TITE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTL-AXD. DECEMBER 3, 1011.
DARROV'S MOTIVE
ONLY TO SAVE LIFE
Attorney for McNamaras Jus
tifies Defense After He
Had Learned of Guilt.
CITIZENS AID IN RESULT
J.o AngHes Labor Men Dissatisfied
Bex-anye Not Consulted In Cause
f Great Moment I'r
fenae Faad Spent.
LOS AXGELE3. Dec X Request for
as authoritative statement upon tha
outcome of tha McNimtrt case crowded
tha desk of Clarence 8. Darrow. chief
of nqdmI for tha defense, today, and
la response Mr. Darrow Issued the fol
lowing: "No motive of any sort entered Into
the dlapoaltloa of the McNamara cases,
except the welfare of the men accused
of murder. .
"Xnowlni aa I did the action taken
would save the Uvea of the accuaed
men. I had no more right to refuse It
than a doctor would have to forbear an
operation on a patient to eave hie life.
"A committee of Los Angeles people,
heginnlns; work November 10. made It
possible to accomplish the result. Their
suggestions were brouaht to me flrat
by Mr. fcteffens on that day and every
day thereafter aa matters proceeded
until the final determination.
Clflaea laflaeaee Defease.
"How much their efforts had to do
with the State's Attorney. I cannot tell,
but It . waa at their Interceaalon that
negotiations were bexun by attorneys
for the defense.
I expected the flaai action every day
after this ' movement waa commenced
end it waa taken the flrat minute that
aa understanding; waa reached.
"It waa impossible to delay action be.
yond the time an understanding; waa
reached on account of the Imminent
dancer we were In for two weeka of
ha Tins; the matter become public prop
erty and thus making the end difficult
ta achieve.
Requests for an authoritative state
ment on the situation rather than In'
tervlewa crowded DerroWe desk
through the day and this one. he eald.
waa dictated to answer all of them.
Casaplexlty of Sttaatlea AassJrtea.
Tha statement In Itself appeared to
Indicate the complexity of the condi
tions. The local political situation in
which Job Herri man, of counsel for the
defense. Is running for Mayor on tha
Socialist ticket, with tha election only
three daya off. was taken Into consid
eration, though Harrlman'a own posi
tion waa that the trial was not a local
Issue and ahould make no difference.
The recent arrest of Bert H. Franklin,
an Investigator employed by the de
fense, on a charge of bribery, waa Sug.
rested aa having possible bearing, and
thla waa repudiated by tha defense,
whose attorneya aald that negotiation
were under way before tha incident oc
curred. In thla particular aa to nego
tiations they were confirmed by District
Attorney Fredericks, who. In a state
ment today, dated the beginning of ne
gotiations aa far back aa July. Tha
defense added a knot, however, by' say
ing that It made no proffers aa early
aa that time.
Aa far aa the defenae la concerned,
yesterday's action waa again declared
to bava been brought about through
the agency of a committee of Influen
tial cillsena, and tonight membera of
a faction which la denouncing the
movement Itself agreed heartily that
the reault waa accomplished in thla
way.
Thla fact turned out to be part of
the grievance, on the ground that no
representative of labor waa on tha com
mittee which aided In bringing to paaa
an event considered of Infinite moment
to labor organlxatlona throughout the
United States.
Darrow Near Bmksswa
Friends of Darrow fear he la on the
verge of a physical breakdown. In the
paat few nlghta ha haa toaaed about
reatleaaly In hla Bleep and haa eaten
little. Hla face today waa white and
haggard. Never before In hla life, he
admitted today, had ha encountered ao
terrible a strain. -
He waa optlmlatle about hla health,
however, declaring ho had faith In hla
etrong constitution. Feeling that ha
had dona his best for the McNamaraa,
Attorney Iarro w received In bitter al
ienee the attache which he aaaumed to
be aimed at him in comments of labor
leaders.
"They will all understand In time.
ha aald. "I never told Samuel Oompera
or anyone elaa that J. B. McNamara
waa Innocent. I alwaya had believed
that John J. McNamara had nothing
to do, however, with the Tlmea dis
aster, though 1 learned of hla connec
tion with the "Llewellyn explosion.
"Whatever Information came to Mr.
Uompere about the guilt or Innocence
of the McNamaraa probably cams from
the accused men themselves.
Defease Feed Files rasa.
Attorney Darrow declared, further
more, that ha originally did not want
to defend the McNamaraa, but had been
perauaded to do so by labor leadera.
Kven on learning of their guilt, later,
he aald. he felt he waa right In saving
human life. Attorney Darrow does not
believe In capital punishment.
Moat difficult of all attacka to bear.
It waa apparent, .waa that which In
volved the McNamara defenae fund. At
torney Darrow confirmed the fact that
lliO.009 had been ralaed for the two
brothers and had been at hla disposal.
Confronted with the statement that
labor leaders expected that much of
thla would be refunded, he answered
that ha could not sea how It could ba
done, '
-Money flies fast, very fast. he aald.
