The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-10-25

Mcnamara brothers rests on the
state, and as far as the case has been
developed the prosecution apparent
Ily must rely, aside from expert testi-
mony, upon four points of reputed
fact to prove that James B. McNa-
mara, as the instrument, and John
j., as directing head of conspiracy,
were responsible for the destruction
of the Times building and the death
of the victims. These points are:
The alleged fact that James B.
Mcnamara was in San Francisco at
the time l 900 pounds of high power
! explosives were purchased from a
! powder company; the alleged fact
| that he was in Los Angeles few
| hours before the blowing up of the
Times; that he actually set the bomb
which caused the disaster, and like
wise planted the bombs at the homes
of General Otis and Felix Zeehand-
elaar; and that he committed the
crime at the behest and under the |
direction of John J. Mcnamara.
Will Be a Costly Trial.
The prosecution has the confes-
sion of Ortie E. McManigal to rely (
upon and has assembled physical !
facts in support of its contention that |
the McNamaras are guilty from Is
different states. Most of these al
legged physical facts are in support Of
the confession made by McManigaI,
the self-confessed dynamiter, who
says he worked with James B. Nc
Namara under the direction of the
latteT's brother, John J. Mcnamara.
cf ha
nous. Prosecutor Fredericks says
that the county will spend $1,000
600, while the estimated cost to the
defense, which is being borne by la
Dor unions throughout the country,
is placed at 100000. Organized
labor and capital are deeply interest
ed in the outcome.
After the destruction of the Times
building and the attempt made to
wreck by dynamite the homes of
General Otis, the publisher, and of +
Felix Zeehandelaar, secretary of the
Association, the case
was given to Detective Burns for in
VestlgatiOn. The work of Burns and
his men extended nearly all over the
country and resulted in the arrest
Of James Mcnamara and Mechanical
at Detroit last April and a short time
Of John J. Mcnamara at
Indianapolis At this time McMani-
gal IS alleged to have made a full
confession and to have avowed his
participation in number of outrages
which entailed a property loss of
and the killing Of 112
men. These alleged outrages were
the result of warfare carried on
by the uniOniZed structural iron
against the steel and iron
contractors who had employed or
were employing non-union labor.
Defense Says 1t Will Win.
From the beginning the union
men denied the charges, and asserted
Ehat the case was a "frame-up" de-
Vised to throw discredit on union
labor. That is the position they still
assume The lawyers engaged to
defend the McNamaras say they will
show up this conspiracy and they
nave no doubt that they will secure
the acquittal of the defendants. On
posed to the confession made by Nc
Manigal they will set the latter's
wife, upon whom they rely to tear
his reputation into shreds. 1t is
probable that they will conted that
the Times building was wrecked by
gas and not dynamite, although the
line of defense is withheld. Should
It be established that the Times
plant was wrecked by gas explosion
the whole case against the McNa-
maras would fall to the ground. The
case against the defendants is cir
a good deal of it rest
ng on deduction alone, and whether
It is strong enough to withstand the
battering it will receive from the de-
tense will only be known when it is
presented in court.