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New-York tribune., 1911-04-24
PEOLERS WERE DETECTIVES,
Alleged Counterfeiters Arrested
After Weeks of Waiting.

Four detectives OF the Alexander avenue
police station. disguised as pedlers, have
for weeks been hunting for members of an
alleged gang of counterfeiters. who. Il IS
said. have been passing bogus quarters and
half dollars on street hawkers. Last night
they succeeded In making two arrests
The prisoners described themselves as
John Vestiko. twenty-one years old. and
Thomas Dorgan. thirty-two years old. Both
were held on the charge OF passing coun-
terfeit money and of having it In their pos
session.
Detectives Curley, O'Neil. Szermer and
Couzzo each had cart OF peanuts and
bananas at different points along 81. AIMS
aNenue. and were doing a brisk business
Szermer alleges that he was approacbsa
by Dorgan. who rendered him a bogns o..
cent piece when he purchased some neg.
nuts. The prisoner. he says. became sus.
p,cious or him, and took To his heels hu,
he was caught al his rooms near nv Tho
detectives say they found In his room cour.
forfeit coins and paraphernalia used ,r
making the imitation money.
Nestiko was arrested by Cur,sv ana
O'Neil when he tried TO pass some co,r,ar
felt money. as the officers allege on C-,,y,.,,
in exchange for bananas. When searched
az the police station II is alleged a do,en
pieces OF bad money were found IN hin,
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24
M'NAMARA HOME SEARCHED
Cincinnati Police Take Articles
from Prisoners Trunk.
TBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.

Cincinnati. April 29.-Detectives Bell and
Schaefer. Of the local detective department,
accompanied by three detectives from the
office of William j. Burns to-day went To
the home of John j. Mcnamara. sr., and
secured articles which will be used in the
prosecution of John j. and James Nc
Namara on the charge of flowing up the
Los Angeles Times Building.
The articles taken to-day were several
small saws, a considerable amount of cleo
trio wire, an electric bell. an electric bat
terry tester and other articles Of minor
importance. They were found In a trunk
belonging to James Mcnamara. now under
arrest and on his way to Los Angeles.
Mrs. Mcnamara. the mother of the two
men, had not heard that her sons had been
arrested when the detectives went 10 her
home Mrs. Mcnamara broke down and
wept. crying out that her boys could not be
guilty and that there has been a plot on
foot for many months 10 make them suf-
fer for what somebody else did. She aid
ed the detectives in their search. and said
that anything she has in the world will
be turned over to them il they want it.
John J. Mcnamara, sr.. father OF the
BOYS, was sent to the Ohio State Peni-
tentiary for life on April q. 1894. for an
assault on his twelve-year old daughter.
He was pardoned about three years ago.
but nobody knows where he is now.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24
MORE DYNAMITE FOUND
Burns Discovers Between 800
and 400 Pounds at Tiffin, Ohio.

indianapolis, April pa message re-
ceived here tonight from Tifin. OHIO
where w. J. Burns. the detective who led
the raid on the Offices Of the International
Association Of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers here last night. went to-day. as
serted that plant Of between three
hundred and four hundred pounds OF dyna-
mite was found there.
The detectives said the dynamite was con-
tanned in a rough wooden box and hidden
In a shed in the rear of the home OF James
McMangal, father Of Ortie K. McManigal.
one Of the men indicted in connection with
the Los Angeles Times Building explosion.
who was arrested al Detroit and is now
being taken to Los Angeles.
Burns was accompanied to Tiffin from
this city by J. A. G. Badorf. assistant TO
Walter Drew, counsel for the National
Erectors' Association. Entering the shed
at McMangal's home. where they arrived
lust after nightfall they assert they found
a wooden partition with a locked door. in
which was the box. Burns was provided
with a key which fitted the lock OF the box.
The dynamite was tightly packed. and II
was estimated the total number OF sticks
weighed between three and four hundred
pounds.
Chief Myers OF the Police Department Of
TifIin was with Burns and Badorf when the
dynamite was found. He set guard of
two policemen over the shed for the night
After having uncovered the dynam mite at
Tifhn Burns and Badorf engaged an auto
mobile and went to Bloomville. Ohio. where
they said they expected to find another
..pIant" Of explosives
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24
THINK LABOR MEN INNOCENT
Union Leaders in This City Have
Confidence in Men Under Arrest. |

