Arizona republican., 1911-12-02
OUTCOME OF THE MNAMARA TRIAL MEANS
 THE ELIMINATION OF CRIMINAL LEADERS
James B. McNamara Confesses to the Unthinkable Crime of Dynamting Los Angeles Times Build ing-His Brother the Secretary of Struc
 tural Iron Workers Union, Admits
 Blowing up Llewellyn Iron Works

Llewellyn Iron works at Los Angeles
 on Christmas day, 1910. James B. McNamara's confession absolutely
 clears up the mystery surrounding the explosion and the firse which wrecked the plant of the Los Angeles Times at 1:07 o'clock on the morning
 of october l. 1910. causing the death | of twenty persons. For nineteen ] of these deaths the McNamaras were 1 indicted.
 ! J. E. McNamara was on trial spe- officially for the murder of Charles | J Haggerty. a machinist, whose body was found nearer than any other to the spot where the dynamite was supposed to have been placed. Both mems sentences are set for December ,. when it is expected
 District Attorney Fredericks will ask
 life Imprisonment for James B. Mo i Namara, the confessed murderer. and probably fourteen years imprison- ment for the brother. The mems
 lives are considered saved. The great contention that the Los Angeles
 Times was not dynamited is dead be- yOnd resurrection.
 As to why James E. confessed. the opposing counsel gave the same an swer He confessed because he is guilty; that's all there is to it." said
 Fredericks .'I counseled him 10 con- fess. because it was the best thing he could do. in the opinion of cOun- sell" said Attorney Clarence $. Oar row. chief counsel for the defense
 "I say now there is no other reason or motive. I studied the case for months. and it presented a stone wall
 Negotiations were on for weeks" said Darrow. We expected at one time that Jim would confess last Monday but he didn't" Dsrrow de- nied that external pressure had been eXerted from union labor sources and socialist sources. as did Gen. Harri son Gray Otis tonight regarding the charge that the municipal election to be held next Tuesday. at which Job Hartman. one of the defense's coun sel, is a candidate for mayor. carried any weight
 It was learned that Hartman was not consulted at all in the delibera tions White. gaunt and hoarse. Har- riman leaned against d well in his office and confirmed this. "The trial has nothing to do with local issues" he said. II was not called into the conference because the other attor- neys said they did not wish the local situation brought into it. I knew nothing until after it happened"
 Brotherly affection bordering on worship. it is known tonight. brought James B. McNamaras confession. The desire to save his brother the necessity of cOnfessing to anything held him back day by day. Joe isn't in this deal" the palefaced man reiterated. 'I don't care what hap pens to me" This state of mind was known to the district attorney. who communicated about it continually with the defense's counsel The so- lution was finally found in the propo- sition that John J. McNamara plead guilty to dynamiting the Llewellyn Iron works, for which he and Me Manigal are jointly indicted.
 All of today's proceedings were Jumped into a few minutes. At the morning session of court, District Attorney Fredericks moved and ad- journment until afternoon. This was plausible because registration fraud warrants were known to be impend- ing in connection with the coming election. Faith in this doctrine was jolted when it became known that Lawrence Sullivan. an investigator for the defense. had been in Fred l ericks' office. and that Attorneys Darrow and Davis also had been there.
 At the afternoon session the court 1 room was packed. James B. McNa- | mara sat next to Attorney Scott, who | slapped him on the back and put his arm around him. When John J. en- | tered the court there was small doubt | as to what would happen. The pleadings of the men aroused no stir | in the courtroom No bailiff pounded |