The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-04-25
Warrants Out for Detective
Burns and Seven of His
Men
LABOR UNIONS
TO RAISE GREAT
DEFENSE FUND
Three Men Connected With
Arrest of Alleged Dyna-
miters Already Under
Arrest Themselves

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. April
2o.-The arrest of Detective WILL
bam J. Burns. ON charge OF
kidnapping John j. Mcnamara.
ts expected ut any hour to-day.
Burns arrived here at 2:25 this
morning. Shortly before MIDI
night John Doe warrants were
issued for seven OF Burns opera
uses on charge of kidnapping but
no arrests have been made yet
Walter Drew, OF New York.
counsel for the Erectors' Assoc
citation; Frank T.. Fox, driver Of
the automobile I'm which Me-
Namara was spirited away and w.
J. Ford, assistant district attor-
ney Of Los Angeles, were ar
rested.
Constabies waited at the Union
Station for the arrival of Burns until
far in the night and finally gave II up.
When the detective arrived he went
straight TO his hotel. He was told
that warrant was out for him.
What for?" asked Burns.
Kidnapping
Tut. tut came the reply. I'm 90
around the first thing in the morning
and see the constables about it."
Accompanying Burns was J. A. q.
Baoorf, representing the National
Erectors' Association.
Arrested Men Give Bond.
OF the three men arrested, all were
Immediately arraigned before Magts-
trate Manning and bond was fur
nished. Drew and Ford were held
under $4,000 bond and Fox under
$4,000.
Fox was called from one OF the
theatres and placed under arrest.
Ford was grabbed at a hotel and
Drew thinking Ford was the victim
or a joke, started to accompany him
to the police station when he too was
arrested .1
The seven Burns operatives could
not be located. All of the warrants
were sworn out by John J. Keegan.
Democratic representative in the last
legislature.
Chicago to Aid Accused.
CHICAGO, April 25.-Chicago labor
unions will take a leading part in the
ngnt that labor will make to save
from the gallows John j. Mcnamara.
secretary of the International Assoc
citation OF Bridge and Structural Iros,-
workers: James w Mcnamara. nj.
brother, and Ortie f. Mechanical
charged with being principals and
accessories In nearly 100 dynamifa
outrages.
A meeting of the Chicago Fedora.
tion or Labor has been called for Sun.
day afternoon, when the officials Of
all the untans affiliated with the fed.
Grafton Will gather to discuss plans for
the defense. AT that meeting def
mite plans will be made for raising :
monster fund. such as raised for tha
uelense in the Meyer Haywood Petti-
bone case. Individual assessments
upon union men will be levied. whii.
some OF the unions which have large
bank accounts Will donate large sums
ioF she- prisoners defense. * is De-
feved the preliminary amount to be
called for will be 100000. and thar
this will be forwarded to Los Angeles
within a few days
To Hold Meeting sunday.
John J. Fitzpatrick. president Of
the Chicago Federation. who called
the special meeting for Sunday, de.
clared to-day that reports from all
over the country indicated that union
labor would stand as a man behind
the Mcnamara brothers and McManf.
gal.
Those three men are the objects OF
a gigantic conspiracy in the general
Tight between eapitalistic employers
and labor unions over the open
shop. he said. land union labor can
be counted upon to give them all the
aid possible. for II Is an attack upon
labor an well as upon individuals. The
arrest OF these men Is a frame up.s
We have Investigated the case just a
carefully as the arresting detectivea
and we know the men are innocent,
Knowing that we will stand by them.
for they are being sacrificed only b.
cause they are union men.
Say Evidence Was PLANNED"
THE arrests were staged theatricai.
ly. so as to impress the public with
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