such officers of local and international
unions affiliated with the American fed-
Grafton of Labor In this city as could be
seen Yesterday declared that. In their opin-
ion. James J. Mcnamara secretary ana
treasurer Of the International Association
of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
and the others who were arrested on sat
urday on the charge Of completely IN the
blowing up OK the plant of The Times i'll
Los Angeles. last October had nothing to
do with tho affair.
The international association is affiliated
With the American Federation of Labor
and represented locally In the Central Fed
Grated Union. Ernest Bohm. corresponding
secretary OF the Central Federated Union,
said:
While none of the officials Of the iron
workers are officers of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor or members of its execu-
tive council. the International Association
of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
has been affiliated with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor for many years do rot
believe that any one of Mcnamara stand
ing would for an instant countenance such
a plot as the blowing up of The Los An
geles Times. NO iao'r sidan nan W,,n wnr,d ahs be
such a fool as TO bring himself and MS
urion into disrepute by being concerned
with such an affair. In any case, wouid
not believe private detective under DATA,
and | am sure neither Mcnamara nor any
Of the officers of the union are guilty OF
any completely in the outrage. -,
Hugh Frayne. general organizer OF the
American Federation of Labor and the
representative OF President Gompers in the
East, said:
7 have known Mcnamara for many years.
and he Is not the kind OF man to counte-
nance such things as this outrage. he
would condemn them, instead. The only
thing that would make me believe that he
had anything to do with the outrage would
he statement from his own lips to that
effect.
He said the International Association Of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers would
look after the defence OF Mcnamara and
tho others. and. If necessary, all organized
labor would stand behind them.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24
LABOR MEN PROTEST
Union Leaders Declare ContI-
dence in Prisoners Innocence.
CALL ARRESTS AN OUTRAGE
Samuel Gompers Says They Are
Part of Plot to Destroy
Labor Organizations.

Washington, April z.-President Com
pers Of the American Federation to-day
declared that the arrest OF John j. Nc
Namara, International secretary OF the
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers or
America. at Indianapolis last night. was a
grossly outrageous kidnapping. and attrib-
uted the arrest to enemies OF organized
labor and plot Of money interests to de-
stroy labor unions He suggested that the
states, In the exercise Of their police pow
ers. are as foreign TO each other as are
foreign countries. and that no country
would think OF giving up citizen on the
mere demand OF another country without
hearing. Mr. Gompers said
How long are the American people going
TO stand for Kidnapping? Mcnamara was
spirited away without giving him the
dence of his innocence. taken from his own
home and state without aid OF frlends OF
attorneys. The stage was all set, the prop.
critics arranged carefully. and then up went
the Arst act Of tragedy contemplating the
assassination OF organized labor
II might Just as well be Mcnamara as
another. The whole affair smacks OF wen
laid prearrangement.. The interests OF coL
porate wealth are always trying to crush
the organized labor movement and they
used the best way to strike at the men
having the confidence of the working peo.
pie. Mcnamara has had hard heht
against the huge steel bridge building IN
terests, with their many millions, put mas
done good work The federation mas aideu
his union in every way. No union has been
more bitterly attacked.
Mr.. Gompers stated he could not say
what may be done in the defence OF the
men arrested at indianapolis. or whether
the federation will give it's aid. but that in
the mean time he had the utmost conf
dence In their innocence
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24
POLICE FEAR A RESCUE
Alleged Dynamiters Going to Los
Angeles by Secret Routes.

