New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-06
BARROW DEFENDS HIS ACTS
"Gallows at the End" if Trial
Went On, He Declares

Los Angeles, Dec. Nothing but the
gallows at the end" was the outcome pre-
dicted tonight by Clarence :. DaFroW, as
chief of counsel for the defence, If the
Mcnamara trial HAD run 10 verdict ana
10 subsequent appeals. For the first time.
Mr. barrow cited specific instances OF evil
dence which he said it would have been I'M
possible to refutc. Even to have put James
u Mcnamara Oh the stand in his own DC
half would have been hopeless, he declared.
Judge Bordwclls statement says II WAS
proposod by the defence that James y. NC
Namara should plead guilty and even take
death sentence If his brother could DE
free" Darrow was told.
We'll" replied Darrow, Il have denied
that charge so often that I'm not going 10
do il again now
Mr.. Darrow's statement follows:
cntored this case with the greatest re
luctance, and only after the most earnest
persuasion. / did il unselhshly. ! nave
been here six months. and have spent many
troubled DAYS and slcepless nights trying 10
RIM down every clew and make every pos
chic investigation and trying to do the
host I Gould for my clients ana the cause
that I served ! had able associates, VINO
gave me their best efforts ana ihelf best
service through u all. ,,
ost chance TO win. To those who say II
would have been better 10 have gone 10
trial and suffer complete Ieieai; Would
cali attention 10 the fact that there we're
thirty or forty hotel registers. three IN Los
Angeles. many in San Francisco ana others
i'm different parts Of the country 10 be used
against US There were scores of witnesses
tn identify James Il. Mcnamara As being
nre seut practically on the very day, ana
one AT least. in the building. There was
Overwhelming evidence OF on hnuS' Whlrh
49, la. Sttrt cd he would.
~ the state had put on IFS case we could
not even have put the defendant on inc
stand 80 deny those facts We co4id not
,,rovo an alibi We could not prove ne was
,,n, boro The failure to do 80 would have
been as much Of an admission as 1t was
to-day. ,., .......- -
dragging oul. case. PERHAPS for years. with
Nothing but the gallows ~ tho end, and no
chance 20 raise any doubt ~ thinking
,,ind and IN the meantime collecting
money from thouhalaE o. persons WHO
couid not know the facts. To 20 on UNDER
80 circumstance would have been mad
ness and would only have postponed an
evil until ~ would have been Sill greater
cvil and the consequences graNer than they
All of this was thoroughly understood by
,n., a~soclateS and no one hesliAted about
accepting It. We acted a. We thought rlsht
and best and viii take the consequences of
~ oct can conceive 81 no way In which
We could Justify ourselves and not save
tho lives % our clients. our first duty as
LAWYERS and men was TO. the lives IN our
nbarge and our duty 10 the cause called
for the same action.
II people misjudee. my motive | can only
say for myself that have acted unseliishly
Ia fror devotion all along ] have the
"nnsciousness that have done everything
tbaf / could do and have acted in the way
that is best for all in this Worldwide con
H. either side they viii find me ready when
the time comes.