The Washington herald., 1911-12-05

| in Washington. A special grand jury in
Vestigation of the jury bribery angle OF
| the case is under consideration by the
district attorney. and the request for
! the grand jury may be made at once.
| The name of Clarence Darrow was con-
nected with the alleged bribery of Lock
wood to-day through court proceedings
when DIR. J. H Bullard, a local capital
ist and assignee of the claims of James
| H. Levering, filed a claim against the
attorneys for the defense and attempted
attachment proceedings against the 81,
900 taken, it is alleged, from Franklin
and c. E. White, who was associated
with him, and against the $4,000 put up
as ball in the Franklin case.
| F. y. Nockles of the Chicago Fedora
I tion of Labor, who came to Los Angeles
about the time the negotiations for en-
tering pleas of guilty in the dynamiting
cases were begun, issued a statement.
saying that he did not represent Samuel
! Gompers, president of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, and Clarence Darrow
further reiterated that he had never told
! guilty. He said he had never been ques-
toned concerning that point by the head
! OF the labor federation.
Tonight preparations f0F the sentenc-
| ing of the two men tomorrow morning
were completed. They will appear before
JuuSe DOTOWell at ~ o CLOCK. Inc ldIe-
! full ceremony will be simple in the ex-
! treme. The men will be brought in,
brief statements of the case will be
made, the attorneys for the defense will
ask clemenCy. and the district attorney
will suggest to the court that. in view of
all the circumstances in the case, he
| joins in the recommendation that James
b. Mcnamara escape with his life. II
is understood that no very extended plea
| in behalf of John J. will be made, as
allowing him 10 plead guilty to q minor
charge, instead of the charge of murder
| that hung over him, is considered in it
self a sufficient reward for his consent
to admit his guilt.
Sheriff Guarding Prisoners.
Every precaution is being taken to
guard the prisoners. and by order Of the
sheriff admission to the court room will
be by special order tomorrow.
Extra chairs were placed inside the rail
for attorneys and others specially privi-
legged to watch the proceedings, and the
seats left in the back of the room will
be thrown open to the crowds. When
the seats have been filled the doors will
be locked. Every precaution will be
taken to prevent any suspicious char
acter' from gaining admission. Special
deputies will guard the Railways and the
room itself.
Whether the statement given by James
B. Mcnamara TO the district attorney
would he made public tomorrow was
not definitely determined tonight. 1t was
intimated that it would be read to Judge
Bordwell to help him form his estimate
of the case. The Judge was at the court
only few minutes to-day, and aside
from reading his mail and attending to
few unimportant matters, he did no
work. He left the hall of records at
noon and dropped ont of sight for the
rest Of the day. When asked about a
routine matter this morning by one of
the clerks. he replied:
'Ill hear nothing to-day"
The conference of the attorneys over
the Mcnamara statement was one Of the
most startling developments of the day.
1t had been reported that the sentencing
of the Mcnamara brothers might he
postponed in order to allow the District
attorney to secure full and detailed con-
feSsion from J. B. 10 substantiate other
evidence of the dynamite plots, which
extend almost from ocean TO ocean. Later
Attorney Davis called on the district at
tOrney. then he and DarrOw went to the
Jail. Fredericks Joined them there and
they were ClOseted with the McNamaras
for almost two hours. They came out of
the Jail together paused in front Of the
door. and gOOd-natur"dly posed for the
newspaper photographers. and then walk
ed down the street together. Darrow and
Davis went to their offices and Freder-
icks went To the office Of another attOr-
nvy. He returned to his own office late
in the day.
1t WAS intimated that the statement
that was finally agreed to was not de-
tailed confession of the entire dynamitnG
plot, hut was a much briefer statement
and on, that cove red many Of the points
in the case of the dynamiting of the Los
Angeles Times Building itself telling
particularly the movements of Mcnamara
while he was in Los Angeles. The state
ment was made in order to have some
kind Of a record of the crime for which
Mcnamara will be sentenced, the evil
denCe having never been introduced.
Aside from this, the greatest interest in
the days developments Centered in the
admission of the district attorney that
a thorough probe of the whole dynamit-
ing plot would he made in Los Angeles.
Although Fredericks would not say just
what was contemplated. he let 1t be
known that his office would furnish the
Federal authorities with every possible
assistance.
More Developments Coming.
He pointed out that the greater bulk
of the evidence of the case was already
in Los Angeles. and that Ortie Z. Nc
Nanical. the man arrested with James
B. Mcnamara, and whose confession
furnished the first definite proof of the
Jobs done by the dynamiters. would
he 4 convenient witness here. From his
intimatiOn It was plain that the Federal
grand Jury here would be in possession
of more data for actual work than In
any other city. with the possible eX-
Ception of Indianapolis.
Deputy District Attorney G. Ray Hor-
ton, i'm a somewhat extended statement,
told of the various matters that the
Federal authorities might probe. The
first and most important part of the
1t was said. would con-
Germ the interstate transportation of dy-
numite, which would hinge largely on
the statements of various explosions
contained in the confession of Ortie Nc
ManigaL The second part of the inves-
tigation will probably delve into viola
tions of the postal laws. These, ii was
asserted, were in connection with the
work of securing the enormous defense
fund provided by labor unions all over
the country. in an effort to save the
Mcnamara brothers.
II was said that in soliciting this
fnnd, when ii was believed those in
charge OF the work must have known
of the guilt of the McNamaras prob
ably constituted a violation of the
postal laws against obtaining money un-
der false pretenseS.
The district attorney has number of
letters and documents in his possession,
which, II is expected, will be turned over
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