Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 334, 8 October 1911 — Page 7
j HE RICHMOND PALLAPlcSl AXD SUX-TELECrBA3I StiJTDAYy OCTOBER 8,
PAGE SEVE3T.
GREAT TRIAL IS TO START IN FEW DAYS
McNamara Brothers Will Be Formally Brought into Court at Los Angeles to Answer Grave Charges.
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fns have made no announcement as to the number of witnesses they will call. To date they have not asked that any be called. It Is generally believed however that abogt 200 will be summoned by them before the final arguments. The legal batteries for the defense are being directed by Clarence Darrow
lawyer, philosopher, labor leader and writer. Associated with him are Le Cotnpte Davis, who has ben prominent In almost every criminal ease In
Southern California during the last
ten years; Joseph Scott, former presl
dent of the Chamber of Commerce, prominent Catholic layman, president
of the city board of education, and known through the state for his ora
tory and ability as a pleader; and Job Harrlman, socialist candidate for
mayor. Corps of Detectives.
Besides these lawyers an able corps
of detectives under the direction of
Attorney John L. Harrington of Chi
ciigo. Is assisting. Three weekly newspapers are being published In the interests of the McNamara brothers here and a solid organization has been effected in every city precinct to
benefit Harrlman's fight for the may
ofallty. It is estimated that at least $1,000,000 has been spent by the de
fense in the complete preparation of
their case.
No Intimation has been given as to
the line of defense which will be pre
tented. Many rumors have it that
Mr. Darrow and his associates will ar
gue the case without calling a single
witness. The most generally accepted
theory is that the defense will admit
a number of points in evidence which will be made by the prosecution, and that they will be able to present an
explur-tion which will show that the entire case is a conspiracy to injure union labor. It has been openly char
ged that McManlgal is an employee of the Burns Detective Agency, and that he was employed a number of years ago. This charge has been denied by Burns and every other officer interested in the prosecution's case. Both the McNamara brothers are entirely satisfied with their attorneys and th manner in which their defense has been prepared. Long before John J. McNamara was arrested at the headquarters of the structural iron workers in Indianapolis he knew Clarence Darrow. They were intimately acquainted and shortly after his arrest the secretary insisted that Darrow be induced to take charge of the defense. It was only upon the pleas of McNamara and Sampel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, that Darrow consented to defend the two men. Came as Surprise. The retaining of Joseph Scott with the defense came as a surprise to many members of the Chamber of. Commerce and the Merchants and Manufacturers Association. Scott had been an advocate of the open shop and upon a number of public occasions had spoken against the tactics employad by union men in dealing with their employers, the only statement which 8cott makes in this regard is that he hopes the defendants will be given a full and complete hearing before an unprejudiced jury. Great care is being taken now by the district attorney and by the lawyer representing the defense that only unbiased jurors will be empanelled. Special investigators have been canvassing the county for months and the leaning of almost every prospective juror has been determined. As a result of these inquiries it has been announced that the jury will undoubtedly be composed of farmers. During a part of the trial the grand Jury will be kept In session. District Attorney Fredericks recently charged that he had evidence that attempts had been made to influence and intimidate witnesses to remain away from the trial. John L. Harrington who has charge of the detectives working for the defense, was recently taken before the grand Jury to answer a charge of this character. When Harrington refused to answer the interrogations of Assistant District Attorney Ford a warrant charging contempt of court was Issued. It was charged that Harrington had offered the husband of Mrs. D. H. Ingersoll of San Francisco $5,000 if he would Induce his wife to remain away from Los Angeles during the trial. This woman is regarded as one of the state's most important witnesseft as it is claimed that J. B. McNamara roomed at her house in San Francisco before purchasing the dynamite with which it is charged that the Times building was destroyed here on the morning of last October 1st. Wife Plead With Ortie. This, according to the district at
torney, was proceeded by an attempt to inflnence McManlgal, the informer
to desert the prosecution and align
himself with the defense. George Behas. McManlgal's uncle, came here several months ago with McManigal's wife and both of them pleaded with him to see Attorney Darrow. McManlgal consented to see Darrow but hetort the lawyer reached the county Jail the prisoner summoned Malcom McLaren, a Burns detective, and countermanded his previous, order. Since fee McManlgal has repeatedly said
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that he will tell the truth about what he claims was a gigantic conspiracy on the part of the structural iron and bridge workers union to destroy properties owned and operated by the steel corporation. In a statement, to the International News Service yesterday McManigal made no attempt to justify the crimes he says he committed. He admitted that his present action is prompted by necessity and tat the course he has taken was the only one left open to him. He now says that hi? wife is hopelessly estranged from him and that he has only one hope to tell fully to the world what he knows. Those who knew McManigal well say that he will make an excellent witness for the prosecution. He is cool and deliberate and speaks slowly but
without hesitancy. Hums' detective.
