Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-11

and his men there on April 20 they
went straight to offices Of the Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers. Associa-
ton, and arrested John ]. McNamara.
IN an hour or two the formalities Of
arraisnins him before Justice and Al
Ing the extradition papers were gone
thru, and Mcnamara was on his way
to Los Angeles.
Efforts were then made by Burns
! and his men to identify their prisoners,
the two McNamaras and McManigal.
! with the three men, Bryson. Morris
and Leonard. who purchased the 1000
pounds Of dynamite in San Francisco.
MeManisaI confsssss.
MECHANICAL was taken before the
grand jury on May and made a
sworn statement. What he told the
grand jury came out on July 1s. when
the attorneys for the defense, to save
Mrs. McManigal from being adjudged
in contempt for having refused to an
swer questions in the grand jury room.
used a certified copy of his alleged con-
fession.
! III this Confession" McManigal de-
clared he had come to California to
|
of The Times" but finding it guard
ed, blew up the Llewellyn works in
stead He asserted he first met James
B. Mcnamara in the offices Of John j.
Mcnamara in Indianapolis in the sum-
mer Of 1910, The following November
the two were hunting in the woods
near Conover, Wis. and he swore that
James then told him he had blown up
| <I,n> hot, In IL
fornia he had been known as J. r.
! Brice
/ About the time this confession"
was given to the grand jury. John J.
| Mcnamara issued from the jail a
statement declaring his innocence and
expressing confidence that q trial would
result in the vindication Of himself and
his brother. He refused to comment
on the Mechanical "confesslon.'
! 1t is by this confession" however,
that the distric, attorney hopes to
show the connection of John J. McNa-
mara with the alleged conspiracy.
! But the attorneys for the defense de-
clare they are unworried and UNI
troubled by any fears as to testimony
on matters Of fact
ON May 5. the day after McManigal
had testified. the grand jury returned
twenty one new indictments. one of
these held McManisal responsible for
he Liewelyn Iron Works explosion
Another charged John J. Mcnamara
with completely as cn-coEspiratur in
the Llewellyn case. The other nine
teen true bills related to The Times
: sc, alleging that nineteen of tn"
twenty victims ware murdered by John
T. Mcnamara. James b. Mcnamara,
Milton j. Schmidt. David Captain, John
Doe, Richard and Jane Doe. The Does
and Roe, according to the prosecution.
were placed in the list of accused as
pjre caution In the event that any other
alleged consrirators are found.
Probable Line Of Defense.
It Is believed here that three lines
Of defense are open, namely:
To establish an abb, by proving
that James b. Mcnamara. the only one
OF the prisoners whom 1t is alleged
actually placed the bombs in Les
Angeles, was not here at the time Of
the disaster.
Or to achieve the same result by
leaving the burden Of proof upon the
state, and then demonstrating to the
jury that the prosecution had not
proved that James B. Mcnamara was
in Los Angeles on or about Oct I, 1910
Or to prove that the destruction of
the Times" building was not caused
by dynamite but by the huge volume
OF gas used for heating the metal in
the linotype machines OF the news
paper.
The latter apparently is the line the
defense has chosen. and here will be
the battle ground OF the experts. For
every expert the prosecution calls upon
to testify In support OF the dynamite
theory. the defense will have one to do
his best toward establishing the be-
lief that gus was responsible for the
disaster.
For weeks, 1t is anticipated. the legal
struggle will be waged upon this point.
The Jury will be confronted by a maze
OF figures, theories and facts concern
ing the characteristics OF dynamite
and gas
And at the end when the exhibits OF
bombs, clock work Internal machines
and dynamite sticks, now stored in
magazine far out in the desert, have
been shown, and the whole story OF
the tragedy unfolded, the fate OF the
Mcnamara brothers. according to stu
dents on both sides of the case. will
depend upon the jury's answer to the
question: WAS it dynamite or gas?"