The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-28
Several Startling Scenes the Police HEADQUARTERS
Yesterday.


Many and exciting were the scenes that
followed one another in quick succession
at the old City Ball yesterday. Police
and detectives were never so busy. and
seldom have they been called upon to I'M
ravel such mysterious and terrible crimes.
AA hour spent in the Office of Chief Crow
ley seemed like a chapter from history
OF an era of crime and bloodshed. The
room was flied with death-dealing instru-
.ments and material evidences of intent to
murder. On his desk were coils of fuse.
with which the fends expected to ignite
the deadly explosives that were found at
. the Missfon-street lodging-house on Tues
day night. Under table was the satchel
IN. which the dynamite, saws and other
utensi were kept, and beside the satchel
: stood an innocent-looking can, which.
o. when found on Tuesday, was supposed to
contain oil
The first excitement was caused early
= yesterday morning when the Chief inves.
: tlgated- this can. The contents had a
peculiar odor, not like any oil he had ever
smelted, SO he poured few drops into a
p: glass bottle and detailed a policeman to
take 1t around to the aSsayer, Thomas
:. Price, and ask him what the stuff was
Ian alive! exclaimed Mr. Price when
: he" had taken Whit at the reddish bro wp
liquid. That's nitro-g lycerine and there
rs: enough in this flask to blow US all up
:. and this building as well. Why. the warmth
'..oi your hand might have caused it to ex-
:; pfQde while you were bringing it here"
j.. The professor sent the patroman post
haste back to Chief Crowley. and veteran
:: as he is, the latter turned pale when he
: Heard what he had harbored.
=: "A: blow on the can or the heating of the
:. surface and the whole City Hall would
!: have been blown skyhigh last night" said
:: r. 80 he directed that pail of water should
: be Brought and in this the can was placed.
"a policeman, warned of the DANCE con-
: fents,: carried the pail to the water front
.emptied the nitro glycerine to the bay,
:. rInsed out the can. then took it back to
.. headquarters.
=, Then Chief Crowley breathed more
easily I'VE might all have been blown to
: a toms." he once more said. THAT mis-
.cyeaut had enough explosives in his satchel
to destroy portion of the city, and little
did [ know what powerful death-dealing
<. stuff was in my possession last night"
The Chief was interrupted at this
moment by telegram from Oakland an
:nouncing the finding of other portions of
Ada r GilmouPs body. and, after giving
Instructions to detective on another clew
to the dynamiters. he sent a second to the
city across the bay, where the CHASTITY dis
covery had been made.
No sooner was this done than Chief
Crowley received from Assayer Price an
official report concerning the contents Of
the oil-can, and, as he read, he again re-
oh ha oil h.d in
The document Is as follows:
Chief of Police Crowleg-DEAR SIR:
The material contains nltro-gly cerine, and,
as far as we can see, it is a solution OF
nitro-glycerine in alcohol. Before the dis
coYery of other absorbents it was a CON-
mon thing to carry the material around
in alcoholic solutions to reduce its ex-
plosive effects during transportation.
Here they are, Chief" 1t was a
police officer just arrived from Oakland
who spoke, and again attention was
drawn from the dynamite outrage to the
other crime. The officer placed on the
table a cigar-box in which were several
articles, still wet and muddy, among them
little purse such as carried by women.
''Now-ws have him sure referring to
DR.. WesD said the Chief. '"These
articles will positively identify Addie
Gilmour's body"
- Again he was Interrupted, this time by
a sergeant. who said that the old building
was being so crowded that fears were
entertained for It's safety.
"Clear it. them" said the Chief, and
none too soon were the policemen on
duty there put to work. For the trial of
DR.. West was set for o'clock. and at
half-pasU II the corridors and galleries in
the old Tookery were jammed. Each
moment the number increased until it
became impossible for the clerks to
transact business. At 80 o'clock one of
=. the. galleries began to sway little, and it
was then that alarm was felt So squad
.:OtpoIice compelled the crowd to leave the
building and an officer was stationed at
each door to prevent ingress.
. " a fittle woman. clad in black, was ush-
cred into the chiefs office. She gave one
glance at the articles which had been
folnd.in Oakland.
: -s'Yes, they are hers" she said, and
burst into tears. She was Emma Gilmonr,
sister of the murdered girl. So she. was
LED away and the box locked up to he used
as evidence against DR.. West. In the
!. mean time his preliminary examination had
been resumed, and an hour later the Coro-
ner was busy. across the bay, taking testl-
mony in. the dynamite case.
Late Id the night Chief Crowley sat at
+ Ills desk still al the work. He has it all to
:. do alone, for Captain Lees Is sick, and has
been fer two weeks suffering from an at
tack Of malaria.
=: AKer SotenseD, whose name is painted
: On the satcbel in which quantity of dy-
namite and nitro-glycerine was found. IS
:1nder arrest at Stockton He was caught
fasteyeninG. and will be brought to San
:: Etapcisco to-day.
- More parts of Addie Glmour's body
were washed ashore in Oakland yesterday,
. And among them articles of clothing aud