Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-04-23
A TIMES SUSPECT
Is UNDER ARREST
MCNAMARA, UNION IRON MAN,
ACCUSED OF DYNAMITING.
MUCH Evidence IS FOUND
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BY Assoclated Press


indianapolis, Ind, April 22.-John
j. Mcnamara, secretary and treasurer
of the International Association Of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers,
was arrested here this evening charg-
ed with completely with the dynamit.
ing of the Los Angeles Times build
ing, October |, 1910, when twcnty-one
men were killed Another labor lead
er named Hopkins, also was placed
under arrest
Detective Burns. superintendent Of
Police Hyland, and chief of Detec-
tive Holz. Of this city tonight found
seventeen sticks Of dynamite and a
two-quart can of nitro glycorlne In
a barn owned by 4. II, Jones, a struc-
tural iron worker ana located near
here, which Jones says was placed
there last January by Mcnamara.
Four hours after Mcnamara was ar
rested, detectives found two quarts Of
nitroglycprine, A later Investigation Of
the international officers Of the union
disclosed in a store room In the base
mcnt Of the building GA sticks, about
GO pounds of dynamite, 200 feet Of
fuse, 500 dynamite caps, one dozen
small alarm clocks and q leather case
made to carry a ten pound can Of
nitroglycerine.
Detective Burns took possession OF
all the explosives requlsltion papers
from the governor of California hay-
ing been signed by Governor Marshall
before the arrest.
Mcnamara was taken to police
headquarters where he was arraigned
before Judge Collins in police court.
The requlsition was granted and twenty
minutes after Mcnamara had been
arrested in the association headquart-
ers in the American Central Life build
Ing, wherea meeting of theeXecutiye
board was adjournng he wa staken
from the city by four detectives in an
automobile.
The destination was not known, but
It was supposed it was the plan Of
the officers TO get Mcnamara out Of
the state before his friends had a
chance to fight therequisition.
Although pleading in police court
to be given time to procure an attor-
ney. his request was refused by Judge
Collins. who maintained after the re
QUESTION papers had been signed he
could do nothing but permit James
Housey. an officer of California, who
was present at the hearing, to take
the prisoner from this city.
Soon after the prisoner had been
hurried into the automobile, Detective
Burns hurried to another machine and
hurried to the American Life build
ing where f. NJ. Ryan, president of the
association and six members of the
executive hoard were being held by
police pending the investigation. Presl
dent Ryan protested against the pres
encc Of the officers In the room. sup
erintendent of Police Hyland read n
search warrant but this document OF
the court did not satisfy the Iron
workers president Burns then lifted
the TOP Of McNamara's desk and be-
gan searching large piles Of corre-
spondence President Ryan said he
had been connected with union labor
for several years and had never heard
of a case similar to the one charged
against Mcnamara, but said he had
known Of cases where plants had
beer made by enemies Of labor organ
I2ations and that If explosives were
found tonight he said they must have
been placed by enemies Of the or
ganizatlon.
Burns Gives out Incidents.
Chicago, April 22.-Detectiye VIII
liam ]. Burns, who assisted In the
graft exposures Of san Francisco
which sent Mayor Eugene +, schmit2
and Abe Rucf to Jail, and who dis
covered the conditions In the Illinois
Central Railroad which resulted IN
the indictment Of several officials OF
the Dad, returned to Chicago tonight
and officials of the road and officials
OF the agency with which he Is con-
nectcd in Chicago tonight told OF
tho events leading up to the capture
of the men charged with the dyna'
mitlng
lie was in Los Angeles at the time
of the explosion and attended con
fe.pnce held hy Mayor Alexander
the chief Of police and the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association. Fol
while he worked under the super
vision Of the Los Angeles authorities
and then following a misunderstand
Ing, took up the work on his own re
sp0nslblity
He tu ned in his evidence Of an at
tempt to dynamite q bridge in Peorl'
Illinois, in September 1910, when al
internal machine planted near tn
bridge had failed to explode. TIL
condition at Peoria colncided 80 close
ly with those following the Time
explosion that the detective decided
both explosions had been the worl
Of the same men.
The detectives already had suspic
lon that the Peoria work had beer
done by Ortle H. MoManalagal o
Chicago, and when he returned I
Peoria he surrounded the McManaia
gal home with watchers. McMan
alagal In the meantime. not knowin
he was being watched, returned I
Los Angeles with plan Of destroyin
the auxiliary plant with which tn
Times was being issued. II Is sal
he made several inspections OF tn
plant, but apparently changed HI
plans.
Just to show his good faith Burn