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Show 'KIDNAPED DYNAMITERS ARE ON A SANTA FE TRAIN BIND FOR COAST No One Is Allowed to See Thein as They Pass Through Kansas CityMoy'er, Head of the Western Federation of liners, Is Ready to Raise a Big Defense Fund For the AccusediMen Kansas City. April 24. According to officials at the Union depot here, Ortle B. Manlgnl and J. B. Bryce, or J. B. McNamara, arrested for complicity complic-ity In tho alleged dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building, passed through here In the custody of detectives de-tectives on the California Limited, on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad at 9-10 this morning. None of the party left tho train and none was seen by newspaper men. Tho train ls due to reach IA Junta, Colo , at 10:40 ton.ght and to arrive ar-rive In Los Angeles Wednesday afternoon. after-noon. John McNamara, secretary-treasurer of the International Association of Bridge & Structural Iron Workers, Work-ers, also arrested for alleged complicity com-plicity in the Los Angeles dynamiting, an dthe three detectives who are taking tak-ing him to Los Angeles, passed through here yesterday on the Missouri Mis-souri Pacific. Governor Defends Himself. Indianapolis, April 24. Governor Marshall, who granted the requisition of the governor of California for taking tak-ing McNamara from Indianapolis issued is-sued a. statement late today declaring that there Is no ground for the contention con-tention that he. did anything unfair. "I did not know who Namara was," said the governor in a statement, "and I did not know and do not know whether he is guilty or Innocent. "That ls not a matter for me to determine Wheir a requisition comes from a governor of. a foroign state charging a crime and certifying that the defendant Is a fugitive from Justice, Jus-tice, there Is nothing -for me to do but to honor the requisition and issue the warrant. My office -does not constitute con-stitute a courL" 'V Burns in "Toledo Tiffin, O., April 24. Detective Wm. J. Burns, who yesterday unearthed a large quantity of dynamite which he alleged was brought to Tiffin and hidden In the abandoned quarry owned own-ed by James McManigal, continued his Investigations In Toledo today No arrests were made 1n Tiffin but Bums Intimated thafthere might be sensational developments In Toledo. Other Arrests' to Be Made. Tolodo, O.. April '24. Detective W. J. Burns arrived hero at 11 o'clock this morning and Immediately went Into conference with" "Chief of Police Knapp. Further than -to say that ho expected to make an arrest here late today, the detective' refused to give out anything He; probably will go to Indianapolis tonight Fuoe Clocks. Compared. Peoria, Ills., April 24. Detectives working on tho case of the Los Ang- rriiraM-M!frM-rrrTT''rl''''"ltJ ' r,ra,m''1!g1'gl clcs Times explosion visited Peoria several weeks ago and requested that the Peoria chief of police send the time fuse alarm clock and other apparatus ap-paratus found after an explosion In Peoria last September to Los Angeles for comparison with a time fuse clock found In that city. The clock was returned to oPorla today with a report that the two Instruments were Identical. Otis Makes' Statement. Los Angeles, April 24. The arrest at Indianapolis Saturday of John J. Namara, secretary and" treasurer of the International Association of Bridge Structural Iron Workers, and another labor leader named HopkIn, for alleged complicity In the dynamiting dynamit-ing of the Los Angeles Times building build-ing on October 1, 1910, and tho consequent con-sequent loss of 21 lives, wero inadd on Instructions from tho dlstr'c; attorney at-torney of Los Angeles county. These arrests are tno fl-st that have been made since the gr-uul Jury, ngter several weeks of Investigation and the examination of many witnesses, wit-nesses, returned twenty-three I edict-mont3 edict-mont3 against partte-i alleged to liavr-been liavr-been concerned in the disa-cr. District Attorney Fredericks stated that other arrests, Involving prominent promin-ent labor leaders, will follow rtnd that the theory of the prosecution in the case will' he the explosion was tho result of a' conspiracy formed for the purpose of retaliating on tie naws-paper naws-paper for the stand It had taken In a strike of the structural Iron and brewery trades and for Its attitude toward union labor. General H G. Otis, owner of ihe Times, when Interviewed In rogard to the arrest, made the following sln'e-ment: sln'e-ment: "I have not yet had sufficient n-formation n-formation regarding tho reported arrest ar-rest of one McNamara In IndKnapo-11s, IndKnapo-11s, charged with the dynaml"n In Los Angeles, to make a complete statemenL , "Bu I can say that tho searcn lor (Continued on Page Seven ) KIDNAPED DYNAMITERS ARE BOUND FOR COAST (Continued from Pngo One.) the suspected dynamiters who blow up tho Times building on the fir.n cf October, 1910, and later attemptoi to blow up the Llewellyn Iron work, hns boon most ppralslont. The authorities au-thorities have literally 'camped n tho trails' of tho fleeing, criminals. District Attorney FroderickR of this county sent opt more than 00,000 specific descriptions of the indicted dynamiters Bryce, Caplan and Schmidt, coupled with offers of largo rewards In tho event of detention, nr-rcst nr-rcst and punlBbmeuL" A reward of $25,000 was offered by T tho local authorities for the .irrost and conviction of tho perpetrators of the crime und this sum was swelled by other rewnrds offored by the state and .various organizations. |
