The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-11

QereT, was Iut piihSiPoi "A'S -
the prosecution, the state Will rely a
largely in the Mcnamara case on the T.
alleged confession of Ortie McMani- &
gal, who declares that John j. NC j
Namara engineered a gigantic scheme
| for the destruction of the property Oh
non-union companies in all sections ,
of the country. {
| Present indications are that the
prosecution will present its case
somewhat in this order:
Testimony of victims and expert
witnesses to prove that the building
of the Los Angeles Times was de-
stroyed by an explosion of dynamite.
Testimony of relatives to establish
the number of victims.
Confession alleged to have been
secured by Detective Burns from Or
tie e. MECHANICAL, and evidence to cor
roborate this confession.
Identification by a number of wit |
nesses of ]. B. Mcnamara, whom they
will swear they knew as ]. B. Bryce
in San Francisco during September
and October, 1910
An endeavor to trace Bryce" al
most to the plant of the Times, at
First street and Broadway, where the
explosion occurred Oct /, 1910.
Letters will be introduced alleged
to have been written by John j. NC
Namara to McMangal with the in
tent to establish the formers com
plicity in the matter.
Books and papers found in Nc
Namaras office at Indianapolis, and
clocks and wires alleged to have been
discovered in the basement of the
building in which the unions head
quarters were located, will be intro
duced, and in this matter Detective
w. ]. Burns will be called as a wit
ness.
The Defense.
The defense, it is understood, Will
in the first place attack the allegation
that the Times building was destroyed
by dynamite, and experts will be
called in an attempt to prove that gas
caused the explosion.
To disprove McManigal's state
ments. as made in his confession, the
defense will call witnesses to estab
lish alibis for the Mcnamara brothers
In every instance where the brothers
were said by McManigal to have beef
at a certain place at certain time
the defense is expected to call wit
nesses to show that the men were IL
other localities.
Testimony of the lodging hous
keepers of San Francisco and the en-
ployes of the Giant Powder Company
who will identify J. B. Mcnamara a
Bryce" will be attacked. The d.
tense will contend that it is impossible
to recollect the features of any pc
son seen casually with such certaint
that the possibility of mistake is pr
cluded.
Handwriting experts will be calle
to prove that letters alleged by M
Manigal to have been written by j.
Mcnamara were not written by hir
but are clever forgeries perpetrate
by some person who attempted to in
tate the writing of the union leader.
In addition to these main lines
evidence, both sides are promising
spring surprises, and many sensation
may be expected during the course
the trial.
John d. Fredericks district ATTIC
ney. will conduct the prosecution, {
sisted by some of the ablest lawye
of southern California. The defen
is in the hands of Clarence S. Darro
of Chicago, who acted as chief coun'
for Haywood, Meyer and Pettibone
the Idaho case and secured the
quittal of his clients Darrow is CT
1 sidered one of the shrewdest lawy'
1 and most gifted 'rators of the Ame
can bar, and rs ieep sympathy W
L the labor caus, makes him the id
1 man TO defend sivo i case. Job H
riman, Leo M. = l'aport of Indian
oils and a number OF other dist
guished attorneys have been engat
to assist in the defense.
A tremendous fund has been raj
by the American Federation oC La
to assure the accused men every
portunity to prove their innocer
Important as the MoyerHaywood
tibone case, the issue of the Men
ara trial is fraught with even gra
consequences to the future of the
ganized labor movement in this &C
try. The Western Federation of y