The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-12-07
Big FUND IS GONE
The $4,000 Which Was Raised
for Mcnamara Defense, Al
ready Expended.

ready Expenueu'
Los Angeles, Dec. 2.-From labor
unions throughout the country are
coming demands that the 100000
which labor subscribed for the de-
Tense of the McNamaras, be return
ed or diverted to some other use.
This cannot be done. Clarence s.
barrow, chief of counsel for the
defense, admitted tonight that the
major part of this great sum al
ready has been expended.
Mr.. barrow said that $4,000 had
been raised and had been placed in
his hands to expend as he saw fit.
Asked if il would be refunded, he
said that he did not see how it
could be, and added:
When II Has Wings.
Money flies fast, very fast, and
in a case like this it has wings. OF
course, the trial to date did not
cost much, but preparation for the
handling of witnesses and evidence
exhausted much Of the funds. A
greater part already has been spent,
and an accounting will be rendered
as to every detail. We have been
up against it for funds right along.
We have been wondering for some
time how we could get very far
with the means at our disposal"
barrow Near a Breakdown.
Friends of Attorney barrow fear
that he is on the verge of a ply
steal breakdown. In the last few
nights he has tossed about rest
lessly in his sleep and has eaten
little. His face today was white
and haggard. Never before in his
life, he admitted, had he encoun-
tered so terrible a strain. He was
optimistic about his health, how
ever, declaring he had faith in his
strong constitution.
Feeling that he had done his best
for the McNamaras, Attorney OAR
row received in bitter silence the
attacks which he assumed to be
aimed at him in comments of labor
leaders.
They will all understand in time"
he said. Il never told Samuel Com
pers or anyone else that J. B. Nc
Namara was innocent. | always
had believed, however, that John J.
had nothing to do with the Times
disaster, though | learned of his
connection with the Llewellyn ex-
plosion. Whatever information
came to Mr.. Gompers about the
guilt or innocence OF the McNa-
maras probably came from the ac-
cused men themselves.
Attorney barrow declared. fur
thermore, that he originally did not
want TO defend the McNamaras, but
had been persuaded to do so by
union leaders. Even on learning
their guilt later, he said, he felt
he was right in saving human life.
Attorney barrow does not believe
in capital punishment.
McNamaras Closely Guarded.
Over in the gloomy Jail, closely
guarded by a half dozen picked
deputies, John J. and James B. Me
Namara sat in gloomy silence in the
early hours of tonight. In their
case the reaction was over and they
were realizing what it all meant.
They are being carefully guarded,
as in their depressed condition
self-murder is admittedly feared
by the jailer and his attendants.
For few hours only today both
men declared they had done the
best way they could, and were glad
it was all over. Then came the
word that away back in her lonely
home in Cincinnati their heart
broken old mother was Historically
proclaiming their confession had
been forced from them and that
they were still innocent in her
motherly mind.
Within a few hours kilograms be-
gan coming in from the men who
had believed them innocent and
who had stood by them in their
fight for freedom. First of these
was from a noted labor leader
whose name was withheld. In it
he said:
Have just received the damnable
Story in the evening papers. II is
hard to believe whether you are
insane or in league with the forces
OF capital that determined TO crush
the wage Garner at any cost"
From that time on the kilograms
OF protest kept coming. Many were
so strong in tone that there was
wonder openly expressed that the
telegraph companies had not held
them up. All were read by the
two men and carefully destroyed.
Neither had anything 10 say for
BY order of the sher-
III all access TO the two men was
refused. They have agreed 10 ten
their story to the district atiornev.
aud 1t Is expected the first mixing
Of IL viii come next Tuesday when
they stand al the bar Of lastice.
When an attempt was made 70 ask
them what they thought of the LET
fef II Samuel f...ss4s.ss,. - - a..