The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-11
McNamaras, En- term 6
Prison, Believe They
Are Misunderstood.
NOW OCCUPANTS
OF FELONS' CELLS
They Are Lodged in Penitentiary
at San Quentin, Where James
B. Must Remain for Life and
John ]. for Fifteen Years.
Welcome 1t as
Relief.

san Quentin, CAL, December 10.-The
Mcnamara brothers to-day entered SIM
anentin Penitentiary, where james d.
is condo mined to spend the remainder
of his life for his confessed crime Of
murder, and John j., secretsry of the
International Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers, 10 nentcnced
DO fifteen ycnrs' imprisonment for dynn-
hitting.
1t was James 3. who blow up the Los
Angeles Times building. October !, 1910
with the loss. Of twenty-one lives, and
John ]. who Allotted In wrecking part
OF the Llewellyn Iron Works. I'm Los
Angeles. the following Christmas Day.
The pleas entered by these men closed
their two cases and opened up n ma
tion-wide investigation. Including
probes by two Federal grand 1urles
Into series OF dynamitings reaching
from coast 10 coast and perpetrated
generally where labor differences ex-
listed to a marked degree.
Believe They Helped Cause
Ihc men entered the prison, 1t is
fairy authenticated. believing that
they had achieved much for the cause
OF union labor and had been misunder-
stood in their efforts and the results
they obtained.
Wh!rled from Los Angeles on a fns,
night train, the men were taken from
u NJ sunrise to-day. put on little river
steamer. and landed two hours and
half later at San Quentin Prison wharf.
on tho shores of san Pablo Bay The
shacHies which bound them together
On the boat trip were slipped OF. and
they toiied up the prison hill beside
Sherif William a. Hammel of Los An
gelcs county.
As the clock struck ten, John j. Nc.
Namara. preceded by Warden John
lioyie. stepped over the threshold OF the
prison door, with his brother directly
behind him. In five minutes James b.
Mcnamara had become convict 25Sl4,
ana John j. Mcnamara was No. 253i6
IheS were measured for jail clothing,
Photographed in two positions, given
n carbolic tinctured bath put into
stripes, shaved and cropped and re-
Photographed within an hour, and
turned over to John Murray. lIeuten-
ant OF the yard. who took them to cell
10. IN stone tier looking out over the
PRISONS upper yard,"'a great flower
garden.
Cell is adioins the tier of cells In
winch condemned murderers are kept.
Further down the row, toward the
other end, Is the cell of Abraham
Rueh' who is serving a fourteen-ye
sentence for bribery in connection with
the San Francisco graft cases. Rueff
is In cell g. 49,
soon after the men entered the TAIL
the prison bard began to play and
continued until j.. NJ At O'Clock
sunday dinner was served The Nc
Namaras were furnished with n nrison
made dinner card. done In three colors,
and marked San Quentin Grill" The
prisoners who devised 1t had taken
occasion to point out the attractions
of the place.
4 Prison wag.
Never since the opening In 1852
mas the san Quentin grill enjoyed a
better reputation or greater patron
age than under the present manages
ment," wrote the wag in stripcs. :
There are at present more than 1870
regular boarders taking their meals
at the grill. The cuisine and service
are unsurpassed. Some of the boarders F:
return six, eight and even ten times |
after trying other establishments The
location and climate are the finest
IN the world. Situated at the foot OF
Mount Tamalpais, basked in the grand
and glorious California sunshine,
famed by the breezes of San Pablo
Bay. the grill is an ideal resort the
S'car round
a list of house rules likewise lest
ins' fills the back page. The dinner
tho McNamaras ate consisted of corn
peer. brown gravy. steamed potatoes.
polled Deans. stewed dried fruit, coffee
cake, bread and coffee
The brothers passed the remainder
of the day in their cells. To-morrow
they Will begin work In the lutte mill.
Warden Hoyle said. but James n on
the advice of Sheriff Hammei. will be
examir I'd for tuberculosis. and If he
shows symptoms of 1t he will be given
ether work.
Slipped From Train.
Half dozen passengers, cranine
their necks from car windows, discov-
cred to-day that they had Travelled
all night with the IcNamaras as
train companions. Scores more had
walked through tho combination OBJ
servation and compartment car with
out hint that the brothers were
within reaching distance. At Car
duinez Straits station the men, hand
i5cuffed together. were slipped from the
J rear platform of tho observation car,
with Sheriff Hammel on one side and
\ Under Sheriff Robert T. Brain on the
other.
Chief OF Police Sebastian of Los An
4 geles. and cluster of deputy, sheriffs
Followed. The men were hurried to
tho little steamer Caroline, 100 Yards
nwaS Captain w. NJ. Leslie. who makes
The. daily trip from the Straits to the
prison. took them into the saloon. AZ
\ his REQUEST the men wrote their names
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