The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-02

now wish to Withdraw that plea OF not
guilty.
The defendant: Il do"
Mr. Fredericks: do you wish now
at this time to plead to the indict-
mcnt?"
The defendant: 81 do"
Mr., Fredericks: y. J. Mcnamara,
on Indictment No $685. This is the
To ehs as same for yor 10 pIead
guilty or not guilty?"
The defendant: Guilty"
Mr.. Fredericks: Guilty Your II onor."
The court: Well. will appoint the
time Tor pronouneins Judgment in this
.sll, which is next Tuesday"
Smile of Relief, Not ExuItntion.
There was a rush for the Enclosure
where the attorneys sat when court
adjourned A group flocked around
sratuiate him on the way ne had work
ed UP his case. lie smiled in return,
not smile of exultation. but relief.
.! Mt want u pound of flesh" he
viewpoints. AS a lawyer / wanted the
men TO plead guilty because they wefe
suiitE-oecause the evidence we gath
doubt. But as man. / want to say
that II can recommend less severe
punishment than death or be mercful
IN any ,s Tay and Al, at the same time rid
lence to obtain It's ends. want to do
that thing"
around Attorney Darrow gathered
1T was q hard struggle to bring
this about" he said. but It was the
pest !, thing that could have happened.
! DID the best 1 could"
Ortie E.. McManigal, the confessed
oEnamiter. whose admissions are said
70 nave been big factor in the Nc
I namaras pleading guilty, will go vir-
his behalf do not go wrong.
District Attorney Fredericks told
aLlaieoin McLauren. Burns detective
McManigaI Aoi
:, Nc Mcsfanigal when appraised of the
peas OF the McNamaras, said he was
a frmed % me near OF their action, as it con-
ferently. INN ar
s., nohi ! suppose I'll get NINE" he
+: 'dertckss promise. II ought to eet
something for all that l did. i think
yen mss az pc, pc given anywhere from one
He laughed as he suggested bis n,,,
possible punishment. and added In re-
h.,onse 20 question that he never had
had d ppehised ANYTHING for whas he
ny detective McLauren, who said tha :
IN promise of District Attorney Fred '
e ennra this afternoon was the nearest
ApProach to immunity sugRestsd 80
IucAlaniSal. f eoeeu Tor
McaInnisais Story.
The latter then told tho story &c ~
| uSnamlting experiences, with some dc
tails about which there now Is M
| iurther necessity for secrecy on his
:. part. ~ tiiS
McMantgal said he FIRST began dvna.
/ mitins In 1907, in Detroit Mich. where
Inc Russell Wheel Foundry C,ornpanv,s
Duiidihs' then In course of construc.
.ion' was destroyed. lie skipped from
lhat Tune until year ago. when no
was IN .he Conover Woods. in Wiscon-
Sin. with James B. Mcnamara, and tho
latter, he said. told him then Of having
just previously dynamited the Times
building.
Il went back to my home in Chi
| cago." he added, land lay around there
FOR fow days. December 8 lant Ire
ceived a telegram from Indianapolis,
signed ss Frank. asking me to go to
that city. Frank meant James B. Nc
Namara. az he at times used the name
OF Frank Sullivan I went, and In
John j. McNamara's office was given
I instructions by John j. himself re-
garding the Ilowellyn Job. He said
1t had been promised that Christmas
present was to be sent to Los Angeles
and that was to bring 1t s.;
James B. and Invent to John j.
vaults on tho fifth floor Of the Ameri-
can Central Building in Indianapolis
where his Offices were. and took out
a case specially made to carry nitro
| slyoerine. The district attorney has
that case In his9possession here now. 81
We'll. that was December 9.:lgWe
hired a rig and drove out to Beach
Grove, an Indianapolis suburb, whore
be had the explosives cached, There