The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-04
Reticence Thrown Around the Prisoners Is Not
 Penetrated 
STATEMENT TO COME
 WHEN SENTENCED
Indications Are That the Indictments Against J. J. McNamara Will Not Be Pressed-Witnesse
 Desert Defense

Namara belongs, repudiated him and his
 brother, John J. McNamara in resou-
 tion adopted here today. The resolutions
 instruct the officials of the International
 union to make statement, the text of
 which is included in the resolutions them-
 selves embodied. The resolutions say:
 Now that they have confessed their
 guilt having duped, deceived and betray-
 ed us, and our officers. Samuel Gompers, j president of the Ameriean Federation of Labor, and James M Lynch, president pf
 the International Typographical union, by committing such a dastardiy act, we repudiate all connection with them or their ilk.
 "The union stands, the statement de- clares. flor rigid enforcement of law
 The statement expresses belief In the right of every man to fair trial but de- clares today's meeting was called to ex- press .sour reproduction of such dastardly low down methods" .
 It further points out. that at the time the Los Angeles Times building was blown special grand jury was requested to be empaneled to investigate the tragedy and ayers "this was done to aid the newspaper and comprised the issue as defined.
 The action of the union was about the only positive development of the day.
 The rcticence thrown around the pris- oners was not penetrated, even by their counsel during the hours, although At torney Joseph Scott visited them for about an hour tonight.
 Darrow Refreshed
 Attorney Darrow, seemingly greatly re- freshed, walked about little lake near his apartments conversing with his friends.
 q slept all night" he said He referred to the preceding weeks which have driven him near to nervous breakdown. He said he had no statement to make about the case.
 Interest centers about the confession or James B. McNamara which District At torney Fredericks has announced probably . 4e., he yna6e rues.ias the time set for &thd sentence of the brothers. He said it vol Id not be forthcoming sooner, all though he was entreated by room filled with newspaper men representing the As , sociated Press ito hurry 1t up.' q q would not if I coud,' he said, Tt won't come out until it does
 Judge Bordwel it is believed, will sen fence James b. MCI>dind u iiiO mp '' onment and his brother will probably get 20 years Under the parole laws this would mean that John J. Mcnamara might be released in few years. More evidence was thrown on why John J. McNamara pleaded guilty to the charge of dynamiting the Llewellyn Iron works I and why the state did not insist on q 4 nlea as to indictments against him for | having with his brother, James B.. wreck \ ed inc Times building and caused the death of 21 persons.
 If was averred that John J. Mcnamara could not have been sentenced for a l greater crime than that of manslaughtef in conjunctlon with the Times disaster, as he was not in California at the time. The sentence under this statute is only from to 10 years.
 As far as the indictment for blowing up II the Llewellyn Iron works is concerned K Ortie k. McManigal confessed that John Ne J. McNamara paid him money to blow dp K the building and the states case, 1t was e said. was here more complete. The dyna- | hitting charge, it is observed is punish ..ble bv a sentence of not less than year, but there is no maximum penalty and IL may be from one to nine years within the discretion of the court.
 II Not to Press Indictments The indictment against John J. Me- Namara in connection with the Times dis aster, will not be pressed now. but they will stay on record to be acted upon ac- cording to the wishes of the prosecution. X That it will hang as Il lever over John J. E MeNamara is admitted by officials of the state.
 . The prosecution claims it had an in- ! controvertible chain of facts heaped Up M against James B. McNamara for the Times explosion and among these was l the signature of J. B. Bryce, name said M Inv McNa- II mara on hotel registers throughout the \ country and railroad tickets and letters E received by him.
 The prosecution has in its possession evidence showing the signature of J.. B. Bryce on hotel registers at various places | at the time other explosions occurred, but that connection with him the state H is not prepared at this hour to di- M vulge.
 State officials said today that before |. the McNamaras confessed, information H of the states intention to try to involve N other labor leaders in the case had reached counsel for the defense because H of the activity of the prosecution with certain important witnesses.
 |f ..These labor leaders," declared mem- Der of the prosecution, may not have yXcriminal acquaintance with the McNama- ras, but they were In communication with them at certain times and places, which would have caused distasteful pub licity." M
 Details for the struggle of testimony of witnesses present realistic story, covering activities in many cities M
 Attorney Ford Talks
 Many witnesses came over to Us in N the last few weeks" said Assistant Dis trict Attorney Ford. "and they brought with them money used to get them. You would pe surprised at the number that came to cur side. voluntarily too. The 4 fact is that we frustrated the plans of \ the other side to win by illegal meth q ods and they knew they could not win Eif they took their chances on legal pro- cedure becaus, we had a chance to dis bar them. We worked over every detail and they were up against stone wall. I The money which witnesses were al- ,leged to have received from persons who wished to ally themselves with the de- fense was said to amount to considera- be sum, and Fredericks estimated that 1t would cover more than all the re- Awards offered for the arrest of the guilty (parties.
 'The defense. even to date, has no
 1owledse of the fact that these wit
 Iespes would turn upon 1t when 1t came tp
 ths giving of testimony Against such
 odds the defense would have battled and
 10 the prosecution the surrender there
 tore was not surprising"
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