The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-25
TAKEN TO JAIL.
Men Arrested on Charge Of Kid
naping Mcnamara
Are Unable to Give Bond and
They Go to Prison.
HELD TO GRAND JURY
At Their Preliminary Hearing
Before Magistrate.
The Affidavit Was Made by a
Labor Leader.

Indianapolis, April 25.-Walter Drew,
/ of New York, counsel for the National
Erectors' association; w. Joseph Ford,
assistant district attorney of Los An
! geleS, and Frank Fox, a chauffeur
| charged with having kidnapped ]. j.
| Mcnamara, Secretary-treaSurer of the
International Association Bridge and
| Structural workers, were arraigned this
morning before Justice of the Peace
Manning. They waived preliminary
examination and were bound over to
| the grand jury.
| William j. Burns, detective, employ
ed by the erectQrs who arrived in this
! city from Toledo today was sought by
constables with a warrant for his ar
| rest on the charge of kidnapping Nc
| Namara but they could not find him.
Drew, Ford and Fox when arrested
last night were released under bond of
| $4,000 each for Drew and Ford and 3d.
900 for Fox.
The bond to hold them for the grand
jury today was set by the Justice at
$4,000 each for Drew and Ford and
$1,000 for Fox.
Their attorney, w. A. Ketcham, after
trying to secure bail failed and the
men were taken to the county Jail. A
| crowd had collected about the justice
! of the peace Office and when the men
started for the Jail there was applaud
ing and jeering.
County Prosecutor Baker today ap-
pointed special deputy, Henry Sey-
fried, to prosecute their case.
The general charge against the men
is that they conspired to take McNa-
mara out of the state without due
process of laws"
The affidavits against Drew, Ford and
Fox were made by j. J.. Reagan, a la
Dor union leader of Indianapolis and
member of the Indiana legislature.
1t is alleged that Mcnamara did not
have an opportunity to consult coun-
| sci and resist eXtradition after his ar
rest last Saturday evening. but that
he was put into an automobile driven
by Fox and taken to Chicago Saturday
night bound for Los Angeles to ans
wer an Indictment charging him with
completely in a dynamite explosion
at the Llewellyn Iron works.
A. F, Badorf of New York and an
assistant of Drew was arrested by
| three constables at his room in the
Claypool hotel at II o'clock this
| morning and taken before Justice of
Peace Manning.
Badorf was taken in custody on a
| John Doe" warrant six of which
were issued last night by Justice Man
ming, on charges of kidnapping and
conspiracy to. kidnap.
A half dozen constables are trying
to locate Detective Burns, but he has
not been found.
ing the Justices clerk summoned con-
stables to take Drew and Ford to Jail.
| By this time the little court room, the
hallway and the narrow stairway
| leading down to the street were filled
with noisy crowd. The clerk of the
| court started first with Ford. Drew
| hung back.
Come on, Drew" yelled number
of men, pressing from the hall into
the doorway of the court room. A
constable took Drew's arm and as he
resisted, dozen arms stretched out
and the man was half dragged, half
pushed into the hallway. There he
smiled and stepped forward briskly
and was apparently unmoved by a
chorus of laughter, handclapping and
shouts of How does it feel yourself,
| Drew?''
There's the district attorney going
to JAIL called one man, as Ford pass
ed down the stairs. Drew was jostled
| on his way to the street and a throng
of men most of them apparently of
the working class, followed excited
and laughing, as Drew and Ford walk
ed the two blocks to the Jail. The
| turnkey searched the prisoners CIV
and Ford, but they were not locked in
cells. They were told that for a time
they might remain in the outer office
| for the reason that they expected mo-
mentarily the arrival of men that
were asked by their counsel to go on
their bond. After half an hour the
crowd about the Jail entrance dis
persed
Badorf's bail was fixed at $4,000
and he was taken to Jail. He demand
ed a hearing and the court set 2
O'Clock this afternoon when the case
will be taken up.
Calls 1t an Absur1ity.
Los Angeles, Cal, April 25.-District
Attorney Frederick of Los Angeles,
when informed of the arrest of Assist
ant District Attorney Ford in Indian
apolis, on charge of kidnapping, said:
1.-The arrest of Mr.. Ford is an absurdi-
ty and nothing can come of it except
little delay. He is not an arresting
officer any way. He went to Indianap-
oils to collect evidence and to see that
the papers in the case were all right.
The extrad.tion papers under which the
prisoners are being brought to Los
Angeles were duly executed and sign
ed by the governors of both states.
There can be no flaw in the case so
far as that is concerned: and as to the
arrest and removal from Indianapolis,
why, Ford had nothing to do with it.
He will take care of himself all right"
Berger Starts Something.
Washington, April 25.-Immediate
investigation of the arrest and extra
dition of ]. j. Mcnamara of Indian
apolis is provided for in a resolution
introduced in the house by Repre-
sentative Victor Berger of Wisconsin,
the Socialist member. Mr.. Berger
would have the inquiry undertaken by
a joint committee of the house and
senate.
CHARGE OF KIDNAPPING.
The Men Who Spirited Away Me-
Namara Are Arrested g