Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-10-05
tBy National Socialist Press)

(By National Socialist Press)
Los Angeles, Cal. Sept. 3O-'If the
attorneys for the defense of the Nc
Namaras are TO be sent TO Jail for
contempt Of coprt for refusing to dis
close the secrets of their clients or to
give the details OF their plans for the
defense then We are ready to go"
laid Clarence Darrow in Judge Bord-
wel's court when John r. Harrington
was before the court on citation for
cotmept in refusing to answer certain
questions propounded him by the
grand jury
Harrington is an attorney who has
been helping to prepare the case for
the defense of the Mcnamara broth
ers. The grand jury has made every
effort to extract from Harrington
some Of the particulars OF the defense
and the lawyer stood firm for the pro-
lection Of his clients. He refused to
answer several questions and gave as
his reasons that he was sworn to
protect his clients and would do so at
all hazards.
Before any honorable attorney
would reveal the secrets OF his clients
he would rot in jaif." said Darrow.
III the court holds that We must go
before the grand jury. at the call Of
the district attorney and reply to all
questions asked us concerning our wit
nesses and our relations with them.
then we might as well all go to jail
right now and our clients be hanged"
The attorney vigorously attacked
the grand jury, again charging them
with bad faith and again declaring
they had been sitting nearly a year
under the direction of the district at
torney and saying it was likely they
would be interested in the prosecu-
tors welfare enough to get evidence
favorable to the prosecution of the
men whom they had indicted He
showed that the grand jury was pre-
Judiced against all labor and reviewed
the cases where an abundance of
evidence had been given to show that
some OF the grand jurors were the
bitterest enemies OF labor that had
ever been gathered in onegroup any
where. Some OF the grand jurors
were actually in the employ of H.
G. Otis and their highest desires were
to see the McNamaras convicted.
Judge Bordwell went to the defense
Of the grand jury saying they should
not be impugned but Darrow did not
recede from his position and boldly
defied the court to send the attorneys
for the defense to jail.
mo bonafide investigation was un-
der way when Harrington was ex-
amined by the grand jury" declared
bdIIuNs IT WIS nlihpls AZ hipN' bh
the part OF the prosecution and the
grand jury to harass the defense and
make it show its hand in this case"
DO you mean to assume that the
grand jury started the investigation to
cause the defense to reveal its hand?"
asked Judge Bordwell, leaning for
ward as his voice took high pitch.
"Yes. l believe that" replied Dar-
row boldly "and before any honor
able attorney would reveal the secrets
Of his clients he would rot in Jail. II
the court holds that we must go be-
fore the district attorney in the pres
ence OF the grand jury and answer
all his questions then We might as well
abondon our clients TO the fate. We
are ready for the Jail cells in prefer
ence to that"
Bordwell sat moment as II stunned
by the defiant attitude taken by the
defense. He muttered something
about an Investigation and set tn"
case for next week when Harrington
viii agaln be compelled to appear.