The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-25
But Burns Detectives Can
not See Them
THE COURT ISSUES ORDER
Iron Workers Records Will Be Exam
ined To-day for Evidence in Dyna-
mite Cases--Will Investigate the
Charge Of Dynamite Planting.


indianapolis, April rs BY an order
of Judge Joseph I Marley of the
Marion county criminal court, is
sued late yesterday only the county
prosecutor, the members of the grand
jury and the officers Of the lnterna-
tional Association Of Bridge and Struc-
tural Iron Workers will be permitted
to examine the books and papers taken
by the police and deputy sheritfs from
the offices of the association in connec-
tion with the Los Angeles Times ex-
pl0sion inquiry
h This action, taken on application of
attorneys for the association and with
the approval Of the county prose.
cutor, bars private detectives and un-
official instigators from inspecting the
books, correspondence and documents
The material was locked up last
night in the grand jury room and will
be submitted to the grand jury today
in the course Of the investigation in
progress as to the identity Of persons
that deposited dynamite in the iron
workers associations storage compart-
nlent in the basement of the building,
in which are it's Offices
A part Of the books and papers were
seized by The police last Saturday
night in raid on the offices, led by
v illiam Burns, private detective
il the employ OF the National kreetors'
association Investigating the RESPONSE
bility for dynamite explosions that
damaged bridges and buildings in course
OF construction in many parts OF the
country and destroyed the Los Angeles
Times building with great loss of life
The raid followed the arrest OF John
j Mcnamara, secretary and treas
urer Of The Bridge and Structural
Workers, indicted in Los Angeles for
completely in an explosion at the
Llewellyn Iron works
Superintendent Of Police Hyland was
summoned with these books and papers
before the grand jury yesterday and
afterward a summons was issued for
Frank NJ Ryan, president Of the Iron
Workers association ordering him TO
produce certain other records Ryan
failed to appear and by order of the
grand jury deputy sheriffs went to the
office building with ! wagon aud hauled
the documents to the court house 1t
was announced that the grand jury
at this time did not care to examine
Ryan as a witness
The books and papers demanded yes
to-day by the grand btry were stacked
Unfortunately about the four pack
ages of dynamite, fuses, explosive caps
and alarm clorks discovered by the po-
lice in Saturday nights raid The
explosives were removed TO a secret
place by the authorities ind the other
material was guarded by the police
and deputy sheriffs until i was taken
ont
Attorney for the Iron Workers as.
sociaton who strongly protested
against the removal Of the records,
frankly stated that their purpose in
asking the court for the order granted
by Judge Marley was to prevent ex
animation of the books by Detective
Burns and his assistants and by Walter
Drew, chief counsel for the National
Ereetors' association.
Drew said he awaited with special in
terest the return last night of Detee
tive Burns from Toledo, where, dis
patches had it, that he had OBJ
tanned in the eheckroom of the Union
station a suit case which Burns said
belonged either to J w Mcnamara
or 0rtie McMaHigal and contained evi-
dence tending to show completely IN
dynamite explosions,
Frank r Baker, county prosecutor,
announced Yesterday that the grand
iury investigation will 90 into intima
lions that there was conspiracy
against the Iron Workers association,
ami its officials, resulting in the plant
ing OF the dynamite in their Office
milding to create evidence against
them. These allegations were contained
in statements attributed to the union
officials
Mr.. Baker said the grand iu-y
would probe tn, charges that the dvna
mite was collected here with the in
tention of using it to destroy buildings
being erected by contractors employing
non union iron workers. The depositing
Of the dynamite in the basement of the
office building was in itself, an otfense
against the statutes of Indiana.
The Iron Workers association yester
day engaged a Number of additional at
torneys and friends of Secretary Me-
Nsmara employed counsel for him per-
sonslly
II seyfeld, McNamara's attorney
late Yesterday in an interview de-
nouncsd the extradition of Mcnamara
is an Outrageous illegality" and said
he believed the detectives concerned
were guilty Of kidnapping under the
laws Of Indiana.
It was reported last night that affi
davits were being prepared, to be filed
in a Justice Of the peace court, charg-
ing detectives with kidnapping
DIR. HYDE AGAIN.