"and In a caaa like thla It baa wings.
Of coarse, the trial to date didn't coat
much, but preparation for the handling
of witnesses and evidence axhauated
much of the fund. A greater part al
ready haa been spent, and accounting
will ba rendered as to every detail.
We have been up against It for funda
right along. We have been wondering
for some time how we could get very
far with the tneana at our disposal."
The McNamara brothers apent the
day quietly. They wrote many lettera
and walked about the corridors for ex
orcise. They read the newspaper ac
counts of yeaterday'e events, and. ac
cording to the Jailers, their cheerful
air was In no wise affected thereby.
Red Cmm Scala Ordered.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. S. Spe
cial.) One hundred thousand Red Cross
aeala have been ordered by Rev. Otis
K. Cray, of St. Luke's Episcopal Church
and president of tha Associated Charl
tlea of Vancouver. Tbo aeala will ba
old in different stores and in tha post
office throughout the holiday season.
NEW PHOTOGRAPH OF CONFESSED DYNAMITERS, ONE OF THEIR
BOMBS, AND OWNER OF THE TIMES.
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New Informer Reveals Other
Outrages by McNamaras.
CINCINNATI CHIEF TALKS
Frank Eckboff, Pal of Confeaewd
Djnamiter. Lal DctccUrea
to Cachea of ExpolT and
Infernal Machlnea. .
CINCINNATL Deo. 1. Chief of Pallca
William Jackson of this city, on learn
ing of the pleaa af runty of tha Mo
Namara brothers, eald:
"I am not eurprleed. I waa tha poe
seseor of Information given out by
Frank Eckhoff. tha man who. It waa
alleged, waa kidnaped from this city
some weeks ago. This information waa
Investigated and In a great majority of
Instances corroborated. Tha agenta of
tha detective force, at Eckhoffa direc
tion, have uncovered an enormoua
amount of dynamite and Quite a num
ber of Infernal machines.
"Eckhoff, who is a friend of tha Mo
Kamaras. Is now near Milwaukee, with
a detective, and he will ba a wltneaa
In one of tha Government caaea la In
dianapolis on December It."
Eckhoff. according to tha statements
of detectives, worked with tha Mc
Namaraa and knew many 'of their se
crets. . According to lecal detectlvee. Eck
hoff. before being taken out of tha city
by operatives of a detective agency,
took tha detectives to a weed near tha
McNamara homo In Cummlnavllla.
where an old box. which waa formerly
filled with dynamite, waa burled. In
tha boa a Uma clock and wiring ware
found.
Eckhoff next went with tha detect
ives to Beaver Falls. Pa where a cache
of dynamite waa dug up near the Bea
ver Falls brldre. Thla bridge had at
one time been dynamited, and Eckhoff
said tha explosive uncovered waa what
had been left ever.
From Beaver Falls, tha detective and
Eckhoff went to Milwaukee, where
more dynamite, aald to have been
burled by tha McNamaraa. waa unearthed.
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Aberre, J. I. MeTfsjsiara, Attorney Joseph
H. Beett and J. H. MeXaanara ta Coa
fereaea la Jail Center, Bomb Faaad
at Eeehaadelaar Healdeaee, Loa Aa-
golea Below, Oeaeral Htrrlios Gray
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TRAIL LEFT BY WR1TIN3
nOTEL KECISTE31S WOULD IIAVE
PUimD PROMIXEXT PART.
McNamara 'a Travel Traced by Sljf
naturra In Own Name and by
Many Allaaea.
NEW YORK. Dee. . One of the
trump carda the prosecution Intended
to play la tha McNamara caae. It la
aald here, waa a. volume containing
photographic copies of hotel registra
tions of Ortle MeMaclgal and Jamea
B. McNamara covering two years. A
copy la In tha hands of a handwriting
expert here, retained by tha District
Attorney of Los Angeles.
-The signatures are taken from
hotela all the way from Boetoa to San
Francisco." said Mr. Ob born today.
"They completely corroborate tha con
fession of McManlgal In which ha said
that he visited certain cltlea and atayed
at certain hotela Detectives found hla
name, or one of hla many allaaea. upon
the hotel registers, just aa he said they
would. Jn many caaea. also, he had a
companion.
"According to tha hotel registers, thla
companion registered sometimes aa J.
B. McNamara. sometimes aa F. B.
Sullivan, eometlmea aa J. B. Smith and
often aa J. B. Bryca. We have a acore
of reglstera all the way from the mid
dle Weat to the Paclflo Coast of J. B.
Bryca. Tha handwriting la that of
Jamea B. McNamara. In registering
Bryce gave hla residence aometlmea aa
Cleveland, aometlmea Clnclnwatl. Day
ton. Columbus and cities aa far West
aa Seattle. -
rAH.UU FILMS CENSORED
Scene Showing John 3. Writing 'Dec
laration of Innocence Cut Oat.
