Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-10-19
CAS- BLAST WRECKED
TIMES IS THEORY
/. Of THE DEFENSE
WHO BELIEVE
OTHERWISE DISQUALIFIED
Clash Comes in Examination of
TaIesmen Summoned For
Service in Panel Which viii
Tv Mcnamara For Murder.
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III las Angeles. cal, Oct. lS.-Three
8,alesinan we're examined and one was
81 .yrused in the murder trial OF James
In. Mcnamara today.
81 what is considered one of the big
EsSsnes OF the trlal--whether a man
ENho believes firmly that the los An
Sreles Times building was destroyed
IN dynamite, is thereby disqualified
from serving on the jury-rested to-
HI nirht in the hands of Judge Walter
|#Nordwell who presides over the trial
zinstiuted to show whether James II.
HAlrNamara caused the death OF {. i.
|#1lnggerty. a machinist, who lost his
|#lit, m the Times explosion and fire.
IA Attorney Clarence $. Darrow and
& other counsel for the defense holding
|&hat tho Times explosion was caused
I'm aas and. that Mcnamara could
nm, have brought il about for This
|*aeason. argued today in court that a
|&ixed belief in the dynamite theory
|mreudiced the rights Of their client,
md that the talesman who held II
&Eeuld not be a fair juror.
81 District Attorney John d. Freder-
E5cks, for the state, compared the stu
n tlon to the case of the burned barn
which is OF record.
Isl "A man believing that the barn w9S
|Aurned. Yet having no opinion as to
|hshether the defendant burned II, was
III llowed to serve as n juror" he said.
Similarly a talesman may believe that
|Mhe Times building destroyed by dy-
|#hamitc and still have an open mind
|@begarding the defcndent in this case,
|zbs these men say they have"
an. a1.s.. Of foir
asked Attorney Darrow Of Fredericks,
u fter otto A. Jesson had testified that
* believed the Times was dynamited
N members OF officers Of trades
Ealnuions and that he thought he had
"a prejudice against unions but had
IN prejudice toward Mcnamara him
E$elf."
IA 1T certainly is" replied Freder-
cN.
# We'll lik@ your idea of fairness, f"
! laid Darrow, in low voice.
81 Judge Bordwell promptly interven-
Id and ordered the examination TO
Etr0ceed
~ Charles u. Chalfee, the man who
DAD been excused, was challenged for
Efansc, because his name was not on
|$hc Los Angeles county assessment
toll.
FL George W. Mckee, the other man
|Ihallenged, held the dynamite eXplos-
/ jon theory but expressed no animuS
|@oward union labor.
Isl A new line of inquiry was develop
Id by the defense in the examination
In Edward +. Decker, landscape
|4ardner.
|* Decker said he had never worked
|34or General Harrison Gray Otis, pub
/ ishcr of the Times, nor Harry Chand-
|sler, General Otis son-in-law. He said
hc had once belonged TO the Electric
workers union, but was called out on
[flrlkc and left electrical work for less
laneerous employment. He said he
Espad no prejudice against the prisoner.
III You could give a fair verdict? ,"
Fsked Attorney Darrow.
|# You wouldn't he afraid OF any dis
|}ayor Of the publie?"
## "NO"
|* "Or loss of money!"
F# "NO."
hi "Or loss of business
F# NO"
Ell ANY Of your family hold office ."
E MY brother in-law is game
farden.h
Is that office appointivc or elect
I've"
FL "Appointive."
d Decker was passed for the time
|#beng
f# EoWard Robinson, the talesman
lhder examination, when court ad-
ourhed tonight, said he was prejudic-
against the way labor unions ARE
Vhuucted in California" because of
III ulkes' He said he did not know
1hether he considered strikes legal
|RiSed.
|# lolesman Charles u. Chaffee was
naUenged by the defense and ex-
used on the ground that he is nn' on
he assessment roll. lie is the fifth
ff f'ah challenged and excused.
| me defense began today's work by
l'ulehging for cause George W. Nc
Zec' contractor, who said he had a
$Aeu opinion that the Los Angeles
hl'es was blown up by dynamite.
Ne STATE rested challenge and assist
|"' uislrlct attorney, G. Ray Horton
'1r,,,eulately y, took up the questioning
lhe challenge against Mckee Is in
#e win the avowed policy OF the
'ehSe under Attorney c. $. Darrow
|& y! To show that the Times build
|#s Was blown up by gas and that
|&a"rS |&,.t - Mcnamara, on trial for tho
|%""I OF Charles j. 1Iaggerty, who
% % klled in the Times disaster.
HI ou'u not have been responsible either
the explosion or for Haggerty's S
HI ne state holds that an opinion as
I'm tne cause of the explosion need
knch necessarily prejudice juror 10
&5oir ," , an extent that he cannot give n
|% Suuge Bordwell said he would pass
hi I'm m Mekee's eligibility later.
A. osilan otto O. Jenson, n farmer
eoi sald he had strong prejudice
Z .,pini moor unions and "a firm
N. ..vrn i,ion as To the cause Of thu Times
IN ALL Nt,or was challenged for cause
|5zhis hoIilneN barrow. He declared
|*tausaA mat the explosion was
|hnia, ~ dynamite and that labor
Erhnrl leaders were responsible Tor n.
onre e was a spirited colloauy between
q onr, "no were admonished hv the
81 a., n"t 10 show 50 much heat.
|&1ons me defense again chnllenyinp
"h Tor cause, district Attornay
z<lensor ehs reiterated his opinion thot
.rlars.aH was a fair juror. .lenson H.
bet ms belief was due Ia newsn,.
II Inaao magazine comment
'uose Bordwell also w,ihho,, -.