Los Angeles, April 23.-On separate
trains and hidden away in locked Pullman
compartments under the surveillance Of
armed guards John j. Mcnamara. secre-
tary Of the International Structural Iron
Workers Association and his two alleged
confederates. James Mcnamara and Ortie
McManigsl. are being hurried here TO an
swer n the charge Of having dynan1ited
the Los Angeles Times Building on October
/. 1910 and causing the death Of twenty
cne men.
BY what routes they are being brought
is a secret When they will arrive is also
unknown.
The police here and the detectives who
brought about the arrests are taking no
chances. Elaborate precautions are said
to have been taken TO prevent an attempt
at rescue.
Chief Of Police Sebastian said to-day he
feared publicity regarding the movements
of the prisoners might result in more dyna-
hitting and the loss OF lives and railroad
property
Secrecy also is regarded as necessary to
avoid legal complications. At Labor Tenn
pie. Los Angeles union headquarters, there
were bitter denunciations of the way In
which the Mcnamara brothers and Nc
Manigal had been arrested, but these came
only from the rank and file
Comparisons with the case Of Meyer,
HAYWOOD and Pettibone. the union men
who were spirited away from Colorado to
answer 10 the charge Of having caused the
death Of Governor Steunenberg in ldaho
several years ago, were frequent.
Every man in the Labor Temple agreed
that the arrest of the iron workers sec
retary and his two alleged accomplices had
brought to a climax the long labor battle
in Los Angeles. and though preparations
admittedly were being made for the de-
fence Of the prisoners 1t was maintained
that no technicalities would be interposed
TO prevent an carly trial.
II is not known how many indictments
the McNamaras and McManigal will have
to face. but il is regarded as probable that
more arrests are TO come.
Up to yesterday only three men had been
named in connection with the blowing up or
the newspaper plant and its operatives.
They were j. =. Bryce. VI. a. Schmidt
and David Caplan. John Mcnamara is the
only one of the men now in custody who
is said TO answer the description of any OF
these men. lie is said to resemble Bryce.
According 20 the circulars sent out Offer
ing a reward of $500 for the arrest of the
dynamitors. Schmidt has squint eye,
while Caplan was a San Francisco pedler.
Chief of Police Sebastian said to-day that
the states case would stand without need
of seeking TO persuade any Of the pris-
oners TO turn states evidence.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24
ANOTHER DYNAMITE EARREST?
Man Charged with Springfield
Outrage Said To Be in Custody.

Springfield. Mass. April pa private de-
tective who said ne was sent here from
Boston to inquire about the reward offered
for the arrest OF the person who set OF n
charge of dynamite under the tower OF the
municipal building several weeks ago. tod
the Springfield police to-day that the man
who is charged with committing the deed
is under arrest In Chicago.
The detective said that his information
in regard 10 the arrest In Chicago came
from William ] Burns. who has been In
vestieatng The Los Angeles Times" ex-
ploson. The local police have wired Chi
cago for information. According 10 the de-
tective. the name of the man under arrest
is Murphy.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24
MNAMARA NOT UNEASY
Handcuffed to Detective, He
Passes Through St. Louis.

By Telegraph 10 The Tribune.
St. Louis. April 23.-John j. Mcnamara.
secretary treasurer of the International As
sociation of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers. indianapolis. who was arrested
in Indianapolis yesterday by William j.
Burns. Of the National Detective Agency OF
Chicago charged with completely in The
os Angeles Times dynamting last fall.
was brought through ST. Louis. en- route
TO Los Angeles. this morning.
Mcnamara was in charge Of James Hos
sick a Los Angeles detective. to whom he
was handcuffed. and Charles J. Smith ana
c. Il. Biddnger. Of the National Detective
Agency Of Chicago. They arrived here on
the Nandalla al Z a. m. and ate breakfast
a the Union Station lunchroom They de-
parted for Kansas City at a IN. on the
Missouri Pacific. Hossck kept Mcnamara
handcuned to and from the restaurant and
the news Of his identity attracted a fair
sized crowd to the windows OF the res
taurant.
No interview could be obtained from any
of the party Mcnamara ate heartily
and. save for preoccupied expression.
seemed perfectly al ease.
The St Louis Central Trades and Labor
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24
CALLSIT WORK OF PARASITE
San Francisco Labor Man Elk.
meets McNamara' Acnuittal.

San Francisco. April 23.-Andrew J..
Gallagher. secretary-treasurer Of the San
Francisco Building Trades Council who
was examined by the Los Angeles grand
jury which conducted the inquiry into the
Times Building explosion. said tonight he
believed Mcnamara would be cleared OF
the Los Angeles outrage.
THE Times Building explosion, il it was
an explosion. probably was caused by an
anarchstic parasite element he said,
which sometimes attaches itself to labor.
and which has thrown the blight of sus-
picion on union labor.
so far as the officers Of the strike COM
mittee here are concerned in this matter
all the funds coming through this city
were handled by me as treasurer. sent
them all to the relief OF the strikers in
Los Angeles.
There never passed through my hands
an amount of money that would pay fer
the preparation of any such horrible act
as the Times Building dynamiting."
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24
TO HEAD BANK OF COMMERCE
Cincinnati Hears William S. Rowe
Will Get the Place.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Cincinnati. April 23-William S. Rowe.
president of the First National Bank of
Cincinnati and one OF this city's foremost
financiers. has. according To information
received here. had an offer Of the presi-
dency of the National Bank Of Commerce
OF New York. II is understood that Mr.
Rowe has not yet given a definite an
swer but local financiers say that the
place has been offered him and that he
will accept IT, He went TO New York the
first Of last week. and Is still there. II is
said he will return to Cincinnati tomorrow
evening.
Mr. Rowe has been known In the fnan-
cial world OF the Middle West for the last
few years. He has made banks and
currency his life study. and last summer at
the session OF the National Bankers AS
sociation at Los Angeles he delivered an
address which was iayorably commented
on all over the country.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24

