The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-06
JAMES B. GETS
LIFE AND u.
IS YEAR terms
Both Are SuEncned To Appear
Before Grand Jury 70
Tell Details.
JOHN j. FREAKS DOWN
kuticrs That lie Fought against !
Great Odds and Did Best !.
He Could.
JOHN J. FREAKS DOWN

Los Angeles. Calf, Doc 5.-Two
brothers, James Boyd ard John r
Mcnamara, natives OF Cincinnati,
o., the ono Slim, droop shoulders1
and pale faced with small eyes, ana
the other broad robust man II
ruddy couutepance. felt today tht
/ the strong hand OF justice, whiahT
they had long sought to cvade. /; ;a
former being sentenced 10 i,npriso II
mint for life aud the latter 10 q ~
teen years in the state penitentiary.
1t was The action OF the Law
against those iawless methods whi-h
John j. Mcaamara, secretaryTtrtaa-
urer Of the International Assocla.
liion Of fridge ard Structural Iwen
Workers, thought necessary no pnr-
sue In coping with what he regarafd
as the allpowerful opposition cr
capital.
Though the younger brother,
( James B.. informally presenting hs
confession TO the court today de-
clared he intended to murder no "a
when he placed dynamite benqesh
the Los Angeles Times building on
Nov. 1. 1910. when twenty-one Ter.
sons were Killed.
Fights Against Odds.
John J. Mcnamara recounting to-
night to his attorneys his princi-
pies, broke down as he muttered
that he fought against great od1s in
the best way he could.
II was sequel to the court room
scene earlier today when he received
his sentence in tears of abject sur
render.
For the crime of the Times BALD
ing explosion James B. was pun'sh-
ed. For directing the destruction
OF the Llewellyn Iron Works. where
in no lives were lost, John J. was
sentenced to fifteen years.
A few hours later the word went
forth that subpoenas had been issued
TO both men to appear before the fed
cral grand jury to divulge further
details of their dynamlting con-
spiracies.
In sentencing James D. Mcnamara
Judge Bordwell after citing his con-
fession, III which he said be did not
intend to kill anyone. In destroying
the Times, denounced the prisoner
asking why lie set OFF sixteen sticks
OF eighty per cent dynamite In
building, where he knew there wero
number Of comhustihles
Murderer at Heart.
The Judge told the prisoner tho
facts show he was q murderer &c
heart, and as such deserved the ex-
tremc penalty of the law, but y
was the wisdom OF the court that
he received a life sentence, which
had been recommended by the dis
triet attorney
In sentencing John TO fifteen
years, the Judge denounced nim al
most as vigorously as he did James
The Judges remarks affected John
greatly, tears being seen In his eyes
as he stood up TO receive sentence.
After sentences had been imposed
District Attorney Frederlcks said
that he considered the case just dis
posed ot, the most important crisis
in the history Of the country, since
the Civil War. and that the senten-
cling of the brother meant the pass
ing of the bludgeon from the ranks
OF Union Labor.
Scores Labor Hypocrites.
lie declared also that some OF the
men who were denouncing the Me-
Namaras were sincere. and some
were not. and some of those who are
making the loudcst cry were impll-
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