Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-24
ARREST OF SUSPECTS.

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The men charged with being respon-
sibe for the Los Angeles Times dyna-
hitting outrage, with its human toll OF
twenty .one lives, October 1910, are
under arrest in Chicago and lndlanapo-
lis. after months Of activity by Detective
William j. Burns OF San Francisco
graft fame. This is the beginning Of
one OF the greatest criminal prosecu-
tons the country has known, Burns
said
The men are:
John ]. Mcnamara of indianapolis,
secretary OF the International AsSocla-
ton of Bridge, Structural and Orna-
mental Iron Workers, one OF the most
prominent labor leaders in the United
States. He is charged with sending his
brother to.Los Angeles to destroy the
Times building, with furnishing the
money and planning this and other
outrages. He was arrested yesterday IN
indianapolis,
James W. Mcnamara Of Cincinnati,
alias ]. B. Bryce, alias Frank Sullivan,
a brother of John ]. and a member OF
the Iron Workers Union. Ii is charged
that he personally placed the nitrogly-
cerine in the Los Angeles Times Build
ing.
Ortie Z. McNanigal Of South Sanga,
mon street, Chicago, union iron
worker aud accomplished dynamlter
it is charged was sent to Los An
geles to blow up the temporary plant
which the Times used after the de-
struction oil its buiidiug, and, failing IN
that, touched off neighborlng iron
works.
The prisoners are Oh their way to Los
Angeles, where they will be tried.
After the arrest Of John }. Nc,
Namara in indianapolis Saturday
night, the police found quantities Of
dynamite in the cellar Of the building
occupied as headquarters by the IRON
workers.
Detective j. Burns, went to Thin,
Ohio, yesterday and located 400 pounds
OF dynamite in a shed there. The de-
tectives said the dynamite vas contain,
ed 10 a rough wooden box and hidden
i'm a shed in the rear OF The
home OF James McMauigie, father
OF Ortie L. McAIanigal, one o. the
men indicated in connection with the
Los Angeles Times Building explosion,
who was arrested at Detroit and ~ now
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Investigation that was expected TO
show. according TO the indianapolis
police and Walter Drew, attorney Tor
the National Ercctors; Association,
that indianapolis for two years has
been the headquarters oil a conspiracy
that has resulted in 50 destructive cI,
pIosions OF dynamite, causing prop
ertv loss Of 100000 or more, con-
tinued yesterday and last night, alter
the sensational arrest OF John j. Nc
Namara, secretary treasurer OF. HE
International Association Of Bridge and
Structural Ironvorkers, late Saturday.
The Erectors' Association. 1T is stated.
represents in its membership 81 per
cent. of The structural steel and iron
contractors of the United States.
Against them, in their efforts to operate
open shops, its officials assert, eXpIos-
sions Of dynamite under bridges. via
ducts and buildings, from Springfield,
Mass, to the Pacific Coast, have been
directed.
Additional arrests in connection with
the blowing up OF the Los Angeles
Times are promised and the books OF
the international Union OF Bridge and
Steel Workers at indianapolis were
seized
President Samuel Gompcrs. Of the
Federation Of Labor, and other union
leaders, denounce the arrest Of John J.
Mcnamara as an outrage
Capt. Stephen Wood, chief Of the
Chicago detective bureau. said last
night that full confession had been
obtained from one OF The men arrested
in Detroit in connection with the dyna-
hitting of the Los Angeles Times build
ing.
Oriie B. McManigal is the man al
legged to have confessed. and his story,
it is asserted, tells how the lives Of more
than 100 men were snuffGd out through
the operations Of himself and his com
panions.
The alleged confession is said to
cover 90 typewriter pages and to re-
late to the movements Of the men now
under arrest, and others sought by de-
tectives.
Los Angeles, April 24.-Whcn
John ]. Mcnamara, James W. Nc
Namara and Ortie f. McManigaI
arrive here to face charges Of com
plicity in the dynamtiug OF the Los
Angeles Times building, they will he
given speedy trials, according to state
ments made today not only by Chief Of
Police Sebastian, but by the leaders Of
affiliated organizations.
The labor leaders conferred all Of
yesterday in secret and-today are said
to have completed plans for the de-
Tense of the prisoners. The frs, step
to be taken, it is believed, will be an
application for writ of habeas corpus,
whereby it is hoped the accused men
will be released.
A representative Of the district at
torney said today that not less than 20
men will be arrested in few days
charged with completely in the Times
affair,
Indianapolis, Ind. April 24.-The
Marion county grand jury convened
here today to investigate the finding Of
dynamite in the basement Of the Amer
lean Central Life Building. in which
rt.nrr To-