The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-06-03
Represents That the Two Defend
IA
ants Are Cheerful, Calm
and Confident.
FAKE CONFESSIONS ARE
WORSE THAN WORTHLESS
That Times Building Was Not
Destroyed BY Dynamite Is a
Scientific Certainty.

LOS ANGELES. June 1.-(Special
to the Labor World. )-'This will be
hard fight and there will be a
contest at every step,'" said Clar-
ence Darrow the day after he ar
rived in California to take up the
details of the defense of JOAN J.
Mcnamara and his brother who are
charged with dynamiting the Los
Angeles Times building last October.
II am looking over the point and
the defense will reach definite con-
clusions as to the moves to be taken.
The plea of NOT GUILTY will be en-
tered June /. We will move to quash
the indictments at that time. In the
meantime there are multitudinous
tasks ahead Of us. We shall inves-
tigate the construction of the grand
jury. There are 1900 folios of testi-
mony to be gone over and that, In
itself, is detail that will consume
much time.
I'VE shall probably not ask for a
change of venue because, in the event
it were granted, it would compel us
that might not work to our advan-
tage. We shall have to study the
case from all these points. I have
been here but a few days and have
not yet gone over the entire ground.
I shall have to get posted on Cali
fornia law and practice and then can
work from better basis.
Il have seen the Mcnamara broth
ers several times. They are cheer
full, calm and confident But there
. is a big fight ahead. There is a
strong similarity Between the. way
John j.. Mcnamara was brought here
and the way the Western Federation
of Miners men were taken from Den
yer to Boise. I will not go farther
into details in that direction at this
time.
"Mr. Hartman and the other at
torneys have been very busy on the
case up to this hour and I find every
thing in excellent shape There
will be nothing given out about the
case to the daily newspapers and
few statements will be made
Mr.. Darow is in excellent health
and says he never entered on a big
case feeling better.
Attorney Hartman.
Attorney Job Hartman has been
working on the case since the hour
of the arrest Of the Mcnamara
brothers. He has had charge of all
the large numbers of cases where
striking brewery workers and metal
workers have been prosecuted under
the Infamous anti-picket ordinance.
An insight into one of the lines of
the defense may be had from state
ment by Mr.. Hartman a few days
before Darrow's arrival. The attor-
ney is in possession of evidence gath
cred by DR.. J. A. Holmes, director Of
the United States bureau of mines
showing that dynamite could not
have caused the explosion in the
Times building. Mr.. Hartman said:
'Detective Burns says he has
caught the men who 'dynamited' the
Times building-that one of them
has even confessed. OF what value
could be a confession Of an act new
er committed. Why give credence to
McManigal and his tale of dynamit-
ing building that was never dyna-
mited Evidence such as offered by
DT.. aolHeS Is ABOVE price ana this
expert who is held to be the highest
authority on explosives in the United
States utterly destroys the dynamite
theory.
First. The dynamite asserted to
have been used is made by the
Giant Powder Company of Berke-
ley. This brand has been tested by
the United States Bureau of Mines
and will not set fire to gas This dy-
Mantle will not set fire to inks or
oils. An explosion Of this sort would
not be followed by flames-it would
extinguish flame.
Second. A gas explosion would, on
the contrary set fire to inks and
oils, according to DR.. Holmes, and
WOULD be followed by sheets of
flame.
'sThis evidence in itself makes Nc
Manigal's confession worthless. There
Is an abundance of evidence Of this
sort but this is merely one feature.
The alleged confession of McManigal
looks even thinner today after the
Connors-Parks fiasco. The public
would do we'll to disregard all these
fake stories of confessions and iden-
tifications.'' j.; @s~4@; is5.#i.