The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-11
N 'NAMARAS ARE
IN PEN|TENT|ARY
Believe They Have Done
Much For Union Labor
And Are Martyrs

San Quentin, CAL, Dec. 1.-THE
Mcnamara brothers yesterday entered
San Quentin penitentiary, where
James B. is condemned to spend the
remainder Of life for his confessed
crime Of murder. and where John j.,
secretary OF the international Asso-
citation Of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers. is sentenced to fifteen years
imprisonment for dynamiting.
James B. Mcnamara blew up the
Los Angeles Times building October 1,
la1O, With the loss Of twenty-one lives.
Johh y. Mcnamara abetted in wreck
ing part Of. the Lelwellyn Iron Works
In Los Angeles the following Christi
mas, day. ..,f.''
The brothers entered the prison, it
is fairly authenticated, believing that
they had achieved much for the cause
of union labor and had been cruelty
misunderstood in their effort. John
j. Mcnamara, those who have talked
with him for many hours say, donned
his convict garb devoted admirer of
life's little simple kindly deeds and a
frm believer in the psychological ef-
f1cacy Of dynamite. James B. habitu.
ally believes good deal asshis brother
believes. The brothers refused to
make any statement.
Whirled from Los Angeles on a fast
night train. the men were taken from
1t at sunrise Sunday, put on little
steamer and landed two hours and a
half later at San Quentin prison
The shacklcs which bound them to-
gether on the boat trip were slipped
off and they toiled up the prison hill
beside Sheriff William A. Hammell of
Los Angeles county.
AS the prison clock struck ten,
John J. Mcnamara, preceded by War
den John Hoyle. stepped over the
threshold Of the jail door. with his
brother directly behind him. In five
minutes James r. Mcnamara had be-
come convict 26,314 and John J. Nc
Namara was number 25,315..
They were measured for jail cloth
ing. photographed in two positions.
given carbolic tinctured bath, put in
to stripes. shaved and cropped and re-
photographed within an hour and
turned over to John Murray. lieuten-
ant of the yard. who took them to cell
eighteen in stone tier looking out
over the prisons upper yard" a great
flower garden.
Cell eighteen adjoins the tier Of
cells in which condemned murderers
are kept and the balcony outside is
cut off by little gate. Further down
the row. toward the other end, ts the
cell of Abraham Ruef. who is serving
a fourteen-year sentence for bribery in
connection with the so-called San
Francisco graft cases. Ruef is in cell
three. In cell eleven Of the tier is
Henry Dalton. for seventeen years as
SCISSOR Of Alameda county and recent
ly convicted of accepting bribe.
Soon after the men entered the Jail,
the prison band began to play and
continued until l p. m. A 2 o'clock
Sunday dinner was served. The Nc
Namaras were furnished with. pri-
colors and marked san Quentin
grill" The prisoners who devised it
had taken occasion to point out the
attractions of the place.
Never since the opening in 1852
has the San Quentin grill enjoyed a
better reputation or greater patronage
than under the present management"
wrote the wag in stripes. There are
at present over 1910 regular boarders
taking their meals at the grill. The
cuisine and service are unsurpassed,
Some Of the boarders return six, eight
and even ten times after trying other
establishments.
"The location and climate are the
finest in the world. Situated at the
foot of Mount Tamalpats. basked in
the grand and glorious California sun
cuiHos AouucO Wy the UI0eZeb OF san
Pablo bay. the grill is an ideal resort
the year round
The First Meal.
A humorous list of house rules fills
the back page. The dinner the Nc
Namaras ate consisted Of corn beef,
brown gravy, steamed potatoes. boiled
beans. stewed dried fruit. coffee cake.
bread and coffee.
The brothers passed the rest of the
day In their cells. Tomorrow they
Will begin work In the jute mill, War
den Hoyle said. but James B., on the
advice Of Sheriff Hammall, will be