The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-04-26
Labor Leaders Turn the Tables,
and Also Arrest Three Of
Counsel
FOUR FURNISH BAIL IN
SUM OF $4,000 EACH
Rigid Investigation by Grand Jury
at Indianapolis Is Very Likely to
Bring Forth Facts That Were
Only Suspected Heretofore

INDIANAPOLIS Ind, April 25.---
Detective Burns was arrested late to-
day on a warrant charging him with
having been implicated in the alleged
kidnapping of John j. Mcnamara, sec
retary-treasurer of the international
Association of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers.
Three attorneys arraigncd today on
the same charge spent two hours in
iail beca use of delay in obtaing bonds.
They are Walter Drew and J. a. G..
Bador. of New York, counsel and as
sistant counsel for the National Erect
ors Association and Joseph Ford, as
stistant district attorney of Las An
reles. Burns was arrested while go
ing to Justice Manning's court to sur"
render himself. He was released UNI
der $4,000 bond to apear before the
grand jury and was supoenaed to tes-
tify tomorrow morning. Drew, Bador
and Ford were released under bonds
Of the same amount. They waived
preliminary examination and were
bound over to the grand jury
Chauffeur Fox Out on Bond
Frank Fox, chauffeur charged with
assisting in the ALLEGED kidnapping OF
Mcnamara, was released under $4,000
bond to appear before the grand jury.
Constabes with John Doe" war
ANTS are said to be seeking some Oh
Burns assistants. These incidents and
he continuation of the investigation
W the Marion county grand jury were
developments in the investigation into
he alleged conspiracy to collect dy-
Mantle here to blow up structure
,cing built by open shop contractors
md of the second alleged plot to dis
credit the Association of Bridge ana
tructural Iron Workers by "plant-
ng'' dynamite and other evidence
.sainst it and by railroading McNam-
IRA to California
Officials and organizers of labor
MONS have come to indianapolis from
,ther cities in large numbers since
he arrest of Mcnamara and a dem
,nstration of i'll feeling against Drew
md Ford occurred in Manning's court
when the constables took them to the
county Jail
After an executive conference of the
national officials of several labor or
sanizations here it was announced def
mite plans would be made for the as
sistance of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers association in defending it.
self and it's secretary J. j. Mcnamara.
Not Grand Stand Play
State Representative keegan, who
made the alfidavits of kidnapping, said
the arrests today was not a grand
stand play on the part of labor or
CARNATIONS.
Five witnesses were examined by
the grand jury today. Superintend-
ent of Police Hyland and Captain of
Detectives Holtz were first summoned
and it is intmated the grand jury
purposes to learn IL the police offic-
ials and Police Judge Collins exceeded
their authority in the part they took
in the arrest and eXtradition of Nc
Namara.
1t is said evidence will be produced
20 show that the two police officers
had no jurisdiction in the case and
That the requistion for Mcnamara
honored by Governor Marshall should
have been served by the sheriff of
Marion county. Attorneys FOR the
labor leaders say that the eytradi-
ton case should have gone before the
Judge of circuit court instead of being
heard beforea police judge.