Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-05

he said, was not because Of merit as
to intent He then imposed sentence
of Is years in San Quentin prison.
The McNamaras were taken from
court back to jail Their counsel left
the room almost at once, and the
crowd filed out. Judge BordweT also
left at once, returning to his chambers,
The Mcnamara brothers faced to-
day the legal outcome Of their own
pleas Of guilty IN the sentences de-
termined for them by Judge Bord-
well. For both District Attorney
Fredericks desired clemency life i'm
prisonment for James B. and IA to
20 years Imprisonment for John J.
With the announcement of the pro-
posed plea for clemency came in
formation that the brothers had fur
nished information of great value in
the investigation Of an alleged far
reaching dynamiting conspiracy and
that both would be summoned before
the federal grand jury now in ses-
sion here.
ONLY PARTLY TRUE, BURNS.
Cleveland. Ohio, Dec. 5.-Detective
William ]. Burns today declared Nc
Namara's confession is only partly
true. and called attention to his failure
TO tell how he Knocked OF gas cocks
and flooded with gas the place where
the suit case nnea Kith dynamite Eax
put.
EARRowS FEE $4,000.
New York, Dec. 5.-Darrow's fee for
defending the McNamaras is not less
than $4,000, according to Secretary
Morrison of the American Federation
Of Labor, custodian Of the defense
funds. Morrison says over $500, 900
was subscribed to the Mcnamara fund,
and nearly all has been spent. Money
received since the confessions were
made he returned to the contributors.
Gompers, Morrison, and other labor
leaders, met here with counsel today
to discuss the Bucks stove and range
contempt case. II is said at a meet
ing of labor leaders tomorrow steps
will be taken to settle labor troubles
all over the country so unions may de-
vote their entire time to the crisis now
at hand.
HAD BIG ALLOWANCE.
Cleveland, Dec. Sit is perfect
ly true that the executive council OF
the Iron Workers union voted q
monthly fund of $1,000 to be paid
to John ]. Mcnamara. There is
plenty Of evidence to substantiate
the charge that this money was
knowingly voted for the purpose OF
paying 1t to James B. Mcnamara and
Ortie McManigal and that it was us.
ed by them in their dynamiting op.
erations." That was the statement
Of William ]. Burns, who arrived
here last night from Akron.
That he was going after 1.-The mer
higher up" and a criticism of Sam
uel Gompers were other points EN-.
phatically emphasized by Mr.. Burns
The detective spent the day in Ak
ron where he investigated the Ber
ger Iron works explosion Of July
1910.
AFTER ~HIGHER UPS.S
1--WE are going after the men bacl
of the McNamaras, said Burns and
the investigation will be pushed en-
ergetically till we bring to justice
the men who are really responsible
for the dynamiting outrages over the
/ country.
'T have lately come from Indian
apolis, where I conferred with Unit
ed States District Attorney Charlie,
w. Miller. Enough evidence will b,
brought before the grand jury at it,
meeting there Dec. IA, to cause {
number OF indictments.
when Samuel GompeTs tells tn,
people that he Was deceived in tn,
McNamaras. he is uttering a lot o.
drivel and buncombe. 1t is Com
pers who is fooling organized labor
for he knew the McNamaras wer,
guilty and yet after We had arrested
them he came TO indianapolis anC