The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-02

met a number of newspaper men, gave
out a statement, and was afterward
closeted with Job Hartman.
Hartman, although an attorney OF rec
ord for Mcnamara, took no part in to-
days proceedings. He is just at the close
! of q campaign he has waged as candidate
on the Socialist ticket for mayor. The
| election will be held on the very day that
the men with whose defense he has been
connected go before Judge Bordwell to
receive sentence.
The defense is prepared to fight stub
bornly for. Franklin. 1t was definitely
learned tonight that no plan for plead
ing guilty in his case had been discussed,
and that when his case comes up Monday
morning a plea of not guilty will be en-
tered, and the defense is prepared to
fight ~.
Jury Is Discharged.
1t was not until the court room had
been cleared out and the attorneys had
been gone for nearly an hour. that the
jury was summoned from Its quarters on
the tenth floor and dismissed by Judge
Bordweli.
The men were called IN and filed slow
" to their box. Then Judge Bordwell.
casting aside the judicial dignity Of the
usual courtroom procedure, descended
from the bench, and, coming in front of
the jurors, made them a friendly little
talk
Gentlemen" he said, lowing to the
sudden termination Of this case, your
services will not be required. You are
free to 60 to your homes. I want to
say to you now that had this trial gone
on and had you heard the evidence and
acted upon It, 1 am satisfied that the
defendant would have had a fair, i'm
partial trial. and that you would have
had the case honorably and impartially
and acted with high intelligence in
reaching your conclusions"
StefTens Helped Case.
As the men filed out they shook hands
with the Judge and the bailiffs. Lincoln
]. Steffens, the magazine writer, who
has been at the trial for the past week,
is reported to have been the man partly
responsible for the ending Of the case
to-day. Steffens. who had the ear of
attorneys on both sides. is reported to
have interested himself in bringing
about the agreement. In regard to the
matter, Steffens said tonight:
In all of these proceedings ! only act
ed as a messenger boy. I do not take
any credit to myself was free to go
from one side to another. The actual
negotiations for the pleas Of guilty
started Monday, ending when the Nc
Namaras were taken into court to-day.
IT will say that Judge Bordwell knew
nothing of the transaction.
THE affair is not ended by any means.
The next step Is to be taken Is the ar
ranging Of a meeting between Los Angeles
employers and representatives Of the Ia
boring people at which they will meet on
common grounds and settle their differ
ences. There is no doubt that some of
the requests made by the unions are fully
justified and we must try and get q con-
ference in the next few days, at which
all of these things can come out In their
right light.
At am not at liberty to say what mes
saRes / carried from one side to the
other, or what the actual negotiations
were However think both sides talked
freely with me and that nobody was fool
ed in the transaction. Further than this.
I am not at liberty to make any state
ments."
Trial Cost Fortune.
II is estimated that the Mcnamara
trial has now cost Los Angeles County
about 100000 A large part Of this has
been the amount spent in summoning
talesmen. When the trial rested to-day
eight sworn Jurors had been placed in
the box, and two prospective jurors
passed for cause waited the exercise OF
peremptory challenges. In all COS men
had been summoned. The cost of sum-
moning them and mileage paid them
alone amounted to S1,S0c. The district
attorney estimated that the cost to the
county had Il been continued would have,
been fully 100000 more.
The detectives who were instrumental
In ferreting out the McNamaras are still
seeking NJ A. Schmidt and David Captain,
the men indicted with the McNamaras
for the dynamiting OF the Times Building
itself
One other dynamiting case Is still pend
ing IN Los Angeles, It Is the trial OF f.
L Bender, A. B. Maple, and Bert +. Con-
ners, charged with having attempted to
dynamite the Hall Of Records.
The trial "a scheduled to begiw Decem-
Der IL It was asserted to-day. however,
that a delay was likely. As neither side
is yet ready 20 proceed. Whether the
sudden settlement OF the McNamara case
win mean that this case win be taken On
acheduis time n not yet known.
. Clarence DarroR said
Doubtless there win be keen dlsap-
poinkmsnt throughout the country among