The herald., 1893-09-28
THE FRISCO DYNAM|TARD.
Chief Crowley Succeeds in
Bagging His Game.
The Right Man Believed to Be
in Custody.
Alex. Sorenson Arrested for Satur-
day Nights Crime.
He IL Member Of the seamsn's Union.
The Arrest Made at Stockton Con-
elusive Evidence Asgainst
the Prisoner.

By the Associated Press.
STOCKTON, Sept. 7.--Alexander Soren.
son, answering the description of the
man wanted by Chief OF Police Crowley
OF San Francisco. as the owner OF the
valise found there which contained
dynamite, was arrested here this even.
ing on the scow schooner Maria Nelson,
which was loading hay and ready to
leave for San Francisco. The police be-
lieve he is the man wanted in connec.
tion with the fatal explosion at the
non-union sailor boarding house but
he says he has not been in San Franclsc o
for two weeks. He says be knows moth
ing about the valise found. and that it
Is not his. The arrest was made on
telegram received ffom Crowley, saying
that Sorenson was on a schooner here.
sorenson says he has been here week.
He was found in q saloon on the levy,
and was arrested byeDetective Carroll
and taken to jail.
THE RIGHT MAN IN CUSTODY.
SAN FRANorsco, Sept. q. --Axel Soren.
son, whose name was on the valise con-
tanning dynamite which was left at
lodging house last Saturday night, is
now generally rappoeed to be the fiend
who fired the fatal Bomb last Saturday
night.
Sorenson came here from New York
on the ship Susquehana and was paid
off last April. He 10 . Nor weaian and
his description tallies with the deecrip-
ticn OF the man who left the valise. He
Joined the Sailors union last April and
ID was not until after this that the
several attempts were made to blow up
ships-employing non-union men. Ac-
cording TO the stories told on the water
front. Sozenson is Z confirmed dynamite
crank and was always talking dynamite
and Anarchism in tho forecaetle.
soRnSeKKs OUTFIT.
= Two hours before Cuftfns non-anion
sailor boarding bouse was blown up Sat
nrday night, man dressed as sailor
called at the hotel and asked if he could
leave valise there. The request wac
granted and the man left. The clerk of
the hotel became suepicioue and opened
the valise. In it were 13 half pound
sticks of dynamite, box Of Illuminate
of mercury caps, half a dozen fuses,
can containing a liquid labeled "Ter-
rorite," several saws used for cutting
metal and a sharp knife. On the valiae
was the name Axel Soreneon. A copy
of the Coast Seamen's Journal was also
in the valise.
Sorenson is on the books OF the Sea-
mems union as member, but the off,
GERS of the union today said they did not
know where he was, and that they did
not see him for five months.
The police believe they have found
the outfit OF the man who caused the
explosion Saturday night and that the
man Eimselfis now in custody.
THE TWO INJURED MEN.
John Curtin, ir,, one of the victims of
the dynamite explosion of last Sunday
morning, was discharged from the re-
ceiving hospital this morning. He is
very fast and will recover.
The young man was taken to bis home
on Beale street. Bernard, the other liv-
ing victim, is still in the hospital. His
sight and hearing are gone and his
limbs are very badly bruised. Police
Surgeon Sommers Gays Bernard may
live, but his condition at the present
time is critical. Blood poisoning may
act in.