The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Either Liberty or Death for McNa-
mara, Nothing Else is Wanted
by Attorney Clarence
Darrow.
LOOKING TOWARD EAST
Indianapolis Proceedings overshadow
the Los Angeles End Of the
Case Of sAe Alleged
Dynamiter.

hey VIII either hang Jim Mcnamara
or turn him loose. I'll stand for no
verdict that will sop the conscience OIL
ene men who want to justify the kid
naping of my clients. The district
attorney may tell the jury that if they
doubt the efficiency of his circum-
stantial evidence they can find him
guilty and fix the punishment at life
Imprisonment but I won't stand for
that Liberty Or death must be his
portion"
Enfaged over the ruling of > Judge
bordWell that the defense cannot
challenge man who is convinced that
Jas. B. Mcnamara is guilty of the
Times explosion but who says he
would not hang any man on testimony
based on circumstantial evidence,
Clarence S. Darrow, chief counsel for
James B. Mcnamara, declared to-
night that, after the evidence is all
in, he will demand acquittal or death
sentence. Darrow contends that the
courts ruling is wrong and insists
that District Attorney Fredericks is
willing to take non-hanging iury II
convinced the jury leans his way and
is almost certain to convict if it will
not have to take the responsibility of
sending the accused man to the gal
lows.
Fredericks merely smiled when Oar
rows statement was shown him.
Judge. Bordwell was oc
cupied with a civil case, there was no
session Of the Mcnamara trial today
When court reconvenes on Monday
the work OF trying to complete the
jury will be resumed With three
permanent and three tentative Jurors
In the box, it is believed the box can
be again filled SO that the exercising
lof presemptory challenges may again
be reached not later than next Thurs.
day.
The direct charge that the big
business interests of the United
States, who are allied with the Ma.
tional Association of Manufacturers in
! fighting the American Federation OF
Labor have taken hand in the Nc.
Namara case was made tonight by
Darrow.
They are behind the so-called fed
eral probe at Indianapolis he said
"and it is not bonafide probe, but
one designed to place new weapons in
the hands of Detective Burns in his
organized campaign to discredit the
entire labor movement.
Darrow, however, declared the Ma
tional Erectors' Association and its
allies have over-reached themselves
and will fail in their object.
Meanwhile the indianapolis proceed.
ings overshadowed everything else
here. Little attention is being paid to
the selection of the jury that will try
Jas. B. Mcnamara for the actual blow.
ing UP of the Times.
Both prosecution and defense were
greatly interested in the reports from
Cincinnati that Frank Eckhoff, one of
j. J. McNamara's boyhood assistants
had Joined the Burns forces and is aid.
ing the Burns operatives in working un
the case against the brothers. Dis.
trict Attorney Fredericks referred all
inquirers to Burns who is not here
The detectives chief lieutenant. how.
ever, refused to discuss the subject.
Darrow read the Cincinnati advices
very carefully then said:
well, that is about the way the
Burns men have been working in The
case ever since the outset. / don't
know what Eckhoff knows but If he
comes into court we will have a
chance to cross examine him and
maybe, the public will learn some
something