World famous balloonists who compete for fnternational supremacy in the world's championship balloon races from Kansas City and the scene at the start of the last international race, which was won by Alan W. Hawley and Augustus Post, of New York. On the left are Lieutenant Hans 'Gericke, Germany, (above), and Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, America. In the center are (above) Lieutenant Leopold Vogt, of Germany, and William F. Assman, America. On the right is Alfred LeBlanc, most celebrated of the three Frenchmen in the race.
a source for speculation until the last witness is called. . These two men,', cording to the
Malcolm McLaren, says that McMani-1 prosecution, assisted J. B. McNamara
gal committed his first crime while ; in purchasing 500 pounds or dynamite
almost delirious with enthusiasm and in Giant, California. A part or tnis
that the commission of this first al-: purchase was found in an unexplored
leged crime gave J. .1. McNamara, infernal machine at tne Home or r . J. reason to have confidence in McMani-j Zeehandelaar, secretary of the local gal and to assign him to other such i Merchants and Manufacturers Assc-
work. ciation on the morning following the
Why Me Confessed. j explosion of October 1. It was this exRepeatedly, McLaren says, MeMan-'j plosive and the clock which first op-
igal tried to break away and each ened the trial of the identity of the
time he was threatened and forced to
continue until he was arrested with J. B. McNamara in Detroit. It was because of his alleged antipathy for the work in which he claims that he
was engaged in that McManigal con
fessed so quickly after being confined
purchasers. One of the most important exhibits of the defense Is nething more nor less than a "hole in the ground." This unique exhibit, carefully preserved in a large wooden box and zealously
uarded to prevent any possible shift-
cause any appreciable damage to the Otis home, had it exploded there, sent a force of men to the scene and dug up the hole bodily and preserved it for presentation to the court as an exhibit.
BUSY PEOPLE.
in the home of Detective Sergeant j ( of th gurface dlrt( is dStined to
Reed in Chicago. This is the statement
of the prosecution.
Neither J. J. McNamara nor his
brother have ever categorically denied the charges made against them. Their
statements of denials have been confined to this brief but emphatic announcement: "We are innocent and if given a fair trial will prove our inno
cence.
The physical evidence which will be presented in the trial by the prosecution his been gathered in the fifteen states where it is claimed dynamite explosions occurred under the direction of the McNamara's and McManigal. Hotel registers, dynamite, clocks, nitro-glycerine and instruments employed in the construction of infernal machines have been secured. These, according to the district attorney, will be introduced to show the gigantic scope of the alleged conspir
acy and to prove the movements oft
the accused men.
play a leading part' in the defense's case, according to theJattorneys. The depression was made in the surface of, the ground in Westlake Park just opposite the home of Gen. H. G. Otis by the explosion of an alleged infernal machine contained in a cheap suit case discovered underneath the east windows of the Otis home on the afternoon of October 1, 1910. The infernal machine was removed to the park for investigation by the police and an explosion followed shortly afterward. It was claimed by the authorities that the person or persons placing this instrument of destruction was responsible for the destruction of the newspaper building at First and Broadway. On the other, .hand, the statement was made that the infernal machine found under Otis' window was merely a plant . to: influence public opinion. A similar! infernal machine was discovered on the same afternoon
near th house occunied bv F. J.
All of these have been secured ! r,Kj. ruU. ii
in August of this year the attorneys for the defense finding, as they claim, that the condition of the "hole" made by the explosion in Westlake Park would furnish conclusive proof that the suit case did not contain sufficient dynamite, or other explosive, to
through the information furnished by
McManigal. His memory has been taxed by the detectives to explain almost his daily action for five years and to relate that which lie claims to know concerning J. B. and J. J. McNamara. At this time all of the exhibits are held by the county clerk. They will not be taken into court until each is required. A Dramatic Feature One of the dramatic features which will add to the tense interest of the trial will be the possibility of the ap
pearance of either David Capian or M.
A. Schmidt, both of whom are charged with J. B. McNamara with being responsible for the death of 20 men in the Times building. Schmidt and Caplain are supposedly fugitives. Neither the prosecution nor the defense will admit or deny that they know the whereabouts of these two men. While in Los Angeles recently Detective Burns intimated that he knew where the two fugitives are and that they will be here as witnesses at the time of the trial. No authoritative announcement has been made since, however, and if the two men are under arrest or held in restraint it will not be announced until they are called in the court room. They will probably remain as the unknown factors of the trial the possibility of their testimony or of their appearance will be
Here's a Writer Who Says They Rare ly Accomplish Big Things. The sun is blazing down on the gar den la which lives a saint, so called whom 1 visited one day in Bombay He has not spoken for twenty-three years, and his neighbors look upon him with awe. Some months later I visited at Davos Platz a man who for nearly thirty years has been studying drops of blood under a microscope He is getting as close to life as he can but admits that he knows little more than the sage in his hot garden at Bombay. Both the western scientist and the eastern sage smile indulgently at the fussiness of modern life. My own experience of men in man lands has taught me that the most active are least valuable. It is a nota ble survival of the simian in man that so many people think that constant mental and physical activity Is a meas ure of value. Busy people sVldom ac complish anything. The statue, the poem, the painting, the solution of the economic, financial or social problem, the courage and steadfastness for war even are nil born in seclusion and ap pear mysteriously from nowhere. Mo Here, Cromwell, Washington, Lincoln. Shakespeare, Dante and Cervantes all appear from nowhere and promptly take command of the busybodies. What a crowd of men we all recall
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gotten! Price Collier in Scribner's
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than they do, and knows it, and shows
that she knows that she knows it."
