Norwich bulletin., 1911-12-05

Los Angeles. Cal. Dec. flames E
 1fcNamara, who on Friday pleaded
 line Los Angeles Times building, wrote
 his confession tonight and gave it to
 District Attorney John D. Fredericks
 No Confession from John.
 His brother. John J. MsNamara, sec
 setarv of the International Assoc1auon
 of Bridge and Structural Iron Work
 ers who pleaded guilty to having dy-
 narnited the Llewellyn Iron works in
 Los Angeles, made no confession. It
 was said he was not asked to do SO
 To Be -.Hac5 Public Today.
 SaYoS- 5ames B. -.NIcNarsara's con-
 Sessfon was made District Attorney
 TredericIxs said he would not give 1t
 cut until after the men were sen
 fenced and tomorrow Is the day set
 for that proceeding by Judge Walter
 BordweiL
 Confession duplicates Nobody Else.
 It was learned, however, that the statement duplicates no one except the writer. It deals with nothing except It does not describe the trip from h. dIanapo1is west or tell who AfcNamara saw after he got here.
 No StenographeF- Present. Clarence S. Darrow and Lecompte Iavis, of counsel for the defenss wis fled the brothers today. They. came away and returned, accompanied by District Attorney Fredericks. There Fh no SL6nOETApnGr LQeIl. Wrote E Himself.
 James B. McNamara sat with g block of scratch paper on his knee and wrote his confession his own way. He did 1t deliberately and with care. for ~J. B." does not take to writing as easily as his brother. When he had finished 1t he passed the paper to MT. barrow, who read 1t with Davis look ing on. They handed 1t to F'redericks. The names of the witnesses were at GA~fr- -EG fRr1I- GT sheet Of paper bearing perhaps 200 words. The brothers nodded to Jailer Gallagher and filed back to their cells after saying goodbye to the attorneys.
 The Rribing of Juror Balm
 1soday's developments included the presentation of the deposition Of Mrs. Robert E. Bain, made to tn district attorney, that at the instance of Bert fense. now charged with bribery she | persuaded her husband, the first Me | Eamara juror to be sworn, to accept l &4.o00, if he would make sure that a | end that S400 of this money was paid ] as 8 retainer. fTais confession will be l found in full on Page 2) HaIn Son of the American Revolution.
 Bain Is Civil war veteran. His | grandfather fought in the American | Revolution and captured a British 1 drum in a fight with General Bur | Ecyne's troops. This drum stfI is in | the family ana Baine peat IL III the l parades which preceded the election Of ! District Attorney Fredericks
 Franklin Denies Making Confession.
 continuance was granted the de- Fenss in the case of Franklin today. Today Franklin denied ruInors that he case may determine the fate of men whose liberty tonight lies on scales that hair may tilt. according to per sons in e position to know.
 City Election Today.
 Complicated by tomorrow's election tr which Job Hartman. of counsel for fhe McNamara brothers. 1s the socialist candidate for mayor, and Joseph Scott Also of counsel, is running on the >good government ticket, for member ztf- on the school board. of which he lE now president, Les Angeles was swept tonight with conflicting asser- k1cns and declarations.
 Federal Grand Jury Convenes.
 Another angie of the case opened to Hay with the convening of the federal grand jury Although the governments sase is temporarily in charge of Deputy District Attorney Reagan. it was said sJfcS attorney for the southern district tf California, returned from Washing .on wf1fther he was summoned by At rorrlev General W7ckSrsf1an1 he would sn4c< it in hand and that an assistant from Nfr. Wickershana's office might assist him Tho lsfter statement could HcS De SohnF1nsG [.
 Stacks of Evidence Ready.
 As a representative of the United 1 States government, Reagan was in ( set1r-t last Friday when the Mc- i s7zrusras pleaded guilty He has been v r con1n1unica ton ever since with f zountv District Attorney Fredericks, f pho has ssaciss of evidences for which t sA sseI7B to have no perttcuIsr use in ' leurt at trts present time T Judge Noe Re=d1na Tefegran1s. What sentence would be imposed up q r. fhe Mca5afnaras only Judge Bord- Q ver1 f1nev tonight Many telegra11s ] lzrvs been received from eastern un- 7 uns. mostly labor bodies. urging the [ sxtrsrne -->na1ty for both men. None fl these has been read by the judge. ! rhe extreme penalty for James B. Mo Q FaxnaTa is death, and that for his 0 ,rother life Imprisonment. If was not [ 4fficfa9Iy established tonight whether 5istrict Attorney Erederfclrs would ask fenencT.
 sociSsIs Did Not Represent Gor1pers. | Secretary Nocke1s of the Chicago federation of Labor reasserted today espite reports to the contrary, that he ia not come here to represent Samuel e sompers, president of the, American n -ed era tion- '-That fs 1ie.7 he said n ~Dfd you keep Gompers informed of 3 he progress of the negctiations2" was e sked- T did not" said Nochs1s q = = MNkMARAS MOVED.