The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-02

ra If these deaths the McNamara hyetaefs Tere indicted and J. B. McNa- ra p5s on trial specifically for the nesr3er 6fs Charles J. Haggerty, ma tni0ist 3hose body was round nearer 1ha fhd of any other to the spot where the dynamite was supposed to have been placed.
 December was set as the date. to sen- tence both men and 1t is expected Dis trict Attorney John D. Fredericks will ask for life Imprisonment for James B. McNamara, the confessed murderer, and probably 14 years for his brother. Tho mems lives are the consideration saved The great contention that the Los An geIes Times was not dynamited is dead beyond resurrection or argument
 Tonight as the two brothers sat to- gether in the county jail, refusing to see anyone or make any statement, al interest second only to the occurrence itself hung about the question with ref erence 10 James B. McNamara-"Wh did he confess?'
 To this opposfn'3 counsel gave tiie sstnse answer.
 .IIe confessed because he was guilty and that sBau there is to it.'' declared District Attorney I'redericks.
 He was counseled to confess because that was the best thing he could do in the opinion of counsel" said Attorney Clarence s. Darrow chief of counsel T will say now that there was no other reason or motive in it. I've studied this case for months. It presented d stone wall''
 ',rhe Los Angeles Times building was blown up by James B. McNamara with nitroglycerine. to be sure but the bomb touched off the gas and gas really did it."
 Did you have to wrestle hard with the McNamara brothers to get that ad- mission?" he was asked.
 somewhat, but the facts have been overwhelming. Every loopnole was gath cred in by the state. As far as l am concerned. I felt that sooner or later it lad to come. Things were happening in which big people are interested. The movement was impellng. They wanted inc matter cleared up and feared fur ther bloodshed unless we opfiterated the incident from Los Angeles at once
 "Of course, feel that have helped the McNamaras by getting them to plead,
 
 sentenced to death.' ,ta
 This statement was made as looking suuarely in the face of charges that the recent arrest of Bert H. Franklin, an in vestgator employed by the defense and two others with him. might have precip Hated a situation untenable save by con- fession of the prisoner.
 Considered for Weeks
 Negotiations have been on for weeks, . asserted Darrow, and this was eorrobor- ated by District Attorney Fredericlls We expected at one time that Jim would confess last Monday but he did not said Darrow.
 Darrow also denied that external pres sure was exerted from union labor sources and socialist sources, as Gen. Harrison Gray Otis charged in formal statement or that the municipal election to be held Tuesday, in which Job Hartman, one of the defenses counsel, is candidate for mayor carried any weight. It was learned that Hartman was not consulted at all in the deliberations
 White, gaunt and hoarse. Hartman leaned against the wall of his office and confirmed this.
 ''The trial has nothing to do with local issues," he said. "I was not called into conference because the other attorneys said they did not want the local situa- tion brought into it. knew nothing of it until after it happened"
 A telegram from Darrow to Andrew Gallagher, San Francisco labor leader, confirmed this declaration.
 A brotherly affection bordering on wor- ship, it became known tonight, brought about James B. McNamara's confession. A desire to save his brother from the necessity of confessing anything at all held back day after day the word that would end the trial.
 Joe is not in on this dea,' the pale faced man reiterateda with insistence born of one great idee. '.I don't care what happens to me-
 His state of mind was known to Dis trict Attorney Frcdericks who commu- nfcated about it continually with Attor- ney Darrow and Darrow's colleagues, At torneys Lecompte Davis, Joseph Scott and Cyrus McNutt of Indianapolis. A solution finally was found in the propo- sition that John J. McNamara plead guilty to the dynamitng of the Llewellyn Iron Works for which he and Ortie Me- Manigal jointly were indicted.
 Took Only Few Minutes All of todays proceedings were Jumped in few minutes. At the morning ses- sion of court District Attorney Fredericks obtained an adjournnent until afternoon. This was considered plausible, because of registration warrants knowil to have been impending in connection with. the ]. coming election Faith In this theory Lawrence Sullivan, an investigator en- ericks' office. and that Attorneys Dar-