Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-05-03
ALL EAGER
y 1T FOR TRIAL
Judge Walter Bordwell Will
Preside in Los Angeles
Dynamite Case
JAMES MCNAMARA IDENTIFIED
As One of Four Men Who In
quired for California Explo.
sive Plants.

(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican)
Los Angeles, Calf, May 3.-Since
it has been virtually assured that
Judge Walter Bordwell, of the Super
ior Court of this county, will preside
at the trials of John J. Mcnamara
and his brother, james B. McNanar-
ra. charged with dynamiting, both the
prosecution and the defense are busi-
ly preparing for the formal arraign-
ment of the men.
The arraignment will afford L. M.
Rappapport, leading counsel for the
Mcnamara brothers, his first oppor-
tunity to see the indictments and
decide whether or not to attack their
legality He has announced that the
policy of the defense will not be one
OF delay.
D. F. Young of Alhambra, a suburb
nj Los Angeles, has identified James
Mcnamara as one of party Of four
men who sailed with him September
6, 1910, on the Steamer Mandalay for
/ San Pedro to San Francisco. He said
one of them asked him about the To-
cation of explosive plants in the
nelghborhood of San Francisco This
one answered the description of NJ
A. Schmitz, according to Young.
| Threats for Burns.
Los Angeles, May 3.--When he
| appeared at his Office today, District
Attorney John D. Fredericks was con-
fronted by pile of mail concerning
the dynamiting cases. Some of the
letters contained threats OF death for
all concerned in the prosecution of
/ the McNamaras. One of these, sign ed
with the name NJ. ). Schmidt. was
from man in New York, who claim
| ed to be the "Cocky'' Schmidt. who
was indicted with Bryce and Caplan
as Times dynamiter. The letter
was dated April 26, and it's writer as
serted that the McNamaras were in
nocent. Il am the man who set the
bomb" it read in part, ''but Burns
is not smart enough to catch me. q
sail for Europe tomorrow, but will
return when this trouble is over. and
4 if the McNamaras are convicted
will avenge them. will kill yor
and Burns like dogs. If you prose
cute those poor labor men you viii
prosecute yourself
i Weaving the Net Closer.
i San Francisco, Calf, May 3.-Franh
H. de Pue, local officer of the state
bureau of Identification, received from
Los Angeles today, copies Of the
finger prints of ]. B. Mcnamara. They
! will be compared with finger mark;
found on the Launch Pastime, in
which dynamite from the Giant Pow
der Works used in the Los Angeles
Times explosion, was brought acros:
San Francisco bay to this city.
! McManieal Helps State.
| Los Angeles, Calf, May 3.-An in
icident denoting the complete under
standing of Ortie McManigal, the al
LEGGED confessed dynamiter, with the
district attorneys office, occurred to
iday when District Attorney Freder
icks held an interview of three quar-
ters of an hour with Mechanical il
his cell in Jail. A stenographer fro:r
the district attorneys Office. tool
down McManigals statements. Mr.
Fredericks declined to reveal the sub
ject of his interview, but it is be
lieved to have had to do with the ar
raignment of the prisoners which il
expected to take place within th<
next two or three days.