New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12
M'NAMARA WITNESS HEIDI
Friends of Cincinnati Young Man
Say He Was Kidnapped.
MAY HELP PROSECUTION
Burns Men Take Him in Charge
Said to Know Where Nitro
glycerine Is Buried.
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Cincinnati. Nov il-Frank Eckhof. a
young married man, is in the hands OF
the Burns detectives. in order. IT is said. TO
keep him from being Kidnapped by mys-
FERROUS persons.
Eckhoff, il is said. has information that
will be of importance in helping the prose-
cution in the case OF the Mcnamara
brothers at Los Angeles. 1t is said also
that he knows where the nitrogycerine Is
buried. and that. with two representatives
of the Burns agency, he went to a point
near Beaver. Penn, and will try to find the
hidden explosive.
About week ago two Burns men sought
the aid of the police in finding Eckhoff. De-
tectives Bell and Schaefer and Traffic Of
icer Seebohm found him. and the Burns
men took him in charge. They left Gin
cinnati with him. That he is in safe hands
is the only information the young wife
has.
Before Eckhoff left here with the Burns
detectives they saw Mrs. Eckhoff and
agreed to pay her Si5 week while her
husband was with them. She called at Po-
lice Headquarters this afternoon and de-
manded to know where her husband was.
She said that a lawyer Of the Mcnamara
forces came to her and told her she had
better make the police tell her
Chief Jackson late this forenoon received
information that Eckhoff. with the Burns
detectives was on his way 10 Los Angeles,
where he probably will appear as a wit
ness for the prosecution. Friday evening
the chief met two Burns men. who stopped
in Cincinnati between trains He warned
that Eckhoff had a chance TO communicate
with his wife He also gave this same adj
vice 10 Raymond Burns. son of Detective
William J. Burns. who has charge Of the
offices in Chicago
A brother Of Frank Eckhoff said at his
home to-day that the family would learn
something definite Monday. He would not
say where the Information would be OBJ
tanned or how
TITS another case Of kidnapping, as the
two men called at our home last Monday
and said that they were going to give him
a better position in ST. Louis" said Eek
hoff. They also called later in the week
and offered 10 take Mrs. Eckhoff to the
place where they said Frank was. but they
would not state specifically where
Mrs Eckhoff in a statement indicated
that she blamed the Cincinnati police for
allowing the husband to accompany the
detectives.
Mrs. Eckhoff's suspicious were first
aroused when she received a letter from
her husband in Pittsburgh. in which he
said he was having a good time. Later,
when further word failed to come. she
called on the police, who, from their linn
tied information as to why Eckhoff was
wanted by the Burns men, could do little
to aid her.
My husband has been kidnapped" Mrs.
Eckhoff said. She believed they meant TO
do him harm.
The police say Eckhoff was a boyhood
companion Of John and James Mcnamara.
Los Angeles. Nov 11.-Hearing Of a civil
suit before Judge Walter Bordwell sup
planted the Mcnamara murder trial at
to-day's brief session OF court. Relieved Of
the tedium Of jury getting. opposing coun-
sci toiled steadily at getting into shape the
enormous amount Of evidence which must
be offered TO establish the guilt or innocence
of James 3. Mcnamara.
Clarence s. barrow. attorney for the de-
fence, spent most Of the morning talking
with his clients. This conference is becom-
ing customary on Saturdays. the prisoners
going over all the evidence of the week
with some one Of their attorneys and learn
ing of the plans for the week 10 come.
Ortie f. McMangal was taken to the Of
fee Of District Attorney John u. Freder-
icks. where he spends much time. Infer
ences came to-day from the office OF the
District Attorney that McManigals story
as told on the witness stand will contain
many details not included in the statement
heretofore published as his so-called Con
fession." and McManiga said as much him
self
The three sworn jurors and the six tales
men in the jury box rose early to-day.
headed by Robert Balm. seventy years old.
a carpenter. Balm generally arises before
any one else. To-day he followed his usual
programme OF a shower bath and run
around the outer edge of the big empty
court room set aside as jurors lounging
room The outside squares Of concrete
flooring made a track Of twenty laps TO
the mile and Balm does ten of these on
mornings when be is feeling well. He diets
az carefully as an athlete.