The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-09

MAN spring NOuIu 100 tlgut are, dC-
cording to the contention of the pros
ecution. the trif1es responsible for the
fact that John J. Mcnamara and his
brother James are about to he tried
here on the charge of having murder
ed nineteen men. On Wednesday
next-eleven days more than a year
after the disaster in which a score Of
victims were slain-these W. men
must appear in department nine of
themselves against the accusation
that they caused the destruction Of
the Los Angeles Times building an
hour after midnight on the morning
Of October /, 1910.
A web of what the prosecution re-
CARDS as evidence has been spun
around the two brothers. one a ma
tional labor leader and the other a
worker in the ranks. and will be pre-
row and the other attorneys engaged
in the defense of the McNamaras.
however. are confident that they will
be able to rend asunder the case OF
the prosecution. and that their clients
will walk forth free men.
This bomb that did not explode and
which was found beside the house Of
Felix Zeehandelaar, an official Of the
Los Angeles Merchants and Manufac-
oupklICu NhC
clew that has solved. at least to the
satisfaction of the prosecution, the
mystery Of how the building Of the
Los Angeles '"Times" was destroyed.
The clew is traced back to the Nc
Namara brothers through a claim Of
alleged circumstances and facts. The
case Of the state, however. has been
described by one Of the attorneys for
the defense as "a flimsy fabric of cir
c~unstances." and nothing so far has
developed to show that the prosecu-
ton has any direct evidence to prove
hat James B. Mcnamara set the
bombs at THE Times" building. and
at the homes Of General Harrison
Grey Otis, the proprietor Of THE
Times" and Mr.. Zeehandelaar. Moth
ing on this point appears in the tran
grand jury.
The workings" Of an alleged con-
spiracy. born OF hate engendered by
the industrial strife between union
workers and employers in the struc-
tural steel trade. are said to have
been laid bare by the state. Detec-
tives working on the case went first
to San Francisco and thence east to
Indianapolis and into the offices of
the International Association Of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers.
of which John j. Mcnamara
and still is. secretary treasurer. AS
the cap sheaf Of the case. came the
confession of Ortie f. McManigal.
and when the McNamaras are
brought to bar next Wednesday they
will find this man their chief accuser.
But on the other side-on the side
of the defense-wil be McManigalIs
once at least, caused her husband to
waver. and over whom for several
weeks both defense and prosecution
struggled for the benefit Of her favor
and whatever testimony she might
have to render. She defed the grand
jury. nor in contempt proceedings
brought against her because she had
refused to answer questions in the in
quisitorial chamber. and incidentally.
through the attorneys for the McNa-
maras, made public the confession in
which her husband accused John j.
Mcnamara Of being the master con-
spirator. and his brother, James. his
chief instrument.
Nevertheless, while sanguine Of the
final outcome of the trial. the attor-
neys for the defense, as we'll as the
prisoners themselves expect long:
hard battle before they are freed of
the charge Of having destroyed THE
Times building and slain nineteen
men. John ]. Mcnamara says there
is not the slightest vestige Of fear Of
the outcome in his mind. and the at
torneys representing him and his
brother James assert that when the
prisoners, on Wednesday. catch the
first free glimpse Of the sky they
a %foretsste Of the liberty to come
after weeks of fierce legal strife
which admittedly lies before them.
The prisoners have the laws pre-
sumption in their favor, and they are
supremely confident that the jury yet
to be chosen will vindicato that pre-
sumption by declaring them inno-
cent.
The ruins Of "The Times" building
were still emitting clouds Of smoke
and steam on the morning of October
]. when the throngs Of spectators
were given additional fright by news
that an Internal machine had been
found under a dormer window at the
home OF Felix Zeehandelaar. who, as
secretary of the Merchants and Man
u~facturcrs' association. had been ac-
v IN an open shop" campaign in
this city. Fright became panic a
few minutes later when word was
sent to police headquarters that an
other bomb had beer found at the
residence of General Harrison Grey
Otis. proprietor of the ''Times."
The latter bomb. inclosed in a suit
case. exploded, leaving nothing but a
hole in the sward of a park opposite
the Otis place. where it had beer
flung by its finders. But the Zeehan-
delaar bomb. with it's clock spring
wound a turn beyond the working
tension. remained intact. A police
man cut the battery wires connecting
the clockwork and the fulminat ting
cap. and with it's power for harm
thus partially destroyed, it was taken
to police headquarters.
In it was a heavy charge of eighty
per cent gelatin" an explosive OF