Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-04-26
CRAFTY PROBER
FEELS THE LAW
ATTORNEYS Up WITH sLEUTH ON
KIDNAPPING CHARGE.
BURNS IS UNDER ARREST
Marion County Grand Jury Continues
Investigation With Hourly start
ling Developments.

on warrant charging him with hav-
ing been implicated with the alleged
kidnapping Of John j. Mcnamara. sec
retary and trasurer Of the Intornatlon-
al Association OF Bridge ana structural
Iron Workers.
Three attorneys, arraigned today
on the same charge, spent, two hours
In jail because Of delay In obtaining
bond, They are Walter Drew, j. A. c..
lnrdorf OF New York. counsel and
| assistant counsel for tho National
Erectors Association, and w. j. JOS
eph Ford, assistant district attorney OF
Los Angeles.
Burns was arrested while going to
the court Of Justice Of the Peace Man
ming to surrender himself. He was
released under $4,000 bond to appear
before the grand jury and was sub
poenaed 20 testify tomorrow morning.
Drew, Bardorf, and Ford were releas-
ed from jail under bonds OF the same
amount
Frank Fox, chauffeur. charged
with having assisted I'm the alleged kid
mapping of Mcnamara In that he had
driven the automobile in which Nc
Namara wa staken from here last SAT-
urday was released under $1,000 bond
to appear before the grand jury.
These Incidents, and the continuing
/ Of the investigation by the Marion
County grand jury were the devel-
opments In the probe Of the alleged
conspiracy TO collect dynamite here TO
blow up structures being build by
open shop" contractors and second
alleged plot 20 discredt the Assoc
intIon OF Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers by planting" dynamite and
other evidence against It and by rail-
troadng" to California It's secretary
J. j. Mcnamara.
Officials and organizers Of labor un-
ions have come 10 indianapolis from
other cities In large numbers since the
arrest OF j. ]. Mcnamara ana the un-
covering Of dynamite deposits here
last Saturday night, and a demonstra-
tion OF III feeling against. Drew and
Ford was made at Justice .MannIng's
court when constables took them to
the county jail.
Five witnesses were examined by
the grand Jury today. superintendent
OF Police Hyland and the captain Of
detectives were the first summoned.
Attorney w. C. Appleman was the
next witness called probably TO learn
the whereabouts OF Miss Mary C. Dye,
former private secretary OF Nc
Namara.
According TO the attorney, the girl
by enforcing the payment Of legal
claim against Mcnamara, told Apple
man that she had important lnforma-
tlon about Mcnamara and the Iron
Workers organization which he Nc
Namara. would not like TO have known
John Cooke, another Of the Witness
es was a bookkeeper in the offices OF
the Iron Workers Association up TO
February 4. last, when he quit, after
a difference with Mcnamara.
Henry Graff custodian OF the Ameri-
can Central Life building In which the
union officers are located completed
the witnesses for the day. Graft has
the renting Of the rooms and says he
gave Mcnamara permission to con-
struct the compartment in The base
ment IN which the dynamite was
found last Saturday night.
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ciilc Hotel conversation by Hines, Well
lie testified as follows:
What tho conversation was Is aa
followsi
"I have just talked with the gov
ernor on tho long distance telephone
hnd no assures me he will do what IL
asked. You know what the adminis-
ire ton wants. Now leave no stond
unturned to 90 elected. L will get
down to springfield in the morn.
ing And wien he got through talk
Ing he turned TO the persons in the
room. saying L have Just been talk
Ing to Senator Lorimer.'"
Weihie said no (Welhie), o'Brien,
Isaac Baker and Hines were present
in the room at the time. Almost a
year later, according 20 the testimony
OF Cook and Weihle, Cooke and
o'Brlen were again at tho Grand Pa
.ific Hotel. The Lorimer story was
being pointed out. Weihle said Hines
had got him out OF bed 70 leave Chi
cago at once, testified Cook.
The testimony Of Weihie and Cook
furnished tho feature Of the day be-
fore the committee. Welhio charged
Cook with crying to blackmail Hines
and the Weihaseur lumber interest.
Cook admitted that he had sent a let
ter to the head OF the Helhouaer con-
ccrn and also TO Hines whom he
threatened 10 tell what he knew OF
tho Lorimer matter unless they agreed
TO settle fight among the stock
holders Of the Virginia & Ralnlake
Lumber Co.
Story Absurd. Suys Hines.
Chicago, April 25.-Eidward Hines
said tonight that the testimony given
by w, II. Cooke before the Helm
committee was untrue
"The assertions are not based upon
facts. Mr. Cooke may have heard that
| had talked with Governor Deneen
over the long distance telephone on
the day he specified, but Governor
Deneen said no conversation such as
alleged took place, and II the gov
ernors denial and mlno are not suf-
ficlent the absurdity OF tho story on
lits face ought to dispose OF It.