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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1911
Page
7
Judge Bordwell imposes life terms for John J. and 15 year terms for James B. McNamara after pleas of guilty to the Llewellyn Works destruction. District Attorney Fredericks defends leniency for pleas and calls for future federal probe, while Darrow consoles the prisoners.
In Los Angeles Attorney Clarence S Darrow warned that a verdict and appeals would end with nothing but the gallows for the defendants. He cited evidence he said could not have been refuted and dismissed claims that the defense proposed James B McNamara plead guilty and take a death sentence if his brother were freed.
James B. McNamara wrote a brief confession admitting the 1910 Times building dynamite plot. He says he intended to injure the building, not kill, and laments the deaths of the men involved. The note, signed and dated, was released as part of the case records. Attorney Joseph Scott accompanied the defense, pledging fair trial efforts.
Los Angeles Dec 5 The bar association received serious disbarment charges against Clarence Darrow as chief counsel for the McNamaras. James H Levering’s assignee sues for 6000 damages claiming Darrow and associates drew plans for the Old Times building defense and outlined testimony. Levering promises details. McNamara faces a lengthy prison term, with parole possible after nine years and seven months.
Indianapolis December 5. Leo M. Rappaport counsel for the Iron Workers says Frank M. Ryan as president controls a continually replenished fund of 500 dollars for organization work and can disburse without detailed accounting. He asserts employers bear some responsibility for violence and that McNamara had sole control of headquarters. The grand jury session on December 14 may address these points.
The speaker notes that if his conduct remains exemplary, and he is wise enough to know it, parole for long-term prisoners is granted as soon as possible. It is believed no exception will be made in J. J. McNamara's case, following customary practice.
A fragment reports an accusation that the erectors' association placed dynamite in steel work to destroy it and charged the blast to an unnamed party, detailing a suspected sabotage case and motive.
Detective William J. Burns questions Jim McNamara's account of the Los Angeles Times dynamiting. He asks why McNamara omits details of gas cock removal and flooding the scene. Burns also accuses Samuel Gompers of knowing the McNamaras guilt before the confession and cites alleged funding from the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers to John J. McNamara for the operation.
Mrs. Mary McNamara, mother of James B. and John J. McNamara, sobbed at the news of her sons being sentenced. She had been ill since learning of their guilty pleas and confessed crime.
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