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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1911
Page
7
Prominent men implicated in the M Namara case stir mystery around confessions. Darrow expresses regret over labor leader reproaches and claims not all details are known while Drew vows to hunt those backing the M Namara plot. Moyer argues the confessed guilt should not have occurred.
Los Angeles news describes Walter Drew of the National Erectors Association insisting the fight continues and seeking who funded the McNamaras. District Attorney Fredericks details pretrial negotiations, Darrow rejects deals, and the Guilty pleas by James B. and John J. McNamara are framed as a broader settlement influenced by big business and labor leaders.
A series of dramatic twists surrounds the McNamara case as James and John McNamara plead guilty to murder and dynamiting charges. District Attorney Fredericks asserts the pleas reflect guilt, while defense counsel cites months of analysis. observers note influence on labor and capital friction, with broader ties to prior brass knuckle cases and labor movement tensions.
Report describes a sudden surrender after a hard fought engagement. Spectators expected resilience and danger, but the capitulation came unexpectedly as both sides chose arms down. Reactions mixed as prisoners appeared calm and confident amid the aftermath.
Detroit Americase baseball manager Hugh Jennings and Miss David Holden were seriously injured when their auto crashed through a bridge then fell into the Lee Wigh River near Gouldsboro Pennsylvania. Jennings remained unconscious for hours, both legs broken for Holden, and the newlyweds among the passengers escaped with minor injuries. The crash occurred as the car swerved and struck the bridge railing, trapping the occupants under the wreckage until neighbors freed them. The injured were taken to Jim Louse by physicians awaiting aid.
Principal address by May J. Randall of Cedar Rapids will open the discussion of plans for a great men and religion campaign during the first week in January. The meeting of men and religion committees from participating churches will be held in the Y M C A hall. Attorney Max J. Randall of Cedar Rapids will deliver the main address and chair conservation committees. A conference will follow to discuss questions and lay down local plans.
Teheran in December reports fevered crowds and red placards calling for death or independence. Two more Persian politicians are assassinated, including Hadii Mahmad Taqi, a noted reactionary, near the capital. Prince Firman Flim, once justice minister, is killed at Warhin, about 0 miles away.
J A Cleveland, 78, died at his East Waterloo township home last evening at 4 o clock after four days of paralysis. A son and daughter were to act as pallbearers. funeral arrangements to be held in Waterloo. Local obituary notes his ailment and passing.
Revolutionary forces in Nanking gained possession of the city after negotiations with imperial troops. General Li Yuen-Heng led the advance, capturing Shai-Kwan and Taiping Gate, with white flags seen at Lion Fort and the telegraph office taken without fighting as warships moved into position along Lion Hill.
In Bellingham Washington two gunmen Walter Foote and Fred James blasted a skirmish at Sedro Woolley behind logs on the Skagit river. After three hours and over a thousand shots plus forty dynamite blasts they surrendered. Foote died of seven bullet wounds after hospital arrival. James was jailed unharmed. Four posse members were wounded.
The Waterloo Club rooms host a smoker Wednesday evening with a main address by Sherwin Cody of Chicago. Cody is a leading expert in advertising campaigns. Short talks by Waterloo businessmen accompany the event for a general good time. Smoke Marlin’s Standard ic cigar.
Henry Phillips, for whose murder J F McCaskill was held to the grand jury yesterday, remains without bail. News of his death has not yet been broken to his ailing daughter.
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