me to the chief of police … and he referred me to the court…. They were not returned by either of them…. The chief of police said: “We will take whatever we please.” (Testimony of Attorney Rappaport, p. 13.)

So far as the taking of this man from Indiana was concerned he was not taken under the forms of law… there is no question about that. (Statement of Congressman Madison of the Committee.)

Ample evidence is at hand that the safe-guards guaranteed by law were flagrantly disregarded and John J. McNamara surrendered without a moment's preparation or opportunity to avail himself of his lawful rights. (Letter of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor.)³²

THE CHILDREN'S EXODUS FROM LAWRENCE

A novel form of detention was applied to the children of the textile strikers at Lawrence, Mass. in 1912. The strikers had been sending their children to sympathizers in other cities, to save expense and get them better care. On February 17, one hundred children were sent to New York and elsewhere. Colonel Le Roy Sweetzer, commanding the Massachusetts militia on duty in Lawrence, then issued this ultimatum:

Mr. William Yates,
Lawrence, Mass.

Sir: I herewith notify you and through you the strike committee that hereafter while I am in command of the troops in Lawrence I will not permit the shipping of little children away from their parents to other cities, unless I am satisfied that this is done with the consent of the parents of the said children.

A few days later, the Marshal of Lawrence stated publicly that no more strikers' children would be allowed to leave the city. Two days later, the strikers undertook to send about 100 children to Philadelphia. One of the committee relates the facts: