McNAMARAS' CONFESSION.
AN IMMENSE SENSATION. NO INTENT TO MURDER. XKW 'i ORK. December 2. Thr result of the McNamara trial created an immense sen.-ation throughout tile L lilted States. The Labour organisation took a prominent part in defending the McNamaras, and the pleas of guilty ramp a r a s"vcre blow to the Labour ranks.
The prosecuting Attorney asserts that the MeXamaras did not intend to murder the -Times'' employees. The bomb was of insufficient power to destroy the building, but it caused a gas explosion which started the fire, thus causing their deaths. •Tames McXamara will be sentenced to imprisonment, for life, and John for 15 years, if the Court, agrees to the judgment next Tuesday. It is stated that further outrages are likely at Los Angeles, in consequence of the ill-feeling aroused by th= trial. TRACING THE INSTIGATORS. (Received 8.5 a.m.) XEW YORK. December 8. The National Erectors" Association, a body of employers, proposes an investigation to find the instigators of the crimes in which the McXamans hare pleaded guilty.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 288, 4 December 1911, Page 5
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