Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-23
Judqe Makes important
Change in Mcnamara Case.
DEFENSE MAKING PLANS
To Begin Questions to Prospective
Jurymen All Over Again.
STATE WORKING ON NEW CLUE
Whereabouts of James B. Mcnamara
Following Los Angeles Explosion
Being Investigated.

Los ANGELES. Cal. October 23-With
ruling by Judge Bordwen on the eli
gibility of the three talesmen who were
challenge for cause by the prosecution
al last Fridays session, the trial OF
James b. Mcnamara. charged with mum
der In connection with the destruction or
the Los Angeles Times plant. went for
ward today on It's second stage.
The ruling of the court ON the talesmen
In question. IL was expected. would lie
followed by the filling up OF the jury
box from the list Of waiting Nenircmcn
when the defense would begin all over
again its now familiar set of questions
to disclose the mind of the prospective
jurors and their attitude toward organ
tied labor in general and toward, the de-
PENDANT in particular.
Judge Reverses Ruling.
4 possibility that Judge Bordwell might
reverse himself In his ruling on the
states challenge for cause OF Juror Rob
inson. who was temporarily passed at
Fridays session. helped to lend an air of
uncertainty to today's proceedings.
Judge Bordwell late In arriving
and court did not convene until lo:22
o'clock. Judge Bordwell first announced
challenge against Robinson was set aside
on account OF the tangled record and he
would further interrogate him Robin
son then took the stand. The court read
some of the answers In the record Ask
ing Robinson his views capital pun
ishment.
After interrogating Robinson .Judee
Bordwell let him go Robinson was o9-
posed to voting the death penalty on cr-
cumstantial evidence.
Robinson was challenged on the ground
that he had admitted he was opposed To
the death penalty. In disallowine the
challenge Judge Bordwell reserved the
right to change his ruling after he had
looked up the law in the case and since
then he has carefully perused number
Of cases bearing on the question, cited
him by Assistant District Attorney q.
Ray Horton.
OF the six talesmen. who were In the
Jury box when court adjourned Friday. l..
ID. Green, an orange grower; Seaborn
Manning. rancher. and Robert +. Balm.
a carpenter, were considered the three
most likely to be allowed to remain All
had been passed for cause.
May Ask for Fourteen Jurors.
Considerable speculation has been caus-
ed by a report that the prosecution would
ask Judge Bordwell to swear In four
teen jurors before the taking Of testimony
begins, the last two selected to act as
alternates. AS the trial is expected to
last for several months. this method. IL
adopted, h is believed, will eliminate
much of the danger of mistrial In case
of sickness or death or disqualification for
other cause of any of the jurors.
Although no statement to that effect
was forthcoming today from the district
attorneys office, II was unofficially adj
mitted that the state is still working on
the supposed clue reported from Salt
Lake City last week as to the alleged
whereabouts of James b. Mcnamara i'm
mediately following the Times explosion.
The district attorney is said still to be-
lieve that he can prove that McNamara
was sheltered at the home there of j. Il.
Munsey, business agent of the Interna-
tional Association of Bridge and Struc-
tural Iron Workers of America. for sew
eral days. Immediately thereafter. The
defense admits IL has been aware of the
district attorneys activities in this direc
ton for some time past. and the struggle
Of the opposing forces reached climax
when Mrs. Munsey, on whom the prescott
ton relied for it's evidence, announced
that she would not voluntarily testify.