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McNamara Confesses by Written Statement in Dynamite Case
James B. McNamara admits to placing dynamite in the Los Angeles Times building in 1910 with no intent to kill. He pleads guilty to murder and seeks mercy, while his brother John J. McNamara also faces a separate plea. The sentences: life imprisonment for James and 15 years for John at San Quentin.
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Los Angeles
Cali
McNamara Brothers
James B. McNamara
Times
John J. McNamara
Llewellyn Tron
Fredericks
James McNamara
Bordwell
Ortie McManigal
John McNamara
Lecomptle Davis
Bordwells
James B. Mel Mamara
Clarence Darrow
McNamaras
Harrison Grey Otis
Los Angeles Times
Structural Iron Workers of
San Francisco
Otis
Labor
W. J. Burns
Burns
Ortie B. McManigal
Nonunion Labor
McManigal
Cal
San Quentin
J. James B. McNamara
Jas. B. McNamara
Llewellyn Iron Works