Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-12-11
Incarcerated in CeH No. is at San Quentin, Ad-
joining Tier of Condemned Murderers' Cells
ARE CLOSE NEIGHBORs OF Ex-MAYOR ABE RUFF
Both VIII Start Work Jute Mills Today, But James B.
VIII be Transferred if He Shows Symptoms of Tuber-
cuIosis-Prisoners Enjoy Bountiful Sunday Dinner
Trip From Los Angeles San Quentin Made in Night.

San Quentin, Cal, Dec. 10.-The Me-
Ezrnarzs brothers today entered San
Quentin penitentizry, where James 5.
IS condemned 10 spend the remainder
of his life for his confessed crime of
murder, and John J., secretary of the
and Structural Iron Workers. is sen
fenced 10 fifteen years Imprisonment
Tor dyrarn1ting.
Believe Themselves Martyrs to Labor
Cause.
II vas James r who blew up the
Los AnsesSs Times building, October
] 1919. with the loss of 81 lives, and
john J.. who abetted in wrecking part
ct the Lleweiiyn iron works in Los
-1u=eles the following Christmas day.
The men entered the prison, il is fair
~ authent-f fated, believing that they
had achieved much for the cause of
lls-ion labor, and aad been misunder-
Et.-rd in their effarts and the results
they obtained
Travelled on Night Train.
Whirled from Los Angeles on 4 fast
night train the men were taken from
Il at sunrise today. put on a little
river steamer and landed two hours
E1c & half later Al san Quentin prison
wharf on The shores OF san Pablo bay.
The sbacazles which bound them To-
EFrner On the boat trip were slipped off
End they soiied up the prison hill be
side SheriR William 4 Hammel Of Los
Angeles county
Shaved, Cropped and Photographed.
AS the prison clock struck ten, John
= NcNanlaras preceded by Warden
John Hoyie. stepped over the thresh-
Old Of the jail door with his brother
directly behind him In five minutes
James 3. Mcnamara had become con
Wet =. .S14 and John J Mcnamara was
No. e5-515- They were measured for
jail clothing. photographed in two po
sTtioz1s. given = carbolic tinctured batn,
pat into stripes. shaved and cropped
and re-pbouograp phed within an hour,
and turned over TO John Murray lieu
tenant OF the yard. who took them to
cell IS IN stone tier looking out |
ever the prisons upper yard great /
Ec~er garden
Adjosns Cells of Murderers-
Cell IS adjoins the tier of cells in
which condemned murderers are kept /
and the balcony outside is cut off by a I
little graIe- Further down the row to-
zzrd the other END IS the cell of Abra-
hrm Ruef- who is serving fourteen
years- sentence for bribery in connec-
tin with the san Francisco graft /
casts Rzzef Is in cell g. In cell IL of i
the tier is Henry Dalton. for II years /
Gently convicted OF accepting a bribe. |
5=n1 Played After Their Arrival.
soon after the men entered the Jail |
the prison hand began to play and con-
finued until I p m. AT two o'clock !
Sunday dinner was served The Nc
o---.s.s-as vgs-re fr.-1isfled with a prison
r1-ade ci1aer card done in three colors
and r-zrkeo san Quentin Grill" The
ceeaston 20 point ont the attractions
o. The place
Prison Has 1910 Inmates.
Never since the opening in 1852
has the san Quentin Grill enjoyed a
better reputation or greater patronage
than under the present management,
1vrcte ttae yTzE III stripes There are
81 present more than 1.940 regular
h1arGers taking their meals at the
grill Tie cuisine and services are
z,.fLr-. Eix- eight. and even ten times
nTxe- trying other establishments The
location and climate are the finest in
The world Situated at the foot OF Mt
Tazna1pais. bz<1zed IN the grand and
Eior5ous California sunshine, famed by
Tie treezes of San Pablo bay, the grill
Is an IDEAL resort the year round"
Enjoyed Good Bill of Fare.
4 list of house rules. otherwise jest
fn<. Ills me back page The dinner
the 3Ic<znara5 ate consisted OF corn
beef. brown gravy. steamed potatoes.
h-cz.e6 beans. steEed dried fruit, coffee
cake. bread and coffee
To Work in Jute Mills
Thr brothers passed the remainder
CT the day in their cells Tomorrow !
they win begin work IN the jute mills
Warden EOyis said. but James B., on
the advice OF Sheriff HamEnel, will be ,
IUD2TEI4OS1S
Shows symptoms OF 1t he will be given !
ot her ESrk
Net Ao-ed by Sight of Penitentiary.
The sight Of the penitentiary failed
20 move the McNaznaEaS- Men who
have talked with John J. zIcNamara
zav ne has developed view Of life
which not only Fortified him in the or
Iaeaf which he underwent today. but
Convinced him that the dynarnzting !
which he and his brother did was in
s<zfabie-
E-sfsved I'm DynannIting.
Fron his yonta1 a reader of socio- :
oEzca1 works admitted TO the bar as !
an attorney. the dynamiting theory as
i Psychological agent for the effect it !,
might finally have. was adopted By the !
rfded brother. it Is said. Not until the :
Times explosion. with It's loss of 21
i~ez. AL waEE szrnerE, did he raelize l.
Ibe n1gh1rul possibilities OF his aca- r
ie1n*c position :