The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-10
Usual Motions Made,

MollOn lot q new trlal was made by
Mr.. Davis for Mcnamara, and the date
10 hear the motion argued was set for
Saturday, Oct. IS by Judge Richards.
In case the motion Is denied at that
time. Mcnamara will file an appeal.
Deputy sheriffs moved closer to Nc
Namara, following the reading OF the
verdict. He was given q few minutes
with his family and relatives who were
In the courtroom, Then he was led be-
low to the sweat box, until the crowd
had thinned out.
Efforts to find out how many ballots
the jury took, and how they stood on
the first ballot were %unavailing. 1t is
understood that the jurors decided be-
fore they left the 1uryroom that no
The mother Of Allen Mcnamara ap-
preached d News Scimitar reporT<
about T;30 O'clock, while the walt for
the verdict was on.
mo matter which way this case re-
suits for my boy, ] want to thank you
and your paper for the manner In which
YOU have handled this case she said,
The News seimitar has been fair"
Three Indicted.
Mcnamara, Frey and Fuller Longley
were indicted on charges OF criminal as
sault each on q II, 1S and l6-year- old
girl, respectively.
II was alleged in the indictments that
the three lured the young girls to the
lonely spot on the New Raleigh road,
and there criminally assaulted them,
after having partaken of liquor which
they had purchased freely on the way
to the scene OF the assault.
In addition to criminal assault, the
state submitted evidence of the girl VIC
tim that Mcnamara had attempted to
make her perform an unprintable act of
degeneracy. He did not succeed, though,
the girl testified.
The assaults are alleged to have taken
place after a wild ride through the city,
and into the Hollywood district.
Mcnamara testified that the girl had
been In the habit Of singing profane
songs and reoiting smutty poetry. He
testified that he frequently had kissed
her. and had taken slight personal liber-
ties with her. He denied that he ever
had crimihally assaulted her.
Testimony OF physicians introduced by
the state was to the effect that the girl
was good morally, but that certain
bruises might bear out her contention OF
criminal assault by Mcnamara,
Sheriff OF II. Perry arrested Nc
saults. and took him to jail after q
fight In which Mcnamara, the sheriff
said, pulled Perry's pistol from his
pocket, Frey was taken, but escaped
and was recaptured the next day. Long.
| ley made his getaway.
The case attracted widespread atten'
ton from the start, It took 10 days X
animation OF veniremen, In which specia
venireS calling for more than 1000 men
were summoned, before n Jury OF IL mel
could be obtained to try the case.
Taking of testimony was begun las
Monday, II was concluded Thursda.
morning at an early hour. Argument
which started Immediately afterward
was unlimited, but the strain of tn,
three weeks trial had worn on attor
neys, and the arguments were NOR
brief than the start Of the case woul'
have indicated.
Mcnamara was defended by Ralpl
Davis. well-known criminal lawyer
Sam O. Bates, states attorney w. T
McLain, his assistant, and II. q, Brown
employed by the Bosworth Bag com
pany, where tho girl worked, handle,
the states side OF the case
The Testimony OF the girl was re
viewed bit by bit by Mr., Davis. counse
for Mcnamara before the jury Thurs
day afternoon. He scatchingly ar
raigned the girls character and sough
to show Inconsistencies In her testi
mouy.
Taking up the testimony offered b
Mrs. w, r. Rodgers, Mr.. Davis charge
that Mrs, Rodgers and her husband VIC
lated the law OF the state OF Tennessee
by failing TO lend a helping hand TO III
girl II the things which Mrs. Rodger
testified to had happened.
MIR. Davis declared that McNamar
had not criminally assaulted the ri
nor attempted to criminally assault he
but he mentally crucified Mcnamara
mother when he declared that ALE
had only attempted to induce the XII
10 commit the act OF degenerncy whic
the girl charged him with; that he al
this because he was poisoned with I'll
liquor that he had taken and had bee
made a beast,
Mcnamara has watched the jury II
tently since the arguments began. Dul
Ing the time Davis made the foregoiu
statement Mrs. Mcnamara placed h,
arm around Allen S neck and pulled h
head toward her. rumpling his hair ar
sobbing violently,
While MIR. McLain asked for the fol
felt OF McNamara's life as payment II
the alleged ~dishonoring OF the girl, Il
mother Of the defendant broke into lou
= hearthreaking sohs. her head resting
the shoulder OF her 2s.year- old son
Allen Mcnamara sat tense, wettir
his lips o and then, as he listens
to Mr.. McLain describe him as n beas
when his mother broke down, he patti,
her tear dampened cheek with OF
hand, but he never took his eyes o