Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-07
DARROV sought
TO SAVE LIVES
M'NAMARAS' LAWYER ACOMP-
LIsHED THE ONE PURPOSE
UPPERMOST.
FULL TRIAL meant failure
No Way, He Says, in Which lie Could
Justify Himself and See Broth
ers oG 10 the Gnllows.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5.-"Nothlng
but the gallows az the end" was the
outcome predicted tonight by Clar-
ence $. Darrow. as chief counsel for
the defense, II the trial had run to
verdict and to its appeal. For the
first time Mr.. Darrow cited specific
instances of evidence, which he said
would have been impossible to re-
flute. Even TO have put James b. Nc
Namara on the stand in his own be-
half would have been hopeless, he
declared.
Judge Bordwell's statement says
that il was proposed by the defense
that James b. Mcnamara should en-
ter a plea of guilty and even take a
death sentence. If his brother could
go free" Darrow was told
WELL" replied Darrow, Il have de-
MED that charge SO often that I'm not
going to do ii again now"
what Darrow Has TO Say.
Il entered this case with the great
est reluctance, and only after the
most earnest persuasion. l did It un-
selflshly. | have been here six months,
and have spent many troubled days
and sleepless nights trying to run
down every clue and make every pos
sible investigation and trying to do
the best | could for my clients and
the case that l served. | had albe
assistants who gave their best service.
Never u Chance To win.
From the first there was never
the slightest chance to win. To those
who say 1t would have been better to
have gone to trial and suffer defeat,
! would call attention to the fact that
there were thirty to forty hotel regis
ters, three in Los Angeles many in
San Francisco and others in different
parts Of the country to be used against
u.s. There were scores of witnesses
to identify James b. Mcnamara as
being present practically every day.
and one at least in the building.
There was overwhelming evidence
of all kinds which no one could have
surmounted If he would"
Nothing but Complete Failure.
"If the state had put on its case,
we could not even have put the de-
fendant on the stand to deny these
facts. We could not prove an alibi.
The failure to do 80 would have been
as much of an admission as 1t was to-
day.
I'VE were confronted with the situ-
alton Of draggin our case possibly for
years, with nothing but the gallows
at the end and no chance to raise any
doubt in a thinking mind, and In the
meantime collecting money from the
thousands of persons who could not
know the facts. To go on under such
circumstances would have been mad
ness. and would have only postponed
an evil until it would have been a
still greater evil and the consequences
greater than they are now.
Bent on Saving Lives.
"All of this was Thoroughly under
stood by my assistants, and no one
hesitated about accepting it. We act
ed as we thought right and best, and
Will take the consequences Of the act.
can conceive of no way in which
we could Justify ourselves and not
save the life of our clients. Our first
duty as lawyers and men was to the
lives in our charge, and our duty to
the cause called for the same action.
IF people misjudge my motive
can oily say for myself that | have
acted unselfshly and from devotion
all along. l have the consciousness
that have done everything that /
could, and have acted in the way that
is best for all in this worldwide con-
flict.
IF anything more is asked from mo
by either side they will find me
ready when the time comes"