Evening journal., 1911-12-02
Had Witness Who Saw NNamara Garry Bomb {

gator for the Mcnamara defense on
charge Of bribery and the exhibition
by District Attorney Fredericks Of
$4,000 in bills as the actual bribe
money viii be the defeat Of Job Har-
riman, Socialist and Union Labor can
didate for Mayor. The Harrimanites
declare the Alexander forces were ION
the rum when this blow fell on the
friends of labor.
II was admitted Hartman was
gaining rapidly and il seemed prob
able he would be swept into the
executive chair at Tuesdays election.
With him the Socialists expected 10
elect a Socialist council and It was
pledged as its first act, TO repeal the
city anti-picketing order which makes
II a felony to picket a shop or build
ing where there is a strike. In addi-
ton the Socialists would have gained
control Of the police department
which they allege is antagonistic
onistic TO unionism.
Friends of Hartman say the sem
sational episodes of yesterday we're
planned by big business" They assert
bitterly that everything was staged
for the effect It would have on the
election. They assert that the plan
was laid as follows.
After the arrest Of Franklin for
bribery. District Attorney Fredericks
showed his hand. He sent a man into
the court room who sat where he
could see j. b. Mcnamara as he sat
lounging easily beside his counsel
MnnHlW al A l..
ter another man joined him. They
had been sitting looking steadily at
the defendant for more than half an
hour before they caught his eye. Nc
Namara flushed when he saw them
and finally called over Joseph Scott
OF the defense's counsel. There was
whispered conference and while il
was in progress the two men left the
court room.
Saw Mcnamara With Bomb.
What ]. B Mcnamara told Scott
did not develop until today. The men
who had watched him 50 intently in
court had met the prisoner as he went
into Ink Alley at the Times build
ing on that dark night more than a
year ago. They had spoken to him and
he to them. He had with him at that
identical moment the bomb whose ax-
plosion few hours later sent twenty
one innocent souls into eternity
Ihe murderer realized this when
he saw the men IN court. He knew
the absolute proof that he had feared
was at hand, and that the chain about
him had been cllncked. And he told
his counsel so. This was the last
link in the chain--the missing witness
had turned up.
Then II is alleged Fredericks per-
mitted Attorney Darrow and his as
seciates TO see more of the strength of
the States case. The hotel registers
signed by Mcnamara as ]. b. Bryce /:
the two women who saw him 20 forth
on the fatal night with two suit cases
containing the deadly explosives: the
eye witnesses, and last, but most
powerful of all evidence the State
had collected duplicating certain per-
sons in the alleged bribery attempt
by Franklin. were displayed.
II was made very plain to the de-
fense attorneys that unless the
prisoners entered their pleas Of guilty
Immediately the fight would go on TO
the bitter end. J b. Mcnamara would
be hanged and his brother would bo
forced 90 face a trial to save himself
from the gallows; while every person
concerned In the alleged bribery
would feel the heavy hand Of the
law.
II was too much for the defense.
While every ono in Los Angeles was
enjoying Thanksgiving diuner and al
tho very moment. that John J. Nc
Namaia, at the head of the table, was
presiding over a merry dinner party at
the Jail with the sheriff, wardens and
trustees as his guests. BeCompte Davis
Of counsel for the defense rushed I'm
his automobile to the home OF District
Attorney Fredericks. They conferred
for a long time. What was said will
never be revealed. but when Davis
emerged he brought acceptance Of his
proposal that j. B. Mcnamara plead
guilty and Fredericks would recon-
mend llfo Imprisonment while j. j.
Mcnamara could plead guilty to dy-
namiting the Llewellyn Iron works, a
crime not punishable by death.
What other promises were made are
a matter Of speculation. Fredericks
gets angry when it is suggested he
was a party to any bargain. He asserts
the Mcnamara defense was frightened
by the enormous strength Of his case
and entered pleas of guilty which the
state was bound to accept because
they saved the county s1,O00.000 in
witness fees, railroad fare and other
expenses.
But despite this the rumor that
promises were made that the bribery
charges would not be pressed against
men who names have not been men.
toned except in rumors continues &c
circulate.
Attorneys Darrow and Davis abso.
lutely deny any connection with a
bribery plot. They assert that il
there was such a plot IL certainly
did not originate in their Offices.
There is still $4,000 in District At
torney Frederick's safe which has not
been claimed and which Detectives
Browne and his assistants allege the,
can trace from the bank to a man
prominent in the counsels Of the de.
fense and from him to Franklin and
then TO White and Lockwood The