Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-06
Elder Brother Sentenced to Fif-
teen Years in San Quentin
For Part in Dynamite Out
RACES at Los Angeles,
JUDGE BITTERLY
SCORES PRISONERS
You Are Worthy of GaIIows, He
Tells Younger Mani Finds
John ], Deserving Of No Mer-
cy From Court,
lBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wire,

lBy Morning Journal Special Leased wire1
Los Angeles, Dec. 1.-Two brothers
Jas Barnabas Mcnamara and John
J. Mcnamara natives of CINCINNATI
Ohio-the one slip, drop-shouldered
and sallow-fa with small eyes ana
the other a broad, robust man of rud-
DIV countenance, felt today the strong
hand of justice which they long had
thought 60 evade, the former being
sentenced to life imprisonment ana
the latter to fifteen years in the state
penitentiary.
II was the retaliatory action of the
law against those lawless methods
which John J. Mcnamara, secretary
treasurer of the International Associ-
alton of Bridge and Structural IRON
Workers. thought it necessary to pur-
sue in coping with what he regarded
as the all-powerful opposition OF cap
ital,
Though the younger brother, James
n. informally presenting his confess
sion to the court today, declared he
intended no murder when he paced
sixteen sticks Of dynamite beneath
the Los Angeles Times building on Oe-
tober l, 1910, twenty-one persons be-
in. ailed ~ the terrific exp-osien,
,tohn ]. Mcnamara, reeounting tonight
to his attorneys his principles, broke
down as he muttered that he fought
against great odds in the best way ne
could, 1t was a sequel to the court
room scene earlier today when he re-
ceiNed his sentence in tears of abJect
surrender.
For the crime of the Times build
ing explosion, James b., was punish
ed for directing the destruction by
DYNAMITE of the Llewellyn iron
Works, wherein no lives were lost
John j., was sentenced, yet hardly
few hours had passed when the word
went forth that subpoenas would pc
issued for both men TO appear before
the federal grand jury to divulge fur
ther details of their dynamitins con
spiracies.
The United States government now
win demand of them information con-
cerning interstate trafficking in dyna'
mite which is alleged to have result
cd In more than a hundred explosions
at DiluBtS anu ldNNpilSo H'A~-~ WV
warfare was involved.
t5. coo Curious People Disappointed.
Something OF the same fear OF ter
rorism brought by those explosions
fitted through "a crowd Of nearly 49,
O00 persons today, as it surged PACK
and forth around the Jail expecting
to see the MeNamaras taken out into
the open air on their way to the han
of records, where previously scenes IN
The trial had been enacted. But the
court and counsel, taking coenizance
OF possible lawlessness, held the llnaA
session in q court room adjoining the
jail and the prisoners were taken
thither over an interior bridge pass
ageway.
II never carried gun before since
the Mcnamara affair started cohilu-
ed Samuel H. Brown, chief OF the state
department OF investigation, ana MS
detectives reported to him that suspic-
ious characters by the scores were
scattered in the crowd.
Judge Bordwell changed his nina
several times but took final precau-
ton and held court in the small
chamber beside the Jail.
Outside the crowd begged for en-
trance. An army of policemen fought
its efforts. To the Hall oil Records
not far distant the mass of human
ity rloved back and forth in confus-
ed wonder and eagerness and even
many who really were entitled to ad-
mission were denied that privilege
because of the mix-up over the place
for the final sitting.
In the Hall of Records, eight fiool
stairways were choked with the curl
Gus. Only hundred persons saw
the two brothers led through the
narrow passageway into the chamber
beside the Jail.
A supreme ordeal faced James b
Mcnamara, who worried as to wheth-
er or not the court would inflict thc
extreme penalty and John j. Nc
Namara less liable to such severity
was anxious for his brothers sake
The twenty-four minutes of proceed
ure that decided the fate of the two
men went forward slowly. 1t was quie
almost to the point Of monotony, anc
seemed prearranged, as the sentences
of the prisoners had come after ar
abrupt closing OF the trial. pleas o
guilty being entered with the assur
ance OF District Attorney Frederlck'
that he would urge clemency.
But the forttude of the two men
mustered for the occasion. received {
setback and dismay threatened then
Tor moment as Judge Bordwell, II
passing sentence on Jarles b. Nc
Namara, seemed inclined to inflic
ahe death penalty and though, 1t did