Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-04-23

| similar to the one charged against
| Mcnamara. He said he had known
| of cases where plants" had been
| made by enemies of labor organiza-
tions and that If explosives were
| found tonight. they must have been
| placed by enemies of the organization.
The custodian of the building,
where the offices of the union are To-
! Gated said Mcnamara had come IL
him six months ago and asked for IA
store room and that the request had
been granted. He added he had new
er seen Mcnamara or any of his as
sociates OF the iron workers unipu
carrying ANYTHING to or from the
stJreroom.
Detectives Shinn and Dugan visit
ed McNamara's s room at 2932 Wash
ington boulevard soon after his ar
rest and took everything they could
find that they believed might prove
of value In the case.
They searched his trunks and ward
robe and confiseated every letter, pi :
ture, post card, memorandum book,
etc, that they found.
Leo M. Rappaport, attorney for the
structural iron workers tonight pro-
tested against the action of the police
in hurrying Mcnamara out of the
state without giving him time to con
fer with counsel Rappaport told a
representative of the Associated ? ,ess
that such procedure was a frame !.
up, engineered by enemies of or
ganized labor.
The attorney protested against
every move made by the Officers and
almost came to blows with Superln-
tendent OF Police Hyland. He ill me-
say what would be the next move r.
the labor organization to Obtain tie
release of the men.
While the exact whereabouts Of Nc
Namara tonight were not disclosed,
Detective Burns said 1t was the plan
to get him into Chicago in time to
catch an early train tomorrow for Los
Angeles. 1t is believed Mcnamara was
taken in an automobile to Lafayette
and put aboard a Monon train which
passed through here shortly after
midnight for Chicago.
Burns said fifteen detectives had
been in Indianapolis recently shadow
ing Mcnamara and McManigal and
that the two had been followed to the
Jones barn. where tonight quantity
of explosives was found. He also
said his men had seen the two go
there carrying suit cases. After
three hours work by lock expert the
safe In the offices of the Structural
Iron Workers union was opened in
the presence of w. j. Ford. assistant
district attorney of Los Angeles coun-
ty, California, and Walter Drew of
New York, counsel for the National
Erecters association, but no explosives
We're found. The books and records
found in the safe were seized by the
police, but Attorney Rappaport pro-
tested against the removal of the
books and 1t was decided to make an
examination of them at once.
1t was planned TO make n careful
record of all disbursements of the Of
ficers since June. 1910.
Judge James A. Collins of the local |
police court Yves called from his home |
and issued search warrant for De- |
tective Burns and the local police to |
go into the national offices of the un-.
ion, in the American Central Life |
building here In hunt for explosives |
or documents that might be used as
evidence
After the arrest of Mcnamara, |
Burns and other detectives searched |
the offices of the Association OF |
bridge and Structural Iron Workers |
and detained there other officials dur |
ing an examination OF papers and rec
ords. When the detectives entered the |
offices q meeting of the executive |
board was in progress. Attending It
were:
+. M. Ryan of Chicago, president; |
II. w. Leglenter, Pittsburg; f. A.
Cooley, New Orleans; +. A. Clancy |
San Francisco: NJ. j. Young, Boston, |
and j. l.. Butler. Buffalo. These |
men We're permitted to leave the Of
fices afterward The detectives de-
clined to say whether thev had found |
anv evidence against Mcnamara.
The warrant against Mcnamara |
charges him specifically with murder, |
and with completely in the dynamit- |
ing Of the Los Angeles Times pnild-
ing and also alleges he was implicat-
ed In nm explosion at the Llewellyn |
Iron Works. Los Angeles, December
"a, 1909. Detective Burns said fur
ther developments were expected TO |
disclose perpetrators of explosions d.
rected against employers here, at
Omaha, Neb., and Columbus, md, and
other places.