The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-03

They are in bad enough shape as
it is" he said
No Compromise.
Fredericks calmly sits back and
charges that barrow, at the very time
he was asserting openly that both
men were victims of .damnable con-
spiracy," was negotiating with him to
enter a plea of guilty for James B.
Mcnamara in return for the dropping
of the charges against John ]. McNa
mara. II told them this would be two
guilty in this case, said Fredericks,
"and that l would rot accept pleas I'M
less they came from both. That posi-
tion never changed and I would not
until they agreed to my demands"
barrow positively denies that he
ever had any dealings with Fredericks
in the case until about month ago.
Then, he says, he sounded the dis
trict attorney regarding plea be-
cause he felt he wanted to save the
lives Of the boys.
But could do nothing he contin-
ned, until Lincoln Steffens came here,
Why he came do not know but he
consulted with a number of the big
gest men in Los Angeles He told
them the position of organized labor
and suggested that they Influence the
district attorney to permit the boys
to plead guilty, Jim to go to prison
for life and John to expiate his crime
with a prison term
Politics Did Not Figure.
But MIR. Darrow,' he was asked
the direct charge is being made by
Job Harripan, the union labor-socialist
candidate for mayor of Los Angeles
that the. only reason these business
men got together and agreed to swa,
District Attorney Fredericks to &C
.cept this plea of guilty was that the,
feared the success of Hartman ant
his associates at the polls Can yot
answer that?''
"The question of the local politica
situation never entered into this mat
ter SO far as l am concerned" an
swered barrow.
:" i did not consult Hartman becaus,
he was busy with his campaign.
/ had to act quickly to save lives ant
II did So"
Reached End of Rope.
Darrow insisted tonight as strongl.
as ever before that the bribery devel
opments of the last few days had ah
isolutely no bearing on the presen
case He declared that he had reach
ed the end of his rope and had takel
the only way in the case.
! No one is prepared to say wha
Judge Bordwell will do. He has beel
absolutely silent from the start. Al
attempts to breach the subject o
punishment We're swiftly repulsed.
1t is certain that unless both of TIL
lMcNamaras make complete breas
ief all their crimes and aid the auth
orities in every way they will get thu
limit of the law. Bordwell Is part
cular Judge who believes that law
were made to be enforced and he vii
insist that the states rights are full,
4 protected before he will grant an.
! favors.
What VIII Follow.
! Big business men in Los Angelo
profess to believe that out of the en-
tire matter will come much NOR
amicable relations between capita
and labor here.
4 Lincoln steffens said tonight h
was sure from his talk with the capita
lists that they would no longer adopt
belligerent attitude but would STAN
for many concessions for the welfar
of the unions and the workers genei
ally.
4 But over at the Labor Temple wher
union labor leaders meet there was
different tone. No one would talk
all we're sullen and defiant and In
sisted that anything they might say a
this time would only hurt their cause
They openly charged that big bushes
had traded Jim McNamara's life 70
lcontinued control of the city's al
fairs.
Their only concern was to keep tn
Ianti-picketing ordinance on the stat