Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-25
M'NAMARA LAWYER DECLARED
TO BE oIckERiNe WITH PROSE
cvTIoN FOR TERMS.
STATE SAID TO be WlLLlN
If ENTIRE STORY ! : OLD
Agree. to Waive Prison Ser - For
Lsbors Lawyer Provide : 10 Viii
Bare Full Details So Others May es
Punished-soms Of Terms Not Vet
Agreed upon-stats Wants All Facts.


arce on the stand Of Clarence n.
Lockwood, the man alleged to have
been bribed by agents OF the McNa-
mara defense. was expected today at
the trial of Clarence S. Darrow. the
Chicago lawyer, who, it was declared
in the opening presentation of the
case yesterday is the man who d.
rected the bribery operations Lock-
wood was expected to follow George Z.
Monroe. who was on the stand at ad-
;ournment yesterday.
Only brief session was scheduled
today on account of the usual Satur-
day half holiday.
Darrow Ready to Confess.
Negotiations for Clarence s. Darrow
to enter a plea of guilty and escape a
penitentiary sentence on the charge OF
bribing juror in the Mcnamara trial.
have been under way for several
weeks.
The selection Of the jury to try the
noted attorney being completed opens
the way for the taking of evidence,
After the acceptance of the twelfth
Juror. both sides agreed to the selec-
ton Of thirteenth, or supernumerary'
to act in the event of illness of reg
uiar juror. This is permitted by Cali
fornia law.
The trial Is likely on any day TO be
terminated as abruptly and sensation
ally as was that of his clients. John j.
and James r. Mcnamara. dynamiters
Of the Los Angeles Times plant. VINO
pleaded guilty last December ana are
now in an Quentin prison.
Momentous consequences hang on
! Darrow's decision whether to continue
the legal battle or surrsnder. The state
| II is well understood by these within
| it's secrets. is willing to grant immun-
! ity from prison TO Darrow. but oh!s
on condition that he divnlge every
thing he knows Of the acts of himself
and his clients. 1t is said that he has
been ready for some time to make
complete confession. covering his own
acts and the acts of several persons
who already have turned against him
and given their testimony to the state
At the same time pressure Is pe'hs
brought to bear to prevent his dis
closure of secrets of the McNamara
defense that are known to involve per-
sons whose names have been !inked
only remotely with the dynamite con-
sp!racy.
Confession Said to 6e Masterpiece.
1t became known TO limited mum
Der of persons only q short time agS
that Darrow was engaged in the prep
aration of his confession. His pie"
will be n moral plea in abatement, q
defense. a conformation Of the tactics
which the state Is repaired to prove
were used by Darrow in his vain ell
forts to clear the men who resorted tc
violence and murder In behalf OF la
bor. II Darrow pleads guilty, all the
logic and sophistry he is capable OF
will be thrown into the effort to fix ir
the public mind the motive of his deed
It will be cleverly phrased and te
many, perhaps, a convincing eiabora
tion of his theory. which. in brief. ne
has stated in about these words. time
and again:
This is not trial: II is warfare
social and class warfare. The Other
fellows (the state and "capitaf) Wi
use any means to convict It's case
of nghting the devil with fire.
It hae been persistently rumored fo'
several weeks that appointments have
been made for Darrow to tell his story
to District Attorney Fredericks ano
that the confession might be IN the
prosecutors hands any day. Each ap'
pointment, 1t is understood. has bee!
broken because Darrow could not ac-
cede to the states terms.
In explanation of this dickering, 1t Is
recalled that the surrender OF the NC
Namaras proved 4 disappointment tt
the prosecution. The McNa maras were
let off with light sentences fJohn j.
the labor leader, fifteen years: Jane!
s. Mcnamara. tina actual dynamiter oi
the Times. Nfe iinpIisonmenO. witt
the understanding that the prisoners
would assist the state ir return for nj:
]eniency. To the chagrin OF the au'
thorities, the McNamaras refused u
talk the moment their lives were
shielded by the courts decree. In con
sequence. there will be no PURCHASING
nf q Mig In poke at this time.