The morning call., 1893-10-03
CLOUDS CLEARING
Light Upon the Dynamite
Outrage.
TyrreIl Identified as One of the Three
Men Seen With the SOren-
sen Valise.

The dark clouds that for the past nine
days have enshrouded the fendish outrage
on Main street are beginning to clear
away. and there is strong probability
that within the next twenty-four hours
the Chief of Police will consider himse
justified in taking decisive step against
one if not two of the men who have been
under arrest since the morning of the ox-
pl0sion.
The Chief has apparently been i'm
pressed from the first with the belief that
John Tyrrell, the one-eyed man, was
thoroughly conversant with the incidents
leading up TO the explosion If not IN actual
participator. His threats against Mrs.
Curtin and the evidence of at least two of
the witnesses at the Coroner's inquest
strengthened this impression, and now an
other witness comes forward and makes a
statement which practically changes the
impression into a conviction.
The story of three men being seen by a
grpman on the McAlister-street cable
line with AXel SOrensen's valise in their
possessi is not mvth, as was at first
supposed. but fact. But still more i'm
portant point is the fact that the gripman
has identified Tyrrell as one of the three
men.
Police Officer Phillips was detailed by
the Chief yesterday morning to hunt up
the gripman, as be lived on that officer s
beat. Phillips learned from him that the
story was true and brought him to the
Chiefs Office last night, when he made
the following statement to the Chief:
"My name is Malcolm Morrison. / re-
side at 323 Lyon street in this city and am
employed as gripman on the McAllister-
street cable-cars.
ION September 18 or 19. / am not cer-
tain which day, at 80 A. NJ. three men
together boarded my car at the terminus
of the road. saw them before they
boarded the car coming from the direction
of the park. One of them had valise
on it. The letters, l think. were lightly
painted on narrow strip.
1.-THE men continued on the trip to
Kearny street, at which place the small
man got Off whom shall call No. 1. The
second man. whom will call No. 2. got off
at First street. No. got off at Spear
street.
description of the men: No. 1-Age
about 25 years. height about 8 feet Z
inches, we'll built, weight about $50
pounds. complexion light. mustache very
light color. Wore Derby bat. dark coat,
woolen shirt of light material.
s'No. 2. the man with the valise, height
about feet 10 inches, weight about ITO
pounds, complexion light, face flushed, age
not say how he was dressed. 1 think his
clothes were brown in color. He had a
short round face and high cheekbones.
"No. 8, age about 40 years, height about
5 feet 1Oh inches. complexion dark, con-
sumptive-looking. one eye out. weight
about $50 pounds, wore dark clothes.
Il know Officer Phillips. I saw him
after this occurrence. but did not speak TO
him about it because l attached no impor-
tancA to it until within the last aay or
two."
The description OF No. tallies with that
of Tyrrell. and No. 2answers perfectly to
the description Of Charles Tracy, one of
the other msn under arrest, only he is an
Irishman. But Morrison is not far wrong
when be says ne looks like Swede.
Morrison called at police headquarters
on Sunday, but tho Chief was not in.
Without saying what he wanted he left
the Chiefs Office and went downstairs TO
the City Prison to see Corporal Shaw. who
was on duty at the desk whore the prison
ers are booked.
II knew Shaw" said Morrison las,