Milford chronicle., 1911-04-28

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t Counsel, Prosecutor and Chauffeur
Alleging MeNamara Was Kidneppe
After His Arrest.
r Backed by all the influence Of OF
ganized labor as represented in In
r dianapnlis. Ind, by the internationa
officers and six organizations, a move
ment has been started TO force the re
turn to that city OF J. j. Mcnamara
secretary treasurer of the Iron Work
ers, on the ground that he was taker
unlawfully out Of the state.
The proceedings began when Viii
liam J. Eurns, the detective; Walter
Drew, OF New York; W. J. Ford, OF
Los Angeles. and Frank Fox, driver OF
the automobile in which Mcnamara
was taken from the city, were arrest.
ed and placed under $4,000 bonds
each.
G. A. BadorG agent for Drew. was
also arrested and sent to jail until
bond could be arranged.
The general charge against the men
is that they cOnspired to take McNa-
mara out of the state without due
process Of law"
II is alleged that Mcnamara did not
have an opportunity to consult coun-
sci and resist extraditiOn after his ar
rest last Saturday evening. After Gov
ernor Marshill had honored requisition
papers for Mcnamara, Magistrate Col
Inns turned him over to Sergeant Hos
sick, of Los Angeles. He was put into
an automobile driven by Fox and TAX
en- to Chicago Saturday night. bound |
for Los Angeles. to answer an indict |
ment charging him with completely in |
dynamite explosion at the Llewellyn !
Iron works.
The affidavits against Drew. Ford |
and Fox were made by J. J. Reagan.
labor union leader of indianapolis
and member OF the Indiana legisla
ture.
Mcnamara was arrested on Satur
day night for alleged completely in the
dynamiting of the Los Angeles Time
building and a requisition having been
signed by the governor was taken
out Of indianapolis in an automobile
and sent to Los Angeles
II is charged that though McNa.
mara was not turned over to detec
live sergeant from Los Angeles until
Governor Marshall had honored reuui.
iition papers from the governor OF
California, he had not been permitted
o consult with counsel or to make a
'lea Of resistance to extradition be.
ore Police Judge Collins when he was
Identified as the man named in the
warrant for his arrest.
II was in Fox's automobile that Mo
'amara was taken to Chicago on Sat.
rday night. to be placed aboard a
rain for Los Angeles.
There is no doubt in the minds of
he detectives and police officers that
J. Mcnamara is the head of the
ynamiting organization that has
lown up more than 100 buildings in
le past three years. They are salts,
ed that Mcnamara is not only the
cad of the criminal organization, but
lat he was its inspiration and has
rected all its movements, purchasing
e dynamite to be used in explosions.
e clocks by which the dynamite was
.ploded and deciding where and
hen the explosion should occur.
The evidence at hand shows con.
lsiyely that the movement was not
med specially at opponents Of the
union. of which Nc.
imara was an officer Such conhne
ant OF acts OF violence would have
tracted attention TO the bridge and
'uctural workers alone. and the dy
hitting OF the Los Angeles Times
ilding, the wrecking of houses on
lich nOn-uniOn carpenters were EN-
'yed and on structures on which
n-union men of other trades were
ployed in other places was a part
the system to distract attention from
, ironworkers as the prime movers
the conspiracy against lite and
,perty.
rhe finding of dynamite in large
antilles in the actual possession OF
Namara. both in an old stable that
had rented and in the basement Of
American Central Life building.
which he had stored a box of the
'losive after having gotten the con.
{ Of the custodian, is regarded as
elusive evidence.