New-York tribune., 1911-12-05
WANT TO TELL EVERYTHING
Belief Expressed That Clarence
Darrow Was in Reality EN-
ployed to Save Those
Back of the Nc
Namaras.
WIcKERsHAM STARTS PROBE
Total of at Least Thirty Indictments
Looked For Before Investigation to
Cover Entire Country Is Ended
-Clemency Suggested for j.
B. Mcnamara for Full
Confession

B. Mcnamara for Full
Confession -
Walter Drew, chief counsel tor the
National Erectors' Association, declared
Yesterday that union labor leaders were
running their legs off to tell AL 'heI
know and get immunity.
Attorney General Wickersham ap'
,o;rted q special United States attorney
to take charge Of the governments IN
vestiaation of dynamitins outrases.
Samuel Gompers bitterly denouneed
William j. Burns, maintained that ms
statements could not be more false ana
d.cIared that the detective would 90 10
arv Ienoth to raIisn organized labor.
At Los Angeles James b. Mcnamara
wrote out his confession and gave u 70
District Attorney Fredericks' The state
ment duplicates no one besides mo
writer. John ]. MeNamsra made no
confession.
District Attorney Frederleks an
nounced that Bert n. Franklin, the oe'
tective now under arrest for attempt
ino to bribe George N. Lockwood
v.nirensn. had actually paid to Robert
M. Balm. tho first sworn juror in the
case, S4oo, and had promised him s5'oOo
mare az tho end Of the trial II he would
vote for acquttal.
At INDIANAPOLIS Mr. Miller. tho United
States Attorney, declared the govern
,oent INVESTIGATION would be pushed with
vioor, and that unsafe leaders Ike
Samuel Gompers must be retired
"The chief trouble we are having VITA
the union labor leaders now said
member of the executive committee or
the National Erectors' Association tes
terday. lis to keep them from squeai
TOO soon They all want 70 come IN ana
fell everything they know and get Inn
munty."
That's So" said Walter Drew cni'l
counsel for the association "a great
many of them are seeking 10 be sub
ppnaed."
I'm New York or around the country!
he was asked.
replied. "All over the country
"They can't keep it away from Ne"
York" said the executive committee
member. They are running their legs
off here to get under cover
Wickersham Starts Investigation
Attorney General Wickersham appoint
cd special United States attorney yes
terdav 10 take charge of the inVestisa-
tio,, If the dynamting for the federal
government. His first work VIII be In
the West, and he will start about the end
Of this week for Los Angeles. In the
mean time he will come TO New YORK Tor
consultation with Walter Drew, and
-, his way 10 Los Angeles will stop IN
1,dionapolis for a conference with Alr.
,,,Ier the United States Attorney OF
that city.
The United States Attorney OF Los
,,oeIes Mr.. Mccormick, has been III
washington for four days in consuita-
,io, with the Department OF justice
and will come here to see Mr.. Drew th's
,,.oal Next Monday Mr.. Drew and an
oeiciaI from the Department Of Justice
viii 90 20 Chicago for meeting Win
the railroad presidents in that CITY
The federal government VIII act uhoer
c,otiors o35 and 236 OF the Federal
e+otutos Section 235 makes it a crime
Tn carry explosives on passenger Tram
oroa ped in interstate traffic, and Secuoh
.2e r,al,es il a conspiracy for two or
more persons to combine 10 ore"" '"o
federal laws. The federal government
could not take cognizance of dynar''-
ing IN New York or any other CITY, ouI
- could arrest and imprison the orend-
orc for carrying dynamite 10 another
c;t,, on a passenger train. or conspirihs
70 have dynamite 80 carried.
long telegram was sent to Los
Angeles Yesterday from the Department
of Justice and washington expects im-
mediate developments in the federa' case
, tho coast At the same time II WAS
learned last night from Los AhgeIeS'
,y,lter Drew sent a dispatch from lh'S
,,,,, IA District Attorney Frederichs'
recommending that clemency oe eN-
tended 10 ]. B. Mcnamara. provided he
,yould make a full confession ana CIV"
the details concerning all those mph-
Gated in the dynamitings that have COW
cred the country in the ast six years
Question parrow's Motives.
The National Erectors' Association eA-
meets fourteen or fifteen indictments u
he found by the federal grand jury N
Los Angeles, and looks for total OK
thirty indictments. extending from Bos-
ron 10 the Pacific Coast. II is the be-
lief of the association that while car
ence barrow ostensibly represented the
McNamaras in the defence, he was In
reality employed to save the labor
unions and those back Of the McNa-
maras.
The size Of the defence fund called
for is cited 10y the association to sus-
tain this view. For the last ten days
the association has been investigating
the contributions levied on the various
unions TO make up the fund and the