The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-04
United States Government Has TAX
en- tho Case up Now and sensa-
tlonal Developments Are
Expected.
THOUSAND TELEGRAMs
Messages Are Pouring In Asking That
the Guilty Men Be Given the
Full Penalty of
the Law.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 4.-When ask
ed if he wished the Mcnamara trial
had proceeded, Detective Burns said:
There would have been many in
teresting developments had the trial
let Los Angeles continued to the end"
While here Burns reiterated his
statement that Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, knew almost from the be-
ginning that the McNamaras were
guilty Of the charges against them.
In this connection the detective said,
with some feeling:
when Mr.. Gompers says he was
surprised and that the McNamaras
had deceived him in declaring their
innocence, he tells what is not true.
Mr.. Gompers knew the McNamaras
were guilty, and has known it all
along. He knew it at the time he and
the heads Of the international unions
conferred in indianapolis on the ques-
ton of raising funds for the defense of
the prisoners. Some OF the other
union men knew of their guilt, too.
Clarence Darrow told the labor men
at that meeting In Indianapolis that
he did not believe ! had done any
planting of dynamite. Darrow knew
that did not frame up this case, and
told them so.
Mr.. Gompers knew all the time
that the prisoners were guilty"
To Uncover Everything.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, Dec. 4-'The
United States government and the
California authorities are cooperating
to uncover one Of the most gigantic
conspiracies ever conceived in the
history of this country"
This was the declaration Of Assist
ant District Attorney w. Joseph Ford,
second in command to District Attor-
ney John d. Fredericks and the man
who was arrested in indianapolis for
alleged Illegal extradition of John J.
Mcnamara.
1t is only question now OF wheth-
er the federal government or the state
authorities can reach certain persons
better and bring them to justice more
effectually,' continued Mr.. Ford.
The latter has been in charge of the
gathering of evidence for the prose
cution, and while his chief, District
Attorney Fredericks, was resting on
ranch near here Ford occupied him
se.f with the details of the Mcnamara
case He admitted that the prosecu-
tion had under surveillance in other
parts of the country some prominent
labor leaders alleged to have been in.
volved in the Times explosion, but
said that other arrests might be made
by the federal government in connec-
ton with its investigation
Federal Officers Active.
THE federal government has shown
every disposition to assist US, and we
are helping them as much as pos
sible,' he said.
The vigor with which the federal
government is pressing its investiga-
ton into the conspiracy which is al
legged to extend over the entire coun-
try had been increased within the
last fortnight, according to well-in-
formed persons here, and in proof OF
this it is observed that United States
District Attorney A. !. Mccormick now
is in Washington and United States
District Attorney Miller OF Indian
apolis and District Attorney Freder-
icks are in close communication
Evidence desired by the federal
grand jury in Indianapolis from this
place will go forward as quickly as 1t
is asked for, said Ford This question
has been raised repeatedly and local
authorities have not stated their posi-,
tion until today.
The ramifications Of the matter are
said to be 30 extensive that 1t would
cause no surprise here II the subject
had been brought to the attention not
only of President Taft, but also OF
Attorney General Wickersham.
Demanding Maximum.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. Ait
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