Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-05-06
LABOR LEADERS
ARE ARRA|GNED
McM\NIGNL NOT EPECTED TO
APPEAR UNTIL TRIAL.
PRELIMINARY SET FOR JUNE1
Court Room Crowded With spec tator
Despite Efforts of Officials to Keep
Matter Secret.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
Los Angeles, CAL May . john j.
Mcnamara, secretary of the Interna-
uonal Association Of Bridge and Struc-
tural Iron Workers, was formerly ar
raigned today before Judge Bardwell
OF the supeIor court on charges Of
murder and dynamitlng, and his bro
ther James Mcnamara, was arraigned
on charge of murder in connection
with the explosion that wrecked the
Los Angeles Times on October l, kill
ing u men.
Orue McManlgal alleged to have
made the confession duplicating the
McNamaras. was not arpligned and
is not expected to make any appear
ancc in court until the trial begins
and the tine arrives for the prosccu-
tion To present its case against the ac-
cused men, he day ior the McNama-
ras to plead was fixed for June /,
Fully one hour before the hour FOR
arraignment the court room was
crowded despite efforts of the officials
20 keep the matter secret. Judge
Bordwell held a brief conference with
Dirtslrtc Attorney Fredericks, W.
scph Ford, assistant district attorney
Arthur L. Neach and A j Hin, and
two dcputiei who constitute the pros
ecution force so far as announced and
Leonard NJ RappapoIt Of Indianapo-
10
and his assistant Joi G Hartman OF
Los Angeles,
Judge Barjwell ascended the bench
at exactly 80 o'clock The McNama.
ra brothers, with hands manacied
behind their backs, were brought into
court by Sheriff Hamill Assistant
District Attorney Ford read all of the
indictments charging them with mur
der Of emp oyes OF ne Times plant
Aruscd with the brothers in the in.
dlctment was william Caplin. alleged
to have been an ASSISTANT with Jip,As
Mcnamara In the explosion. and -four
others, one a woman, who were mask
ed by the ames of John Doe. -
Richard Roe" John Stiles" and
Jane Doe"
The accu 'ation was followed by a
list OF the 81 ores of witnesses exam.
ined by the grand juiy in the weeks
following tne Times disaster and with
the late adrttlon Of Ortle McMani gal
the confess 4.
Considering the importance OF the
casC and the distance which 1t may
be necessar to bring Witnesses" At.
torncy Rappaport said:
Il would like to nave thirty days
before the Pleas are entered
"lf you ars allowed an unusual time
to enter IT," pleas" said Fredericks
'will YOU wait the provision OF the
statute which declares that the men
must he tried within 90 days after they
are arraigncG?'
Rnppapor; slgnified his willingness
and the dlst'ict attorney said he would
consent to the pleas being made on
June /.
Ford then read the other eighteen
indictment. James Mcnamara was per-
dictment was read charging John
Mcnamara, Ortie T.. Manleal, John
Doe John stiles and Richard
Roe and james Doe with dynamit-
inr the Lewellyn Iron Works on
Christmas morning. The time for
Mcnamara t. plead to that charge
was also was fixed for June 1.
Rappap0rt asked wnat had become
OF the indictments upon which the
men were arrested, inqulring IT they
had been "quashcd, we're pending OF
what" FIR 'derlcks said they were on
file in the court. lie declared he had
no wish to rraign the men on them
at present Rapraport declared John
MtNamaha had been taken from his
home on tn strength Of these lndlct.
monts and u they were to be used
against the mon the latter had Il right
to be nrraig1ed soon. fredercks said
they would not be used between the
date OF arr1ignment and the time Ia
ploodod anyway Rappaport contcnded
that there was at least one balnblc
charge, that of accusing John j. Me.
Namara Of placing explosives at the
Lewcllyn Iron Works. aud asked the
court 10 fix bail. The district attor.
noy replied as Mcnamara was also In.
ditced for II urder, It was useless to
bring up tn matter Counsel for
the defense informed the court that
he would not press the polnt at this
time but lr'lmated he would do "a
later Il WIS finally agreed that the
prosecuting attorney and counsel for
The prisoners would confer over the
matter next Tuesday.