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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1911
Page
10
In Los Angeles amid the dynamite case, Morrison and other union officials refused to discuss the denouement as lawyers prepare confessions. Gompers allegedly cried conspiracy while traces of a nationwide labor intrigue unsettled leadership, signaling potential upheaval within the federation.
A garbled obituary list records several deaths with service dates and locations. Entries mention individuals like Mary Jane, Toron B., Orla Vert, Karl, and Robert Dale, with church services at Frank Wars Chapel, Glenwood Cemetery, and Prospect Hill, plus private interments and residence details in Minneapolis area.
Funeral directors William Lee with Lavery in maintenance and modest prices advertise funeral arrangements. R. F. Harvey and Sons list services at North 281 with measured rates and telephone access.
A long, tense defense and prosecution clash surrounds the McNamara case. Union leaders react, defend labor’s integrity, and condemn sensational tactics used to rally public opinion. The American Federation of Labor denounces the proceedings while promising a fair assessment of the allegations and the broader labor movement endures scrutiny.
Chicago report quotes Detective Burns claiming he could convict the McNamara brothers with his evidence and that witness bribery attempts spurred confessions. He asserts personal vindication, notes harassment of State witnesses, and says more dynamiting suspects remain to be called for trial.
Samuel Brown, a Los Angeles detective who played a key role before the McNamara brothers confession, is well known to veterans of the Metropolitan police here after more than twelve years of service. He has a brother, Philly Brown, a patrolman at the Ninth precinct. Brown joined as a patrolman and rose through able work.
William J. Burns, famed detective and ex secret service chief, earns the nickname Sherlock Holmes for his theoretical, deduction based methods. His career spans decades with high profile cases from the McNamara brothers arrest to San Francisco graft Prosecutions Boss Ruef and Mayor Schmitt.
A New York American dispatch from December reports prosecutors used a dictagraph to overhear the McNamaras. The device, with transmitter and battery, was allegedly attached to wires feeding into nearby rooms to capture intimate conversations. Evidence included a dictaphone installation in a Los Angeles jail connected to an upper room window and a second floor visitor room.
Los Angeles December report cites Clarence Darrow claiming the Golden Rule teachings influenced local businessmen to plead guilty by the McNamara brothers. Darrow, aided by Lincoln Steffens, presented a Christian reconciliation theory discussed with traders, prosecutors, and the district attorney. The McNamaras and their brother pleaded, after meetings in Los Angeles.
Twelve loaded revolvers and four sticks of dynamite were found in the Federal penitentiary yard at Leavenworth on December 1. The discovery likely averted a mass prisoner uprising reminiscent of the November 7, 1901 escape. The contraband was hidden under wheelbarrows and discovered by guard W. R. Betts before inmates could seize it.
The 1,100 member Daggers Association lauds Burns for guiding high profile cases and obtaining confessions through keen case knowledge. He concealed charges in the McNamara and McManigal arrests, and secured Harry Orchard’s testimony on Governor Brennenberg’s murder and other crimes. A Goshen murder verdict for Joseph Prather yielded second-degree murder with a five to eighteen year sentence pending.
A compilation of quoted remarks by Harry H. Andrews John J. McNamara Samuel Gompers Frank M. Ryan and others about the Times Building bombing. It covers claims of innocence, conspiracy, and calls for public verdicts, with reactions from labor leaders and union figures amid the Chicago attack.
Parkersburg West Virginia December report states Patrolman C B Calihan shot fugitive Jack Shropshire during arrest in Ritchie county. Shropshire died at city hospital after tetanus and wounds worsened. Calihan, who resigned, was arrested and held on murder charge while awaiting developments in the wounded man’s condition. Another accident at Dixie Guano Co. in Suffolk Virginia sees Supt Z H Wilson fall 15 feet into a hopper, head injuries, prognosis uncertain. Wife from Burkville summoned.
A historical health notice lists numerous births with parent names and children’s genders, followed by a long deaths section naming individuals with ages and hospital or location. The document resembles an early 20th century city health office roll of births and obituaries.
Rochelle Virginia marriages listed include Louis Fleming and Marie Diamonds while Lewislife Pennsylvania couples appear among ceremony notices and a murder verdict in Rockville Maryland. The jury in Warrenton returns a second degree murder verdict amid a chaotic court day with multiple names and dates mentioned.
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