The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-17
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full, the youth walked ahead u a dep
uty sheriff and took his seal Ia the
customary second row " chairs he.
court. Scarcely had he seated himself
than a little cid nan with a Nne
mustache, and a WcmAa atcNt the
same size, wearing = HACK hat, and
tan summer dreSS, took seats alongside
him. They were has parents INcN
greeted him, hut ala net Mss him AttS
mother fondled Ris hand Plainly he
was very ervou
soon another Woman came INA
young woman, as Young apparently As
Allen Mcnamara she carried a woN-
derfully beautiful Htgec efrt-Stg blue
eyes. N the most faSe4aAtsaE Wuablins
mass OF yellow CuraS ere could tu3aks
Inc, They were Allen MeNAuaA4'S wife,
who sued him for divorce = Shor1 time
before the terrible crime 81 which he
Is accused took place ard hts little
daughter. Annie Laurie Mcnamara The
wife did not Kiss Mc$aEN&rs, hat SFVAs
pleasantly 10 han.
Seated alongside him. SHE stood the
wonderful baby In her lap, Allen Nc
NRmara seemed 10 rouse from a leth-
argy, Stretching his hands "a 20 the
infant in q gesture which thr0UgG b
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said. Hello. honey. GENE 70 papa"
The flaxeD-hatrcd chlids eyes
widened, a look Of terror came into her
eyes, and She swung, with a tiny cry.
to her mother, tightly caAsQtng her
about the neck and burytng her face
In the mothers bosom.
A shadow crossed MeNarAAra's a
1t was as though he felt the presence
of an evil omen.
However, after the first skirmiSh.
after MIR. Davis had recited to the
court that he was in Denver when he
was wired to come back and defend
Mcnamara, and that he RfteTWard had
to go to Boston, and since had not
| conferred with Mcnamara, the baby
relented somewhat, during a brief re-
cess OF court.
Sheriff Explains.
Standing on a chair IN front Of her
mother. and left vacant by the law
yers, she played with a handful OF
pennies. Her father reached over and
lifted her out Of the chair, She
screamed out, and twisted her little
body toward her mother, who took her
and folded her close. But Mcnamara
looked more satisfied after he had
touched his child.
Following the conference Mr.. Davis
again asked time for arraignments and
then asked that he be allowed to with
draw McNamara's plea Of not guilty.
The purpose of this was to ask for a
change of venue. Judge Richards Of
fered until 2 O'Clock Wednesday after
noon. The argument waxed on between
! the court n counsel, Mr.. Davis com
ing back with a new angle several times,
Finally he asked that Sheriff Perry be
put on the stand to be questioned as
to whether or not he had denied Nc
Hamara's wife and mother the right to
see him.
Perry said that for several days fol-
lowing the smuggling into the Jail OF
a pistol that he had denied access to
all persons who wished to visit pris-
oners. Deputies c. B. Garibaldi, NJ. w.
Palmer, Stratton Barporo also were put
on regarding the passes and the search.
Garibaldi, office deputy for Perry, said
he had given them two passes and that
Miss Ida Henry, office clerk, issued
one in his absence.
Mr.. Davis developed that Perry had
ordered Mcnamara locked in what is
known as the condemned" cell. Perry
said he had, but that the word con
demned'A as they understood 1t was n
cell from which escape was physically
impossible.
Child Relents,
"McNamara made no effort to escape
before you put him in, did hep Mr..
Davis questioned.
"He gave me an awful hard tussle the
night | arrested him. said the sheriff,
referring to the hand-to-hand struggle
he engaged in with Mcnamara at Wolf
river bridge and the new Raleigh road,
where Mcnamara, Johns. Frey and
Fuller Longley are accused of having
criminally assaulted three young girls
on Aug. 2S.
Following testimony of the deputies,
Sam o.. Bates, states attorney, con-
CURED with Davis in asking continuance
until 2 o'clock Thursday, This was
granted by Judge Richards. Mcnamara
was ordered taken Immediately to Jail.
so that he might confer with Mr.. Davis.
As the crowd filed out Of the court
room, Allen MoNamara's wife and moth
err kissed hin good-b bye. And the little
yellow haired, blue-eyed witch, the eter-
nal feminine springing up exercised her
Lprerogative and changed her mind, She
F1eaned over and gave her father a big
smack and left.
McNamara's case was set ahead OF
John s. Frey's, although the men were
indicted at the same time for the same
o~ffense, criminal assault, the extreme
penalty for which is death. McNam-
ara Is 81, and Frey is 20.
II has been insisted from the time
trial date was set, shortly after the
indictments were returned, that the
trial Of McNamara be started promptly
on Sept. II, the date fixed on the
calendar. This instance came from
Sam o, Bates, states attorney. II
was induced by the wave of public
indignation demanding speedy trial, and
justice for the men accused of the hor-
rible crimes,
Mcnamara, Frey and Fuller Longley
all we're indicted for criminal assault,
following a ride which started in the
afternoon, and wound up at night, at
Wolf river bridge OF the New Raleigh
road, where Sheriff Perry engaged In a
hand -to-hand battle with Mcnamara