Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-29
Three BattIefieIds for 0ppos-
ing Mcnamara Counsel.
LAWYERS DIVIDE FORCES
Bribery Case and Hall Of Records
Affair to Be Contested.
BARROW DIRECTING DEFENSE
District Attorney Assigns Assistants
TO Prosecute Men Accused in
Two Side Cases.

Los ANGELES, Cal. November %
Three battlefelds instead of one doomed
ND today before district Attorney John
D. Fredericks and Clarence S. barrow
chief counsel for James B. and John j.
Mcnamara, secretary-treasurer of the In
ternational Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers. jointly indicted
for murder in connection with the Los
Angeles Times explosion, October 1. 1910.
Besides the clash before Judge Walter
BOrdwell in the case of James b. NC
Namara. indicted on twenty-one counts
for murder. the Two opposing chiefs will
direct their attention also to the latest
GeVelopmentS-the arrest of Burt III.
F'ranKIin. an ex-deputy United States
marshal. on charge of having brfbed
prospective juror in the Mcnamara case
and OF having attempted to influence the
verdict of the jury.
\ preliminary hearing was set for
O'Clock today before justice OF the
peace, and counsel for the McNamaras.
who yesterday furnished $4,000 cash ball
for Franklin. will wage a vigorous night
10 clear him of the charges
Hall of Records Case.
Approaching, too. is the trial of H. B.
Conner, 4. B. Maple and F. Ira Bender,
indicted by the grand jury for an allie cd
attempt TO dynamite the hall of records
I'm August. 1910, the same building then
under construction. but now completed.
that furnishes the stage for the cen raj
Mcnamara trial The trial Of the trio IS
scheduled to begin December II, and will
be the third meeting ground, as Counsel
for the NCNamaras will also defend the
three men indicted. all of whom are ms m
beers OF the iron workers union.
Both District Attorney Fredericks and
Attorney barrow, therefore, faced to- ay
the prospect of distributing their asso-
N rl.n Goo inyNc- nf he
cases From the regular procee Iings OF
the Mcnamara trial Attorney barrow
designated his right-hand man, Lee
cCm te Davis, TO take charge today of
the Franklin defense. 1t is a tentative
arrangement, however, and add tional
counsel may be secured later. Atior ey
barrow has been considering this c, n
tinSency in connection with the Trio in
dlcted for the alleged attempt to destroy
the hall of records.
District Attorneys Helpers.
The ranks of the district attorneys Of
fee likewise have been thinned since AS
sistant District Attorney Joseph Ford
now will handle the case against Frank
lin for the prosecution. while G.. Ray
Horton. chief trial deputy. will look after
the hall of records case for the state.
Gossip in the courtroom today where
James b. McNamara's trial was contin-
ued centei ed before court convened in the
arrest of Franklin and the hearing set
for today. AS far as the eight sworn
jurors and one man passed for cause were
concerned. the deputies, as usual. care
fully censored the newspapers, and no
knowledge of the alleged bribery attempt
had reached them. Once yesterday coun-
sc. for the state referred to Franklin,
asking a talesman If Franklin ever Wis
tied him, but he did not develop the
point far enough to indicate that which
earlier in the session had caused bus
tie of excitement among attorneys for
both sides.
Says Franklin Was Good Deputy.
United States Marshal Lee Youngworth
made statement today with reference to
Franklin's work while deputy marshal in
his office
Franklin served from July, 1906, to
June IA. 1911" said Youngworth, resign
ing at the latter date of his own volltion.
He was one of the best officers 1 ever
came in contact with. He seemed to