The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-29

BARROW VERY BITTER
cne Man Was Rotten-Eseed by the
Strikers Once and Now He
Wants to Sit on
tho Jury.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, oct. 2S-NOt
since the day when Francis Heney
was shot down in a San Francisco
court room has a California court wit
messed such exciting events as mark
ed today's session of the trial of Jas.
B. Mcnamara. accused of having dyna-
mited the Los Angeles Times build
ing more than a year ago Bitter In
yective and denunciation between the
opposing counsel was followed by an
absolute charge on the part of counsel
for the defense that Judge Bordwel,
who is presiding, was plainly trying
to qualify a juror who had been chal-
lenged by the state. And as climax
came the ruling by the court that two
jurors, bitterly fought By the defense
and challenged for cause were fair
minded men who could be depended
on to safeguard the rights of both
sides.
The mask of friendliness which has
heretofore been worn by both sides is
now discarded and both sides were
preparing for real fighting which is
sure to last for months. AS the re-
suit of Judge Bordwell's ruling, there
are now in the jury box six men who
have been passed for cause.
Interest conferred tonight also in
the developments at Indianapolis
where an attempt is being made to
have all the evidence in the case
transferred from the state courts to
the federal courts. While District
Attorney Fredericks refuses to talk, it
is tacitly admitted by his assistants
that he has a promise that this alleg.
ed evidence, which was seized fol-
lowing Detective Burns sensational
raids on the Offices of the International
Association Of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers and on j. J. MeNamara's
home will be rushed to this .4sy if the
federal officials finally get possession
Iof it. Darrow admitted tonight that
he expected the prosecution void
eventually succeed in its efforts, bit
he insisted that this did not mean
that the evidence would ever be avail
able for introduction in the present
trial.
Fredericks also refused to discuss
the suggestion that Ortie e. McMan-
igal be taken to indianapolis to testi-
fy before the federal grand jury, but
persons close to the prosecution said
no chances would be taken by sending
the states chief witness beyond the
jurisdiction of the California courts.
1t was pointed out that if he ever left
this state, some method might be de-
vised of keeping him away until the
present trial ended
Attorney Clarence Darrow tonight
issued a bitter statement reviewing
the action of Judge Bordwell today
and saying that never before had an
other court in the United States
made such remarkable ruling. In
part he said:
Juror Walter n. Frampton stated
that he had the opinion that organic
ed labor was menace to the welfare
OF the country; that he, had held that
opinion for long time; that when he
first heard of the destruction of the
Times, on account of that opinion he
believed it was destroyed by labor
unions; that this was afterwards con
firmed by what he read and heard and
especially by the printed testimony OF
| McManigal that he had after serious
consideration. formed the opinion that
the defendant was guilty of murder
that it was a fixed opinion and that
1t would require great deal of evil
dence to make him even doubt the
guilt; that his mind was fully made up
beyond g. reasonable doubt; that the
defense was guilty, and his last an
swer was:
Could you give the defendant a
fair trial? Do you think you could?'
A.-Not in the state of mind |
have now
In spite of this Judge Bordwell
held he was fair and impartial juror
to try this man.
"A. G. Winter stated that he had
been prejudiced against labor unions
for many years; that he had a fixed
opinion that the defendant was guilty;
that he was president OF the Retail
Butchers Association and that when
there was a strike of the employees of
the wholesale butchers, he took a
strikers place, that he was stoned and
Irotten-egged by the strikers. that he
was then prejudiced against unions
and is at the present time: that if he
went into the jury box he would be
handicapped by that prejudice and the
defendant would have to prove to him
! that he was entirely innocent. thai
| he could not lay aside his opinions
that there would be feeling in his
mind that the union people would dc
such a thing but If they could prove
to his satisfaction that they did mo-
do 1t. he would render a verdict ac
! cordingly and that the defendant