The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07
RACER TELLS OF
WILD AUTO RIDE
F. P. Fox Depicts Spiriting of
John J. Mcnamara Out
of Indiana.
COVERS 200 MILES AT
NIGHT IN SIX HOURS
Carries Detectives. Prisoner
and Young Arsenal Over I'm
known Road Safely.
BY Leased wire to The Tribune,

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune,
INDIANAPOLIS, May 6.-William
j. Burns, the famous detective who has
given the world one of its greatest
sensations in police work, in rounding
up and srresting the alleged principals
in dynamiting outrages which have
been perpetrated throughout the United
States in the past two years is the
first sleuth who has found practical use
for the automobile race driver and the
racing automobile
Frank P. Fox of Indianapolis, a race
driver who is actively engaged in the
sport and a member of one of the
teams nominated to drive in the
5o0-mile international sweepstakes race
at the Indianapolis motor speedway
next Memorial day, is the man who
drove the high-powercd machine which
carried John j. Mcnamara, secretary
and treasurer of the Iron Workers In
transitional union, and one of the al
legged principals in the dynamiting out
RACES. out of the state of Indiana be.
fore his friends could get process of
law to stop the procedure.
Detective Burns has been arrested IN
Indianapolis on the charge Of kidnap
ing Mcnamara, and Fox is under bond
charged with being an accessory. Fox
drove the distance of 200 miles out OF
Indiana to the west in less than six
hours, making better than forty miles
an hour over strange country roads In
the dark He tells an interesting story
of the wild ride with the prisoner and
his guard of detectives and police, but
refuses to divulge the spot where he
left his human cargo.
Exciting Narrative.
Although the arrest Of the secretary
and treasurer of the Iron Workers In
ternati tional union was filed with spec"
tacular features, the drive from In
to an unknown point near
the border of the state forms perhaps
the most exciting narrative of events
which has been revealed by the famous
detective up to this time.
The driver said he was given orders
to disobey speed laws and TO drive the
machine from the state as quickly as
auto or danger to the lives Of It's oc-
He left indianapolis without
knowledge of his destination. He had
been told he was to drive several hun
dred miles and he was ordered to be pre-
pared for accidents of any nature. 't
: The story Of the race driver follows,
Burns called me at my garage. say
Ing he wanted the most powerful ma
chine in indianapolis to take a party OF
men a long trip. He said he wanted
some one TO drive who would be willing
to take chances on going through
wanted a driver who could keep what he
would see to himself.
Something in the Air.
ST felt that there was something in
the air. but 1 did not know what 1t was
or course, at that time, 1 knew nothing
of the detectives plans; but am in the
derida6 fn or xyha a
should follow. i was ordered to have
the car at police headquarters early In
the afternoon, and to have the machine
speed juice I was requested also to
place the top up and to have curtains
"I must confess that. when the de-
headquarters leading man with hand
cuffs on hirn. was rather surprised.
Immediately believed that some we'll
known citizen with political or other in
friends were spiriting him away before
! did not know Mcnamara He ap-
peared TO be an intelligent and a we'll
to-do man. and these things strengthened
me in this belief.
when Burns came from the building
he must have believed when he saw the
curtains on the car that 1t was filled
way; before had an opportunity TO
realize what was going on he had run
10 the machine and. after throwing the
curtains back. had inspected its interior
to see that It was empty.
Before I had time to think twice or
before I had time to recognize persons
in the crowd the man adorned with hand
cuffs was seated and being followed
quickly by two detectives, I was ordered
to drive west and to run over street
cars II necessary in getting out OF the
city in a hurry.
Is Told to Go West.
I'VE went west on Washington street.
After ] had left the city limits and the
open country was seen before US was
informed to drive west; that / was to
choose the roads and to drive as fast as
possible and to make no stops unless alb
solutely necessary. had gasoline and
oil and water in my machine to carry us
800 miles and | knew we could make the
trip barring punctures.
Il really could not tell what cities we
possed on the way. l drove so fast I
did not have time to notice where we
were going. only knew we were headed
west AT no time in the trip did I hear
between Mcnamara and the
detectives. The machine was making too
much noise and the wind was whistling
past out ears too fast for us TO hear.
Neither did I have time TO devote much
thought as 10 what the purpose of the
wild ride was. for 1 was busy in con-
trolling the machine, avoiding bumps and
rounding curves In the road.
"Some time after we had left here one
OF the men opened n suit case. thought
it belonged to the prisoner. II was filled
with n young battery and there was
enough ammunition in IL for an army
Young Arsenal.
There was a Winchester rifle In the
grip. several large automatic pistols,
and IL looked to me like at least 200
rounds OF ammunition. When 7 saw all
the guupowder paraphernalia I decided
that a man could die only once and that