Union with enthusiasm this afternoon
adopted resolutions protesting against the
arrest at Indianapolis and deportation 10
California of John J. Mcnamara. charac-
terizine the proceedings as kidnapping
because the police court denied sacNamara
his constitutional right to secure an attor-
ney.
The resolutions call upon all union men
and organized labor's friends to unite ior
the purpose of thwarting the foul conspH-
acy" and authorize the Central Trades ana
Labor Unions executive board to take nee
essary steps to carry out these resolutions
purpose. L. c., Pope. the Central Union
attorney, predicted the Mcnamara case
would prove a repetition Of the Meyer.
Pettibone and Haywood affair.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24
POLICE WAR IN CLEVELAND
Patrolmen Raid Saloons in Fight VITA
Chief Kohler.

Cleveland. April 23.-Open war on tne
Chief OF Police. Fred Kohler. was declared
to-day by members OF the Forum CLUB
social organization OF police officers. when
flve OF their number raided downtown
saloons and arrested the proprietors on
charges OF disobeyirg the Sunday closins
law Tonight the policemen arg raidins
Gisorderly houses.
After the raiders had arrested ten saicoh'
keepers. Chief Kohler appeared at the &c"
trail station ard Golden Ruled the prs
oaers. He then forbade all precinct sta'
tons to accept prisoners sent In ty the
aiding patrolmen.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24
HOODLUMs TERRORIZE CAR
Passengers Beaten and Seven Men Ar.
rested in Flushing.

Several passengers were severely beaten
and a car of the New York e. North Shore
Traction Company got rough usage from a
crowd of twenty-five hoodlums between
Manhasset and Flushing last night. Seven
Of the young rowdies were arrested by
Captain MURPHY OF the Flushing police
station. and several of his men. who were
terminal
The crowd boarded the car at Manhasset
bringing with them several musical in
struments and cans of beer They terror
ized the women passengers. and three men
who interfered were badly beaten. At
Little Neck the conductor telephcned
ahead for help. The car was surrounded
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24

papers were hurried here. Not un'ii
these papers were received was any move
made to place others wanted in the case
Under arrest.
"The plants of dynamite found since
the Indianapolis arrests were told OF III
the confession and the names and where
abouts of other men. now being sought
are known to the detectives.
Struggle to Get Confession.
Details of the confession made by NC
Manigal were disclosed together Win
the methods used to break the spirit OF
the man who admits that he is RESPONSE
bic for death horrors which have only a
parallel in the story of death and oe-
struction told by Harry orchard concern
ing the death dealing bombs planted and
hurled in the miners warfare IN inc
Ceur d'Alene district.
Every possible method to eXtort the
confession from McManigal was used oy
Burns before the ironworker Thoroughly
worn out. finally admitted his guilt ana
implicated his alleged partners.
Promises of immunity are said TO nave
been made when the man was first ac-
rused upon his arrival in Chicago on the
morning of April 13. He denied all
knowledge Of the Los Angeles matter
He kept up his stubborn fight against
the officers from early morning until al
ter midnight.
The sweating" process was carried on
at the fat of Detective William Reed
at No. 9O34 Commercial avenue, South
Chicago. McManigal and Mcnamara
were kept in separate rooms and Burns
his assistants and the city detectives
shot ouestion after question at McMani-
gal for hours.
Calls John j. McNamara Leader.
McManigal was urged to tell the truth
because of his wife and little children.
and this plea is said finally to have won
him over. For seven hours during the
early morning of April Ii he continued
his story OF crime before he declared
with dropping head and weakened voice:
Honest to God, that's all of it,
According To McManigal the gang was
rcncerned in the last year in more than
dozen bomb outrages. He admitted
that probably more than one hundred
lives had been the toll of the bomb clan.
He declared unhesitatingly that he and
fhe others were well pail for all of the
putraees. and insisted that Secretary Nc
Namara Of the union was the head Of the
conspiracy.
He told in detail of the long laid and
carefully perfected plans made for the
destruction of the Times Building. but
insisted that he was not there, the
guilty men, according to his confession,
being his partner. Mcnamara, Kaplan
and Schmitt He freely admitted that
he and Mcnamara had pulled off, the
recent explosions in South Chicago. Mil
waukee and Indianapolis.
Once started on his story, it seemed
apparent to the watching detectives that
McManigal was only eager to finish it.
He spared no one, nor did he try TO ex-
cuse his own acts.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24
WOMAN ATTACKED BY NEGRO
She Accuses "Gabe" Potter, . NAL
Just Out Of Sing Sing.
I ~ Telssraph to The Tribune I

