The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-03
All Agree that this is the Start, Not the End of
the Most Sensational Case in the History
of the Nation.
FRIENDS NOW TURN ENEMIES
Gompers Repudiates the Brothers Entirey and
Bitter Messages Are Received From all
Over the Country.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2-Now that
thirty-six hours have elapsed since the
sensational confession of John ]. and
j. b. Mcnamara that they We're the
central figures in the dynamite con-
spiracy that eliminated in the destruc-
ton of the Los Angeles Times build
ing, the mystery of their complete sur
render is growing more dense as the.
hours go by.
District Attorney Fredericks con-
tinues to smile blandly and declare
that the only reason was that I'VE
had 'em buffaloed and they had to
surrender to save their necks.''
Against this is the declaration OF
Judge o. N. Hilton, the noted Denver
attorney. who was selected to fight
the case after barrow had declared
he could not fight it. Hilton, who has
had ACCESS to all of the proceedings of
the defense and much of that of the
state, declares the best the state could
have expected was hung jury.
But barrow, wan and tired, his face
more deeply lined than ever before,
I tearfully declares to all callers that
swaitle we will be misunderstood, we
are content that we have saved human
lives from the wreckage. They had
the goods on u.s.
Is the Beginning.
Los Angeles is hot bed of rumor
tonight. On only one proposition do
all agree and that is that the confess
sion of the Mcnamara brothers. is
the beginning, not the end, of the most
sensational case in the history of the
nation What the next moves are to
be no one knows. The state as repre-
scented by Fredericks, district attor-
neys, says that it will act, not talk
Darrow and DAVIS YEARLY declare
that they do not know what is com
ing, that nothing would surprise them
and that they are prepared for any.
thing"
Over in the gloomy Jail, closely
guarded by half dozen picked depu
ties, John ] and James b. McNamara
sat in gloomy silence in the early
hours of tonight. In their case the
reaction was over and they were real
izlng what it all meant They are be
ing carefully guarded as in their de
pressed condition some fear is eN
pressed by the iailor and his attend
ants
Heartbroken Mother
For a few hours today both men de
clared they had done the best the.
could and they We're glad it was al
over. Then came the word that ava.
back in her lonely home in Cincinnati
their heartbroken, old mother wa!
Historically proclaiming their confes
sion had been forced from them AM
that they were still innocent in he
motherly mind Within few hours
kilograms began coming from the mel
who had believed in their innoncenct
and who had stood by them in theil
fight for freedam.
First of these was from noted la
Dor leader whose name was withheld
In 1t he said:
Have just read the damnable stor!
in the evening papers. 1t is hard to be
lieve whether you are insane or II
league with the forces of capital tina
have determined to crush the wag'
Garner at any cost"
Bitter Messages.
From that time On the kilograms 0
protest kept coming Many were 81
strong in tone that there was wonde
openly expressed that the TELEGRAPH
companies had not held them up AL
were read by the two men and care
fully destroyed.
Neither man had anything to sa
for publication. BY order of the sheI
iff. all access to the men was refused
They have agreed to tell their stor
to the district attorney and 1t Is ea
pected that the first installment wa
commence Tuesday When an attemp
was made to ask them what the
thought of the letter of Samuel Con
pers, head of the American Federation
of Labor, repudiating them utterly
the sheriff ordered that the nlessag
be not communicated to them.