The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-04-23
Head Of lronworkers' Union
Charged With Murder
Of q Persons.
LONG LIST OF OTHER CRIMES
Secretary. Treasurer James /
McNamara and Brother =!
Two Of tho Accused.

INDIANAPOLIS. April 27.-cJamee j.
Mcnamara, secretary and treasurer Of
the International Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers Association, with head
quarters in this oity, was arrested Late
this afternoon on charge Of being con-
nected with the dynamiting OF the plant
Of the Los Angeles Times at Los Angeles
last October.
The arrest was made at the national
headquarters by Detectives Gerber,
Simon and DugAn Of the Indianapolis
police department.
In the early afternoon an o6ioer from
California called on Governor Marshsll
with requisition papers from the Cover
nor Of California and tho papers were
honored by Gov. Marshall and Mcnamara
was taken to the police station.
1t was then that he learned that he wss
charged with murder in connection with
the dynamiting Of the Los Angeles Times
building on October 1. 1910. and the
Llewen yn Iron Works, Los Angeles, on
December ~, 1910.
The arrest Was made while the members
Of the national executive board Of the
organization were in session At head
quarters.
McNamara was arraigned before Judge
Collins. who turned him over to James
Hossick, police sergeant Of Los Angeles.
Another development in the case was
the statement by Detective Burns that
| he has under arrest in Chicago j. b.
McNamara. alias Bryce. brother to
james J. McNamara. and Ottie McMoui-
sal. who are charged With being acces-
eories in the dyuamiting outragee ct Los
Anseles. They were arrested in Detroit
several days ago. but the faot was kept
secret till James J. Mcnamara could be
taken.
Burns says that j. B. McNamara actu-
ally set OH the dynamite charge at Los
Angeles that blew up tho Times ONCE
and killed twenty-one persons.
James j. McNamara lives st 1884 WASH
inRton Boulevard and has been a leader
Of organized labor for number OF years.
The police here will undertake to con-
meet the alleged perpetrators Of the lcs
Angeles dynamiting with similar out
ra ees in this city and at several other
places.
Members OF the national board were
detained by the police and were not per-
mtted to leave the building with the ex-
lception Of H. 8. Hockin Of Detroit, who
Iaccompanied McNamara to the police
station. The other members OF the board
are F. M. Ryan Of Chicago. national presi-
dent of the International Association Of
Bridge and Structural Iron WorkAks and
chairman Of the board; H. W. Leglenter
of Pittsburg, P. A. Cooley Of New Or
LEANS, F.. A. Clancey Of San Francisco.
iM. j. Young Of Boston and }. l.. Butler
of Buffalo.
After the police had taken McNamara
laway detectives made thorough search
OF the headquarters OF the organization.
They inspected all correspondence. !etters.
papers, records. books and everything
else they could find. but no ono would say
ANYTHING about the work. THE board men,
bers we're detained while this inv estigation
was in progress.
When asked in Indianapolis two days
after it's occurrence to tell what he
thought about the Los Angeles explosion
Mr.. Mcnamara said that IL any person
lhad Intentionally caused the explosion II
could not be justified. Such IN act is
anarchy. pure and simple" he said. NO
sane individual or organization would re-
sort to anything OF the kind under any CIR
cumstances. do not believe the labor
unions had anything to do with it,
The police are now trying to connect Nc
Namara with the dynamiting Of buildings
and railroad bridges in this State. Four
structures in Ithis city were dyna-
mited about midnight on October ~.
1909, causing a loss OF approximately
80 800 tc Albert Won Spreokelsen. build
ing contractor who either owned or was
, erecting the buildings. An automobile
, was reported 10 have hurried away from
l two Of the damaged buildings . few
minutes before the explosions.
shortly after midnight ON March -.
1911, the Offices OF Caldwell 4 Drake,
, building contractors at Columbus. Ind.
were damaged by q dynamite explosion
: and at about the same time two piers ot
the new court house at Omaha. Neb. on
which the company was working were
wrecked IN tno 6&ino IuAuuoT' - CnaI y
Of dynamite exploded under big derrick
D near the company Offices at Columbua
failed to do much harm. The loaa to the
! contractors on the Omaha court houss
y was estimated at 4i6, 900.
Only q few days ago bridge that the
? Grand Trunk Railroad was building q
South Bend was nearly destroyed viii
dynamite. In all these cases the prop
!. srty destroyed was that Of men who hss
antasonised organized labor.
. CHICAGO. April s2.--At almost ths sans
. moment that James j. McNamara WA
. arrested In Indianapolis . little pasty
D slipped out Of Chicago ON . train bouns
, for Los Angeles. One OF the prisoner
!. in the party was y. B. Bryce who ha'
. been accused by . Grand Jury Of TIN
murder OF the twenty -one porsons VIII
perished in the Times building sxplosion
!. He u j. b. McNamara, brother ef TN
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