The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-05
Whole No. 274
MCNAMARA DEFENSE READY.
For Iriat---Prosecution Attempt to Pack -Iury
With Enemies of Organized Labor.

| me llMES even tnouSn they be MEM
bers of the NJ. & NJ. which is an on
spring OF the TINES the prosecu-
tion will make a desperate effort to
Keep them on the jury. This will
make the jury matter an extremely
hard one for the defense.
The methods that have been used
in the labor cases in Los Angeles may
be followed. In the 400 cases of men
charged with picketting the jury list
mas been filed with mem bers of tho
NJ & NJ and this forced the defense
TO exhaust all their preemptory chal-
| lense only to discover that the next
| half dozen panelmen were Merchants
| and Manufacturers Association MEM
bers and ones who admitted they had
been donating funds to the organi-
zation that was fighting labor in Los
Angeles. This combined with a vim
dlctlve prosecutor and prejudiced
Judge made dark outlook for the
imprisoned workers awaiting trial
Despite this frameup but four conyic-
tons were secured out of over 400 ar
! rests. Many men were imprisoned
by the imposition Of excessive bail
and by this method punished before
trial only to be acquitted or get a
discharge after the juries had dis
agreed.
Every man whose name is drawn
! in the Mcnamara case is at once sur
rounded by operatives and from that
hour he is marked man. When he
| enters the court room his entire life
history is in the possession of the
| prosecuting attorney and the opera
| t1ves who are on the case. If the ye-
| nireman is remotely favorable to la
ia inl I1
| not stand ghost of show to get
| on the jury.
With the case before a judge who
has already shown his position on la
Dor questions and a jury of M. and M.
members Or sympathizers the outlook
in the big case is tnot particularly,
bright for the defendants.
The Durns detective agency has had
months to make all the showing or
evidence possible. That notorious
bloodhound has not lost any oppor-
tunity to make the most Of his chances
on evidence
we will not be greatly surprised
| at evidence the prosecution springs
If they are permitted to go all over
the country for it," said one of the
attorneys for the defense. These
men have had ample opportunity to
make their plans. and we have no
doubt they are all ready for sensa-
tions that will make great newspaper
yarns
The defense feels the effect of the
lack of funds these days when the
prosecution is spending money freely
in gathering witnesses and evidence
Burns and FrederickS are rejoic-
ing over the predicament of the de-
tense. They are telling that labor
has deserted the Mcnamara brothers
and spreading tales calculated to
ALLEVIATE the support of local labor.
There is no chance for success in this
direction as Los Angeles workers are
standing firm with their comrades in
| the toll.
United States Commissioner Van
dyke today dismissed all the charges
against Cap Rhys Pryce who has been
in Los Angeles Jail several months
while the Mexican government has
exhausted every effort to get him
across the border and in front of a
firing squad
Pryce will now have to defend him
self On the charges of violation OF the
neutrality laws.
ne SlulSSdl OIL Cne CnarReS
against Pryce means that his life Is
no longer in danger but determined
| effort will be made to get others across
| the border and kill them
/, The motive back of the prosecution
| of Pryce and a half dozen other SOL
| diers of fortune who fought in Lower
| California against Diaz was shown
| yesterday when evidence was intro
| duced concerning the raid on the CAL
| ifornia Land and Cattle Companys
ranch near Mexicali This ranch is
| largely owned by H. G. Otis, Harry
| Chandler and other Los Angeles ex-
ploiters. This group grabbed several
| thousand acres of Mexican land on the
border They drove the Mexicans off
| the land and used their Influence
with Diaz to keep the poems in SUBJ
| lection &
At the time the rebels went forag-
| ing and took horses, mules and pro-
| visions from the Otis ranch it was
! predicted in Los Angeles that there
would be put in motion the machinery
1 of the law to make some one pay
| dearly for the raid. Otis has pub
lished daily editorials and stories
clamoring for the blood of Pryce and
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