Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-04-27
]. ]. M'NAMARA ARRESTED
BRIDGE AND STRUCTURAL IRON
WORKERS SECRETARY TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY.
Arrest Made Result of Los Angeles
Outrage---lnvestigat May Ex-
pose Many Other Plots.

indianapolis, Ind. April 22-Charg-
ed with murder in connection with
the explosion which wrecked the
building of the Los Angeles Times on
October 1. 1910. causing the death
OF twenty one persons James ]. Mo
NanEara, secretary-treasurer of the
association of Bridge and Structural
iron workers was arrested today at
the organization headquarters. Tbs
warrant was based on an Indictment
found by the grand jury at Les An
geles and was served by William }.
Burns, a detective, accompanied by
indianapolis detectives. Burns said
he would start tonight for Los An
geles with Mcnamara, governor Mar
shall having honored reauis!tton pa
pers.
| Responsibility for explosions III
other parts of the country will be
placed as a result of Investigations
now under way, Burns said. He add
ed that j. B. Mcnamara, brother of
James j. Mcnamara. and Otto Con-
lyle were today detained by the police
in Chicago as having knowledge of the
Los Angeles Times explosion.
After the arrest Of Mcnamara,
Burns and other detectives searched
the offices of the association of Bridge
] and Structural Iron Workers, and de-
tailed there other officials during the
examination of papers and records.
When the detectives entered the Of
fees a meeting of the executive board
was in progress. Attending it were
r. M. Ryan. of Chicago, PRESIDENT;
Ell. w. Leglenter of Pittsburg; p. A.
Cooley OF New Orleans. il. Clancy cf
San Francisco; N. M. Young of Bos-
ton and j. l.. -;utler of Buffalo. These
men We're permitted to leave the Of
fees afterward.
The detectives declined to say
whether they had found any evidence
against Mcnamara. The warrant
against Mcnamara charged him speci-
fically with murder and completely In
the dynamting of the Times build
ing and also alleged that he was COM
plicated in an explosion at the Lew
elm Iron works, Los Angeles on De-
cember "a. 1910.
Detective Burns said that further
developments were expected to dis.
close those behind explosions. direct
ed against employers. here at Omaha
ANSO., lnu., ana OIHCE pldC-
es.
At midnight on March %. explosion
occurred at the court house in Oma
, ha. under construction. at the plan
of Caldwell and Drake at Columbus
, Ind. They were the contractors 70
the house. They estimated their los
at $4,000. They said they had dis
, puted with the Iron Workers union
I On~the night Of October "a. 1903.
: new telephone exchange building,
: sawmill and garage at tho home q
Albert Won Spreckelsen. a contractor
: There were almost destroyed by explo
t sions of dynamite. The contracts
a had employed non-uniop workmen !:
q several of his contracts. He was en-
4 gagged in constructing the teiephon
: exchange building and part of tn
material was prepared at the SAY
mill. After the expiosios he dis
charged his non-unionwo rkmen an
l engaged union men. Police investiga
d ton apparetly cams to nothing.
!. Detective Burns ana n cetectiv
, from Los Angeles have been here Sc,
r eral days. but their movements wer
l. carefully hidden by the police uur
d til the raids.
e McNamara's arrest followed an II
Z. -
- (. Rms. = h.eA datactsNes have bee
!. In Indianapolis.
!, Burns himself made frequent triI
Z here and was at all times in touc
= with the men he had at work on II
ID case hero .--.-Ss4s.--
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