The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
THIS Man SPEAKS THE TRUTH,
BORC|A WAS ALMOST AN ANGF|

facie evidence OF his innocence--taA-
en- from his own home and state
without aid of friends or attorneys.
Ihe stage was all set, the proper.
Ties arranged carefully, and then up
goes the curtain with blare Of
trumpets upon the first act of a
tragedy contemplating the assassina.
tlon OF organized labor.
Ever since the Los Angeles Times
tragedy the interests have been try.
Ing to fasten guilt upon organized
labor. 1t might Just as we'll be Nc.
Namara as another. The whole affair
smacks Of we'll laid prearrangement
The interests Of corporate wealth
are always trying to crush the or
ganized labor movement, and they use
the best way to strike at men having
the confidence of the working people
Il will hold my confidence in the
men until I'm satisfied they are guilty
| know the pans and practices oil
iabor's enemies. From what know
OF Secretary Mcnamara. my faith and
confidence of his innocence is un
shaken by the charges against him.
Il cannot say what may or may not
be done in their defense, or whether
the American Federation of Labor will
give its aid.''
rs that justice?" demanded Secre
tary Morrison. What if organized
labor wanted to secure possession OIL
a capitalist? DO you suppose we coulG
get the papers before the arrest haG
been made? No. There would be
yards of tangled red tape to unravel
Labor has been bitterly fought
along the western coast and because
we have been winning out, all sorts
of tricks have been resorted to by oul
opponents. There is no doubt In my
mind that this is but another one. 1t Ii
an Infamous outrage. here is moth
ing to show that Secretary McNam
ara had ever been to LOS Angeles. Still
he is charged with completely In 6
crime that killed twenty-one men
among them union men. The suspic
ion of completely is based on the fac
that he held meetings with James B
Mcnamara. hi7 brother, who is &C
cused of having had Internal ma
chimes in his possession.
And by whom is he charged? By
a private detective, man who wants
to receive the big reward offered fol
the arrest of the guilty parties"
Otis Makes Statement.
LOS ANGELES, April 24.-Gen
Harrison Gray Otis owner of the
Times, made the following statement
in connection with the arrest of JohI
]. Mcnamara, charged with complicit,
in the dynamiting of the plant:
Il have not sufficient information
to make statement regarding the
arrest of Mcnamara, charged witt
dynamiting the Times but l desire tt
say that the search for the suspected
dynamiters who blew up the Time!
building in October, 1910, and latel
attempted to blow up the Lleweller
iron works has been most persistent
The authorities have literally 'campec
on the trails of the criminals. Dis
trict Attorney fredericks of this
county sent out more than sixt.
thousand specific descriptions of the
indicted dynamiters, Bryce Kapla1
and Schmidt, coupled with offers o
large rewards in the event Of detec
tion, arrest and punishment
Not myself and the Los Angeles
Times alone but all honest men with
in its borders who wish to see fail
play in the fed of labor, liberty pro
tected, law enforced and the guilty
punished unite in hoping that the rea
dynamiters will be caught to the las
man and punished
In spite OF persistent denials ant
quibblings on the part of the suspects
and some of their political and labor
building was dynamited has beer
proven beyond the preadventure of s
doubt Three separate and distinc
bodies namely. the mayors commit
tee. the coroner's jury and the granG
Jury reported after thorough and sep
arate Investigations that the explos
ion was due to dynamite, nitro
glycerine or some other high explos
i've. The dynamiting of the building
was nothing less than the crime Of the
century and deserves to be treated
accordingly l say this not because II
is my property, but because 1t is time
for the country and the law author
tiles to call halt in the mad march
of organized crime in the name oi
organized labor"
Like Russian Methods.
CHICAGO, April 24.- Chicago labor
leaders are today furiously denounc
-. 4bo Duocian ,,o1ico poafhods In the