The Washington herald., 1911-04-23

GERS, with Burns and some of his men,
went to the American Central Life Build.
ing, in which the International associa-
ton has it's headquarters &c..
McNamara's fellow-officers on the ma
tional board stood about With white
| faces while he heard the warrant read
Mcnamara would not discuss his ar
rest or the Los Angeles horror tonight.
His friends recalled that two days after
the explosion he had said in an inter-
| view that there could be no justification
for such an explosion. He said in part:
Such an act is anarchy pure and
simple. No sane individual or organiza-
ton would resort to anything Of the kind
under any circumstances. I do not be-
leve that labor unions had anything to
do with it,
Secretary Mcnamara has been under
suspicion of the Burns Agency since the
Peoria bridge explosion, but for several
| months the detectives did not shadow
him. For two months. however, he has
not made a move that detectives have
not followed and reported on
Mcnamara lives with his wife's family
In handsome home at 1854 Washington
boulevard, Indianapolis. The California
officer gave him a few minutes with them
before rushing him to an early evening
train for the West
Wait for Arrest.
The arrest of James W. Mcnamara and
his side partner, young McManigal, could
have been accomplished several months
ago had merely locking them up been
sufficient to the case. 1t was necessary
to get them together at a time when
they had dynamiting machinery in their
possession.
They are. said to have executed sew
eral outrages independently, but never
until they set out for the Detroit demon
stration" did they decide on a Job to-
gether.
The pulling in OF the many detective
lines began on April II, when w, J. Burns
learned that the two were to meet in
Toledo. He knew that Detroit was their
objective point. and decided that the ar
rest should be made there by his own
Son. Raymond B. Burns, of the Chicago
office.
Mcnamara vas picked up ty Burns
operatives as he left his brothers Office
In indianapolis and followed to Toledo
AT the same time Raymond Burns and
the chicago detectives were travelling be-
hind McManigal to the same destination.
Mcnamara met McManigal at the To-
ledo Railroad station and took him to
small hotel The detectives watched
outside the hotel all night in the rain.
After breakfast the alleged dynamiters
sat for two hours smoking in the window
or the hotel office. Then they went to
the station, carrying big handbag and
an obviously heavy suit case. They
bought tickets for Detroit and the de-
tectives followed suit.
Son Makes Arrest.
Upon reaching Detroit they walked to
the Oxford Hotel. They had not regis
tered, but checked their baggage. Nc
Namara suggested to his companion that
they go for a stroll. Just outside the
hotel door Raymond Burns covered them
with revolver and toh them they were
under arrest.
They made no resistance. and were
turned over to Detroit officers, who were
told they were yeggmen wanted for post
Office Jobs in Illinois.
The suit case that they had checked at
the oxford Hotel is said to have contain
ed enough dynamiting machinery to have
destroyed Detroit. There were twelve of
the mechanical batteries with alarm
clock attachments identical to the one
plode. Similar machines had also been
found at Kansas City. Mo. and at Peoria, |
ILL., Those in the suit case had fuses and |
caps attached ready for use.
The small valise was a portable arsenal |
There was q Savage automatic pistol a |
Colt automatic, and a knocked down Win |
chester with an automatic silencer of the |
Maxim type attached.
Burns says there can be absolutely no |
,I-~ a.
since brought to Chicago under arrest, |
has been insisting on calling himself !
Frank Sullivan, is the J. Bryce for whom
IN individual reward of 5000 was offered |
~ the Los Angeles authorities. He IS |
said to be the man who, with the aid of
IN accomplish, chartered gasoline |
aunch on San Francisco Bay and pur-
,hased the dynamite which he later plant
ID in the Los Angeles Times Building.
Indianapolis, April 22.-Seventeen sticks
If dynamite and a two-quart can of
were found in a barn
wned by T. H. Jones. a structural iron
yorker. a short distance from here this
.vening.
Jones, who informed Detective Burns
4 the presence of this explosive, stated
hat Mcnamara rented the barn from
i'm last January at SIS per month, and
hat since that time he has noticed Nc
lamara and other men carrying suit
ases to and from the barn.
Acting upon a search warrant issued
ate tonight, Detective Burns and his
assistants made a remarkable find of ex-
,losives in the basement of the building
n which the national headquarters of /
he union are located in Philadelphia
This find comprised sixty-four sticks
4 dynamite. 200 feet of fuse, 500 caps.
200 small clocks. and a leather case,
UGH as is commonly used for carrying
our pounds of nitroglycerin.
The detectives expect to break open
he safe in union headquarters. where all 1
he union documents are kept II