The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-07
CHRONOLOGY Of
Times DISASTER
History In Brief OF Catastrophe And
Events Leading To The Nc
Namara Trial.

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. THE
chronology of the Los Angeles dyna-
miting case, which is set for trial next
Wednesday. October Il, is as follows;
1910.
October Times newspaper plant
destroyed by explosion and fire.
Twenty men killed. Bombs found at
home of General Harrison Gray Otis,
proprietor of the Times, and Felix
Zeehandelaar, Secretary Merchants
and Manufacturers Association.
October 9-Experts appointed by
Mayor Alexander to investigate cause
of disaster reported that high explo- ,
sive, such as nitro-glycerin, had been .
used.
| October 13-Job Hartman, attorney !
representing labor union interests, /.
questioned witnesses before coroner's
jury, eliciting statement that in their
opinion explosion was caused by gas.
October Especial grand jury, i'm
paneled by Judge Bordwell, began
sitting alleged evidence that three
men known as J. B. Brice, Milton A
Schmidt and David Caplan, had
blown up the Times with Eighty Per
Cent Gelatin" purchased September
26 from Giant Powder Works at San
Francisco. Five hundred pounds of
dynamite, later identified as part of
that purchased by trio, was found
cached in house at South San Fran
cisco, October 16.
December 25-Llewellyn Iron
Works partially wrecked by explosion.
1911.
January S-Grand jury returned
secret indictment against Brice,
Schmidt and Caplan.
March 14-Coroner's jury filed YER
dict declaring victims met death in
wreck and fire caused by dynamite
explosion.
April 12-James B. Mcnamara and
Ortie E. McManigal arrested in De
troit and taken to place of hiding il
Chicago.
, April 15-Secret indictments fileC
- by grand jury aaginst James B. Nc
= Namara Ortie E. McManigal and Joh1
is j. Mcnamara, charging them with de
!, struction of the Times.
II April 22-John j. Mcnamara ar
70 rested in offices of International Asso
citation of Bridge and Structural Irol
Workers in Indianapolis. EXtraditet
Immediately, and rushed across tn
=, continent to Los Angeles, being joine,
. on way by James Mcnamara and Nc
Manigal. Joseph Ford, Assistant Dis
i, trict Attorney of Los Angeles, who oil
y, tanned extradition, arrested later O.
49, charge of kidnapping. Detective Wi
,o liam J. Burns and Detective Jane
-, Hosick, of Los Angeles, subsequent
~ indicted on same charge.
be April 26-Prisoners arrived in Lo
nm Angeles.
of May 4-McManigal taken befor
ha grand jury, where he made swor
i'll statement accusing James B. McNan
ar ara of having blown up the Time
q and declaring himself responsible fc
Llewellyn Iron Works explosion
an May 5-Grand jury returned indie
al ments accusing McNamaras, Schmid
of Caplan, John Doe and Richard Roe
nineteen murders in connection wit
Times explosion. and holding McMaI
gal responsible Jointly with John
Mcnamara, for attempt to wreC
lG. Llewellyn Iron Works. McNamar;
ararigned. Bail asked. This deni,
1S May 9.
p May 23-Clarence S. Darrow arriv
Sc from Chicago to become chief couns
ere for McNamaras. Time for enteri
the pleas deferred to July 6,
mt July 6-Instead of entering plei
ms defense assailed jurisdiction of Jud
les Bordwell denying his right to try ca
and moved to quash indictments.
vas July 12-Bordwell overruled be
md motions. Defense filed exceptio
ere McNamaras pleaded not guilty TT
ast set for October II, 1911.