Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-04-29


Bryce, the Man Who Bought Dyna
mite at Giant. Cal.
While Suu people whs were crowd
Ing about the entrance TO the county
Jail were held back by squad oi
deputy sherifIs. he three men ac.
cused OF completely IN the dynamit
ing vi the Los Angeles Times building
in Los Angeles CAL on the morning
OF Oct last. were rushed into the
building and IN a few minutes had
been booked and put IN separate cells.
thus ending the dash across the con.
tineni which followed their arrest.
When the prisoner who has been
known AZ ] W Mcnamara and who
Is said to have passed as j. u. Bryce
in San Francisco. was booked he gaye
his middle initial as "B" instead OF
"W'' and his occupation a. a printer.
Ortie MECHANICAL was booked as an
iron worker. and J. J Mcnamara. sec
rotary OF the international Association
oil Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers. did not give any occupation.
j. W. Mcnamara and McAIanigal
were taken from the California lin.
tied a, Pasadena and put in an auto
mobile. which covered the ten miles
between that city and the county jail
at high speed. J. !. Mcnamara re
manned on the train until Raymond
station was reached. when he was
taken of, put in another automobile
and brought to the Jail in the same
manner, arriving only two minutes be
hind his companions. Large crowds
waited al the main station in Pasadena
and al the Arcade station in Los An
geles to see the prisoners.
After the men had been searched,
weighed and measured and the con-
tents OF their pockets taken from
them. they weer locked up. McManigal
was put in cell No. .. while the Nc
Namaras were put in tank until sep.
arate cells can he arranged.
James W. Mcnamara has been iden-
titled as j. B. Bryce. one OF the three
men charged with having bought 500
pounds of high power dynamite at
Giant, Cal. few days before the Los
Angeles Times building was blown up.
Mrs. ID. II. lngersoll, VI San Fran
cisco. who numbered Bryce among
her roomers early last September,
made the identification at Pasadena
as Mcnamara was being hustled from
the California limited into an automo.
bile The automobile was stationed at
a prearranged place. and when all was
ready Mrs. lngersoll watched intently
for the approach of the prisoners. AS
Mcnamara appeared she exclaimed:
That's Bryce
Her identification of Mcnamara as
Bryce is one OF the most important
factors in the conviction of the ac-
cused
Bryce. with two other men, bought
500 pounds OF dynamite at Giant. Cal.
early in September. took 1t away from
the powder works in launch, stored
a large part of II in vacant building
in South San Francisco and brought
the remainder to Los Angeles. Part
of this was used in wrecking the
Times and the remainder, IL is as.
serted in the internal machines placed
at the homes of General Harrison
Gray Otis, owner OF the Times, and r.
]. Zeehandelaar, secretary of the Mer.
chants and Manufacturers associa
ton
Other arrests are expected hourly
also Il is believed that two men, both
prominent in California labor circles.
are to he taken into custody as having
guilty knowledge of the Times dyna.
hitting.
These men could be named easily,
but their names will be withheld until
they are under arrest. They have Wis.
tied Los Angeles often. According to
statements OF Burns operatives they
have been Swallowed continuously for
several weeks and their movements
are known in detail since the arrests
made in the east.
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