Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-17
EXAM isArloh or rAlesaaAeo
NELsoNaDEFlMEs MANY %.
suEs INVOLVED IN cAsG.
sPEEpY FILLING OF
JURY eox pRgosoTgD
Principal Pein. Mad. BY Gxam,...,.s
Of Nelson 10 That Any Juryman Whs
Believes Times 0uiidins Was o..
stroysd by Gas Believes MeNamara
Innocent. Idea Of Dsssnss.

Los Angeles. Oct. l7.-speedy ooas
pletion OF the jury-that In within
month or q little more-was tho pre-
diction made today In the Mcnamara
murder trial. Predictions that tho Jury
box would remain untitled until the
18th OF December. or perhaps until
Christmas. were scaled down to
Ths nkssiving or Dec. !. and prsdic.
ton that the trial would not end be.
foreN May !. were abbreviated CORE.
spondingly.
The examination Of Talesmen z. a
Nelson has cleared the atmosphere
It was agreed. by defining many issuei
involved In the effort to determine
whether James b. McNamaea u guilty
OF causing the death of Charles J.
HarEEerty In the Los Angeles Times
explosion and fire. Among the points
made certain by Nelson's examination
are these:
ANY talesman who believes that the
Times building was blown up by xas
believes Mcnamara innocent. in tho
opin on OF the defense. This position
was taken by Attorney Clarence s.
Darrow. chief Of counsel for the de-
Tense, and II Is noted by counsel Tor
the state for future use. In the belief
that 1t can be serviceable to them In
tho examination OF, talesmen whom thu
state believes undesirable.
Ne!een Disquaiifss Himself.
The Mcnamara murder trial In an
instant twisted itself out Of situation
which had worried opposing counsel
since last "wednesday.
Gould YOU set aside your opinions
sufficiently 10 enable you to give fair
and impartial verdict ?" WAS tho Ques- :
tdon put u Talesman z. T. Nelson by
Clarence -. Darrow. chief Of counsel
Tor James McNamara, who 10 ON trial
Tor the Shurder Of Charles J. HaEgerty.
machtnist killed In the Los Angeles
Times explosion a year ago.
Nelaon had been asked many hun.
dreds OF questions to elicit his Views
and he had answered all OF them with.
out clearing up the situation.
II don't just know" he replied to this
cne.
In an instant District Attorney Ffeda,
|Ssicks withdrew opposition to q chat.
lenge by tho defense on the charge of
bias. ~
State Accepts the Ruling.
There was nothing else to do AFTER
that question and answer" said Fred.
ericks later. Tho talesman disqualt-
fed himself. There was no use putting
II up to the court"
In tho course OF Nelson's examina-
ton ne had said he believed tho Times
building was blown up by dynamite
and he had an opinion concerning the
guilt or innocence OF McNamara. Tho
defense contends both that tho Times
was blown up by gas and that McNa-
mara has an alibi.
Joseph Scott, considered tho principal
orator among counsel for the defense.
made the final argument for tho de-
fense, reading from the record 20 sup
port his contention that Nelson was
biasa and unqualified to determine
whether Mcnamara caused the death
Of Haggerty
Two TsIssmsn Passed.
with two talesmen temporarily passed
by tho defense and third under ex-
animation the murder trial Of James
Il. McNania:: wont forward today with
considerable speed Counsel and tales
men alike seemed relieved by the pros-
pect OF rapid work.