Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-27
Detective Refuses to Testify
at Investigation Of Two
Sided Dynamite Con-
spiracy" at That Place.
THREE PRISONERS
ARE AT LOS ANGELES
Two McNamaras and Nc
Manigal Safely Landed
and Locked Up Under
Night and Day Guard.

cation of the two sided dynamite
conspiracy" absorbed the attention OF
the Marion county grand jury today
County Prosecutor Baker announced
that the grand jury's inquiry would
30 thoroughly into the double aspects
OF the case
William J. Burns, whose bureau OF
detectives is employed by national
association Of structural. iron and steel
contractors and who was arrested last
night on the charge of completely in
the alleged McNamara kidnapping. was
the first witness before the grand jury
today
1t is understood he took advantage
Of his right to decline to testify. Wal
ter Drew and j. A. Badorf, the coun-
sci for the National Erectors' associa-
ton and w. Josh Ford, assistant dis
trict attorney Of Los Angeles, all of
whom are charged with the kidnap-
ing, are expected to be examined late
today.
AS Burns stepped into the corridor
Jury. a man in the crowd shouted:
You're q crook.
I'm good enough to get such men
court house with his attorneys.
President Ryan viii Testify.
Hearing that subpoena had been
issued for, him, Frank M. Ryan, presi-
- @RD D,,sr 4
Structural Iron Workers, appeared in
the grand jury's ante-roorn and Of
fered to testify. He was told he
would be called later. Mr.. Ryan made
public statement in which he said:
$50 many kilograms and latters Of
fering us support, both moral and
financial, have been received from
every conceivable source that we
find 1t an impossibilit to answer them
individually just now. We desire to
extend our profound thanks to all
these friends
Following Burns, two women who
are said to have lived in down
town building in which some mem
bers Of the structural iron workers
union had rooms, were called into
the grand jury room and examined
briefly and then a recess was taken.
The trial of Attorney Drew, who was
charged with resisting an officer yes
terday, was set for o'clock this
afternoon.
Five witnesses were examined by
the grand jury yesterday afternoon.
Attorneys for labor leaders say
the extradition case should have gone
before a Judge Of the circuit court, in
stead of being heard before Police
Judge Collins.
Attorney w. c. Appleman was
called, probably for the purpose Of
learning the whereabouts of Miss
Mary G. Dye, formerly private secre-
tary for Mcnamara. According to the
attorney, the girl, in forcing the pay
ment Of claim of $500 against Nc
Namara, told Appleman that she had
important information about McNa-
mara and the Iron Workers organiza-
tion.
Harry Craft, custodian of the Amer
lean Central Life building, in which
the unions offices are located, one of
the witnesses, stated he gave McNa-
mara permission to construct the COM
partment in the basement in which the
dynamite was found Saturday.
Prisoners at Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, Cal, April &c.
Heavily guarded by eight officers from
Chicago and Los Angeles, John ]. Nc
Namara, his brother, James w. Nc
Namara, and Orde r. McManigal, al
legged dynamiters, entered California
on the Santa Fe railroad at noon to-
day and are expected to be in jail
at Los Angeles by the middle of the
afternoon. When the prisoners
crossed the state line from Arizona
into California the officers having
them In charge felt for the first time
since leaving Chicago that they were
free from the legal danger of habeas
corpus proceedings. Reports were re-
ceived here that application for habeas
corpus for the arrested men had been
made by sympathizers in two or three
different places along the route they
travelled, but these were not con-
firmed and no attempt was made at
any place to serve papers on the
officers.
In this city there was no sign Of
or attempt at hostile feeling toward
the prisoners, nor has there been