Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-12-06
OTHERS SOUGHT
IN TIMES AFFAIR
Prosecutor viii Try to Convict
All Involved.
LABOR UNIONS ASK HANGING
Deceived by Mcnamara Brothers,
Many Workers Urge That Extreme
Penalty Be Imposed Upon
Confessed Dynamiters.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 4.-District
Attorney Fredericks declared the
state would continue it's efforts to
prosecute all those guilty Of compile
ity in the Times dynamiting case.
He denied that the confession OF
James B. Mcnamara of dynamiting
the Times building, killing Fl men,
and of his brother, John j., of dyan-
hitting the Llewellyn Iron works, came
as the result of a compromise through
which other prosecutions would be
stopped.
Those pleas concern two persons,
he said They pleaded guilty and
took their chances. There has been
no agreement to stop the prosecu-
tons"
This statement supports the inter-
view given in Chicago by William j.
Burns, saying the men higher up in
the case would be prosecuted. Burns
ref%3ed to give any names of the men
higher up" but said that Milton A.
Schmidt and David Captain were pres
ent when the Times building was de-
stroyed.
Unions Urge Full Penalty.
Messages from labor organizations
In all parts of the country are pouring
into Los Angeles urging that the ex-
IRENE penalty be imposed upon the
Mcnamara brothers. These messages,
as we'll as personal ones from labor
leaders, said the McNamaras had de-
served support. Many of these mes
sages urged that the $4,000 defense
fund collected from the unions be dis
trfbuted among the widows and chill
dren of the 81 men. killed by the ex-
plosion. Clarence DaTrow, chief coum-
sci for the defense, said, however,
that most Of this money already has
been spent.
The penalty which the McNamaras
must pay is in the hands of Judge
Bordwell, who will announce his deci-
sion tomorrow. District Attorney
Fredericks said he had not decided
whether he would ask for cIemency,
but he added:
when a man pleads guilty, partic-
ularly in this case, it saves the state
a great deal of money and work The
state always is willing to take this in
to consideration and is inclined to
look with leniency upon the offender"
Life Sentence for y ounger.
While Judge Bordweu would say
nothing as to the penalty he will de
mand from the brothers, it is known
he favors life imprisonment for James
B. and few years Tor John ].
The indictments against John j. for
completely in the Times disaster are
expected to be quashed on motion Of
the district attorney Tuesday, as it is
said John J. himself did not direct the
blowing up of the Times.
Ortie E. McManigal will be sen
fenced, as he viii plead guilty to sim
liar charge of having wrecked the
plant of the LIewellyn Iron works. In
spite of this semi-officiaI announce
ment it was reported that McManigal
hopes for freedom.
The total cost to the state thus far
of the trial is estimated to be close to
100000 and the abrupt ending of it
is calculated to save the county near
ly $1,OOO,OOO.
Franklin Case to Be Delayed
When the case of Bert N Franklin,
charged with bribing a venireman
called in the trial of James B. McNa-
tmara, comes up it will be postponed.
For time at least this move will pre-
went evidence Of the alleged connec-
tion of the "higher-ups" to be con-
necCed with the bribery scandal of the
Mcnamara defense from becoming
public.
Later, if the plans that have now
been agreed to on both sides are car
ried out, the Franklin case will be end
ed as suddenly and dec1sively as the
trial Of the dynamiters themselves by
a confession of guilt on the part of the
defendant. This, it is asserted, is the
plan that has been formed.
/ Although former Gov. Henry T.
Gage has not yet agreed to retire
from the defense of Franklin, it is
asserted that he will do so after the
case has lain dormant a sufficient
length of time so that the stress OF
his other affairs will make it easy for
him to shift the burden to some one
else. Attorney LecOmpte Davis of the
Mcnamara defense will then assume
the case, it is learned, and Franklin
will enter the expected plea.