Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-11-27
District Attorney FrederickS
Outlines How Prosecution
viii Present Its Side Of
Case in Mcnamara Trial.
EXPERT TESTIMONY
LARGELY RELIED ON
Death Of Charles ], Haggerty
Particularly Selected Because
of Circumstances Surround
ing Finding Of His Body
lBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wire.

lBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire.
Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. 26.-With
eight jurors sworn and the iuIy-ge,
ting process somewhat simpliflcd, in
quiry as TO what win be heard When
evidence is introduced In the NcNa-
mara case, brought forth today from
District Attorney ]. u. Fredoric,ls IN
outline OF how the state WI present
its side OF the controversy over tbs
destruction Of the Los Angeles Times
building in October. 1910.
After the opening statement by the
district attorney when ,ha tury Il
completed, maps and diagrams vii
be shown Of the building 4 number
| of witnesses will be summoned &c
describe what they saw. These vii
include not only employees who were
in the building at the ,imo of the dis
aster, but those who saw The eXplo.
sion and fire from the outside.
Then vii come, according to ,hs
| district attorney proof of the deatl
Of Charles j. Haggerty, a inachinist
for whose murder James b. MeNa'
mara is now on trial. Haggertyi
body was found in the basement neal
place In link alley" where II !
claimed an explosive was felonousl,
placed. Testimony TO show that Vas
gerty was killed instantly by the force
of the explosion and not by fire, thei
viii be brought forth, - it was liag
gerty's proximity To the alleged origin
nf the explosion. that Induced th'
state to choose from the nineteen In
dictmdnts the one for the murder .
!! Idaggerty.
The testimony of experts on ex
plosives will be produced then 10 In
dicute that dynamite wrecked m
building. Though the state has SUD
poenaed many witnesses. many o
| Them will be disposed of In few MIN
utes.
The defense thus far has not indi
Gated what its manner OF refutatioi
will be. The attorneys claim to hav'
several methods ~ their disposal ah'
although they will indulge In ex
haustive cross examination, the man
line of defense viii not become Wis
ible until after the state has reste'
| It's case
Combating the dynamite theofl
by expert testimony as well as o
witnesses who will allese that the'
smelled gas In the vicinity ot IN
building, already has been admitted
by the defense as "A central featur
| In its future argument.
Examination OF talesmen thus fa
! likewise has revealed that the defens
will insist upon the theory that tn
Times was destroyed by accident an
that no felony therefore was commit
ted.
Calculations from the present prog
reks OF the trial place the time for Tn
taking of evidence at the middle 0
December.
Though only four more Jurors ar
needed to fill the box, the time OF TAX
ing evidence may be postponed some
what by the choosing Of one or wv
alternate Jurors 10 replace any wh'
NAV become physically unable |,
serve during the course of the trlal
while tho state has definitely an
nounced its Intention of asking 70
more Jurors, the action Of the cour
| In granting or denying the reques
cannot be forecasted as II Is KNOW
that Judge Walter Bordwell VIII wal
| until the Jury Is completed before de
Gliding and If a physician pronounce
MI the iurymen in good health TN
reouest probably will not be granted
Tomorrow the examination OF lales
man calvin Collins viii be continued
Besides the eight sworn jurors on
talesman has been passed for caus'
and with seven peremptOrles nov
available to the defense and rive re
! naming TO the state 1t IL believed IN,
completion of the panel Is not far OIL