The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-02

ferred in lifeboat to the steamship
 
 Do the court and counsel for the de- fense wish to take up the other case?"
 The court: "I will dispose of this matter and fix the time for sentence What is the number of the section of the code with respect to sentence?"
 MT Ford: No. 11,919 of the penal code"
 Mir Fredericks: "The court can make the same order with regard to the other case If you wish to proceed with 1t at this time"
 The court: "I will make the order in this case and then l will take up the other. The court appoints the time for rronouncing judgment in this case at 10 o'clock on Tuesday, the 5th day of December, 1911"
 Mir. FredericlSs: Let me have the pa pers in the other case J. J. McNamara will you stand up, please
 He arose.
 Mir. Fredericks: "J J. McNamara, you have heretofore been arraigned on indictment No. 6955 in which you are charged with the crime of exploding or attempting to explode dynamite, etc, in the buildings or near the buildings adjacent to the Lewellyn Iron works. You have been arraigned on that in dictment and entered your plea of not guilty. Do you now wish to withdraw that plea of not guilty?'
 The defendant: T do."
 Mir. Fredericks: Do you wish now at this time to plead to the indict ment?"
 The defendant: T do."
 MT F'redericks. U. J. McNamara, you have heretofore been arraigned on in dictment No. 6955 This is the time agreed upon for you to plead to the |same. Do you want to plead guilty or not guilty?"
 The defendant: Guilty"
 MT. Fredericks: Guilty. your honor"
 The court: Well, I will appoint the time for pronouncing the judgment fin this case at 10 o'clock a. m., Decem- Der ,, 1911. which Is next Tuesday"
 There was a rush for the enclosure where the attorneys sat when court ad- journed. A group Hooked around Dis trict Attorney Fredericks to congrat- ulate him on the way he had worked up his case. He smiled in return-not a smile of eXultation, but of relief.
 T don't want a pound of fiesh,' he explained. q look at this from two viewpoints. As a lawyer I wanted these men to plead guilty because they were guilty-because the evidence we gathered showed them guilty beyond any doubt But as a man want to say that if I
  death or be merciful in any way, and at the same time rid union labor of it's de- sire to use violence to obtain it's ends, l want to do that thing
 Darrow Questioned
 Around Attorney Clarence g. Darrow gathered a crowd too From him the questioners wanted to know how it all happened and why. Darrow's face was pale. The long wrinkles in his cheeks looked even deeper than usual and he talked in a low. husky voice that indl- cated great fatigue.
 | "It was a hard struggle to bring this about, but it was fine best thing that could have happened" he said. T did | the best l could"
 | Ortie E. McManigal. the confessed dy- namiter. whose admissions are said to have been a big factor in the McNamaras pleading guilty, will go virtually free. if the plans of the state in his behalf do l not go wrong.
 l After court had adjourned this aft ernoon, Malcolm McClarin, the Burns de- | tective who has been a daily visitor to | McManigals cell since the dvnamiter was brought here last spring and has always spoken in a friendly way of the prisoner, came up on District Attorney l Fredericks in the latters office.
 There is just one thing l want to ask of you," said McClarin to Fredericks, "and that is that you do all you can for Me Manigal"
 Fredericks held up his right hand as he answered: ''f promise you I'll do all in my power for him. He may have to take a light sentence, but I'll do :he best l can'
 McManigal Talks
 Later in McManigars cell, after the dy- namiter lad gone into the story of the Llewelyn Iron works explosion last Christ mas, McClarn told him privately of what Fredericks had promised. McManigal was greatly affected when he learned that the state had become his friend. His eyes filled with tears and his voice checked so that he could hardly stammer his thanks.
 Before he heard the news, McManigal had been appraised of the pleas of the Me Namaras and had said with chuckle that he was glad to hear of their action, as 1t confirmed his assertions and he thought the public would now regard him differently.
 "I suspected something was doing. ' said McManigal with a smile as his little black eyes snapped, when J. B. did not go over to court as early as usual this : afternoon. And then when J. J. was taken oyer I was positive I could not tell Just what had happened, however until some time afterward, when the newshov5 came around the jail calling : out, 'McNamara's pleaded guilty Then McClarin came oyer and told me about | the proceedings in court. Of course.
 was surprised. I had not expected then
 U do it so s)on.
 ) An, what next?" he was asked : "Oh, I suppose I'll get nine he a-- swered- T ought to get something for al l tnat did. think ! might be given any l where from one year 10 life tl Laughs at Punishment E He laughed as he suggested his ovr | possible punishment and added in re-
 sponse to question that he never haf