The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-02
M'NANARA BATTLE
ENDS when JAMES
ENTERS GUILTY PLEA
John J. Knew Nothing Of Elan To Blow Up Los
Angeles Daily Times Building, But Pleads
Guilty To Charge Of Dynamiting
Iron Works
SENSATIONS FOLLOW CLOSELY TO ADMISSIONS
After Weeks Trying To Get Jury Greatest Case In Labor History
Comes To A Halt So Suddenly As To Dumfounder News
paper Readers-Comnens OF Labor Leaders And
Others On Th. Confession
SENSATIONS FOLLOW CLOSELY TO ADMISSIONS

Los Angeles, Calf, Dec l.
James B. Mcnamara plss'sd guilt,
to murder III the first decree this
afternoon. HIS brother. JOHN j.,
secretary of the Intern ,tcnal Aseo-
citation of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers, pleaded guilty to
having dynamited the Llewellyr
Iron Works in Los Angeles, on
Christmas day, 1910.
James B. McNamara's confession
clears up completely the tragedy q
the explosion and fire which wrec?-
ed the plant Of the Los Angeles
Times and caused the death Of TWEEN.
ty-one persons.
For nineteen of these deaths the
Mcnamara brothers were indicted
end J. B. Mcnamara was on trial
specifically for the murder of Charlie
J. Haggerty, a machinist, whose
Eody was found nearer that than any
other to the spot where the dyDa-
mite was supposed to have been
placed.
Both mems sentences were set
for Dec. 5 when it was expected Dis
trict Attorney Fredericks will ark
for life Imprisonment for James B.
Mcnamara, the confessed murderer
and probably fourteen years for his
brother. 80. ..
The mems lives are considered
saved.
The principles of the teachings of
j sus Christ as they wer'i understood
by crowd of hard-headed busine 's
men settled the Mcnamara mNrder
trial today. Nothing e'se ertcaed
in. This was learned late toniSht
from unimpeachable authority aad
was confirmed By c. s. Darrow
Lincoln Steffens, n magazine
writer and student Of political at-
fairs, brought from the "gcl!cn
rule town of Toledo, o.. tHcoiy
on Christianity in politics which
was presented to leaders il Los An
geles business life, discussed al d
finally adopted for them by Darrow
as counsel for the defense and frally
by the prosecution.
Business Accepts Plan.
The plan was first broachcd to
on or two men, these sounded 1t, to
others and in the end th' great IN
huences behind the bll ;iness and
loliticai life in California and of he
state accepted it, For this reason IL
was declared tonight tn McNanara
trial instead Of being. pushed 20 4
desperate conclusion with inexitaLle
uncertainty, number OF counter
charges came to q conclusion gladly
accepted by the defense.
The great contention that the Los
Angeles Times was not dynamite |
Is dead beyond resurrectiou or al GU
ment.
Tonight as the two brothers sat
, together in the county jail refusing
to see any one or make any state
ment, an interest, second cnly to It.
self hung about the question with
reference to James B. Mcnamara
why did he confess?"
Confesses for Guilt.
To this opposing counse, gave the
same, answer, "IIe confessed be ?anse
he was guilty and that's all there Is
to It," declared District Attorney
Fredericks. .te
"He was counseled to confess be.
cause that was the best thirs nc
could do in the opinion Of counsel :
said Attorney Clarence $ Darrow
for the defense.
II will say now that thsre IS nc
otner reason or motive in It. nave
studied this case for months. Il pre-
gented a stone wall.