The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-04-29
IN COAST JAIL
Alleged DynamiterS Locked
Up in Los Angeles.
OTHER ARRESTS EXPECTED
Two Prominent Labor Leaders in
California to be Taken Into Gus
tody asHaving Guilty Knowl-
edge of Crime.

Los Angeles. Cal, April 27.-Heavily
manacled and guarded by detectives
John j. Mcnamara, his brother, James
NJ. Mcnamara, and Ortie r. McMani'
gal accused OF dynamltlng the Los
Angeles Times building and killing
twenty-one persons, were placed IN
separate cells in the county jail, while
hundreds of people crowded around
the entrance to get a look at them. In
this city there was no sign OF excite
ment or hostile feeling toward the
prisoners nor has there been from the
moment of their arrest.
When the prisoner who has been
known as J. w. Mcnamara and who
Is said to have passed as j. b. Bryce
in San Francisco, was booked he gave
his middle initial as "B' instead oil
wv" and his occupation as a printer
Ortie McManigal was booked as an
iron worker. and j. j. Mcnamara, sec
rotary OF the International Association
OF Bridge and Structural Iron WORK
ers. did not give any occupation.
j. W. Mcnamara and McManigal
we're taken from the California lin
tied at Pasadena and put in an auto
mobile. which covered the ten miles
between that city and the county jail
al high speed. J. J. Mcnamara re
NAMED on the train until Raymond
station was reached. when he was
taken on. put in another automobile
and brought to the jail in the same
manner. arriving only two minutes be
hind his companions. Large crowds
waited at the main station in Pasadena
and AT the Arcade station in Los An
geles to see the prisoners.
After the men had been searched
weighed and measured and the con
tents Of their pockets taken from
hem. they weer locked up. McManiga
was put in cell No 9. while the Me
Namaras were put in a tank until sep
arate cells can be arranged.
With the three men in Jail, develop
ments OF the utmost importance are
certain. Mrs ID. H. Ingersoll will be
them. they were locked up. MECHANICAL
mara. and ii is expected that she vii
identify him as j. b. Bryce, a lodgeI
In her rooming house in San Francisco
a few weeks before the destruction OF
the Times building in Los Angeles.
other arrests are expected hourly
also. II is believed that two men. both
prominent in California labor circles
are To be taken into custody as having
guilty knowledge OF the Times dyna
hitting.
These men could be named easily
but their names will be withheld until
they are under arrest. They have Wis
tied Los Angeles often. According &c
statements of Burns operatives they
have been shadowed continuously fol
several weeks and their movements
are known in detail since the arrests
made in the east.
The police authorities would not say
y
Mcnamara Efforts will be made tC
keep her trip to the jail a secret unit
the result is known Her identification
OF Mcnamara as Bryce is one Of the
most important factors in the conyic
ton Of the accused.
Bryce. with two other men, bought
500 pounds OF dynamite at Giant. Cal.
early in September. took it away from
the powder works in a launch. stored
q large part Of Il in a vacant building
in South San Francisco and brought
the remainder to Los Angeles. Part
Of this was used in wrecking the
Times and the remainder, 1t Is as
serted in the Internal machines placed
at the homes Of General Harrison
Gray Otis. owner Of the Times, and F
]. Zeehandelaar, secretary Of the Mer
chants and Manufacturers associa
ton