Babylon. n. Y. April aa-Mrs Ansel saA'
ton. OF this place. was attacked last niS"'
by negro on highway leading 10 n.'
home and was badly injuiAd. Mrs. saxton
charges "Gabe" Potter. negro. Just OUT
OF Sing Sing. With the crime.
Deputy sheriff Mott and Patrolm."
Brown arrested ''Gabe" He slid down from
an attic loft and said he would so back anu
get dressed Bring your clothes mere.
said Mott. We take no chances Win ~,
An angry crowd followed then, anu
the darkness the negro was struck ssrrs
times. Potter pleaded not guilty IN c0Sti c0sSsti
to-day and his examination went over ""s'
tomorrow,
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24
LABOR MEN CALL 1T A PLOT
Say Police Created" Evidence
in Dynamiting Cases.

Indianapolis. April 23.-Investigation
expected to show. according TO the police
and Walter Drew, attorney for the Na
tional Erectors' Association, that Indian
apolis for two years has been the head
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24
Governor Defends Eytradition.

Governor Marshall. who granted the
requistion of the Governor Of California
for the taking Of Mcnamara from Indi-
ana. issued a statement late to-day de-
claring that there was nothing in the
contention that he did anything unfair.
Il did not know who Mcnamara was"
says the Governors statement. and
did not md do not know now whether
he is guilty or innocent II is the law
that when a requlsition comes from the
Governor of a foreign state charging a
crime and certifying that the defendant
is a fugitive from justice. there is moth
ing for me 10 do but TO honor the requisi-
ton and issue the warrant. My Office
does not constitute a court
Judge James A. Collins. Of the police
court. before whom Mcnamara was ar
raigned yesterday preliminary to his be-
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24

ing started or his way to California.
was emphatic to-day in saying that he
was not hostile to organized labor. and
that he was merely acting within the
law in turning Mcnamara over to the
wastorn authorities
New-York tribune., 1911-04-24
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New-York tribune., 1911-04-24

at Flushing and the rowdies made a wild
scramble for the doors and windows.
Seven Of them were arrested on charges
OF disorderly conduct
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-03-15
SCHOOL ELECTION EXCITING.
Five Candidates Join the Race and
Have Merry Time, Algyer
and Baker Winning.

Usually a school election is some
what tame in DEBORAH, but there
was fun enough for everybody on
Monday afternoon, after the polls
opened at the city hall. There were
two members of the board of edu-
cation to be elected, and when the
voters went to the hall they found
five names on the various tickets,
Ray Algyer, G. F. Baker, II. B..
Hustvedt, r. H. Tracy and B. e.
Bucknell, whose friends had Undue
ed them to become candidates. AS
the afternoon progressed the cam
paign became quite warm, and the
town was canvassed for votes, with
the result that there was an I'M
usually large vote out.
When the votes were counted, it
was found that Ray Algyer led with
$50, G.. F. Baker next with 327,
which elects these two gentlemen,
while H. B. Hustvedt had 127, r..
H. Tracy 121 and B. E. Bucknell
SO. 1t was friendly, good natured
campaign, and as a matter of fact
the unfortunate candidates are not
SO sure that they are not really the
fortunate ones, after all.
This makes the personnel of the
board Rev. H. H. Green, DR.. A. F.
Barfoot, F. ]. Rosenthal, Ray
Algyer and G.. F. Baker.