The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-11

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:: ion-District Attorney John D. E:
:: Fredericks.
!: Chief Counsel for the De-
Clarence barrow, of
/: Chicago. f.
:: Number Of Witnesses to
r: Testify-Seven hundred.
Estimated Cost of the Trial:
i: 100000. II .-,s,.<z
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Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 11.-Not
since the trial of the officials of the
Western Federation of Miners for the
alleged assassination of former
Governor Steunenberg of Idaho, has
a trial in this country excited the
intense interest in labor circles and
among the public generally as in the
case of the Mcnamara brothers,
who were brought to the bar to-
day to answer for alleged completely
in an alleged dynamiting outrage
that resulted in the destruction of
the Los Angeles Times building and
the death Of p men working there,
.eno October r. sssa es*s-ss .s.ss i. 2
Today the work of securing a jury
began. 1t was decided that James
B. Mcnamara be first placed on trial.
Confession Alleges Crime Campaign.
The long and bitter fight waged
by the Times against the labor
unions and their methods, the con-
fession of Ortie E. McManigal alleg-
ing that an organized band of labor
leaders made a business of destroy
ing the lives and property of these
antagontstic to the labor unions,
and the active and generous support
given by the American Federation
of Labor and other labor organiza-
tions in aid of the accused men, have
fed the popular Imagination and led
the public to believe that the trial
will result in startling disclosures.
The specific charge upon which
the trial will proceed is covered by
an Indictment relating to the death
of J. Wesley Reeves, an employe of
the Times at the time the building
was destroyed. The Is other in
dictments will be set over pending
the trial for the alleged murder of
Reeves, who was private secretary to
the general manager of the Times.
Will Seek to Prove Explosion.
The lines of battle planned by
Clarence J. barrow, chief counsel
of the defense, and District Attorney
John D. Fredericks, who will con-.
duct the prosecution, already have
been pretty clearly revealed. The
prosecution will first seek to estab-
fish that the Times building was
destroyed by an explosion of dyna-
mite. Then will come the testimony
of relatives to establish the number
of victims. corrobating evidence and
the confession of McManigal. This
will be followed by the Identification
of witnesses who will swear that
they knew J. B. McNamara as ]. b.
Bryce in Los Angeles and in San
Francisco during September and
October of last year:
An endeavor will be made to trace
the accused almost to the Times
building, where the explosion oc-
Cured. The case against j. j. Nc
Namara will be centred upon cores
pondence furnished by MECHANICAL.
and books found at McNamara's
Office and the clocks and wire found
in indianapolis. In this matter
Detective William J. Burns will be
called as a witness.
Defense Will Say It Was Gas.
The defense will attack the allega-
ton that the building was destroyed
by dynamite, and will assert that the
explosion was caused by gas and will
call experts. In attacking the Nc
Manigal confession the defense will
call witnesses to establish an abb
for the Mcnamara brothers. In
every instance where the McNamaras
are identified by McManigal at a
certain time and place the defense
is expected to call witnesses to show
that the men were in other lOcalis