The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-08-10
CBy National Socialist PressD

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i've ". j. Burns. who is directing
the prosecutor OF the McNamara
Brothers in Los Angeles, arrived last
night accompanied by some of his
| assistants and he was met by opera
tives who have been working on the
case in Los Angeles. Guy Biddfnge:
Rof the Chicago police department
came with Burns.
| The first utterances of the detec-
| tive We're in his characteristic bonn
| bastic style. '''i'he brains and the
| actual operators of this crime are in
| custody. | will state positively that
we were after the men who did the
| Job and we have got them right here
under arrest" said Burns
In commenting upon the slate
| ment of Burns the local Socialist pa
per said this morning:
Burns statement shows that he
| Is unprincipled, and will go to any
length to carry out his part of the
plot to convict the striking structur-
al iron workeeS. District Attorney
John ID. Fredericks said: any per-
son who expresses belief n the inno-
cence of the McNamaras is guilty of
contempt of court
THAT was after Fredericks had
made statement to the New York
World that the men were guilty and
would be convicted.
Judge Bordwell says he is too
busy to read the newspapers but he
is much annoyed by publ:ca. ions
that are eXpressngi opinions of in
nocence or guilt of the men.
+t'ond haS - nser tie shourr lf,ar
the imprisoned workers should be
given fair trial. Now comes Burns
who saws that the imnrisoned men
are guilty and that he can state
positively that they did the dyna-
miting. His statements az given
The widest publicity.
"IS this the way to assure tho
people that these men will he given
fair trial? When the hired blood
hounds of capitalism seek to give
workers a fair trial they usually
start in by kidnapping the victims
and rusing them out of the state in
violation of all law. by force and by
fraud and against ronstitutional
guaranty of rights. This case lack
ed nothing in detail
The McNamaras were kidnaDDed.
heQulsltion papers were obtained by
perjured afEidavits. based on q living
telegram sent by Burns. (Sec Rap
paport's statements before Congress
sional committee.)
"Cn this foundation of felony and
fraud against the men imprisoned
here. \ grand jury known to be
prejudiced against labor. some of its
members actually employees of H. c.
)tis. the arch-cnemy of the working
lass. others who have been guests
this hrnnpht Tho ir,H ipt nj
against the McNamaras, who are
low promised a FAIR TRIAL.
I'm the public press Burns tries
md convicts his prisoners. Is that
he preliminary step III IL fair trial?
'CAN y FAIR TRIAL BE BASED
On A FOGNDATION OF LIES, PER-
Jury. FELONIES AND FRAUD?"
1t is known that the district attor-
1eys's office in Los Angeles regards
Burns statement that Schmidt and
Caplan are in London and will be
captured as merest moonshine 1t
vas said there at the time Burns an
nounced from England with great
flare OF trumpets that men were in
custody that Burns was four flush
ing, seeking notoriety and making n
general mess of the case.
Burns was strong in his COM
men dation of Operative MacLaren
who had been giving Ortie McMani-
gal instructions and training him
for his coming ordeal as star witness
in the Mcnamara trial. The detec-
tive placed his seal OF approval upon
the way Mrs. McManigal has been
treated. He chuckled when he was
cold that the woman had swooned
under the third degree and that she
was now lying in Il hospital in 4
semi-paralyZed condition.
Women of Los Angeles are cir
culating protest and proclamation
in which they denounce in the most
emphatic terms the inhuman treat
| ment of Mrs. McATanigal. Th1y ex-
press their pbhorrence of the Burns
| methods of handling helpless pris-
oners and women and children.
Mrs. NcManisal's children have
been taken to Chicago. The woman
lived in constant fear that the ba-