The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-25

Indianapolis, April 24--walter Drew. counsel for the Erectors' association; W. !. Ford. assistant district attorney of Los Angeles, and Frank Fox, chauffeur, were arrested tonight on affidavits charg ing them with having kidnapped J. J. Mc- Namara, secretary treasurer of the Inter- nation Association of Bridge and Struc- tural Iron Workers.
 The men were arrested on warrants issued in the justice court after affidavits against them had been made by an at- torney for McNamars. Drew and Ford were released under bond of 5000 each and Fox under bond of 5000. All the bonds were given by William A. Kacham president of an iron foundry company and an officer of the Indianapolis En- ployers' association.
 It is charged thaK though McNamara was not turned over to a detective ser geant from Los Angeles until Governor Marshall had honored requisition papers from tiie governor of California, ha had not been permitted to consult with coun- gel or to make rlea of resistance to cxtradition before Police Judge Collins, when he was identified as the man named in the warrant for his arrest
 Fox drove the automobile in y5hch the McNamaras were taken to Chicago on Saturday night to be placed aboard a train for Los Angeles.
 It was stated that a warrant al so had been issued on the same charge against Detective William J. Burns It was ex- pected the warrant would be served on Burns arrival here from Philadelphia late tonight .s4
 Three constables net the train on which Detective Burns was supposed to return from his trip in Ohio with a warrant for his arrest charged witt, Kidnapping in connection with McNam- ara's arrest, but Burns was not found. 1t was said he left the train at a su- ourban station and registered at one of the hotels under. an assumed name
 Besides tke warrants for Burns, the constables had six John Doe'' warrants For Burns assistants, but none of these were served tonight.
 Declaration shat Governor Marshall Police Judge James A. Collins and Si- perntendent of Police Martin J. Hyland should be impeached were hurled by de- egates at the meeting of the Central Labor union held here tonight and the arrest and spfriting away of McNamara were characterized as an outrage and an Illegal act. resolution providing fo- committee of five Ito investigate and fix the blame' in the case was adop.ed
 State Representative John J. Keegan, local labor leader and one of the men who signed the warrants for the arrest of Drew, Fox and Ford, condemned the fopJ fo, part but declared Governor Marshall should not be condemned for signing the requisitlon for McNamara until thorough investigation had been made. Edgar A. Perkins, president of the h. diana Federation of Labor, counselled calmness
 Indianapolis, April 4.-By an order of the Marion county criminal grand jury Issued late today only the county prose- cutor, members of the grand jury and fhe officials of the International Asso- ciation of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers will be permitted to examine books and papers taken by the police and deputy sheriffs from the offices of the association. This action, taken on application of attorneys for the associa- ton and with the approval of the coun- ty prosecutor. bars private detectives and unofficial investigators from inspecting . ments.
 The material tonight was locked in the grand jury room and will be submitted to the grand jury tomorrow in the course Of the investigation in progress as to the identity of persons that deposited | quantity of dynamite in the iron workers. storage apartment in the basement of the building In which are it's offices.
 A part of the books and papers were seized by the police last Saturday night in raid on the offices which was led by William J. Burns, a private detec- tive in the employ of the National Erec- tors association Investigating the re- sponsibiity for dynamite explosions tha. have damaged bridges and buildings in course of construction in many parts of the country and destroyed the Los Angeles Times building with great loss of life. The raid followed the arrest of J. J. McNamara, secretary-treasurer of the Bridge and Structural Iron Work CTS, indicted in Los Angeles for com plicity in an explosion at the Llewelly.i Iron Works.
 Superintendent of Police Hyland was summoned to bring these books and pa- pers before the grand jury and after wards summons was Issued for Frank M. Ryan. president of the Iron Work ere association, ordering him to produce certain other records. Ryan was to have appeared at o'clock this afternoon bur he did not and by order of the grand 1ury deputy sheriffs seized the documents