The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-08

t.py t,lrned one time too maya main
spring wound too tight are, ACCORD
Ing to the contention Of the prose-
cutton. the tribes responsible for the
fact that John j. Mcnamara and his
brother James are about to be tried
. here on the charge OF having murder
cd nineteen men. On Wednesday
next eleven days more than year
after the disaster III which a score OF
victims were slain these two men
must appear IN Department Nine Of
the County Superior Court TO defend
themselves against the accusation
that they caused the destruction OF
the Los Angeles Times Building
An hour after midnight on the morn
ing Of October !, 1919.
web Of what the prosecution re-
CARDS as evidence has been spun
around the two brothers, one a
national labor leader and the other
q worker in the ranks, and will be
presented 10 the jury Clarence S.
Darrow and the other attorneys on
gagged in the defence Of the McNa-
maras, however, are confident thai
they will be able to rend asunder the
case Of the prosecution. and that
their clients viii walk forth free
men
This bomb that did not explode
aud which was found beside the
house OF Felix Zeehandelaar, an Of
fetal Of the Los Angeles Merchants
and Manufacturers Association, has
supplied new clue that has solved,
At least to the satisfaction of the
prosecution, the mystery of how the
building OF the Los Angeles Times
was destroyed The elew is traced
back 20 the Mcnamara brothers
through claim of alleged circum-
stances and facts. The case OF the
state, however, has been described
by one of the attorneys for the de-
tense as "a fiimsy fabric OF circumu-
stances aud nothing so far has de-
velopod TO show that the prosecution
has any direct evidence to prove
that James B. Mcnamara set the
bombs at The Times" Building, and
at the homes Of General Harrison
Grey Otis, the proprietor of "The
Times, and Mr.. Zeehandelaar,
Nothing on this poiut appears in
the transcript of evidence taken be-
fore the grand jury.
Prosecutions Theory
The workings of an alleged con-
spiracy, born OF hate engendered by
the industrial strife between union
workers and employers in the struc-
turai steel trade, are said to have
been laid bare by the State De-
tectives working on the case went
first to San Francisco and thence east
to indianapolis aud into the offices
Of the International Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers,
OF which John Mcnamara was. and
still is Observation-Disclosures As the
cap shear of the case, came the con-
fcssion OF Ortie f. Mechanical, and
when the McNamaras are brought
to bar next Wednesday they will find
this man their chief accuser.
But on the other sde--on the
side of the defense will be Nc
Manigal's wife, Mrs Emma McMani-
gal who once at least, caused her
husband to waver, and over whom
for several weeks both defense and
prosecution struggled for the benefit
of her favor and whatever testimony
she might have to render& she de- |
fed the grand jury, won in. contempt
proceedings brought against her be- |
cause she had refused To answer
questions in the inquisitorial cham
Der, and incidentally, through the
attorneys for the McNamaras made
public the confession in which heri
husband accused John j Mcnamara
OF being the master conspirator. and
MS brother James. his chief in
strument
Nevertheless while sanguine Of
the final outcome Of the trial the at
torneys for the McNamaras and the
prisoners themselves expect long.
hard battle before they are freed OF
the charge Of having, DESTROYED
The Times Building and slain
nineteen men, John ! Mcnamara
ssys there IS not the slightest vestige
)t fear Of the outcome in his mind
and the attorneys representing him
and his brother James assert that
when the prisoners on "Wednesday, 1
.atch the first free glimpse Of the /,
ky they have had for six months. IL
VIII be only foretaste of the liber-
y to come after weeks of fierce legal | {
trife which admittedly lies beforel
hem. The prisoners have the law'sI
resumption in their favor, and They'll /
re supremacy confident that the jiryt 4
ct to be. chosen will vindicate thatl {