Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-12-06
Life Term for James b. and
Fifteen Years for
John j.
YOUNGEST IS cALMEsT
RETAINS MS USUAL COMPOSURE
BUT OLDER BROTHER BsEAKS
pOWN WHEN FATEFUL
WOlsnS FALL.

Los Angeles. Cal, Dec Z. The
TWO Mcnamara brothers, James L.
and John j. Mcnamara, natives OF
Cincinnati, the one slim. droop-shoul-
dercd, sallow-faced. with small eyes.
and the other with the broad chest
Of a man. felt today the strong hand
Of Justice which. according 20 their
own confessions. they had long
thought to evade.
Judge Bordwell sentenced James
u. McNamaar to life Imprisonment In
the San Quentin penitcntiarv wh)
confessed to the murder CT James D.
Hagrarty. killed In the explosion oi
the Los Angeles Times buildinG. octo-
her /. 1910. In which twenty other
persons lost their lives, aud John j..
McNamara to fifteen years In the
same prison following his confession
~ having dynamited the Lle~ellyn
Iron Works. In Los Angeles. In which
no lives weer lost.
James u. Mcnamara retained his
usual ccmposure when senten'e was
being passed upon him, but John j.
Mcnamara gave way when his broth
,r stated tht he hG no idea Of taking
life al the time he placed the cxplo-
-,yrs tc wreck the building. ludys
Acrcwrl replying to this statement
on the part of the defendant said
The circumstances arc against YOU
for any man who would place siN'
teen sticks Of dynamite in a place
where he, AZ printer knew tha'
sas was beinr burned ard men wer'
working. must have had no regard
for human life. and must Therefore
have been a murderer at heart ant
rndeservlng OF clemency
John ]. Mcnamara faced the tour'
and declared that he had nothing =
say. tie was then In tears, and whei
the sentence was read. turned ava,
and with his brother was soon re
turned to the prison. and the cTowd'
dispersed.
James H. McNamara's confession
written In his own hand and mad
public today. is az follows:
"I, James b. Mcnamara. deiendan
in this case against the people, hav
ing heretofore entered plea OF giul
~ to n charge Of murder. desire e
make this statement of facts: On
the night Of September so, 1910, a
3 i5 o'clock. placed In the alley o
The Times building suitcase con
tanning sixteen sticks OF s0-per cent
dvnamtic, SET tn explode at o'cloc'
the following morning.
1T was then my intention tc In
,are the building and friehtcn th'
owners. did not intend to take tn
life of any one. sincerely rcgre
that the unfortunate men los, thei
lives and II giving my life woul
bring the mback, I would gladly Civ
". In fact In pleading guilty 70 mur
der n the first degrec,l placed M
life In the hands Of the state
John ]. Mcnamara made no state
ment, accepting his sentence In 81
lence.
Nothing but the gallows IN III
end" was the predicted outcome to
night ny Clarence Darrow. chic
counsel Of the defense. "lf this tria
had proceeded un,il II reached u
iury. u would have been hopeless.
Statement by barrow.
AuorneN Davrow is out in lens
thy statement in which - says
From the fidst. there was never
lighting chance 10 win. There wcr
score sof witnesses 10 identify Jane
n. Mcnamara as being present o
the very dav the building was d.
stroycd. Overwhelming evidence q
all kinds was against us whicn non
could have snrmeunted We coul
not even have put the dcfenge o
the stand to DENY the facts. II III
state had nut on its case Failure
have done this would have been q
much as II wa stoday.
Sheriff Hammel received work u
night from United States Prosecute
Lawler to postpone preparations II
cident to the removal Of the McNi
mara brother 10 the state penltcr
iiary suhpcenas have been Graw
-eQucstinr the presence OF the brotl
ors before the Federal grand Jur