The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-12-04
Mcnamara Blew Up a Seattle
Building, Says Local Detective
IN WAlTFp n. THAVER

Nr WAL Eh ". MAVEN
Local Manager William J. Burns Ma.
tlonal Detective Agency.
James o. mekamara was In
Seattle August 81. 1910. and
biew up the Lyon building,
Third and James. then under
course os construction. do
not learn Of his presence here
until after the explosion, but
the evidence is conclusive.
ON Maf /. 1910, received an ur.
gent telegram from Mr Burns tell
ing ne that Jas. II. Mcnamara waa
IA Seattle. and asking me 10 search
the hotels. We made thorough
search. but failed 90 locate him. The
name of neither y. Royce nor Nc.
Namhfa could be found ON any of
the hotel registers
Begin Another Search.
We searched all summer for
trace OF him, but failed. August 81
the Lyon building was blown up.
immediately We began another
search.
AKnNt tNftf NttNH A1ttA W a'''fst
the name Of J. a. Bryce ON hotel
regiater of lodging house on Yes
Ter way. The iandlady positively
Identified Bryce a. McSamara from
his description. He had with him
a suit case. which be took 90 his
room. He did not occupy the room.
cxcapt for this. His name WAS
placed on the register August 10
1910 the night before the explosion
Register Sent East.
} xxscur.d the register aud sent u
to g,nrnn AZ Chiuago. from which
pIs % IL wss forwarded to . hand
sssss.rr expert In the employ OF ths
asency IN New York. where other
f.Eisters were kept. Some OF these
sh0wed that Mcnamara. rs Bryce,
had Registered from Seattle.
Immediately upon this discovery
We communicated with man we
had working AZ the Home colony Of
anarchists at Lake bay. near Tn
oomh This IL the colony which
pon,nffire Inspector Backus tried 10
break up.
With Dave capian.
We learned that Mcnamara had
been there few days prior 10
August 81. IN company with Dave
Caplan. the anarchist who Is nov
being hunted in connection with the
Times explosion. and was indicted
IN Los Angeles with the McNa
mafAs.
Iustead Of coming 20 Seattle dt.
rect Mcnamara had gone there.
Mcnamara stayed al Coopers lodE
lnx house AZ Lake bay. where they
had a number Of books on explo-
slvss Mcnamara and Caplan tried
60 employ a man named Nichols TO
go 10 Tacoma 10 buy dynamite, Of.
fcring him big money. which was
refused.
Then McNamarn and Caplan went
TO the manager Of the Tacoma
Power company and asked for pc
per cent dynamite. saying they
Wantrd 60 blow on, stumps. They
offered the top price for II. but the
manager became suspicious. He
told thom 80 per cent would blow
up the earth: all they needed was
80 or 50 per cent dynamite. He re
fused to sell II.
Ge, the Explosive.
Later the two went to the man
ager OF the plant again, and con.
vinoed the latter they wanted to
blow out stumps. They bought
three cases OF 40 per cent No. .
dynamite, 100 No. caps and 100
feet OF double tape fuse.
The manager Of the plant later
identified another anarchist now ut
Home colony ms being one OF the
three who bought the explosive
Had Maps With Them.
A man whom we had at the Home
colony reported that Mcnamara and
Caplan discussed blowing up mum
her Of buildings. and had maps of
their location.
From there Mcnamara came here.
registered on Yesler way. and after
the Lyon building explosion went Go
San Francisco. later going 20 Los
Angeles and blowing up the Times