Queed, by Henry Snider Harrison.
session, to enact legislation which will
put the United tSates army upon an ; equal footing with other nations of : like importance.
Congress has appropriated large am
ounts for the navy, within the last five
years, so that at present it is ranked as third in efficiency among the na
vies of the world. Meanwhile, the ar
my has been greatly neglected, and is
being held up to reproach. The navy
has been equipped with warships
which have not their equal, and the
gunners of the navy have attained pro
ficiency far beyond that of any other world power. Criticism of the army has become more severe from year to year, and the demand is being made that the army either be put upon a modern basis, or the military estab
lishments be done away with.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood admits
that congress has authorized lana fortifications, and that they have been
constructed within the past few years, but deplores the fact that there are
not enough men to man them, and that they are not equipped with the proper accessories, without which the guns will be of no more value in de
fense than so many dummies. He
also declares that we have not a suf
ficient amount of infantry for the
field armies; that there is not enough small-arms ammunition on hand to
meet the requirements of an army of 150,000 infantry, that we have not enough field artillery or field artillery ammunition to go into a campaign, and that we have no reserve for the regular army, such as is provided for by almost every nation of Europe.
Legislation should be enacted at once General Wood declares, to pre
vent the loss to the United States of the services of men it has trained for three years and upwards, through resignation. The regular army loses every year by expiring enlistments approximately 35,000 men who have had excellent schooling. These men, it is pointed out by the chief of staff, leave the service at a time when they have gained their greatest efficiency, and
owing to the lack of necessary laws.
are lost for all time to the army. Sev
eral of the European nations have pro
vided for reserve corps, to which or
ganization all soldiers are attached after their term of enlistment has expired. For instance, in the German army after a soldier completes his required term of enlistment he is transferred to the First Reserve corps. After serving four years with that organ
ization he is transferred to the Second Reserve Corps, where he serves eight years. By this means, German sol
diers after receiving military training are permanently connected with the army and subject to call at any mo
ment.
Brig. Gen. William Croxier will probably again appear before the committee of military affairs of the house, and urge congress to increase the reserve supply of small arms and ammunition. In the matter of small-arms, congress has been generous to the army. The United States will have on hand 675,000 Springfield rifles of the latest morel. The Ordinance eDpartment. would like,- however, to have a reserve of 1,000,000 riCes, which would be abundant for the present. The Franfcford arsenal is the chief source of supply for small-arms am-
, munition and a few private manufac
turers secure contracts to furnish
small quantities, l.ast year the Frank-
arsenal produced 36,000,000
rounds, and the private manufacturers about 8,00,i.HR. The regular army and militia organizations consume about 40,000,000 rounds annually. Thus the reserve supply of ammunition was about 48,000,000 rounds added every year. General Crozier estimates that by January 1, next, he will have approximately 175,000,000 rounds in reserve. This amount does
not seem enormous when it is learned from the statement of General Kuropatkin that during the Russo-Japanese war, the average expenditure of smallarms ammunition in one day's battle was fully 300 rounds to the man engaged. Therefore, an army of 500,000 infantry would use in one single day's battle no less than 150,000,000 rounds, which is just about the present reserve supply of the United States. Maj. Gen. Wood hope? to convince congress that the field artillery branch of the service is totally inadequate for war. Germany has six field pieces to every 1,000 infantry, France has five, while the United States has but one. Almost every large army has
( at least four artillery pieces to each
1,000 infantry. To bring our military branch up to that proportion it would
be necessary to add 420 guns. Accord
ing to General Wood we have less than one-third the required number.
He lays special stress on the fact that, at the present rate of appropriation, it
will be more than fifty years before an adequate reserve supply of field ar
tillery is obtained. He points oat that! once a state of war exists with., a 1 first class power there will he no opportuntiy to buy this material abroad 1 or time to manufacture it at'hosse, ev- ? en if all available plants were running at the miximum capacity, without such delay as would be fatal to our hopes of : success. This shortage of field artillery material is the most serious feature of the present military situation and one that should be immediately corrected. Congress has been a little more liberal with the Coast Artillery corps so far. as concerns Installment of armament, but there is still, however, a marked deficiency in the requisite supply of ammunition, searchlights and apparatus for fire control. Judging from the appropriations for the past five years, it will require nearly ten years to complete the installation of necessary searchlights for fortifications.
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