El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-02
De 7 &c 7 I'VE
HAD THE
GOOD"
Link by Link, the Officials
Picked Up the Threads Of
the Case.
NO CHANCE FOR
MEN TO ESCAPE
Web Was Woven About
Them Completely, Even
Before Arrests Were Made

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec 2.-By con
Tossing the crimes Of Wrecking the Los
Angeles Times plant on October ]. 1910.
and the LleWellyn iron works In the
same city on Dec. %, OF the same year.
James B. and John J. Mcnamara have
admitted the truth Of the evidence
gathered by the Burns detective agency
and others who worked upon the case
Burns and his men, under direction OF
district attorney F'rederickss Of Los
Angeles, worked up d case so cOnvinc-
ing that even Clarence DarrOWs master
defender. dared not go further into the
trial OF the two men charged with re-
sponsibility for the death Of at least Il
persons, and who are linked BY infer
that have wrecked scores of plants
throughout the country
Before detective Burns and his men
MADE Ine IlrSt arrests. they had Sc
cured evidence enough to convict their
men, the evidence gathered since thai
tune mas only been confirmatOry.
When the offices OF the Intsrna-
uOna Structural Iron Workers union
were raided in indianapolis on April
- the detectives secured a number OF
receipts showing that money had been
paid TO the men under arrest and that
the dates Of receipts corresponded to
the dates OF the larger explosions
Many 'Depots" for Explosives.
several depots in which the al
legged 'vrecking crews" stored explo-
slFes were found In a shed in the
rear OF the home of James Mechanical
-- ~ nc az him. ~ LUU pounds
OF dynamite was found
-FOUR hundred pounds Of dynamite
We're Inen uncovered in the heart Of
IlIIln, o. While the executive board ~
the iron workers was in session DrA-
parlng a statement in which the action
OF the police IN hurrying Mcnamara out
OF the state was denounced. Burns. ac-
companled by one assistant went to
the home Of the elder Mechanical broke
lntO.a shed and found a box In which
enough dynamite was stored to shake
the city from end TO end
In the storage compartment in +bs
basement OF q building in INDIANAPOLIS
IN winch are the offices of the Brfdre
aIQ iron w orkers. 100 pounds OF dyna-
mite and exploding apparatus Tve-s
found surrounded by books and naners
or the association.
In the shed at the home OF ID. Jones
near Indianapolis alleged To have been
rented by J. J. Mcnamara. 3 DOr-5s ~
dynamite and two quarts of nffroe-l7-
cerlne were found
"A later Investigation Of the fnterna-
tiohaI oIIlces OF the union disclosed IN
the slOreroOm In the basement ~ fbe
Dullulng, o. sticks (ahOur so r,ou,l7-S
u u. ~ llsllllle, zU9 feet Of fuse. 500 dyna-
mite caps one dozen small alarm cIoe;-s
aIu q leather case made to carry d IA
pound can OF nitrOglycerfne =TDefacffT-s
I ItLls TOOK possession Of all the ex-
Explosives Found.
-Llie1lalely after the officers OF the
union were searched. detectf1e T17r-,s
b 7e-- s4tao OF MS men went TO the
- west OF Indianapolis, where the
explosives were unearthed The -
LecuFeS then returned to -ha offv --l-,-.
a search In the basement Of the 71-fC-
headquarters revealed more Explosives
PRESIDENT Ryan Of the union ssi5 -
nad been connected with labor r1rio--
several years and has never heard Of 4
case similar to the one CHARGED esre5-,--
Mcnamara He said he haT I~rr5-- -
cases "nere plants had been made by
= o - - ~ LaDor organizations and that
= 49,. = 21osltes were found they have been
P-S-5sU D4 enemies or the orga MIA tions
The custodian Of the building vv6s-s
the otIlceS OF the union are Located
SAID McNamara had come to him si-
months before and asked for a store
granted D99A
The custodian told the police thar
mcnamara had asked him for rarr,iz
sion to build the cOmpartuent r., +Te
basement IN which explosives were dis
covered Here the police found Old
80 oCAS an. ana letter files Of the associa-
bundles of dynamite.
History OF Bitter Fight.
-e-,l --e EIecJors association. It Is said,
cent OF the structural steel and iron
contractors Of the United States
against them In their efforts TO Cd
etdte open shops. the officials aI1aro
explosions Of dynamite under brffrsS
yladucts and buildings from Sprfnr-
5iela, Mass, TO the Pacific coast were
It was after the most serious OF the
explosions. that which wrecked the T,Os
angeles Times building. costing the
IVES OF u persons. that the indict-
ments were returned on which were
arrested here J. J. AIcNamara ana p,
Detroit. J. B. Bryce Games WcNamara0-
.. AlcAanigaL
How Burns Worked.
Wnen detective Burns took uD thu
use ne first turned TO his evidence
u an aLIeLnPt to dynamite bridge IN
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