New-York tribune., 1911-12-03
District Attorney Declares Pleas
of MCNamaraS Will Not Save
Other Guilty Men.
DARROW DEFENDS HIS ACTS
Chief Counsel for Defence Says
He Was Actuated by Desire
to Save Lives of Clients,
and Gives Credit to
Steffens and Citizens.
PRISONERS ARE CHEERFUL

DJ eS fNNfNJNS ~
Cause of Lsbor-stste Attorneys
Aver Defence's 8 Counsel Were
Forced to Surrender.
Los Angeles, Dec. 2.-The outcome of
the Mcnamara case will not cause the
authorities to relax their efforts TO ap-
prehend others who may he guilty Of
participation IN the dynamite outrases
District Attornev Fredericks said to-day
that Milton A. Schmidt and David NJ.
Ksplan. the alleged sccomplices Of the
Mcnamara brothers. might soon be ar
rested Others. too. he declared. might
be brought to trial for completely In the
destruction Of THE Times" plant. kap-
Ian and Schmidt are now missing. The
District Attorney denied that the pleas
Of guilty entered by the McNamaras had
in any way precluded him from going
ahead with the other cases.
Those pleas concern two persons" hs
said; they pleaded guilty and took their
chances There has been no agreement
TO stop prosecution"
That prosecutions would be ended tv
the Mcnamara confessions, however, has
been the hope of counsel for the McNs-
maras. and tacitly they have believed
the state would lay down its arms. ~
was asserted by business men interested
in bringing about cessation OF the Nc
Namara trial that Schmidt and kaplsn
eventually would not be brought 70 trial
and that "The Times" incident could bs
considered closed.
Darrow Explains His Position.
All known angles in the uneXpected
termination of the Mcnamara case were
summed UP tonight by Clarence s Oar
row. chief Of counsel for the defence, In
a statement dictated to The Associated
Press. Mr.. Darrows statement is nq
follows:
No motive of any sort entered into the
disposition of the Mcnamara cases EXCEPT
| the welfare OF the men accused or ml
taken would Save the lives of the accused
men. I had no more right 10 refuse II than
doctor would have 10 forbear an opera
ton on a patient to save his lue
| a committee of Los Angeles people oe-
ginning work November 20 MADE " pos
Sible 10 accomplish the result Inelr sus -
| gestions were brought 70 me frst by MT.
Steffens on that day, and every DAY there,
after as matters proceeded until the nhs'
determination. - ,.,,
the state Attorney ! cannot tell but "
vas at their intercession that nesotatlon'
we're begun by attorneys for the deleK.s ..
7 expected the final action every ddy dLtsI
tbis movement was commenced, and II was
taken the first minute that an understsno-
ling was reached. II was impossible 70
delay action beyond the time an unoet
Standing was reached on account or ms
Imminent danger We were in Tor TWO NeehS
of having the matter become pnoIc pIop-
erty and thus MAKING prevGH tne shq qnaSIRR0W. SIRRI0oW
achieve. CLAhb-NCh - DAiNiNO
Requests for an authoritative stats'
menf on the situation. rather than inter"
views crowded Darrow's desk through
out tbe dav. and this one, he said, vas
intended 10 answer all OF them.
Job Harriman's Plight.
The statement in itself appeared to in'
dica,e the compexity of conditions. Tns
local political situation, In when 10"
tIarriran. of counsel for the defence. IL
running for Mayor on the Sociaust
ticket. with the election only three Gays
on was taken into consideration. though
uarriman's own position was that the
trial was not local issue ana snou't
make no difference
,rbo recent arrest Of Bert ". Franklin,
an investigator employed by the detehcs'
on q charge Of bribery. was susseS'sh
as having possible bearing. Ths "ai
rerudiated bv the defence whose attor-
povs poiuted out that negotiations vera
under way before the incident occurred
I'm this particular. as to negotis'io"S'
,hev were confirmed by District AttolneF
robn n. Fredercks who I'm a statemeht
to-day. dated tho beginning OF negota'
,iors AZ far back as July. The defencs
,ddad a knot. however. by stating that ~
made no proffers as early as that time
raticued and worn, his face deeply
,ined and pale. Mr.. Darrow, veteran OF
,,,any legal battles in which labor has
toor involved. declared earlier I'm tha
dav that organized labor was not hurt
and the leaders would not be 80 oitter
il they knew the facts
Mr. Darrow was perturbed by the re-
rorts that labor leaders had been LED 10
touevc the defendants innocent and mat
I,hov had no advance information on ths
pleas.
The impracticability Of taking the Ia
bor leaders generally into their conn
dence IT is thought, is one reason that
.as net done, though II is known that
narrow sent messages to several promi'
mont labor leaders week ago urging
,bem 10 come here for a conference.
Edward Nockos, secretary OF the mi
. oogo Federation of Labor who has been
IN tho city for two weeks. knew OF ths
situation with respect TO the pleas, ana
i said TO have accepted the solution OF
| yesterday as the only practicable one.
Further Exposures Feared
Taken as whole. the fear Of furthe,
| oxnosures during the trial is said &c
| 80 cut off its continuation. and it was
| r,rted that at some future time lsboi
| mo, would know the details. The bust.
| ness men OF the city who invited th'