The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

more concerned about his personal ap-
pearance than usual. He worried con-
siderabIy because his trousers had not
been pressed with the proper creases.
Both men joked with Jailer GaIIag-
her. They told him they expected to
be his guests for some time longer, or
until the federal grand jury finished
cleaning from them the information
authorities are seeking regarding the
inner ring.
LawIOr Is Appointed.
Oscar Lawlor, formerly assistant
United States attorney general and a
prominent figure in the BaIIinger-P Pin
chot investigation, today received word
of his appointment by Attorney Cen
eral Wickersham as special prosecutor
in the inquiry into the alleged dyna-
hitting conspiracy. Mr. Lawlor has
been assisting District Attorney Fred
erfcks- for the last two months and is
familiar with the evidence which the
state gathered against the Mcnamara
brothers.
II am convinced" said Mr.. Lawlor
today, that the investigation will re-
veal one of the most dastardly con
spiracies in the history of the country
think the government owes it not
| only to those concerned directly, but
to the working people as a whole, to
put an end to things of this kind"
Much Uncertainty Prevailed.
Judge Walter BordwelI summoned a
newspa per man and told him to tell the
others to go to department II of the
superior court, which is in the hall of
Justice, building adjoining the Jail
and connected with it by a covered
bridge.
This was taken as absolute confrma-
ton that the sentence would be pro-
nounced there
As the hours drew on, the crowd on
the eighth floor of the hall of records
augmented steadily but was quiet and
orderly. Z. T. Nelson, a talesman in
peared with his wife and was allowed
to enter the court room and select d
seat for himself Rumor persisted, how
ever, that the sentences would be pro-
nounced in a court room in the hall of
justice. This hall adjoins the jail and
is connected with it by a covered bridge.
To reach the hall Of records on the
other hand it is necessary to cross a
street, climb a winding fight of steps
into the court house yard. go through
a long, poorly lighted corridor. across
another open SPACE and up six stories in
an elevator.
clared his orders were to take the Nc
Namaras to the hall of records
Samuel l. Browne, chief investigator
for the state, the various assistant dis
Gals connected with the case were I'M
informed as to the contemplated move
Court House Door Barred.
At half past the lock on the court
room door was reinforced by a great
bar of oak, six inches across, fitted
into heavy brass sockets on the door
Jamb and extending clear across the
double doors. This was taken down
from time to time to admit persons
who could show special permission to
enter the room.
Presently Assistant District Attor-
ney G. Ray Horton, District Attorney
Fredericks's chief trial deputy, ap-
peared and Clerk George Monroe came
with a batch of papers under his arm.
Every available space in the room
was filed with chairs and the water
pitchers and glasses on the desks of
court and counsel shone from FURNISH
ings of porters.
The court room windows fronting
east were shaded by awnings and most
Of the light Of the room came from a
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