The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-03

 BY DARROW
SAYS EFFORT TO SAVE LIFE OF M'NAMARAs WAS ONLY MO.
 TIVE IN THE PLEA.
Keeniy Regrets Condemnation of La- bor for Aecepting and Using Funds When He Knew His Clients
 Were Guilty.

known angles in the unexpected ter- imitation of the McNamara murder case were summed up tonight by Clarence S. Darrow, chief counsel for the defense, in statement dictated to the Associated Press.
 Mir. Darrow's statements IS as fol- lows:
 'aNo motive of any sort entered in- to the disposition of the McNamara cases except the welfare of the men accused of murder"
 Relieving as did that the action taken would save the lives of the accused men, had no more right to refuse 1t than a doctor would have to forbear an operation on a patient ito save his life.
 "A committee of Los Angeles peo- pie beginning work November 20 made it possible to accomplish the result. Their suggestions were brought to me first by Mir. Steifens on that day, and every day thereafter as matters proceeded until the final letermina ton.
 How much their efforts had to do with the states attorney cannot tell, but 1t was at their intercession that negotiations were begun by at torney for the defense. l expected the final action every day after thls movement was commenced, and 1t was taken the first minute that an understanding was reached.
 'It was impossible to delay action beyond the time an understanding was reached, owing to the imminens danger we were in for two weeAs of having the matter become public property, and thus making the end difficult to achieve.
 "CI4ARENCE s. DARRoW."
 The statement in Itself appeared to indicate the complexity of conditions The local political situation in which Job Hartman of the counsel for the defense, is running for mayor on tine socialism ticket with the election only three days off, was taken into though Harrman's own position was the trial was not a local issue and should make no 
 The recent arrest of ReIt Il Frank lin, an investigator employed by the defense, on charge of bribery was suggested as having possible bear- ing. This was repudiated by the defense, whose attorneys pointed out that negotiations wele under way be- fore the incident occurred
 In this particular, they were con- firmed by District Attorney John Fredericks, who in statement to- day dated the beginning oi negotia- tions as far back as July.
 The defense added a knot how ever, by stating that 1t made no prot fers as early as that time.
 As far as the defense is concern ed, yesterdays action in which Jas. McNamara pleaded guilty to murder in connection with the Los Angeles Times explosion and fire which cost 2l lives. the plea of guilty entered by his brother John J. McNamara, 70 having dynamted the Llewellyn Iron Works. was again declared to have been brought about through the agency of committee of influential citizens and tonight members of a faction, which is denouncing the move itself, agreed heartily that the result was accomplished in this way. This fact turned out to be part of the grievance, on the ground that no of labor was on the committee which aided in bringing to pass an event considered of infinite moment to labor organizations throughout the United States.
 Edward N. Nockels, secretary of the Chicago Federation of Labor, about the only out of town labor official ef consequence on the ground. refused tonight to discuss the interviews and resolutions smanating In quantities from labor organizations in the east
 "pm here as an individual" he said. "I'm on little business con nected with the case, but Pm not eo ing to say a word. Anything said might have wrong construction put