Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-12-06
MCNAMARA BROTHERS
CONFESS THEIR CRIME
Sensations Denoument of the
Los Angeles Case
Plead Guilty of Blowing Up the Times
Building and Other Dyna-
mite Outrages.

Los Angeles, CAL, Dec. flames
B. Mcnamara pleaded guilty to murder
in the first degree in Judge Walter
Bordwell's court on Friday. His
brother, John j. Mcnamara, secre-
tary of the International Association
Of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers. entered a plea of guilty to
having dynamited the Llewellyn Iron
works in Los Angeles on Christmas
day, 1910.
James B. Mcnamara confession
clears up absolutely the tragedy of
the explosion and fire which at :07
O'Clock on the morning of Oct. 1,
1870 wrecked the plant of the Los
Angeles Times at First and Broadway
and caused the death of twenty -one
persons. For nineteen of these deaths
the Mcnamara brothers were indicted.
J. B. Mcnamara was on trial speci
fically for the murder of Charles j.
Haggerty. machinist whose body
was found nearer than that of any
other to the spot where the dynamite
was supposed to have been placed.
SENTENCES ON DEC. 5
Date of sentence for both men was
set for Dec 5. when it is expected
District Attorney John d. Fredericks
will ask for life imprisonment for
James B. Mcnamara, the confessed
murderer. and probably fourteen
years FOR his brother. The mems
lives are considered saved. The
great contention that the los Angeles
Times was not dynamited is dead
beyond resurrection or argument.
Friday night as the Cwo brothers
sat together in the county Jail,
refusing to see any one or make any
statement, an interest second only to
the occurrence itself hung about the
question with reference TO James B.
Mcnamara: why did he confess %
To this opposing counsel gave the
same answer.
HE confessed because he was
guilty, and that's all there is to it, =
declared District Attorney Fredericks.
HOW CASE NOW STANDS
A summary of the days happ2n-
ings included the following incidents:
J4mes B. Mcnamara pleaded guilty
to having placed a dynamite bomb
under the Les Angeles Times build
ing in October, 1910 causing the
death of twenty -one persons.
John j. McNamara. secretary
IL easurer of the International Associa-
tion Of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers, brother of James B., did not
enter q plea at this time to the in
dictmeut similarly entered against
him for the Times explosion. but
when he is arraigned next Tuesday it
is virtually certain proceedings
against him for this charge will be
dismissed as the state adults it has
no evidence connecting John j.
Mcnamara directly with this parti
cular disaster.
John j. Mcnamara, however,
pleaded guilty 10 the charge Oh
having caused the explosion of the
Llewellyn Iron works. in which no
fatalities occurred.
JUDGE TO FIX SENTENCE
District Attorney John D. Fredericks
will recommend life Imprisonment
for James B. and ten years for john
j., but Judge Walter Bordwell alone
can fix the sentence.
Ortie E. McManigal, who confessed
to having actually blown up the
Llewellyn Iron Works here IN Deem
Der, 1910, at the direction of john j.
McNa mara will be brought to trial,
but it is expected the state will
recommend a light sentence because
he turned states evidence.
Bribery charges against Bert E.
Franklin a detective employed by the
McNamara defense. probably will be
dropped now as irrelevant to tbs main
issue
This completes the part of the state
of California in the affair.