The Washington times., 1911-04-25

TOLEDO, April 26.-W1ll1am j. Burns,
who caused the arrest of John ]. Nc
Namara, the secretary-treasurer; his
brother, James w. Mcnamara, and Ortie
f. Mechanical, members of the Interna-
tional Structural Iron Workers Union,
has told the first detailed story of how
he followed the amazing trail OF dyna-
mite and nitro-glycerine outrages, ex-
tending from Los Angeles to Springfield,
Mass; Pittsburg, New York, Hoboken,
Milwaukee, Peoria, and Buffalo.
After continued investigations at TIL
fin, Ohio, and in this city. Burns said.
as he left for Columbus and Indian
apolis, that the case against the two
McNamaras and McManigal was estab-
Iished by irrefutable evidence. He as
serted that intuition led to the arrests,
and described in detail how he followed
the suspects.
under arrest Is legally complete" said
Burns. ''Others will be involved, but
the demands of justice will not permit
me to give information as to these
others at present.
This is the most astounding, wide
spread, most cold-blooded and most dis
astrous conspiracy to destroy property
and human lives ever exposed in the
United States.
II can assure all that only the stern
demands of justice and the good of the
public has guided me in pointing the fin
ger of condemnation at these labor
leaders.
Denies Gomper's Story.
IT beg the people to accept my as
surance that the statement of Presi-
dent Samuel Gompers, OF the American
Federation of Labor, that the picking
out of these men has been part of an
attempt to 'assassinate union labor is
absolutely untrue and unwarranted.
The BARE unadorned facts will con-
vince all honest union labor men that
these men are guilty and unworthy of
sympathy"
When asked as to the nature of evil
dence against the accused men other
than that already disclosed, Burns said
There is such lot of evidence that
II is difficult for me thus far away
from my office and the records to tell
just where to begin in enumerating the
case.
II can prove by the handwriting of
J. w. Mcnamara and Ortie f. McMan-
igal that they were two of the men who
registered under false names at the
Park Hotel in Toledo, on April II. and
went to Tiffin, where they had a store
of dynamite. l can prove that they left
one dynamite dress suitcase in the
package room of the Union railroad
depot in this city. ] can prove that the
dress suitcase contained dynamite.
Il can establish the fact that these
two men had a hand in the theft of
dynamite from the Frances quarries at
BloomVille, Ohio, and / can prove that
it was just that brand Of dynamite that
was afterward stored in the union labor
headquarters building in Jones' stable
in Indianapolis and in the shed of Nc
ManiRarS father in Tiffin
"Seen With Dynamite"
81 can also prove they were actually
seen carrying packages of dynamite In
the neighborhood of the Llewellyn Iron
Works at Los Angeles and the plant at
the Western Fuel Company at Milwau-
kee.
Il can prove by handwriting that
James w. Mcnamara. using the name
Of James B. Bryce, registered at hotels
in various cities at about the time of
the explosions. ! can also prove that
James w. Mcnamara purchased the
piano box in which was hidden several
hundred pounds of dynamite found hid
den in a piano box in the Jones stable
at Indianapolis.
Another important piece Of evidence
is that have traced purchases of nitro
glycerine by James w. Mcnamara when
We have a tracing of his handwriting
taken from the register of the Peoria
Hotel, at Peoria, Ill.
I'VE have found that this same man
purchased 200 quarts of nitroglycerine
from a manufacturer at Portland, Ind.
Just before the explosion which destroy
ed a lot of McClintock. Marshall & Co. s
structural iron at Peoria.
'One charge of the quantity of nitro
glycerine used failed to explode, and we
can identify this as part of the nitro
glycerine bought by Mcnamara from
the manufacturer at Portland.
THE nitro-glycerine had clock and
battery attached for the purpose of
bringing about the explosion. 1t was
a No. 5 dry battery with an ordinary
5O-cent alarm clock. 1t was attached
to a board with a length of copper OF
the gauge and quality l have already
indicated.
This brand of nitro-glycerin, this
kind of copper wire, this combined ar
rangement, is precisely the same as
used in the Los Angeles explosion and
in other outrages of which these men
are accused.
THE records seized in the office and
safe of the Association OF Brldge and
Structural Workers at Indianapolis con-
tain entries of large sums of money
paid to James w Mcnamara and Nc
Manigal, and other documents showing
that John J. Mcnamara was the direct
ing genius of the conspiracy and that
the other two were members OF the
wrecking crew.
II am satisfied from information in
my possession the dynamiters INTENDED
to blow up several places in Detroit and
Toledo, and that plans for this work