Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-07-14
TRIAL OF McNAMARAS
SET FOR OCTOBER 10.
Defense is Playing for Time And Ia
Rebuked by Court for UqIy
lnsinuation.

Defense is Playing for Time And is
Rebuked by Court for Ugly
Insinuation.
(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican,
Los Angeles, Calf, July 14.-Judge
Bordwell today set the trial of the
Mcnamara Brothers for October 10.
Playing for Delay
Lon Angeles, Calf, July 14.-John
J.. Mcnamara, the labor leader, and
his brother James B., will be brought
to trial October 10, on the first of
the 10 murder indictments found as
a result of the explosion which
wrecked the Times newspaper build.
ing in October of last year.
The date was set today by Judge
Bordwell, of the Superior Court, as a
compromise between the contending
claims until November. but the pro,
secution insisted on the trial not later
than August l.
AS soon as the case wass called.
John D. Fredericks, district attorney.
announced that the prosecution was
ready to go to trial at any time.
Defense Rebuked.
Joseph Scott, for the defense. ar.
gued in favor of setting the trial for
not earlier than December 1. He re-
ferred to the case as one of peculiar.
tiles, called attention to the fact that
the transcript of evidence taken be.
fore the grand jury filled 2300 paees
and said that aside from the alleged
information of Ortie Mechanical the
defense only had remote ideas rela.
tive to the evidence the prosecution
intended to adduce.
He said he knew of no reason for
hurry judging from the transcript for
the first indictment against John !.
Mcnamara and then declared that the
procedure followed in bringing the
accused brothers to Los Angeles was
disgrace to the court" That brought
forth protest from the prosecution
and rebuke from the court.
There is no reason for you making
tnat remark, Mr. Scott" said Judge
Bordwell, Il am sorry you made If"
Scott then said that the prosecu.
ton had taken days and weeks to
OBTAIN the views of experts on the
explosion at the Times plant where
nineteen persons lost their lives.
He said the defense wished to
make scientific investigation and
urged that the trial be not set before
December /.
Fredericks said the prosecution
wished to as fair as was consistent
with the duty but thought the best
time for the trial was about Septem-
ber l.
Clarence S. Darrow, for the de.
tense, said that the grand Jury deli.
berated seven months before the in.
dictments were returned and declar.
ed ii. his belief that the defense, in
view of the large quantity of evidence
lit wished to produce and the distance
from the defendants home, should
have lengthy period OF time in
which to prepare. He said he would
agree however to November 1.
Judge Bordwell. stating that he
must consider both sides, set Oc-
tober 10, and 1t was agreed the first
case to be tried would be that in
which the Mcnamara are accused Of
having murdered ]. w. Reeves. a
Times stenographer, who met death
in the explosion. There was soma
discussion as to whether the brothers
would be tried together or singly.
Following Of the setting of the Nc
Namara trial date, it was said by the
district attorney that some action
would be taken late today on the
contempt proceeding against Mrs.
McManigal who recently declined to
answer questions asked her by the
Grand Jury,