish the number of per
sons killed. '.S, -
Confession of Ortie e. McMani-
gal, and other alleged corroborating
confessions and evidence.
Will Swear He Was Bryce.
Testimony of about seventeen wit
nesses who will swear that j. b.
Mcnamara was in California last
fall under the name of ]. B. Bryce.
An endeavor will be made to prove
that Bryce" was seen in the neigh
borhOod of the Times building on
October 1 last, when the explosion
occurred.
The case against ]. B. Mcnamara
will include correspondence supplied
by McManigal, books found in Nc
ny nd
wires and dynamite found in In
dianapolis. Detective w. j. Burns.
who worked upon the case against
the McNamaras and who was recent.
ly indicted in indianapolis for the al
legged kidnapping of the accused men.
will probably be the principal wit
ness.
The defense is expected to first
attack the allegation that the
Times building was DESTROYED
by dynamite and will in
troduce the testimony of experts 10
prove that the explosion was due
to gas.
The Mechanical Confession.
AS to the McManigal confession,
it will probably be alleged that Nc
Manigal was in the pay of anti-union
manufacturers and witnesses will be
called to establish an alibi for the
Mcnamara brothers. In every case
where the two brothers are said by
McManigal to have been at as@ceFs
tain place at a certain time, the de-
tense is expected to call hostsof
witnesses to prove that the men
were in other localities. This phase
of the defense, it is alleged, will not
depend entirely upon the testimony
of labor men, but will include the
statements of hotel clerks and the
introduction of hotel registers.
Handwriting experts will be called
to prove that letters alleged by Nc
Manigal to have been written by j.
J. Mcnamara were not written by
him, but by some person who at
tempted to initiate the handwriting
of the labor leader YsS
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