Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-02
THE NJ NAMARAs'
CONFESSION.
Country Startled by Acknowledg-
ments by Accused of Their
Guilt.
TO CONTINUE INVESTIGATION.
More Arrests TO he Made-Sen>at'ons ih
Case said to Have I'ut Commenced
Fate Of McNamaras Now in Hands ui
Judge B"rdwell. !.

Los Angeles. Cal. Dec. Mnr'
der will out.
That ancient adage was brought
home with peculiar force today le
the thousands OF men and women
who had pinned their faith on the
declaration OF Clarence S. Darro"
and James and John Mcnamara, that
the Mcnamara brothers were innocent
of the crime of year ago last Octo'
her, when twenty-one lives were sac.
rificed in an explosion and for the
DESTROYED building OF the Los Angeles
Times.
With the confession Of the two
men the mystery has been cleared
and the brothers today sit in closely
guarded cells in the old county jail
waiting for the words that will send
one at least-James-tO the gloomy
old San Quentin prison for the re-
mainder Of his life.
John Mcnamara. the bralnlef OF
the pair. the astule labor leader, VINO
admitted devising the dynamite con-
spiracy which included the country
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. faint
" hopes he will get off with TWEEN
ty-year sentence which may mean
freedom after trife more than II
years Imprisonment.
The brothers slept we'll last night
despite the sensation their unexpected
confessions in open court had caused.
According to Jail officials. when theE
returned TO their cells after their
pleas of guilt yesterday. they seemed
like men from whose minds a great
load had been removed. Both snpped
heartily and during tho evening sa'
for hours conyersing in low whispered
tones. What they said-what person
al confessions were made 10 each
other in those gloomy hours OF the
early evening-only they knew.
Their jailers did not disturb them
hut the movements OF both were very
closely watched. Rumor that one or
both might contemplate suicide mad
been circulated and there was not a
single instant during the night that
they were not under the close scrut-
iny of at least two pairs OF eyes. TWO
old and experienced jailers having
been assigned to watch them.
Attorneys Darrow and Davis alb
solutely deny any connection with a
bribery plot. They assert that II
there was such 4 plot it certainly did
not originate in their Offices.
The fate of the NcNamaras rests
solely with Judge Walter Bordweli.
Tuesday morning at ten o'clock the
prisoners will appear before him for
sentence. The court is expected TO
heed the plea of District Attorney
Fredericks and give J. B. Mcnamara
a life sentence, and John Mcnamara
n term of II 10 90 years.
Meanwhile, there is considerable
discussion as to the fate of Ortie Nc
Manigal, whose confession 70 Detec-
tive William j. Burns, caused the
NTcNamaras undoing last winter
.McManigal will plead guilty. but
his confession has assisted the state
in it's case so much that District At
tornev Frcdericks is under definite
promise to do all in his power for the
informer.
Fredericks last nigh, promised Nc
Laren. one OF the Burns operatives,
that he would ask the court TO give
Mechanical as light a sentence as pos
sible
Los Angeles. Cal, Dec. 2.-lt was
learned here today that detectives
employed in the MacNamara prose
cution have been keeping a number
of persons in indianapolis and in var
ious California cities under surveil-
lance for the past two weeks and that
arrests vii. be made as soon as the
Federal Grand Jury at Indianapolis
makes it's report.
While no statements are issued IL
is privately stated by persons fam!l'
Jar with the prosecution that The
sensations in connection with the Nc
Namara case have just started.
An order was issued today by the
district attorney Snat nobody world
be permitted to see the Mcnamara
brothers except when other witnesse:
are present.
Washington. Dec. 2.-The first OF
fetal statement from the headquar
ters OF the A. F. OF L. was made to