Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-20

PROSECUTION 20 ~ OUT u 4.
ADoUT osooaoo AL Tolo
Nv'tnessss From Al psrtlens q
t'y Being suspssnasd rssss,.t'sas
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Much Tims Expsetsa . - Co.
su,nsd In Securing jury. ss


Of the .McNamara TRIAL but : month
away. prepaTationssof 10th the prose-
c,xtion and defense are being made for
the actua1 COMMENCEMENT q what
promises to be tho sreatest eriininai
trial In the history Of the M1ot. -
point Of interest 20 the sFsat4e3s NUM-
Der Of people. expense q coaArcting TIE
case ana number oe Witnase u called.
Literally hundreds Il q rResD ID.
reaus, news services ana news1pApers IN
this country. England. France, Germany
ana other European .countries have
completed or are making afranxsmonts
to secure reports Of the trial.
One local correspondence bureau
alone IL supplying news Of the case 90
over 1000 papers. besides sending re-
ports to foreign news bureaus, wla1cA
in turn relay It TO hundreds Of clients.
In addition to tho Los angeles news.
papers and press bureaus. which Will
probably detail some 4fty wrifefg ana
artists to handle the detaiiS apf the trial,
It IL expected fully nifty out OF town
correspondents and press photoUTa phers
viz Sc c.esen4 Mi1ea the mon are
placed on trial.
One o. Cos3iisst.
That the MCNAMARA hearing will ~
down In court history ~ one or tie
most expensive trials on record IL l1le
belief Of those officials In . position to
know something concerning the cost
to prosecution and defense. Attorney
Clarence barrow, chief counsel for the
defense. estimates the probable Ell.
pense of the defense ct 100000. in-
Guiding attorneys fees. court costs and
other expenses, and declares his bslief
that the prosecution will nay out fully
100000 in rewards to detectives. SAL
aries OF detectives. attorneys, stem
ographers and other assistants. ana In
bringing here ana maintaining turnout
the trial the many witnesses sum
moned for the state.
witnesses from all over the country
are being served with subpoenas to be
In attendance. ana some 1re already
beginning to arrive here from out OF
town points. In san Ffancisco alone
$50 persons have been SERVED with snb-
poenas % state witnesses and 2 iares
map OF the United states hangin8 In
the office or Sam Il Dr0wne. CHIEF
Of the county detectives. y dotted With
innumerable pins showing the 1ocaeion
OF witnesses in other states Aft19eNh-
er, It Is estimated th8t fully 3S0sw if-
nesses Will be summoned In this ana
other states for the prosecution.
SONS Of The Proelems.
In addition to these. the refense VIII
probably have half as many more.
making q total Of 500 or moro witness-
es to be called. The cost OF SECURING
service on these witnesses. brinSinS
them here and paying them the
amounts allowed by law. will be heavy.
Chief interest In the early stages OF
the trial will center In securing Jury.
which, 1t is admitted, will be more or
less herculean task. as there are few
persons in this country able to read
who have not followed the daily news
paper stories Of the great legal 1trug-
gle revolving around the McNamaras.
TO secure from the venire OF 1.4oe or
more men jury OF twelve Who have no
opinions in the matter o confessedly
hard matter, and as both prosecution
and defense will bend every effort 10
secure as qualified jurors men whom
they think might be favorable % their
cause. a tremendous struggle over te1ts
feature Of the trial IL likely - feeplt.
The problem Of taking eafD Of ne
great number of persons Mto win Of
necessity have to be present IN the
court room during various stages Of
the trial is proving most vexAtaOns to
the county authorities The harvest Of
the court rooms will hardly seat LOO
persons, ana 1t is admitted that the
court attaches and newspaper men VINO
will be present would MI any one q
the, court rooms.
As 1t is quite frequently necessat3.
during the progress OF . trial. % call
the witnesses before the court Tor the
purpose Of inst1ucting them - 70 Ad-
journments and when 70 apQear for
examination. the question q lsoW too
them into the court room for such -
struction IL itself pussfsr.