Evening times-Republican., 1911-04-24
STORY or THE ARREsr.
MeNamara Taken From indianapolis
Before Friends Wore Notified.


months Of investigation directed By
Detective William Burns, Of New York
! ]. w. McNamara, secretary OF the In.
| ternationA Structural Iron Workers oi
America, the headquarters OF which
| are IL Indianapolis. was arrested late
Saturday here charged with complicit,
IN the dynamitin9 Of the Los Angelo.
! Times Oct. 1. 1910, and the plant O
the LIeweliyn Iron Works at Los An
isgeles.
! -Four hours after MoNamara w,as ar.
rested detectives found two quarts o.
nftro-Giycerine and seventeen sticks o,
/, dynamite In n barn three-quarters Of Z
mile west of Indianapolis. A later In.
vestigation Of the office disclosed In 4
storeroom in the basement sixty
pounds OF dynamite, zoo feet of fuse
500 dynamite caps. ono dozen small
alarm clocks and q leather case made
to carry a ten-pound can Of nitro-gly-
cerine. Detective Burns took possess
sion Of all the explosives.
McNamara's arrest followed an In
vestiEation lasting several months dur
ing which a force Of detectives have
been in Indianapolis. Burns made fire.
quert trips to Indianapolis and was al
times In touch with the force Of de-
tectives here.
Requisition papers from the COVER
nor OF California having been signed
by Governor Marshall before the arrest
MCNAMARA was taken to police head
quarters where he was arraigned i'm
mediately before Judge Collins in po-
hce court. Twenty minutes after Nc
Namara had been seized in the associa-
fian hna6NnorfrHo In hn
Central Life building where meeting
of the executive board Of the union
was Just adjourning he was taken from
the city by four detectives in an auto
mobile
The destination Of the machine was
not known but it was supposed It was
! the object OF the officers to get Nc
Namara out Of the state before his
friends had. a chance to fight the re-
QUESTION.
Altho pleading in police court to be
given time TO procure an attorney, his
request was refused by Judge Collins
who maintained after the requisitlon
papers had been signed he could do
nothing but permit James Housie, an
officer representing the state Of Cali
fornia. who was present at the hearing,
to take the prisoner from the city.
Soon after the prisoner had been
hurried into the waiting automobile,
Detective Burns went to the American
Central Life building where F. M.
Ryan, president of the association, and
Gig members OF the executive board
were being held by the police pending
an investigation. Doors Of the room
were guarded by squad OF police.
Offices Searched.
Detective Burns, assisted by fiftee,,
OF his operatives and several detec-
tives from the Indianapolis depart
ment entered the rooms OF the ASSOC
citation. Ryan protested against tho
presence Of the officers. Superinten
dent Hyland read a search warrant ibut I
this document did not satisfy the iron
wo orlSers' president, Burns then lifted
the top OF McNanara's desk and be.
gan searching large piles OF corrc-
sDondence. While che search was be-.
ing conducted the members OF tho
board who were waiting in another
room walked nervously ana questioned
The police concerning the cause Of thcir
detention. More than an hour elapsed
after McNamASA had been taken from
the city before his companions were
aware OF tho fact When told he had
been arrested a. being Irresponsible for
tho dy,amiting OF the Times building
and Lewsllyn Foundry Company ia
Los Angeles they expressed astonish. /.
rnent. Their surprise was Increased
when they began to plan to procure
their friends releaao and were told ne