Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-27
Insists He Is Not Counsel for
Alleged Dynamiters.
PRISONERS IN CONFERENCE
Expected to Meet With Lawyers in
Cell This Afternoon.
WOMAN TO SEE ACCUSED MAN
Will Try Again to Identify Nc
Namara as the Much-Wanted
~. B. Bryce"

-. OAyC0.
CHICAGO. April 27-Attorney Clar-
ehce barrow again today denied that he
mas been retained as counsel for the la Dor
! union men accused OF being dynamiters.
| Mr.. Darrow said:
As SAID before, l have not been r.
taiheo as attorney for the men arrested
l hao talk with the officials of the union
| IN indianapolis. as was published before,
| OUT was not engaged at that time, nor
nave L peen since, either in the capacity
o' private counsel. chief counsel, advisory
counsel or in any other capacity
| LoS ANGELES. Cal. April 27.-Clar-
ence Darrow. the Chicago attorney who
inquired prominently in the defense of
Moyer. Haywood and Pettibone, has been
| retained as chief counsel for John and
James Mcnamara and Ortie Mechanical.
| the alleged dynamiters.
conference OF the accused men and
| their attorneys. o. NJ Hilton Of Denver
and Job Hartman OF Los Angeles, may
| De held after the scheduled meeting of
! John j. Mcnamara and Mrs. Ingersoll.
| the San Francisco lodging house keeper,
| to ascertain if the latter can confirm the
| belief she formed yesterday that Nc
Namara is the man who lived I'm her
house under the name of -. b. Bryce"
Another important identification the
| officers expect il that of Ortie McManigal
| as the man who occupied a room at the
Hotel Rosslyn here last December, ar
irving on December 10 and departing on
| the 18th. the day following the dyna-
| mite explosion at the Llewellyn Iron
| Works.
| Omcials say that George Hart. one OF
the hotel proprietors. is positive Nc
Manigal was a guest at his hotel the
night of the explosion. The three men
| locked in separate rooms in the county
jail maintain their calm demeanor. Early
today they had not asked to see attor-
neys.
Men in Separate Cells.
1t was after one Of the most remark
able trips ever made by officers with pris-
oners that John j. Mcnamara, secretary
treasurer Of the International Bridge and
Structural Ironworkers' Association:
James b. Mcasamara. his brother. and
Ortis z. McManlSie were. last night
| placed In the Los Angeles jail to await
| trial on the charges Of responsibility for
| the blowing up of thte Los Angeles Times
plant They had been brought from In
dianapOlis and Chicago in separate conf
| separate cells, surrounded by extra
guards.
1t was only on his arrival hero that
John ]. Mcnamara learned of the arrest
of his brother and McManigle. 1t was
only yesterday morning OH the train that
James B. Mcnamara learned that Nc
Manigle had made admissions to the
Burns detectives and the Chicago police
| that implicated him in various explosions.
McManigle was certain of the action to
be taken against him only when he ar
rived In Los Angeles.
Plot, Dsclares j. J. McNamara.
John ]. Mcnamara, after he had been
put in his cell. made his first statement
since his arrest. He said the charges
against him were part Of plot against
unionism. and complained of his sudden
removal from indianapolis.
Perhaps because of the mystery which
has attended the journey of the prisoners
the interest in their arrival here was
vicinity Of the Santa Fe station before
noon, although every one knew that the
overland limited on which the prisoners
were believed to be was not due Tor an
other two and one-half hours.
1t was shortly after when word was
telephoned to some one in the crowd
about the station that the train had been
stopped at the station in Pasadena and
James b. Mcnamara and McManigle had
been put in an automobile and taken 10
the county Jail. At the Pasadena -
ton there had been a curious throng. put
an orderly one, and there was not q
sound from it when the prisoners left.
Crowd Runs to Jail.
The news of the trick made the crowd
about the station run for the Jail.
pie gathered on the lawn of the coLi
house. packed the windows of that build
ing and crowded on the stairways lead
ing up from the street. 1t was 2:4O
O'Clock when the car containing McMan-
igle and James b. Mcnamara appeared
The crowd greeted it with a cheer, but
whether that was sign of relief at the
end Of the waiting or was intended for
the detectives. or even the prisoners. no
one could say.
Two minutes later the automobile bearing
JohnJ. Mcnamara, Detectives Guy Biddin
ger Of the Chicago Office. S. j. Smith Of the
Burns forces and Hosick of Los Angeles
rolled into sight from the opposite direc-
ton. The union official was taken off at
Raymond station. Again there was q
slight cheer and some kissing. but a cor
don of police moved forward and the
noise stopped.
The crowd was still until the automo-
bile was emptied. and the prisoner was
standing at the gate of the jail. Then
there came q surge forward, and before
the police could interfere Mcnamara was
surrounded by a mass of gaping faces.
All they wanted. however. was to see.
and the attempt at rescue that had been
feared did not come.
First Learns of Brothers Arrest.
It was in the Office Of the Jail that the
elder Mcnamara first learned of the ar
rest Of the others. He had been put
aboard the same train at Fort Dodge,
Kan, but was kept in another car. H.
was kept from talking with any one or
reading the papers. Even when the train
reached Pasadena and his brother and
McManigle were transferred to the auto
mobile, he did not learn of their arrest.
AS he entered the office of the Jail he
was suddenly confronted by the sight of
his brother. He il evidently very fond
of his frail relative. At the sight of the
other prisoner, surrounded by a half
dozen detectives. he was plainly shocked.
His face paled perceptibly and he asked
for a chair with a gesture Of his man
acled hands In few seconds, however.
he recovered himself and his face cleared.
After the first glance he did not look to-
ward his brother until the latter left the
ONCE in charge OF Jailer Gallagher.
Says Defense u Ample.
John J. McNamara talked Of his case
In his coll last night. His appearance
was preposssssins Under q broad fore
head are widely spaced eyes. with cius-