Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-15
N 'NAMARAS'
TRIAL SET
October l1FIxed as q Compro-
mise Dale
MRS. M'MAn|GAL'S CASE
The Contempt Proceedings
Will Take Place Next
Monday. Some of the
Questions She Refused to
Answer Before Jury.

Los Angeles Cal. July 14.-Today
| brought the Mcnamara dynamiting
case within reach of it's climax.
| The trials of John J. Mcnamara, the
accused labor leader, and his brother
James 3. Mcnamara, were set for
October 1. and the hearing OF the
| important correlative action-the con-
tempt proceedings against Mrs. Ortie
L. McManigal. wife of the alleged
self confessed dynamiter for mkt
| Monday.
After considerable argument. in
which the prosecution objected to
the trials being set for a date later
than September l, and the defense
with equal vigor opposed any time
ocfore December /. Judge Walter
BcrdwelI determined upon Il compro-
mise and fixed ii at Octob,r 10.
1t was later learned by the Judge,
that October 10 will be a legal holi-
day because Of the state election on
the constitutional amendments. and
he said the law provided that where
trial is set inadvertently upon a
holiday il shall go over until the fol-
lowing day.
Before the same judge the contempt
proceedings against Mrs. McManigal
were instituted. Arthur l.. Veitch.
deputy attorney. filed an affidavit
signed by Charles Weir. foreman OF
the grand jury which returned the
indictments against the McNamaras.
and before which Mrs. McManigal
was called.
The affidavit contained a sworn
statement of Weir as to the grand
jury proceedings when Mrs. McMani
gal was before it, with a list of more
than one hundred questions which
she refus,d to answer. Weir asked
the court to Issue a citation com
peIling Mrs. McManigal to answer
the questions, show cause for not
doing so or go to Jail. Judge Bord
well fixed Monday as the time for
the hearing the questions.
MANY of the questions quoted by
Weir were such simple ones as Why
wort you answer" and DO you
think il would incriminate you to
answer this?" But Mrs. McManigal
refused. according to the affidavit. to
answer, giving as her reason. fear of
them h'r> first name was Emma"
but declined to say whether she was
more than twentyone years old
Others were: Did you meet the
man who went under the name of
Frank Sullivan at your residence in
December 1902"
DO you know Hawkins. of the
International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers."
Did you in April 1911 leave Chi
cago and go to Indianapolis and see
J. ]. Mcnamara"
What conversation did you have
with-J. ]. Mcnamara at that time?"
do you know where your husband
was i'm November and the early part
of December 1902"
Did you receive any mail from
your husband while he was in, Con-
over. Wis, or Kenosha, Wis. in
November and December
Did you receive in April a tele-
phonic or telegraphic messag" from
]. J. Mcnamara at Indianapolis?
Did you I'm February or March
1911 have dynamite stored at your
premises, Ala South Halstead street,
Chicago?"
Did you about that time see ]. J.
Mcnamara, alias Bryce. alias Sullivan
thaw dynamite over a radiator at
your house?"
At that point in the proceedings,
Mrs McManigal was shown clock
and attachments. supposedly part of
a bomb. and was asked if she had
seen anything similar about her home
or If ]. b. Mcnamara had such an
apparatus: she was also shown two
photographs OF ]. b. Mcnamara and
was asked IL she could identify them.
She refused to answer. the affidavit
stated. -.