The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-26
BURNS HELD
AS KIDNAPPER
He and Three Others Give
Bail at indianapolis
ACTION BY JUSTICE PEACE
Move of Labor Men in Behalf of Nc
Namara-Indiana Grand jury
Takes UP Explosion In
cation.
ACTION BY JUSTICE PEACE

indianapolis. April 20. Detective
William j Burns last night was served
with a warrant charging him with
completely in the alleged kidnapping
OF j. j Mcnamara secretary Of the
international Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron MARKERS said to
be implicated in the Los Angeles Times
explosion
Three attorneys We're arraigned yes
terday on the same charge and they
passed two hours in Jail because Of
delay in obtaining bonds The attor.
neys imprisoned were Walter Drew
and J A. G. Badorf of New York,
counsel and assistant counsel for the
/ National Erectors' association, and w
| j Ford, assistant district attorney of
Los Angeles
| Burns was arrested in a street as
he was going to the court Of justice
of peace meaning to surrender himself.
Constabes had searched for him all
day He was released under $4,000 to
appear before the grand jury He was
subpoenaed to testify to-day Drew,
Badorf and Ford were released from
jail under bonds of the same amount
They waived preliminary examination
and were bound over to the grand jury.
/ Frank Fox, chauffeur, charged
with assisting in the alleged kidnapping
Of Mcnamara in that he drove the
automobile in which Mcnamara was
taken from the city last Saturday was
released under $1,000 bonds to appear
before the grand jury Constables with
John Doe warrants were said to be
seeking some of Burns assistants last
night
These incidents and the continuing
of the investigation by the Marion
county grand jury were the main de-
yelopments in the probe of the al
legged conspiracy to collect dynamite in
this city for the purpose of blowing up
structures being built by open shop
contractors over the country and a
second alleged plot of agents Of the em-
ployers to discredit the association of
bridge and structural iron workers by
planting" dynamite and other evil
dence against it and by frailroading"
to California its secretary, j. j Me-
Namara
After secret conference of national
officers of several labor organizations
Yesterday. it was announced that def
mite plans are to be made for the as
sistanee of the Bridge and Iron Work
ers' association in defending itself and
its secretary, ] Mcnamara
Five witnesses were examined by
the grand jury during the day Super
ntendent of Police Hyland and Captain
of Detectives Holtz were the first sum.
moned, and it is intimated that the
grand jury proposes to learn If the
police officers and police Judge Collins
exceeded their authority in the part
they took in the arrest and extradition
of Mcnamara
Attorney W. c Apppleman was the
next witness called, probably to learn
the whereabouts of Miss Mary @.
Lee, formerly private secretary for
Mcnamara. ACCORDING to the attorney
the girl, in forcing the payment of a
legal claim Of $500 against Mcnamara
told Appleman that she had important
information about McNamara and the
iron workers organization which Nc
Namara would not like to have known.
The claim, according to Appleman, was
paid.