DANVILLE, Til, Dec !. To show
contempt for the McNamara brothers,
they aald. leadera of organised labor
today visited a theater where moving
pictures of tha McNamara caaa ware
being ahowa and cut from the film a
acena shotting John J. McNamara In
the act of writing a publlo statement
Insisting on hla innocence.
The union men eald It had been their
Intention to stop the exhibition of the
film, but aa the moving picture contract
would not permit tHIs, they took sig
nificant action In. cutting; put a promi
nent feature.
1 DEFENSE ATTEMPTED
STREET ORATORS DO NOT UP
HOLD rNAMARAS.
Socialist Declare Bitter Blow Has
Been Dealt to Labor, bnt
Denounce a Capital.
Representatives of the Soclallata, In
dustrial Workera of the World and
Julius Knlspel. an ostracized Socialist,
conducted meetings on afreet corners
In the business district laat night, but
none of the apeakars had a word In
defenae . of -Jamea B. . and John -J. Mo
Namara, confessed dynamltera .at Los
Angeles, cor did any of them attempt
to offer a word In extenuation of the
McNamaras crime.
"Wo have nothing to offer In extenu
ation of the crime to which the Mc
Namaraa have pleaded guilty," aald
Ellla, addressing 600 people at Fourth
and Alder atreeta, "neither have we
any further defenae to offer to their
act.
"Tha .news from Los Angeles la a
serious blow at labor, and I feel the
seriousness of the situation aa keenly
as any other man." he declared, "and
I would rather be dead or burled with
labor than be hanged with capital."
One block away, at Third and Alder
atreeta, a speaker for the Industrial
Workera of the World attracted an
audience equal In numbers. Thla ex
hotter did not undertake any defense
of the McNamaraa
Deprived of tha usual red banner
to Identify hla aaaoclatlon, Jullua Knla
pel. recently deposed aa a member of
the Soclallat - organisation, told hla
troubles to a small audience at Seventh
and Waehlngton atreeta. He expended
hla efforta principally In general de
nunciation of the government of this
country and Its Institutions.
AID SENT TO CHINA FLEET
Traneport Takes Men to American
' Warship in Orient.
WASHINGTON, Dee. J. Tha Navy
transport Buffalo will leave San Fran
cisco about December IS laden with
men and stores for the Aalatlc fleet,
now looking after tha lntereata of
Americana in China.
It waa also said the supply ship
' Glacier would aall for Honolulu from
San Francisco about December 15 with
provisions for the Paclflo fleet, now
engaged In Joint maneuvers with the
troops stationed there.
FLEET TO ENCIRCLE OAHU
Su-atef-io Possibilities of Attack by
Sea to Be Studied.
HONOLULU. Dec, 2. The Pacific
fleet departed this morning for a crulsa
that will Include the circling of Oahu.
Tbe purpose of tha cruise, and of the
maneuvers also contemplated, is to
study tha strateglo possibilities of an
attack on tha Islands by a hostile fleet.
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STEFFENS SAT ON
Fredericks Puts Damper on
Writer's Claims.
SUGGESTION NOT NEW ONE
Proposition "Cnder "Dlscnsalon Two
Month J Steffena In Town One
WeU "Draw Own Conclu
sion," gar Prosecutor.
LOS ANGELES. Dee. 8. (Special.)
Lincoln Steffena exhaustive atory how,
for the Bake of Christian Socialism, he,
slnple-handed and alone, brought about
the McNamara confessions and will put
an end to the war between capital and
labor, not only In Loa Angeles, but also
throughout the world, caused consid
erable aatonlshment here and District
Attorney Fredericks waa not the least
astonished cltlaen when he read Stef
fena' statement.
'Why. I never even law him, Fredrick!-,
exclaimed. "I never heard of
hla having anything to do with It. In
fact, the propoaltion haa been under
discussion botween the defense attor
neys and my office for two months.
Steffens haa been In town a week. You
can draw your own eoncluslona."
Writer Mora Oe-Bttwses.
That Steffens was merely a "go-between"
between Darrow and some of
Fredericks' friends In the closing hours
In a final endeavor to have the District
Attorney'a friends induce the District
Attorney to allow J. J. McNamara to
save his neck at the expense of J. B.'s
life was the statement also made by
the Dlatrict Attorney. When the
propoaltion from these friends of the
Captain'a reached him. he aald It waa
the same old propoaltion put up to him
by Darrow many times before, and he
rejected It without further considera
tion. They told blm, he said, that foY
the benefit of society he should accept
the proposition of Darrow to convict
J. B. McNamara and let J. J. McNamara
go free.
rroaeaal la Refnaed.
Fredericks said he replied that he
could not take such matters into con
sideration: that aa District Attorney
his duty was to proseoute the defend
ants In the dynamiting case and con
vict them If he could and ho believed
he could.
Nothing short of an unconditional
plea of guilty from both men, he said,
would be considered by the Dlstrlot At
torney's office.
"The offer of J. B. McNamara to
plpad guilty was made to me by per-
sons Interested In the defense," said of the Summer, provided I would dls
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