The Calumet news., 1911-12-05
MURDERER SCORED BY COURT
Judge Comments On Declaration
of "No Intent to Kill"
Written Confession Of James 3. Made
Public. Darrow's Fee Said. to
Have Been $4,000. Unions
to Settle Strikes.

Los Angeles. Dec. 5.-James b. Nc
Namara, life Imprisonment at San
Quentin prison.
John j. Mcnamara, imprisonment for
hfteen years at San Quentin.
These were the sentences passed by
Judge Bordwell upon the self-confessed
dynamiters today and so closed. as
far as the state is concerned one OF
the most sensational cases ever
brought before the court.
The trial. suddenly stopped by the
confessions Of the McNamaras. at
tracted attention i'm every section OF
the country. especially at labor CEN
ters because of the great interest taxi
en- by the unions. who. believing in the
innocence OF the accused men. contrib
uted literally to the defense fund.
Hours preceding the final scene i'm
the famous case. crowds gathered in
the building where the court was held.
When all was ready, Judge Bordwell
mounted the bench. A moment later
Attorney Darrow. chief counsel for the
defense, followed by Lecompte Davis
and Joseph Scott. entered. Behind
them trailed the McNamaras. After the
usual preliminaries the McNamara
confessions We're read. The court an
nounced he found the degree of guilt
is the murder in the first degree, and
ordered James b. Mcnamara to stand
up. The court made the formal state
ment, reciting the indictment for the
murder OF Charles ]. Haggerty, upon
which Mcnamara had pleaded guilty
Mcnamara declined to make any fur
ther statement. Prosecuting Attorney
Fredericl1s made a formal statement
declaring there was no dickering or
i'm the matter
Judge Bordwell, addressing the de-
commented on the declaration
by the defendant in his confession that
he did not intend to destroy life.
"The circumstances are against that
he said. "A man who will
place sixteen sticks of dynamite in a
place where you knew that gas
was burning in many places and
knew many were toiling. must have
had no regard for life; must have been
a murderer at heart and undeserving
Of clemency."
For reasons other than such a plea
Of no intent, Judge Bordwell declared
he would impose the penalty Of i'm
for life.
John ]. Mcnamara came next. The
Llewellyn Iron Works indictment was
read TO him by the Judge. He said he
had nothing TO say District Attorney
Fredericks, however. said that. as in
The other case the plea OF guilty re-
suited from no dickering or bargain
ng, but pleaded that the defendant
John ]. Mcnamara, be given "a few
years of freedom at the end OF his
ife."
Judge Bordwell proceeded to pass
sentence of fifteen years on the de-
endant.
For both, District Attorney Freder-
cks desired clemency. life imprison-
nent for James B. and fourteen to
wenty years Imprisonment for John
!.
with the announcement OF the pro-
POSED plea for clemency came the in
formation that the brothers had fur
lished information OF great value in
he investigation OF an alleged far
'eaching dynamite conspiracy, and that
both would be summoned before the
Federal grand jury now In session
iere.
Confession is Made Public.
-. ID NfoN-o,,orofe t~{af copfaa-
ion. penned by his own hand. was
1ade public today. He says:
sept. 80 1910. at 5:45 p. m.
laced in the ink alley, a portion OF the
lines building, a suit case containing
ixteen sticks OF eighty per cent dyna-
mite, set 20 explode at one the next
nornlng. II was my intention TO in
ure the building and scare the owners.
did not intend to take the life OF any
ne sincerely regret these unfor-
unate mon lost their lives. II giving
ny life would bring them back | would
lady give Il. In fact. i'm pleading
utility 10 murder in the first degree. I
ave placed my life in the hands Of the
tate
The confession is probably the only
gritten statement OF the case that viii
yer be made by the writer or his
rother. John J. Mcnamara. who
leaded guilty TO dynamiting the Lie
'ellyn Iron Works.
Darrow's Fee is $4,000.
New York Dec. 5.-Darrow's fee for
efending the McNamaras Is not less
han fifty thousand. according 10 Sec